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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.
Jazz vocalist Keely Smith is playing during three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Lou Rawls is playing during ten days of shows at The 20 Grand, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at The Vapors Club, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA.
The Beatles are playing during six nights at The Odeon, Southport, England, UK, Europe. It is thought that on the second-last of these shows (30th), Cilla Black appeared as a support act. Also on the bill are Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Fourmost, The Sons Of The Piltdown Men, Tommy Quickly, Gary And Lee and Tommy Wallis And Beryl. The Beatles are filmed for the BBC-tv documentary The Mersey Sound.
Music publisher Jim Denny dies of cancer at Saint Thomas - West Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. A former house manger for the Grand Ole Opry, Denny had gone on to become an influential talent booker, and joined Webb Pierce in forming Cedarwood Publishing, one of Nashville's first music publishing ventures.
Brenda Lee opens for the first of six days as Dorothy in a production of The Wizard Of Oz, in Warren, Ohio, USA.
Little Stevie Wonder records Take This Hammer, with producer Clarence Paul, in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The track will not be released.
Duke Ellington directs Billy Strayhorn and his Orchestra in recording My Man Sends Me and I Love My Lovin' Lover for the album My People at Universal Studios, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Peter, Paul And Mary are awarded a Gold Disc in the USA from the R.I.A.A. for their Warner Brothers Records album Moving.
Jerry Lee Lewis undertakes his second-last session for Sun Records, recording Your Lovin' Ways, Just Who Is To Blame, Hong Kong Blues and Love On Broadway at Sam Phillips Recording Studio, 639 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, before moving on to Mercury Records.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.
George Hamilton IV records Fort Worth, Dallas Or Houston in RCA Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers play at Birdland, New York City, USA.
Nina Simone opens for six nights at The Minor Key, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the seventh night in three-weeks of shows at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Survivors record Pamela Jean and After The Game in Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys supervises the session, sings lead on the track and wrote the songs.
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Sam Cooke makes a live appearance on tv's Tonight Show, hosted by Johnny Carson, in the USA.
The Rolling Stones play at The Ricky-Tick Club in The Thames Hotel, Windsor, England, UK, Europe.
The Yardbirds play at The Railway Hotel, Harrow, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Detours play at The Oldfield Hotel, Greenford, London, England, UK, Europe. The band will enjoy greater success after changing their =name to The Who.
The Merseybeats play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.