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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.
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.
Teddy Randazzo, Molly Bee, Jo-Ann Campbell and Carding Cruz with his 24-piece orchestra play at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia, during The Christmas Cavalcade Of International Stars.Please Come Home For Christmas by r'n'b vocalist Charles Brown enters the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No21.
Liverpool band The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play at The Victory Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
Clay Cole's Christmas Rock'n'Roll Show plays the fourth of ten days at The Brooklyn Paramount, New York City, USA, featuring Neil Sedaka, Dion, Bo Diddley, The Drifters, Chubby Checker, Little Anthony, The Skyliners, Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee and Dante And The Evergreens.
The Jule Styne musical Do Re Mi opens at the St James Theater, New York City, USA, where it will run for 400 performances.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play at The Victory Memorial Hall, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
The Bing Crosby radio special, A Christmas Sing With Bing, is transmitted in the UK by the BBC Light Programme.
Neil Sedaka, Dion, Bo Diddley, The Drifters, Chubby Checker, Little Anthony, The Skyliners, Johnny Burnette, Bobby Vee and Dante And The Evergreens play the fourth of ten days in the Christmas Rock'n'Roll Show at The Paramount Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, later to become The Bee Gees, begin two weeks of appearances in a pantomime, Jack And The Beanstalk, at The Rialto Theatre, Sydney, Australia.Ray Charles records From The Heart, I've Got News For You and other tracks at Van Gelder Recording Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. The tracks are arranged and conducted by Quincy Jones.
Big Maybelle plays the first of six nights at Pep's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the twelfth night of a six-week season at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Connie Francis plays the twenty-sixth night of a four-week season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.