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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.
The musical Zizi is presented at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 49 performances.
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 Paul Butterfield Blues Band, featuring Butterfield on vocals and harmonica, Michael Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop on guitars, Mark Naftalin on organ, Jerome Arnold and bass and Sam Lay on drums, is playing during a month of live shows at The Unicorn, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ketty Lester plays during two weeks at Annie's Room, London, England, UK, Europe.
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.
The Temptations are playing during eight nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Paul Anka is playing during a two-week stay at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Jimmy James And The Vagabonds play at The Marquee, Soho, London, England, UK, Europe.
The Who play at St. Matthew's Hall, Norwich, England, UK, Europe.
The Don Ellis Orchestra plays at Club Havana, San Jose, California, USA.
Kenyon Hopkins And His Orchestra record Headache Montage, The Bridge, The Mirror and other tracks for the Verve Records movie soundtrack album to the film Mister Buddwing in New York City, USA.
Turn, Turn, Turn by The Byrds peaks at No3 in the Singles Chart in Canada. The song was composed in the late 1950s by Pete Seeger.
P.J. Proby signs a new deal with agent Tito Burns in London, England, UK, Europe.
Chris Farlowe plays at Barrett's Youth Centre, South Ockendon, England, UK, Europe
Frank Sinatra with Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra, records Moon Song, Moon Love, The Moon Got In My Eyes and Moonlight Serenade, for Reprise Records in United Recording Studio A, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Yutaka Ozaki is born in Setagaya Ward, SDF Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Asia. He will find success as a popular Japanese rock musician. He will be ranked by HMV at No.23 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians.
British soul/r'n'b band Cliff Bennett And The Rebel Rousers record Who's Cheating Who at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe.
Gordon Lightfoot's cover version of the Bob Dylan composition Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues peaks at No8 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
The Beatles are interviewed in Studio One, Aeolian Hall, London, England, UK, Europe, by BBC disc jockey Brian Matthew for the Christmas edition of the radio show Saturday Club.
Drummer Levon Helm, unable to cope with the booing of audiences during Bob Dylan's first electric tour of the USA, quits the group.
An injunction recently taken out by Peter Eden and Geoff Stevens, the former managers of folk-rock singer-songwriter Donovan, in an attempt to stop him from working, is refused by the courts in London, England, UK, Europe.
The Hollies begin a tour of Sweden and Denmark, Europe.
Don Covay And The Goodtimers record Fat Man and Jack The Ripper for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Bobby Rydell performing Wild One.
In Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Elvis Presley buys a second-hand Greyhound bus - a retired D’Elegance coach - which he plans to refurbish and use for driving to California, where he is frequently required to make movies.
Zoot Money's Big Roll Band plays at the Co-Operative Hall in Chesham, England, UK, Europe. Guitarist in the band is Andy Summers who will achieve worldwide success as a member of The Police.
Russ Conway, Jim Dale, Ivor Emanuel, Patricia Bredin, The Trebletones and the Alhambra Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Furby, play at The Alhambra, Bradford, England, UK, Europe.
I Hear A Symphony by The Supremes peaks at No6 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Ray Sharpe, with an unknown backing band, records That's The Way I Feel, Hey Little Girl, My Babe, 100 Pounds Of Clay, Gettin' The Feeling (Help Me) and Haunted House, in Atlantic Studios, New York City, USA. None of the tracks will be released.
The Marquee Show, featuring Manfred Mann, The Yardbirds, Inez And Charlie Foxx, Paul And Barry Ryan, Gary Farr And The T-Bones, the Mark Leeman Five and The Scaffold, plays at The ABC, Northampton, England, UK, Europe.
Hayley Mills, Richard Chamberlain, The Goodtime Singers and The Dave Grusin Orchestra appear on tonight's edition of The Andy Williams Show on NBCtv in the USA.
Johnny Cash records The One On The Right Is On The Left - a political satire - at Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The musical Anya opens at The Ziegfield Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for just two weeks.
Freddie And The Dreamers perform I'm Telling You Now on The Merv Griffin Show, on tv in New York City, USA.
TV show Hullaballoo in the USA features performances by The Byrds, Paul Revere And The Raiders and Jackie DeShannon.
As the group plays at the Coliseum in Denver, Rolling Stones Day is declared by John Love, governor of the state of Colorado, USA.
The Big TNT Show, produced by Phil Spector, is filmed at The Moulin Rouge Club, Los Angeles, Caliufornia, USA. The show features Ray Charles, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful, Ike And Tina Turner, Bo Diddley, Donovan, The Ronettes, Roger Miller , Joan Baez, Petula Clark, The Modern Folk Quartet. In the audience are Frank Zappa, Sky Saxon, singer and frontman for The Seeds, and Ron Mael and Russell Mael, who will later form the band Sparks. The show, effectively a sequel to The T.A.M.I. Show, will be released as a movie in 1966.
Mary Taylor records I'm Gonna Slip Around On You and Please Forgive Me In Los Angeles, at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.