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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.
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.
Hank Thompson plays during a three-week engagement at The Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Patti Page is playing during a month of shows at The Pigalle, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz trumpeter Jonah Jones is playing at The Embers, New York City, USA, during a six-week engagement.
Nat King Cole plays during five nights at Araneta Coliseum, The Philippines, Asia.
Brook Benton is playing during a week of shows at The Uptown Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to find success as The Swinging Blue Jeans] play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Hello Mary Lou by Ricky Nelson peaks at No9 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA. The song is written by Gene Pitney.
Freddy Cannon plays the second of three nights at The Hillside Theater, Jamaica, New York State, USA.
Roland Lee Gift is born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe. He will find fame in the late 1980s as singer Roland Gift of Fine Young Cannibals.
Barbra Streisand plays the twentieth night in a month-long engagement at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.
Bluegrass legends The 
The Coasters, The Isley Brothers and Betty Carter play the third night of a week at the The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Jazz trombonist William Ridgley, best known as co-leader of The Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra, dies in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.Count Basie And His Orchestra play the third night of a week at The Tivoli Theater, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Their current vocalist, Ocie Smith, will later find greater success as solo performer O.C. Smith.
Four 'Musicians of the Future' perform in a gala concert with the Las Vegas Pops Orchestra conducted by Antonio Morelli, at the Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. One of the four is Tom Constanten, later to join San Francisco band The Grateful Dead as their pianist.
Minnie Pearl plays the first of three nights of live shows in Woodland, Maryland, USA.
The Jazztet record Reggie, Space Station and This Nearly Was Mine at Nola Penthouse Studios, New York City, USA, for Mercury Records.
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.