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The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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.R'n'b organist Jimmy Smith records In A Mellotone and Step Right Up in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
Andy Williams releases a new album, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes, on Columbia Records in the USA.
At Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, Elvis Presley begins recording songs for the soundtrack to his next movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Jeff Plate, drummer of heavy rock band Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Metal Church and others, is born in Horseheads, New York State, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Carmell Jones and trombonist Tricky Lofton record Mood Indigo, Cherokee, Angel Eyes and other tracks in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Pacific Jazz Records.
Please Don't Ask About Barbara by Bobby Vee peaks at No2 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Aretha Franklin, Lloyd Price, Solomon Burke, Gene Chandler, The Crystals, Erma Franklin, Eddie Holland and others play the fourth night of a week at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Johnny Burnette records Damn The Defiant, Choo Choo Train and The Fool Of The Year for Liberty Records at the United Recording Corporation studiod, 6050 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Notable session players on thes tracks include guitarist Tommy Allsup, bassist Joe Osborn and drummer Earl Palmer.
At Radio
Recorders, Los Angeles, California, Elvis Presley begins recording
songs for the soundtrack to his next movie, Girls!
Girls! Girls!
R'n'b organist Jimmy Smith records In A Mellotone and Step Right Up in New York City, USA, for Verve Records.
The Original Broadway Cast Recording of the stage show No Strings, featuring Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll is released on Capitol Records in the USA. It will debut on the Billboard albums chart on April 21, 1962, peaking at No5 and remaining on the chart for 274 weeks. It will also win a Grammy Award.
Multi-instrumentalist Richard Coles of UK 80s hitmakers The Communards is born in Northampton, UK.