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The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Peter And Gordon release a new EP, titled Nobody I Know, in the UK. The title track is written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles.Owners Louis Mintz and Alec Coleman give The Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, London, UK, to Centre 42 [an arts organisation] to be used as a centre for the arts. An appeal for funds is launched at the venue on the same day, signed by Yehudi Menuhin, Graham Greene, Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Carol Reed, Peggy Ashcroft, Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir Arthur Bliss, Benjamin Britten, Terrence Rattigan, Albert Finney, Henry Moore and others. It will find considerable success in the late 60s as a venue for rock concerts.
The Rolling Stones release a new single, It's All Over Now, in the USA. The song is written by Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack, and was first released by The Valentinos.
The Cumberland Trio (actually a quartet) continue their summer season at the Hotel Greystone, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA.The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on lead guitar, play at The Marquee Club, Wardour Street, Soho, London, UK.
The High Numbers, later to become The Who, sign a management contract with music business entrepreneurs Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp.
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Bob Dylan takes part in an afternoon workshop on the first day of the Newport Folk
Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. The three-day
event also features Pete Seeger, Marvin Gaye, The Spinners and Hattie Littles play the first of ten nights at The Driftwood Lounge in The 20 Grand Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
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Cliff Richard is in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK, recording Where Is Your Heart, Why Don't They Understand and other tracks.
The Supremes record their first version of the Holland, Dozier and Holland song Baby Love, at Hitsville Studio, Detroit, Michigan, USA, but it is not released.
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Sandie Shaw, The Fourmost, The Animals, The Mojos, Kingsize Taylor and The Paramounts [later to become Procol Harum] appear on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go!
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A riot breaks out at a Rolling Stones' concert in The Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, England, UK, when guitarist Keith Richards aims a kick at a fan who has scrambled onto the stage. As a result, The Stones will be banned from playing in Blackpool, and the ban will remain in force for 44 years. Support band for this show is The Executives.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio-based scenes for his seventeenth movie, Girl Happy, at MGM Studios, Culver City, California, USA.
Marvin Gaye records How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) for Tamla Records, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Hank Snow, with producer Chet Atkins, records Invisible Hands, Sweet Hour Of Prayer and other tracks, in RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The band on the session includes guitarist Harold Bradley, steel guitarist Joseph Tanner, bassist Junior Huskey, drummer Buddy Harman, pianist Hargus Robbins and vibraphonist Joe Layne.
Vaughn Meader, Toby Reynolds, Eduardo Sasson and folk group The Mandrell Singers play at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.