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Musical comedy The Girl From Kay's is playing at The Herald Square Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 205 performances.
Paul Ash And His Orchestra record Take In The Sun, Hang Out The Moon, for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Celebrated yodelling pop star Frank Ifield is born in Coventry, UK.
Muddy Waters records You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone) in Chicago, Illinois.
It is reported that despite injuries to four band members in a bus crash, Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
Max Bygraves is appearing in the revue Wonderful Time at The Palladium, London, England, UK, with The Billy Cotton Band, The Bernard Brothers and Joy Nichols.
Carmen Cavallaro And His Quartet are playing during two weeks at The Night And Day Club, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America, with a wage packet of $4,000 per week.
Neal Hefti And Frances Wayne And Their Orchestra are playing at The Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
William Broad is born in Edgeware, London, UK. As Billy Idol he will become a leading punk rocker.
You Send Me by Sam Cooke reaches No1 in the Cashbox Top 60 Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA.
You Send Me by Sam Cooke reaches No1 in the Cashbox Top 60 Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA.
Rory Storm And The Hurricanes are playing during a two-month season at The Kaiserkeller, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Rockabilly vocalist Wanda Jackson plays the first of four nights in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Peter Eckhorn, owner of Hamburg's Top Ten Club, signs a deal with The Beatles for them to play a month of dates, starting the following April.
Bill Black And His Combo are playing during a three-week engagement at The Roundtable, New York City, USA. They are joined by rockabilly artist Jumping Gene Simmons as an extra vocalist.
Elvis Presley is filming scenes for his tenth movie Kid Galahad in Culver Studios, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Santo And Johnny are playing during a long engagement at The El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Frank Sinatra plays the second of four nights in Sydney Stadium, Sydney, Australia, Oceania, supported by Timi Yuro.
Kay Starr records I'm Alone Because I Love You, which will appear on her Capitol Records album I Cry By Night.
The Motor Town Special, a two-month long all-Motown package tour featuring The Miracles, The Supremes, Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Contours, The Marvelettes, Martha And The Vandellas and Little Stevie Wonder, plays a date in The Memorial Auditorium, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Ray Charles plays the second of fourteen nights at The Latin Casino, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA.
The Fourmost play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
Buddy Bair And His Orchestra with vocalist Elaine Powell are playing during a three-week booking at The Skyway, Hotel Peabody, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Guitarist Billy Strange records Dominique, Maria Elena, There I've Said It Again and Saturday Night in Gold Star Studio, 6252 Santa Monica Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Players on these tracks are Wrecking Crew regulars, Tommy Tedesco and Bud Coleman [guitars], and Hal Blaine [drums].
Folksinger Paul Sykes is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA.
Last Kiss by J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays at The Gaumont, Chester, UK.
Adam Faith appears on UK tv show The Beat Room.
The Small Faces play in The Starlight Club, Herne Bay, England, UK, Europe
Mike Heron And Robin Williamson, aka The Incredible String Band, play at Dundee Folk Club at Woodlands Hotel, Dundee, Scotland, UK.
The rock musical Your Own Thing is presented at The Orpheum Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 937 performances.
The Pretty Things release a new album, S.F. Sorrow, in the UK on Columbia Records.
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Sly and the Family Stone release a new single, Everyday People, in the USA.
Andy Fairweather-Low plays at Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK.
Queen play at the Deutchlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, Europe.
Bon Jovi play in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Cliff Richard is playing during four nights at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, England, UK, Europe.
Sting plays at The Martin Schleyerhalle, Stuttgart, Germany, Europe.
Jazz/blues violinist Don Sugarcane Harris dies of respiratory failure in Los Angeles, California, USA.
On her Crazy Cats Tour, Pixie Lott plays at The Royal Centre, Nottingham, England, UK, Europe.
Cast play at the O2 Academy, Liverpool, UK.
The Killers play at The UCCU Center, Orem, Utah, USA, supported by Tegan and Sara.
Will Beattie plays at Tanjong Beach Club, Singapore, Asia.
Former Busted singer/guitarist/songwriter Charlie Simpson earns a Guinness World Record by playing the world's coldest gig ever - a fifteen minute solo acoustic set in the remote Siberian village of Oymyakon, Siberia, Europe, also known as the 'Pole of Cold'. Now the frontman of Fightstar, Simpson endures temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius and is only allowed breaks of 30 seconds between each song.
Eddie Reader plays at The Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Powerwolf play at The Principal Club, Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe, supported by Gloryhammer.
Christine McVie, who played with Fleetwood Mac and wrote some of their most famous songs, dies in hospital in London, England, UK, Europe, aged 79, after a brief illness. Among her best-known songs are Little Lies, Everywhere, Don't Stop, Say You Love Me and Songbird.
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