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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
Ray Charles plays the last night of a week of shows at The Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Count Basie And His Orchestra record Travelin' Light, Mean Old World and Confessin' The Blues, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Brook Benton, Ben E. King and LaVern Baker play the sixth of seven nights at the Regal Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Blue Mitchell Quartet records When I Fall In Love, I Wish I Knew and Sir John in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Instrumental guitar band The Shadows give their first live radio performance of Apache on the BBC radio show Parade Of The Pops in London, UK.
Sonny Til, lead vocalist of The Orioles, records three solo tracks in New York City - Night And Day, Shimmy Time and So Long - which will be released by Jubilee Records.
The Beatles play the eighth night of a three month engagement at The Indra Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Pat Boone and Connie Stevens play at The State Fair in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
In a three hour session, Blind Gary Davis records Death Don't Have No Mercy, Pure Religion, Twelve Gates To The City and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios,, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The tracks will be released on the Prestige/Folklore Records album Pure Religion.
The Shadows give their first live radio performance of Apache on the BBC radio show Parade Of The Pops in London, UK.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.