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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.
Twenty-year old singer Tammy Montgomery signs a recording contract with Motown Records of Detroit, Michigan, USA. Company boss Berry Gordy decides her surname is too long, so he changes her name to Tammi Terrell.
When popular singer Ed Ames (of The Ames Brothers) appears on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in New York City, USA, he is asked by Carson to demonstate his well-known tomahawk throwing abilities. A wooden panel with an outline of a cowboy is brought onto the stage and, when Ames takes his throw, the tomahawk hits the "cowboy" square in the groin with the handle pointing upward. This leads to a prolongued burst of laughter from the audience, which has been called the longest sustained laugh by a live audience in television history.
Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders arrive back in the UK at the end of an American tour.
The Beatles film a 'chainsaw' sequence at Twickenham Film Studios, St Margaret's, Twickenham, UK, for their second film, Help!
The Quartette Tres Bien records A Taste Of Honey and Summertime for Decca Records in Technosonic Studio Inc, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The track will appear on their LP Stepping Out! The Exciting Piano Rhythms Of The Quartette Tres Bien.
Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who stood in for Ringo Starr when The Beatles toured Australia, Oceania, is declared bankrupt in court in London, England, UK.
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Blues guitarist Earl Hooker records Wild Moments, Chicken and I Can't Understand for CJ Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Austrian House music producer, remixer and DJ Peter Rauhofer is born in Vienna, Austria, Europe. He will spend much of his time in New York City, USA, remixing for Depeche Mode, Madonna, Seal, Funky Green Dogs, Kylie Minogue and others. He will also make use of several aliases including House Heroes and Sizequeen.
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Edward Small Productions Inc. agrees to pay Alex Gottlieb $30,000 for his services as an associate producer and co-writer of a proposed Elvis Presley movie to be entitled Frankie And Johnny.
British pop idol Billy Fury plays at The ABC, Southampton, UK, supported by The Pretty Things, Dave Berry and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.
Gerry And The Pacemakers begin a North American tour with a show at The Fox Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
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Yes It Is, the b-side of Ticket To Ride by The Beatles, enters the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA at No71. It will peak at No46.
Bob Dylan sleeps late at The Savoy Hotel, London, England, UK, before beginning preparations for the fist gig of his British tour the following day at The City Hall, Sheffield.
Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues enters the UK singles chart at No20. It will peak at No9 during a nine-week run.
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Tom Jones and his manager, Gordon Mills, fly from London, England, UK, to New York City, USA, where Jones is shortly to make his debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
The Alex Harvey Soul Band plus Long John Baldry and the Hoochie Coochie Men play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK.
Jazz saxophonist Brew Moore plays at The Montmartre Jazzhaus, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. The show is recorded and will be released as the live LP I Should Care, on Steeplechase Records.
Jazz piano innovator Jacques Loussier plays at The Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Europe.
The stage musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Burton Lane, is playing at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 280 performances.
The stage musical Man Of La Mancha is playing at the ANTA Washington Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of almost two and a half years.