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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.
Buddy Bair And His Orchestra with vocalist Elaine Powell are playing during a three-week booking at The Skyway, Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Internationally popular Cuban composer and pianist Ernesto Lecuona dies of a heart attack while travelling in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
The Beatles play at The ABC, Huddersfield, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Vernons Girls, The Brook Brothers, Peter Jay and The Jaywalkers, and others.
Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The ABC, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe.
Stan Getz is playing during ten days at Shelley's Manne Hole, Los Angeles, California, USA.Barbra Streisand and Johnny Puleo And His Harmonica Gang are the musical guests on the Jack Paar Show on NBC-tv in the USA.
Marvin Gaye opens for a week ay The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by The Vibrations, The Contours, Billy Stewart, Jimmy Pelham and The Charmettes.
Frankie Laine opens an extended engagement at The Nugget Casino, Spa rks, Nevada, USA.
The album Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer And The Fireballs is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Cal Tjader plays at The Hollywood Terrace, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Leon McAuliffe and His Swingin‘ Western Band play at The Bamboo Inn, Enid, Oklahoma, USA.
French singing star Patachou appears on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC-tv in the USA.
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney tape a new comedy/musical sketch for The Judy Garland Show at CBS Television City, Studio 43, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. 
Wilfred Downing is born in The Bronx, New York City, USA. He will find success as singer and songwriter Will Downing, releasing albums on, among others, Motown, Island and Mercury Records.
The Carter Family record a new version of Will The Circle Be Unbroken in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. They had first recorded the song in 1935.
The Detours play at The Goldhawk Social Club, Shepherds Bush, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find much greater success after they evolve to become The Who.
The Billy J. Kramer Pop Parade tour, featuring Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, The Caravelles, The Fourmost, Houston Wells, Tommy Quickly and The Marauders plays at The Odeon, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe.The Ripchords, Lou Christie, The Pix ies, Vic Dana, Diane Rey, Debby Dovell, Tim And The Galaxies, The Belmonts and The Corvets play in the KDWB Thanksgiving Hop in Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Tim Bowness, singer and wordsmith of avant-garde rock duo No-Man is born in Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England, UK, EuropeDuane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Gary 'US' Bonds, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers play at The Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK, Europe.
The Beatles release a new single, I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy, on Parlophone Records in the UK, Europe.
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Guitarist Greg Lisher of Camper Van Beethoven is born in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
The 
Toni Arden records In The Summer Of His Years and My Heart Is A Chapel for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Stonewall Jackson records Give It Back To The Indians, Not My Kind Of People and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Beatles single, I Want To Hold Your Hand, is released in Germany on Odeon Records.
Soul-jazz organist Freddie Roach records his third album Good Move, for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Squires, including guitarist Neil Young, play at St. Ignatius Community Youth Organisation, Winnipeg, Ontario, Canada.
The Nashville Men play at The 
The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Combo plays at The Jazz Lounge, Club A Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will, soon after, change its name to The Animals.
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at Edwina's, Finsbury Park, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Adam Faith, Larry Adler, Annie Ross and Jackie Trent play at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe. This show is a Midnight Matinee to raise funds for the Africa Bureau.