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It is reported that the average teen-age girl in the USA spends between $8 and $10 per month for rock'n' roll records. Young people buy 80% of all single (45rpm) records and 40% of all albums sold each year.
Long John Baldry And His Hoochie Coochie men play at The Pontiac Club, Putney, London, England, UK.
Julie Driscoll releases her debut single, Don't Do It No More, on
Parlophone Records in the UK.
The Hollies set up their own music publishing company, Gralto Ltd, through Dick James Music in the UK.

Lou Goldberg of The William Morris Agency of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA, writes to Joe Small of Admiral Picures, returning to him a cheque in the value of $980.50. The cheque releates to transportation costs for
Elvis Presley, but Presley's manager Col. Tom Parker has told Goldberg to return it to Admiral Pictures.

Popular saxophonist and broadcaster David Ede dies in a boating accident off Blackpool, UK. David Ede And
The Rabin Band appeared regularly on the BBC Radio show
Go Man Go. Ede also sang as part of Go Man Go's regular vocal group, The Travellers, whose name was a humourous reference to the name of the show.
Solomon Burke records Only Love Can Save Me Now, Someone Is Watching and When You Got Love in
Atlantic Studios, 11 West 60th Street, New York City, USA.
Jody Miller records It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin', Big Time Love and I Met You Baby, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The
Beach Boys play at Dillon Stadium, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Liverpool-based singer
Greta Ann releases her debut single Sadness Hides The Sun on
Pye Records in the UK.

The
Dave Clark Five play at The Civic Centre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, supported by
Link Wray And The Wraymen, The Majesticks, The Maliboos, The Uptowns and Barry And The Vikings.
The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at The Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.

Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen play at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, supported by
Susan Maughan.

The Vultures play at The Witch Doctor, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, Sussex, England, UK.

Mike Jeffery, manager of
The Animals, marries actress Gillian French, at Marylebone Register Office, London, England, UK, Europe.

On their first (and last) tour of Italy, Europe,
The Beatles play at the Palazzo dello Sport, Genoa.

Ruby Braff with The Alex Welsh Band plays at Manchester Sports Guild, Macnhester, England, UK.
Sonny James records I'll Never Be Anything But In Love With You and Need You, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South,
Nashville, Tennessee, 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.