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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.
Winifred Atwell, Lance Percival, Ronnie Carroll, Antonio Vargas And The Spanish Dancers, Gerard Sety, Des Lane, Toni Ros, The Mistins and The Don Robb Group are playing during the summer season at The Star Light Roof, The Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, England, UK, Europe.
Helen Shapiro is undertaking a ten-week summer season engagement at The Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth, England, UK, Europe, supported by Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, Ronnie Corbett and Jimmy Savile.
Lou Rawls is playing during ten days of shows at The 20 Grand, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Beatles are playing during six nights at The Odeon, Southport, England, UK, Europe. It is thought that on the second-last of these shows (30th), Cilla Black appeared as a support act. Also on the bill are Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Fourmost, The Sons Of The Piltdown Men, Tommy Quickly, Gary And Lee and Tommy Wallis And Beryl. The Beatles are filmed for the BBC-tv documentary The Mersey Sound.
Brenda Lee is appearing during six days as Dorothy in a production of The Wizard Of Oz, in Warren, Ohio, USA.
Nina Simone is playing during six nights at The Minor Key, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
The Beach Boys play in The Avalon Ballroom, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA.
Fats Domino performs Red Sails In The Sunset on daily tv pop show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazz pianist and bassist Wade Legge dies aged 29, of a bleeding stomach ulcer, in Buffalo, New York State, USA.
The Top 5 Singles in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this date are as follows :

1. Sweets For My Sweet - The Searchers

2. Blowin' In The Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary

3. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Frank Ifield

4. Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport - Rolf Harris

5. Candy Girl - The Four Seasons

The Moray Dance Club presents Dev Douglas plus The Alex. Sutherland Sextet in The Two Red Shoes, Elgin, Scotland, UK, Europe.
Chubby Checker sets off on a tour of Germany, Europe.
Skeeter Davis, Webb Pierce, Carl Smith, Lefty Frizzell, Stonewall Jackson, Minnie Pearl, Carl Butler, Billy Walker and Faron Young play at The Palace Theatre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
The Rolling Stones make their first appearance on British TV pop show Scene At 6.30, which is recorded in Manchester, England, UK, Europe.
Prominent folk singer and songwriter Phil Ochs performs his protest songs to the bemusement of passing shoppers at Garden State Plaza, New Jersey, USA.
With members of The Rolling Stones in the crowd, The Big Three record their set at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, and release it as the live EP At The Cavern.
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Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio-based scenes at MGM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for his fifteenth movie Viva Las Vegas, co-starring Ann-Margret.
Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers play at Birdland, New York City, USA.
The Mills Brothers open for three weeks at The Venetian Room, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Barbra Streisand plays the ninth night in three-weeks of shows at Cocoanut Grove, Los Angeles, California, USA.