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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 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.
Jimmy Reed, Sugar Pie De Santos and The Dixie Cups appear on UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! in London, UK.
Heinz And The Wild Ones, including guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, later to find fame in Deep Purple, play as part of a pckage tour at The Palace, Douglas, Isle Of Man, UK. The tour also features The Hollies, The Dixie Cups, Jess Conrad, The Tornados and Wayne Gibson.
The Kinks record a live session for BBC Radio show Top Gear at the Playhouse Theatre, London, UK.
Roy Orbison's hit single Oh Pretty Woman is awarded a Gold Disc by the R.I.A.A. in the USA.
The Top Ten records played on KYW Radio in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, for the week beginning on this date are as follows :
1. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
2. Have I The Right - The Honeycombs
3. Last Kiss - J. F. Wilson
4. Right Or Wrong - Ronnie Dove
5. Baby Love
The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, release their second single, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl and, that evening, play at The Marquee Club, London, UK.
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers play at McKie's Disc Jockey Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Serendipity Singers play at Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, USA.
Dave Van Ronk and Maxine Sellers play at Mother Blues, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Merseybeats play at The Lido, Winchester, UK.
The Moody Blues play at The Crawdaddy, Richmond-On-Thames, UK.
The Rolling Stones are in RCA Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, working on various tracks.
Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, The Marvelettes, The Contours, The Spinners, Kim Weston and Choker Campbell And His Band play in the Motortown Revue at Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Young poet Leonard Cohen takes part in a poetry reading tour with Irving Layton, Earle Birney, and Phyllis Gotlieb at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.