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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.Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
A new musical production, Money, starring George Coe, David Rounds and Barbara Quaney, is playing at Upstairs At The Downstairs, New York City, USA, during a run of 214 performances. The show's book and lyrics are by David Axelrod and Tom Whedon, while the music is by Sam Pottle. 
Margie Rayburn is playing during a two week booking at The Hesperia Inn, Hesperia, California, USA.
Randy And The Rainbows enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Denise which will peak at No10. The song will provide a hit again in the 70s for Blondie.
The Newport Folk Festival has its second of three days at Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Among other attractions, Pete Seeger plays while the Blue Ridge Mountain Dancers strut their stuff on the stage.
During a tour of one-nighters, Gene Pitney plays at The Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
The Beatles come to the end of a six-day season at The Odeon, Weston-Super-Mare, UK, supported by Gerry And The Pacemakers and Tommy Quickly.
Jet Harris and Tony Meehan play at Hastings Pier Ballroom, Hastings, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Blue Diamonds.Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs play at The Berkshire Music Barn, Music Inn, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA.
Eric Von Schmidt records Joshua Gone Barbados for Prestige Records in New York City, USA. The track will appear on his album Folk Blues OF Eric Von Schmidt.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra, with Lambert, Hendricks And Bavan, plays at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
Teresa Brewer, with the Shep Fields Orchestra, is playing during a two-week engagement at The Intertnational Club, Houston, Texas, USA.Ella Fitzgerald and Stan Getz play at The Carter Barron Amphitheater, Washington DC, USA.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that the single Christine by Miss X on Ember Records has been banned by BBC Radio and by Radio Luxembourg in the UK. The reason for the ban is that the Christine in the title refers to Christine Keeler, the woman at the heart of the Profumo scandal. The identity of Miss X is actually Joyce Blair, sister of popular dancer Lionel Blair.
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The Miles Davis Quintet plays the second of three days at the Juan-les-Pins Jazz Festival, Antibes, France, Europe.
Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys play at the WRID Radio Radio Jamboree, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Pat Boone flies in from Dublin, Ireland, to London, England, UK, Europe, where he is to spend the month of August completing his album Never Put Anything In Writing for Seven Arts Records.
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It's Too Late by Wilson Pickett enters the Billboard Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No7 on the R'n'B Chart and No49 pop.
It is reported in Billboard magazine that Warner Bros. Pictures has recently abandoned its $85,000 infringement lawsuit against Dot Records and Pat Boone, which had alleged that Boone simulated the voice of Speedy Gonzalez - a Warner Bros copyrighted animated cartoon mouse - in his 1962 hit single Speedy Gonzalez. Warners also agreed to pay the costs of Boone and Dot incurred in the preparation of their legal defense.
Bob Dylan duets with Pete Seeger on the song Ye Playboys And Playgirls during an afternoon workshop at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Frankie And Johnny by Sam Cooke is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No71.
The Rolling Stones play their second ballroom show, at The California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England, UK, Europe.
Tommy Bruce and The Wild Ones play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Mark Twain And The Saxons and Bruce Turner And The Senators.
Having completed location filming in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, for his fifteenth movie, Viva Las Vegas, Elvis Presley returns to Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to continue with studio-based scenes.
Surf City by Jan And Dean reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.