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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.
Ross And The Majestics are appearing at The Charade A Go Go discotheque, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Kinks play at The Palais, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
The MC5 play at The Ambassador Roller Rink, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Goldie And The Gingerbreads play at The Winter Gardens, Weston-Super-Mare, England, UK.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Oscar Brown Jr., are playing during an extended engagement at The Cafe Au Go Go, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Jim And Jesse And The Virginia Boys record their versions of the Chuck Berry songs Bye Bye Johnny, Reelin' And Rockin', Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Too Much Monkey Business and Back In The USA, for Epic Records in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Kris Ryan And The Questions play at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK, supported by The Red Hawks.
TV rock show Where The Action Is, in the USA, features The Newbeats, and also Ray Peterson (live from Hawaii) performing Corina, Corina and The Hawaiian Wedding Song.
That Funny Feeling, Bobby Darin's third and final movie with his wife Sandra Dee, opens at cinemas in the USA.
The Byrds and Peter Fonda attend a party at The Beatles' rented home in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills, California, USA. During the party, Fonda and George Harrison have a conversation which will, in due course, inspire John Lennon to write the song She Said, She Said. During the day, two girl fans hire a helicopter to fly over the Benedict Canyon mansion, one of whom jumps from it into the swimming pool.
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Cilla Black plays the tenth night of a two-week season at The Forty Thieves Club in Bermuda, Caribbean.
Frank Sinatra signs a contract with The National Broadcasting Company, in which NBC agrees to air the tv special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, paying Sinatra a sum of $525,000 for the show.
Manfred Mann record their version of the Screamin' Jay Hawkins song I Put A Spell On You at Studio 3, Abbey Road, London, England, UK.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Gene Vincent and Karl Denver continue with a summer season at The South Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
The Times reports that The Beatles publishing company Northern Songs, having predicted a profit of £550,000 for the previous year, has in fact made £621,000.
Mia Katherine Zapata is born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She will find success as Mia Zapata, lead singer for Seattle-based punk band The Gits in the early 1990s.
The Eddie Higgins Trio records Django, Beautiful Dreamer, Love Letters, Makin' Whoopee and other tracks for his Atlantic Records album Soulero, at Universal Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul Simon plays at Berkynge Folk Club, in the red Lion pub, North Street, Barking, UK.
Popular singer and actor Duke Hazlett is appearing at The Scotch Mist, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Woody Herman And His Herd play at Disneyland, Los Angeles, California, USA.
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, featuring Eric Clapton, play at The Pontiac Club, Putney, London, England, UK.
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We Gotta Get Out Of This Place by The Animals peaks at No13 on the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA.
During a press conference in San Francisco, California, USA, Judy Garland mentions that she thinks The Beatles are "great guys. Awfully nice young gentlemen. They're very intelligent. The own Liverpool now, don't they?"
Singer, dancer, songwriter, vocalist, actor and comedian Frankie Randall is appearing at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Steam Packet play at The Blue Moon, 170 High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. The group includes Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, The Brian Auger Trinity and Julie Driscoll.
The Lovin' Spoonful play a 38 minute set at The Crescendo Tiger Tail, Los Angeles, California, USA, which results in a review in the 'New Acts' section of Variety magazine.
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During a month-long tour, Johnny Cash plays the second of two days at Franklin County Fair, Malone, New York State, USA.
Buck Owens And His Buckaroos record After You Leave Me, A Devil Like Me, Cinderella, Cajun Fiddle, I'll Go To Curch Again With Momma and Pray Everyday, in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Oscar Peterson plays at Place Des Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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.