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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.
Ella Fitzgerald is playing during a season at Basin Street East, New York City, USA.
The Harold Quinn Trio is playing during a three week engagement at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Helen O'Connell is playing during a three week booking at Mr. Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Barbara Gilbert.
The highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is ThatOld Black Magic by Bobby Rydell, entering at No77.
Marty Wilde, The Allisons, Mike Preston, Johnnie Lee, Ken Kirkham and Jeannie Lambe appear on UK tv pop show, Thank Your Lucky Stars, filmed at Teddington Studios, near London.
Ray Price And His Cherokee Cowboys and The Green Valley Quartet play on the first night of The New Dominion Barn Dancein The WRVA Theater, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Thelonious Monk and Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe.Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers continue with a three-week engagement at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand .
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Max Adolph Erich Abraham-Collin, second tenor of popular 1930s German recording group The Comedian Harmonists, dies in Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 62.
Revered folk singer Cisco Houston dies of stomach cancer at his sister's home in San Bernardino, California, USA, aged 42.
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Flamingos, Jerry Butler, The Miracles, Maxine Brown, The Vibrations, and Shep And The Limelites play the second of seven nights at The Uptown Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Miff Mole, reckoned to have been the most advanced trombonist in the jazz field during the 1920s, dies aged 63, after years of ill-health, in New York City, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with studio-based filming for the movie Blue Hawaii, at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Marcels, Little Anthony And The Imperials, Ernie K-Doe, Freddie King, and Marv Johnson play the second of seven nights in a special presentation, The Stars Of The Swinging Sixties, at The Tivoli, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Swinging Blue Genes (later to find fame as The Swinging Blue Jeans] and The Remo Four play in an all night session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
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.