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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.
The musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, featuring Butterfield on vocals and harmonica, Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars, Mark Naftalin on organ, Jerome Arnold and bass and Sam Lay on drums, is playing during a month of live shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ketty Lester plays during two weeks at Annie's Room, London, England, UK, Europe.
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.
The Temptations are playing during eight nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Supremes play at The Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, supported by The Lovin' Spoonful.
Little Jimmy Dickens, George Jones and Gale Garnett are the musical guests on ABC-TV's The Jimmy Dean Show in the USA.
Ray Peterson records You Really Love, Funny Man and Guess Who, in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. None of the tracks will be released.
The Kinks release a new album, The Kink Kontroversy on Pye Records in the UK.
While the Rolling Stones are in Detroit, Michigan, USA, Berry Gordy invites the group to watch a recording session at Motown Records studio. In the evening, they play at Detroit's Cobo Hall.
The Beach Boys play at The Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, supported by The Pilgrims.
John Fahey plays at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Zombies release a new single, Is This The Dream / Don't Go Away on Decca Records in the UK.
Arlo Guthrie is arrested in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA, for littering on Thanksgiving in the nearby town of Stockbridge. The resulting events and adventure will be immortalized in Guthrie's song Alice’s Restaurant and in the film of the same name.
The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez and Charlie Foxx, Paul and Barry Ryan, Gary Farr And The T-Bones, the Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at The ABC, Southampton, England, UK, Europe
Donovan's recently usurped managers, Peter Eden and Geoff Stephens, try to stop him from working by taking out an injunction against him.
The Marvelettes release a new single, Don't Mess With Bill / Anything You Wanna Do, on Tamla Records in the USA.
Jokers Wild, a group including guitarist David Gilmour, later to join Pink Floyd, plays at Comberton College, Cambridge, England, UK.
Pat Gilbert is born in Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe. He will go on to become not just a major music journalist and author, but a broadcaster and radio producer, and also a rock musician, releasing the acclaimed LP The Tragedy Of Dirk Munro in 2020 as half of the duo Gilbert-Williamson.
Dusty Springfield records Take Me For A Little While, Every Ounce Of Strength and Heartbeat, for Philips Records in the UK.
Electric Blues guitarist and vocalist Bernard Allison is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Duke Lee plays at El Partido, Lewisham, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Small Faces play in The Mariner Ballroom, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe
Peter B's Looners play at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Julie Felix, The Settlers and Davey Graham play at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
UK pop music tv show Ready, Steady, Go features artists including The Animals performing It's My Life, Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames performing Something, Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas performing Neon City, Peter and Gordon performing Baby I'm Yours and Herman's Hermits performing A Must To Avoid.
Sonny James records The Last Time and She Believes In Me at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Applejacks play at The Civic Hall, Solihull, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz saxophonist Benny Golson with the Stan Tracey Quartet plays at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, UK, Europe. The performance is recorded and will be released as the LP Three Little Words.
The Fortunes play at the Raith Ballroom, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Wynder K. Frog plays at The Stoney Lea hotel, Ilkley, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe.
The Stoneman Family record Cripple Creek, A Message From Home, Ole Slew Foot and other tracks in Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Chris Farlowe plays at Britannia Rowing Club, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe
Diana Ross And The Supremes release a new single, I Hear A Symphony / Who Could Ever Doubt My Love, on Tamla Motown Records in the UK.
UK pop music weekly newspaper NME (New Musical Express) reports that The Shandykins Four, a newly-formed group from Stoke-on-Trent, has been chosen to replace The Paramounts as Sandie Shaw's permanent backing group. Further, The Shandykins Four has decided to change its name to The Streamliners with immediate effect, and has also signed a disc contract with Pye recording manager Tony Hatch.
The Walker Brothers release their debut LP, Take It Easy With The Walker Brothers on Philips Records in the UK.
Dick Delmont And The Strangers play at The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Mundanes.
New releases reviewed in today's edition of UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] include Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out by The Beatles, Take Me For What I'm Worth by The Searchers, Till The End Of The Day by The Kinks, Fever by The McCoys, My Ship Is Coming In by The Walker Brothers and Thunderball by Tom Jones.
Bob Dylan plays the first of two nights at The Arie Crown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA. During the day Dylan is interviewed by Joseph Haas of the Chicago Daily News.
Steam Packet play at Lancaster University, Lancaster, England, UK, Europe.(The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week stay at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Gary Farr And The T-Bones play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
A four day event, The Blues Bag, continues at The Cafe Au Go Go in New York City's Greenwich Village, featuring John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Fred Neil and The Blues Project.
The Who play at The Palais, Wimbledon, England, UK, Europe.