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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.
Bobby Darin plays the eighteenth night in a month long engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, opening for comedian George Burns.
Jimmie Rodgers plays at The Monticello Club, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA.
Connie Francis records My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own, in the USA. It will be released as a single later in the year.
The Harold Land Quintet records You're My Thrill, Take Aim and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Radio Recorders Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sam Chatmon records Nigger Be A Nigger, I Have To Paint My Face and other tracks which will appear on the Arhoolie Records album I Have To Paint My Face.
Gerry Mulligan's Concert Jazz Band spends the first of three days of recording tracks for the Verve Records album The Concert Jazz Band, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Walk - Don't Run by The Ventures enters the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart where it will peak at No2 during a 14-week run.
Gene Vincent plays during a six-week season at The Queen's Theatre, Blackpool, UK.
Walk - Don't Run by The Ventures enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA where it will peak at No2 during a 14-week run.
Frank Sinatra plays the fourth of ten nights at The 500 Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Tennesse Ernie Ford releases a new album, Sing a Spiritual With Me, on Capitol Records in the USA.
It's Now Or Never by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1, during a sixteen week run.
Memphis Slim plays at the Beaulieu Jazz Festival, Hampshire, UK.
Four different versions of the Tony Hatch-composed song Look For A Star are all in the Billboard Top 30 singles chart in the USA. They are by Garry Mills (the UK original), Gary Miles, Deane Hawley and Billy Vaughn.
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.