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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.
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.
Songwriters Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich get married and decide to begin writing songs together. They will become one of the hottest hit-making teams working in The Brill Building, New York City, USA.
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Dee Dee Sharp, Heinz, The Caravelles, Lee Curtis and The Sundowners play at The Granada, Edmonton, UK.
Student Lorre Wyatt of Millburn, New Jersey, USA, sings a song he has found in the folk music magazine Sing Out to his co-band members in The Millburnaires. When asked, he claims he wrote it. The song is actually Blowin' In The Wind by Bob Dylan, which has not yet been released by Dylan. Wyatt's lie will form the basis of a widely-believed myth that Dylan bought the song from him.
Do You Love Me by The Contours is the new Billboard R'n'B chart No1 single in the USA.
Hank Ballard And the Midnighters play the fourth night in a week of gigs at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Phil Everly heads the bill on a package tour at the Gaumont, Ipswich, UK. The show was 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.
The very first Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown Records package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye and Little Stevie Wonder, plays the third night in a week of shows at The The Howard Theater, Washington DC., USA.
Georgie Fame And The Blue Flames play a Sunday afternoon jam session at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, UK.
Blues By Six, featuring guest stars Alexis Korner and Cyril Davies, play at The Ken Colyer Club, London, UK.
UK recording stars Acker Bilk and Helen Shapiro make their debut appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, USA.
When The Beach Boys play at Pandora's Box, Los Angeles, California, USA, the group's leader Brian Wilson meets his future wife, Marilyn Rovell.
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The Beatles support (and back) Little Richard again, in their first appearance at Liverpool, UK's premier venue, The Empire Theatre. Also on the bill are Craig Douglas, Jet Harris, Kenny Lynch and Sounds Incorporated.
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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.
Aspiring songwriter Lorre Wyatt, a student at Millburn High School in New Jersey, USA, sings a song for his friends, passing it off as his own. The song is actually the Bob Dylan composition Blowin' In The Wind but Wyatt's deception will give rise to a widely-repeated misconception that Dylan bought the song from him for $1000.
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Neil Sedaka plays in Whiteland, Iowa, USA.