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The Noel Coward-composed musical Sail Away is presented at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 167 performances.
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.
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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.
R'n'b vocal group The Flamingos play the last of thirteen nights at The Peppermint Lounge West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Shannon reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart. The
song is composed by country music singer/songwriter Roger Miller.
Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Jet Harris And The Jetblacks,Sounds Incorporated and The Breakaways play at The Granada, Tooting, UK.
UK music paper Melody Maker reports that The Tornados will begin their first tour of the USA in February.
My Own True Love by The Duprees is the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No74.
UK music paper Melody Maker reports that, "Liverpool's Beatles appear at the city's Empire Theatre with Little Richard on Sunday, start two weeks at The Star Club, Hamburg, on November 1 and return to The Cavern Club, Liverpool, on November 18."
The Four Seasons new single, Big Girls Don't Cry, on Vee-Jay Records, enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, destined for the No1 slot.
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A knife fight erupts during a gig by Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames in The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, UK, between Johnny Edgecombe and Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon. Both men are lovers of Christine Keeler, and the fight is caused by their rivalry for her affections. Gordon's face is badly slashed and he vows revenge on Keeler for his injury.
Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and The Sons Of The Pioneers appear in the television special This Is My Country on ATV in the USA.
Elvis Presley continues filming studio scenes for his next movie, It Happened At The World's Fair, in MGM Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The very first Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye and Little Stevie
Wonder, plays the second night in a week of shows at the The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Hank Ballard And The Midnighters play the third night in a week of gigs at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
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Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will
peak at No2 during a fourteen-week run. (1962)
Phil Everly heads the bill on a package tour at The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, UK. The show is supposed to star The Everly Brothers, but Don Everly collapsed after a suicide attempt in London's Savoy Hotel. Other acts on the bill include Frank Ifield, Ketty Lester and The Vernons Girls.