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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.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week stay at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
The Lovin' Spoonful enter the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA with You Didn't Have To Be So Nice.
The Panics play at El Partido, Lewisham, London, England, UK, Europe.
Calne, Wiltshire-based band The Pack play two 45-minute sets in Guildford, England, UK, Europe.
My Generation by The Who reaches No2 in the UK singles chart.
Hedgehoppers Anonymous play in The Floral Hall, Southport, England, UK, Europe.
Brian Epstein, Juliette Greco, Françoise Hardy and Hugh Lloyd are the guest panellists on tonights edition of the BBC1 tv show Juke Box Jury in London, England, UK, Europe.
The album Whipped Cream And Other Delights by Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, reaches No1 in the Billboard albums chart in the USA for the first of eight (non-consecutive) weeks.
The highest new entry in Cash Box magazine chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Ebb Tide by The Righteous Brothers, entering at No63.
The Fortunes play at The Gay Gordon, Balloch, Scotland, UK, Europe
The Swinging Blue Jeans play at Manchester University, Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
John Fahey plays at The Jabberwock, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Beach Boys release a new single, The Little Girl I Once Knew, in the USA on Capitol Records.
Chris Farlowe plays at the Club A'Gogo, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.
Quincy Jones comes to the end of three days of recording the LP Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag for Mercury Records at RPM Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The studio is owned by Ray Charles, who also plays piano and organ on the LP.
A Silver Disc is awarded in the UK to the single The Carnival Is Over by The Seekers.
The Rolling Stones play two shows in one day. In the afternoon they play at Hara Arena, Dayton, Ohio, USA. In the evening, they play at The Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Cal Tjader plays to 3,000 people at the University Of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
The Ramsey Lewis Trio enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles chart in the USA with Hang On Sloopy, which will peak at No11 during a six-week stay on the chart.
The Supremes play at Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, supported by The Lovin' Spoonful.
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 Granada Cinema, East Ham, London, England, UK, Europe. Paul McCartney of The Beatles is in the audience.
Tim Rose is playing at The Bitter End, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates play at La Locomotive Club, Paris, France, Europe.
A four day event, The Blues Bag, comes to an end 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.
Ain't That Peculiar by Marvin Gaye peaks at No1 on the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA.
Johnny Nash, Rufus Thomas and Carla Thomas play at WDIA's Annual Goodwill Revue in The Coliseum, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Steam Packet play at The Dancing Slipper, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.(The group includes Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger.)
The Who and Tom Jones appear on the BBC radio show Saturday Club in the UK, along with The Settlers and The Fourmost.
The Small Faces play in The Astoria, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe
The Summer Set play at The Birdcage, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA publishes its regional pop singles charts, showing I Hear A Symphony by The Supremes at No1 in Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia. The Sound Of Silence by Simon And Garfunkel has the top spot in Boston, while 1-2-3 by Len Barry is at No1 in Pittsburgh.
Sandie Shaw, The Quiet Five and The Basic Five play in the Starlight Ballroom, Boston Gliderdrome, Boston, England, UK, Europe.
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band including guitarist Mike Bloomfield, plays at The Town Hall, New York City, USA.
The Mystery Trend play at Peter Voulkos Studio, Berkeley, California, USA.
British folk quartet The Silkie have their only American hit when their version of The Beatles' composition You've Got To Hide Your Love Away peaks at No10 in the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA.
Jackie Trent appears on UK tv series The Arthur Haynes Show.
Bob Dylan plays the second of two nights at The Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
It is reported that Motown subsidiary Gordy Records of Detroit, Michigan, USA, has agreed to change the title of its current Kim Weston single to Take Me In Your Arms Baby, to avoid confusion with publisher Mills Music's standard called Take Me In Your Arms.
The Applejacks play at Marlborough Hall, Halifax, England, UK, Europe.
Bob Kidman And The Dorothy Orchestra play in The Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge, England, UK, Europe. Meanwhile, The Classmates with Angela Dean, The Tykes, Ginny Dean And The Deacons and The Chequers play in The Dorothy's 'Beat' Room.
Dusty Springfield, The Bobby Fuller 4, Dee Dee Sharp, The Grass Roots and Glen Campbell, appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
1-2-3 by Len Barry reaches No1 in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
Marvin Gaye starts work on his duet with Kim Weston, It Takes Two, for Tamla Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.