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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.
Kenny Ball and Susan Maughan are playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
Matt Monro is playing during a season at Wellington Pier, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Russ Conway is playing during a season at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.Ken Dodd, The Kaye Sisters and Eddie Calvert are playing during a season at The London Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.
Freddie And The Dreamers are playing during a season at The Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.The Seekers and Yana are playing during a season at The Pavilion, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Black And White Minstrel Show is playing during a season at Victoria Palace Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Turtles are playing during twelve nights at Golden Gate A-Go-Go, Golden Gate Race Track, Berkeley, California, USA, with Miss Judy Mac.
Sean McNabb is born in South Bend, Indiana, USA. He will achieve some success as a musician/bassist, singer and actor, notably playing with Quiet Riot at the age of 21.
The Byrds release their third single, The Times They Are A'Changing (composed by Bob Dylan) on Columbia Records in the USA.
The Four Pennies release a new single, Until It's Time For You To Go, in the UK. The song is written by Buffy Sainte-Marie.
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UK pop singer Helen Shapiro goes into a Harley Street, London, England, UK, Europe, nursing home to have a throat operation.
The Candy Dates release a new single, A Day Just Like That, on Pye Records in the UK. The group got its big break with several appearances on the tv talent show Opportunity KNocks.
Wilma Burgess records Baby, with producer Owen Bradley, for Decca Records in Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Gentrys are playing at The Whisky A-GoGo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ike And Tina Turner play during a week of shows atThe Howard Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
The Rolling Stones, Unit 4+2, and The Spencer Davis Group begin a 24 date UK tour at Finsbury Park Astoria, London, England, UK, Europe.
Having been 'discovered' by Marianne Faithfull, 19-year-old student Caroline Carter releases her debut single, The Ballad Of Possibilities, on Decca Records in the UK.
Bob Dylan is backed on a live gig by Levon And The Hawks for the first time at the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, Texas, USA. When questioned about God during a press conference before the gig Dylan retorts, "God is a woman ... you take it from there."
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Eric Anderson, Theo Bikel, David Blue, Oscar Brand, The Rev. Gary Davis, Chad Mitchell, Rambling Jack Elliot, The Greenbriar Boys, Danny Kalb, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Brother John Sellers, The Freedom Singers, The New World Singers, The New York Ramblers, The Pennywhistlers, The Seven Sons, Happy Traum and others perform at the Sing-In For Peace in Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, with the stated aim of protesting "the immoral, irrational and irresponsible acts of war which our government carries out in Viet Nam in our names."
Francis Shivers is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He will find some success as a musician and actor under the nameCoyote Shivers. 
Bluesy rock band The In Crowd play at The Cellar Club, Kingston On Thames, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success in 1967 after changing their name to Tomorrow and their style to psychedelia.
Teen movie Muscle Beach Party opens at cinemas in Finland, Europe. The movie stars Frankie
Avalon and Annette Funicello, and features music by Dick Dale And His Del-Tones, Frankie Avalon and Little Stevie Wonder.
Wilma Burgess records Baby and Wait Til The Sun Goes Up with Owen Bradley as producer in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Backing musicians for this session include guitarists Grady Martin, Jerry Kennedy, Ray Edenton and Harold Bradley; steel guitarists Pete D rake and Hal Rugg; bassist Bob Moore; drummer Buddy Harman; pianists Hargus Pig Robbins and Floyd Cramer, harmonica plaer Charlie McCoy and backing vocalists The Jordanaires.
The Instant Action Jug Band record their debut EP at the home of Chris Strachwitz [founder of Arhoolie Records] in Berkeley, California, USA. The group will evolve into Country Joe And the Fish.
The Beach Boys play at The Empire Stadium, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with Charlie Rich, The Castaways and The Chessmen.
Wayne Thomas releases a new single, 
The Supremes play at The Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, supported by The Lovin' Spoonful.
Popular Australian folk singer Lionel Long releases a new single, True True Loving, on Parlophone Records in the UK.
The 
Jody Miller, Ernest Tubb and John Davidson are the musical guests on tonight's edition of ABC-tv's Jimmy Dean Show in the USA.
Jazz saxophonist Jackie McLean records On The Nile, Climax, Soft Blue, Jacknife and Blue Fable for his Blue Note Records LP Jacknife, in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.