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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Trade magazine Record Retailer publishes the UK's first Top 20 albums chart, showing The Explosive Freddy Cannon at No1.
Jazz pianist Billy Taylor records Uncle Fuzzy, Don't Bug Me and other tracks for Riverside Records in New York City, USA.
At The Fontainbleu Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA, Elvis Presley records a Timex tv special with Frank Sinatra, who had previously declared that 'rock'n'roll is made by cretinous goons'. Also on the show are Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
The Coasters, The Isley Brothers and Dave 'Baby' Cortez play the twelfth night in a two-week season at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
At The Fontainbleu Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA, Elvis Presley records a Timex tv special with Frank Sinatra, who had previously declared that 'rock'n'roll is made by cretinous goons'. Also on the show are Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Mitch Miller. It is not transmitted until 8 May.
Handy Man by Jimmy Jones reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart. On the same day, it enters the UK Top Ten singles chart at No9.
Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Billy Fury, Joe Brown and Georgie Fame, play the last of six nights at The Empire, Newcastle, UK.
Dick Charlesworth And His City Gents play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashton, England, UK, Europe.The Four
Preps appear on American
Bandstand, singing their upcoming single Got A Girl.
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.