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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.Iain MacDonald is born in Inverness, Scotland. He will play pipes, flute and whistle for two highly successful folk groups, The Battlefield Band and Ossian.
Entering at No19, A Mess Of Blues by Elvis Presley is the highest new entry in the UK Top 20 singles chart. It will peak at No2 during an eighteen week run.
Cliff Richard secures his third UK No1 single with Please Don't Tease, a song chosen from a selection played to an audience of fan club members who then voted for their favourite.
Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at No1.
Bobby Darin plays the twenty-first night in a month long engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada,USA, opening for comedian George Burns.
Only The Lonely by Roy Orbison enters the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at No1.
Ray Charles plays the second night in a week of shows at The Cloisters Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Only
The Lonely by Roy Orbison enters
the UK pop singles chart, where it will peak at No1.
Entering at No19, A Mess Of Blues by
Elvis Presley is the highest new entry in the UK Top 20 singles chart. It will peak at
No2 during an eighteen week run.
If She Should Come To You by Anthony Newley peaks at No4 in the UK pop singles chart.
Frank Sinatra plays the seventh of ten nights at The 500 Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
The Isley Brothers, produced by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore, record Tell Me Who and Say You Love Me Too, for RCA Records in New York City, USA.
Malcolm Holmes, drummer of Orchestral Manoeuvres In the Dark, is born in Birkenhead, UK.
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.