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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.
Rusty 'Ko Ko' Adams is playing during thirteen days at The Little Brown Jug, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA, with Jo Ann And Ray Cantrell.
Gene Krupa opens for a week at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Buddy Greco is playing during a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harry Belafonte is playing during a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Judy Henske is playing during three weeks of gigs at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano is playing during three weeks of gigs at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, pennsylvania, USA.
The Detours, featuring Pete Townshend, who will go on to form The Who, play at The Oldfield Tavern, Greenford, England, UK, Europe
The Squires, a group including guitarist Neil Young, play the second of two consecutive nights at The Cellar Club, Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada.
The front cover of today's edition of UK pop weekly Melody Maker reveals details of the recent breakup of successful trio The Springfields (featuring Dusty Springfield).
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The Rolling Stones play at The Assembly Hall, Walthamstow, London, England, UK, Europe.
Bobby Vinton plays the first of two nights at The Moon Bowl, Freedomland Amusement Park, The Bronx, New York City, USA.
Sarah Vaughan with Count Basie And His Orchestra play at The Astoria, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
Actor and singer George Maharis is undertaking a 26-city promotional tour with his Epic Records album Where Can You Go For A Broken Heart?Bo Diddley, Freddie Cannon, The Big Three, Mike Berry, John Leyton and The Tornados appear on UK tv series Thank Your Lucky Stars, hosted by Brian Matthew.
Wayne Newton is the musical guest on tonight's edition of The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS-tv in the USA.
The Beach Boys, The Coasters, The Drifters, Jan and Dean, The Righteous Brothers, Trini Lopez, Dionne Warwick, The Jaynetts, Dee Dee Sharp, Freddy Cannon, The Ronettes, Ray Stevens, Bobby Freeman, Nino Tempo And April Stevens and others play in the Surf Party at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, USA.
Little Deuce Coupe by The Beach Boys peaks at No15 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA.
House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. On the same day they also appear at The New Orleans Club and The Downbeat Club, both in Newcastle. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.
Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Tommy Roe, The Fourmost, Tommy Quickly, Heinz And The Saints, The Dennisons and Johnny Sandon And The Remo Four play at The Granada, Mansfield, England, UK, Europe.
Sally Go 'Round the Roses by The Jaynetts peaks at No2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA.
New York City DJ Murray The K becomes the first American DJ to play a record by The Beatles on the radio. The song is She Loves You and Murray plays it for two weeks, but audience response is minimal.
The Brothers Four, The Rooftop Singers, The Dillards, Judy Henske, Will Holt and Marian Williams appear on the ABC-tv folk music show Hootenanny in the USA.
The
Kingston Trio and Barbra Streisand play
a benefit concert for mayoral candidate John F. Shelley at
the Masonic
Auditorium, San
Francisco, California, USA.
Jazz accordionist and organist Joe Mooney is appearing at The Most, New York City, USA, with singer/guitarist Ed Hazell.It is reported in Billboard magazine that EMI has acquired the rights to promote the Tamla-Motown label in the UK, in a move seen as a reflection of the growth of rhythm and blues in Britain. The label includes artists such as Mary Wells, Little Stevie Wonder, The Miracles, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye and Martha And The Vandellas.
The Tikis are playing at The Jolly Roger Club, Printers' Alley, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Ronettes are seen performing Be My Baby on the tv show American Bandstand, broadcast from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [Their performance is on tape, because they are appearing live in San Francisco].
The Four Vests play at a dance at The Eldorado, Illinois VFW (Veteran's of Foreign Wars) hall. After their first set, they invite visiting Englishman George Harrison to join them onstage. Harrison is reluctant, but with some coaxing they get him on stage and he accompanies the band on some Hank Williams, Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins tunes. This marks the first time a member of The Beatles played live in the United States.
Roy Orbison plays at The Adelphi, Slough, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Searchers, Bob Luman, Freddie And The Dreamers, and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.
Florida State University student Jim Morrison is arrested on charges of drunkeness plus petty larceny of a police helmet and an umbrella in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Six years later on March 5, 1969 Morrison will be arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious behaviour, indecent exposure, profanity, and drunkenness during a performance by his band The Doors in Miami.A package tour featuring Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Dee Dee Sharp, The Shirelles, The Checkerboard Band and others plays in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play the last of three nights in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.The Miles Davis Quintet plays in Royce Hall, at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Etta James plays the second of two nights at The New Era Club, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The show is recorded and tracks will be released on the LP, Etta James Rocks The House, on Argo Records in the USA.
In a featured interview on the front page of today's edition of Billboard magazine in the USA, Mahalia Jackson criticises what she describes as "pop gospel" music and expresses pleasure that it has not taken off as a major musical style.