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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.
The stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.
Jerry Lee Lewis is playing during a month-long series of shows at The Chez Paree Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This series of shows is considered to have contributed greatly to turning his flagging career around.
Folk duo The Goldcoast Singers is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA, during a four-week booking, with The Willow Creek Ramblers.
Damita Jo is playing during two weeks at The Embers, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Toni Carroll is playing during three weeks at The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Horace Silver is playing during two weeks at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Monique Van Vooren is playing during ten days at The Chase Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
The Rolling Stones perform three Chuck Berry compositions, Come On, Memphis Tennessee and Roll Over Beethoven, during an appearance on the BBC radio show Saturday Club in London, England, UK, Europe.
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The Alan Price Rhythm'n'Blues Combo plays at The Downbeat Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success after it evolves to become The Animals.
UK girl group The Caravelles perform on BBC Radio show Saturday Club.
The Everly Brothers, Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Mickie Most, Julie Grant, The Flintstones and The Rolling Stones play at The Gaumont, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Beach Boys third album Surfer Girl enters the Billboard Top 40 album chart. It will peak at No7.
Gerry and the Pacemakers enter the UK albums chart with How Do You Like It? which will peak at No2 during a 28-week run.
Chubby Checker is playing during two weeks of shows at The El Mocambo club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, Del Shannon, Jet Harris And Tony Meehan, The Bachelors, Duffy Power, Cilla Black, Bryan Burdon and The Blue Diamonds play at The Odeon, Colchester, England, UK, Europe.
Betty Harris enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with her slowed-down cover version of Solomon Burke's Cry To Me which will peak at No23 during a six-week run.
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Elvis Presley continues with location filming for his fourteenth film, Kissin' Cousins at Big Bear, near San Bernardino, California, USA.
The Busters perform Bust Out on popular tv show American Bandstand in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Blue Bayou by Roy Orbison reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart.
When Bob Dylan plays a concert at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, his parents, Abe and Beatrice 'Beatty' Zimmerman, are in the audience.
The Beatles record an appearance on Swedish tv show Drop In, then play as second on the bill to Joey Dee And The Starliters at Kungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. The show also features 'Europe's King Of The Twist', Jerry Williams, plus The Violents and Suzie.
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Leon McAuliffe And The Cimarron Boys play in Arkansas City, Kansas, USA.
Little Red Rooster by Sam Cooke is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the US, entering at No64.
Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant is born in Jamestown, New York State, USA.
The Squires, including guitarist Neil Young, play at Our Lady Of Victory Church, Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada.
(Down At) Papa Joe's by The Dixiebelles enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No9. Although The Dixiebelles touring group consisted entirely of black girl singers, the record was made by all-white females from The Anita Kerr Singers.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays at The Mosque Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
The Beatles make their first international appearance with a show in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe, as the opening act for Joey Dee And The Starliters. After the performance, Joey Dee invites The Beatles to his party at the Foresta Hotel in Stockholm.
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Gene Vincent plays in Tours, France, Europe, backed by The Sunlights.
The Greatest Record Show Of 1963, starring Brook Benton, Dion, Trini Lopez, Timi Yuro, Lesley Gore and The Ken Thorne Orchestra plays at The Odeon, Lewisham, England, UK, Europe.