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UK weekly pop paper the New Musical Express (NME) reports that Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, Peggy Lee and Louis Armstrong all have plans to tour in the UK during the upcoming year.
While driving to their concert at Pacific Ocean Park, all six members of US instrumental hitmakers The Champs are injured in an auto accident in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Gene Vincent releases a new single, Be Bop Boogie Boy, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Buddy Holly's former record producer/manager, Norman Petty, writes to the singer's newly-appointed lawyer, Harold Orenstein, giving information about Holly's business affairs.
Chuck Berry releases a new single, Merry Christmas Baby/ Run Rudolph Run, on Chess Records in the USA.
Ted Steele's Bandstand plays the third of five days at The Brooklyn Paramount Theater, New York City, USA, featuring Connie Francis, The Big Bopper, Jimmy Clanton, Clyde McPhatter, Dickey Doo and the Don'ts, The Royaltones, Cozy Cole, Donnie Owens, The Shields, The Solitaires, The Kalin Twins, Frankie Avalon, Thurston Harris, Lloyd Price and Jerry Butler And The Impressions.