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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.
Mel Carter releases a new single, Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, in the USA. It will peak at No11 in the singles chart.
The Who play at The Town Hall, High Wycombe, England, UK, followed by an All-nighter at Club Noreik, London, England, UK, where they are recorded live for broadcast the following night on Radio Luxembourg's show Ready Steady Radio!
The Yardbirds play in The Drill Hall, Scunthorpe, England, UK.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA shows Buck Owens at No1 in the country singles and album charts with Before You Go (singles) and I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (albums).
The Swinging Blue Jeans play at the Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, Essex, England, UK.
Bobby Vinton and Sylvie Vartan appear as panellists on BBC-tv show Juke Box Jury in London, England, UK.
Le Danse de Zorba (aka Zorba's Dance) by Mikis Theodorakis reaches No1 in the pop singles chart in France, Europe, a position it will hold for six weeks.
The Mark Leeman Five play at The Pontiac Club, Putney, London, England, UK.
Jackie Wilson, The Beau Brummels and Glen Campbell appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Elvis Presley gives an electric golf cart to his manager, Col Tom Parker, as a birthday present.
Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen play at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England, UK, supported by Susan Maughan.
Billy J. Kramer and Edmund Hockridge are playing at The North Pier, Blackpool, England, UK.
The Small Faces play at The Cavern In The Town, off Leicester Square, London, England, UK.
UK music paper Record Mirror shows Got Live If You Want It by The Rolling Stones as the week's top EP (extended player).
The Byrds debut single, a cover of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man, hits the No1 spot in the USA for the first of two weeks and sparks the folk-rock boom.
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An early line-up of Pink Floyd appears at the Melody Maker National Beat Contest, Wimbledon Palais, London, and also at the Beat Contest, The Country Club, Belsize Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
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I Want Candy by The Strangeloves enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No11.
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Dusty Springfield records Who Can I Turn To and Long After Tonight Is All Over in Philips Studios, Stanhope Place, London, England, UK, for Philips Records.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is I Like It Like That by The Dave Clark Five, entering at No59.
When The Searchers appear on tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars in Birmingham, England, UK, band member Frank Allen is briefly replaced by one of The Settlers, because Allen has a long-standing holiday booking for Bermuda.
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Ronnie Carroll plays at The Futurist Theatre, Scarborough, England, UK.
Tommy Quickly And The Remo Four play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, supported by The Mob.
The Bachelors and The Rockin' Berries are playing at The ABC, Great Yarmouth, England, UK.
The Rolling Stones play at K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
A UK Silver Disc is awarded to the single Crying In The Chapel by Elvis Presley.
The Brian Auger Trinity play at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK.
Two versions of the song Forget Domani, one by Connie Francis and one by Frank Sinatra make their debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA, at respectively No95 (Francis) and No100 (Sinatra).
The Charlatans continue their two month long residency at The Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nevada, USA.
Them, featuring vocalist Van Morrison, play at The Starlight Room, Gliderdrome, Boston, Lincolnshire, UK.
The Kingston Trio and Roger Miller play the sixth of seven nights at The Carter Barron Amphitheater, Rock Creek Park, Washington DC, 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.