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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.
Female saxophonist Vi Redd is playing during a month-long engagement at The Sugar Hill, San Francisco, California, USA.
Billy Eckstine is playing during a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
King Curtis is playing during a two-week season at The Latin Casino, Camden, New Jersey, USA.
Stan Getz is playing during ten days at Shelley's Manne Hole, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Beach Boys play at The Municipal Auditorium, San Bernardino, California, USA, with The Torquays, The Astronauts, and The Dave Pell Octet. The show is telecast live in the Channel 18 Saturday Night Bandstand Dance.
Joe Carson plays in Dallas, Texas, USA.
Yesterday's Gone, the debut single by Chad And Jeremy (Chad Stuart And Jeremy Clyde) on Ember Records, enters the UK Top 50 Pop Singles Chart where it will peak at No37 during a seven-week run.
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Episode 14 of the Judy Garland Show on tv in the USA is taped, featuring Judy singing More, Do It Again and Get Me To The Church (On Time).
Vic And The Spidermen play an evening show at The Twisted Wheel, Manchester, England, UK, Europe. This is followed by an all-nighter featuring The Graham Bond Quartet.
Influential Canadian folk trio The Halifax Three come to the end of a North American tour with a show at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA. The group includes members who will go on to join The Lovin' Spoonful and The Mamas And The Papas.
The weekly BBC-tv record-rating programme Juke Box Jury in the UK features a panel consisting of June Ritchie, Nancy Spain, Jimmy Young and Ty Hardin. The records played on tonight's edition are as follows :

How Deep Is The Ocean – Shel Naylor (Decca), voted a MISS

Jinglin’ Bells – Max Bygraves (Decca), voted a HIT

Say It Again – The Chimes (Decca), voted a MISS

How Do You Keep From Crying - Danny Williams (HMV), voted a HIT

Geronimo – The Shadows (Columbia), voted a HIT

Mickey’s Monkey – Doug Sheldon (Decca), voted a MISS

Do You Hear What I Hear – Bing Crosby (Capitol), voted a MISS

Loddy Lo – Chubby Checker (Cameo Parkway), voted a HIT

We Are In Love – Adam Faith (Parlophone), voted a HIT

Damita Jo is playing at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New Jersey, USA.
It is reported that civil rights activist Lena Horne's latest single, Now, is not being played by some radio stations in Philadelphia, USA, because it is deemed "too controversial". In essence, the song questions the morality of contemporary racial attitudes in the USA.
The Elvis Presley musical film Kid Galahad is premiered at cinemas in the UK.
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 City Hall, Sheffield, England, UK, Europe.
Buddy Greco is playing this week at The Savarin Club, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Beatles play at The Empire Theatre, Sunderland, England, UK, Europe. Also on the bill are The Brooks Brothers, and Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers.
The Alan Price Rhythm And Blues Combo plays at The Students Union, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will, a week later, change its name to The Animals.
Pearl Bailey and Peter Nero are the musical guests on tonight's edition of The Jerry Lewis Show on ABC-tv in the USA.
Chubby Checker performs Loddy Lo on popular tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The song is heavily based on Lollie, a 1959 release by Billy Lehman and The Rock-Itts.
The Rolling Stones play at The King's Hall, Stoke-On-Trent, England, UK, Europe.
Jimmy Powell And The Five Dimensions (with vocalist Rod Stewart) play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.
Billy Fury plays at The Guildhall, Portsmouth, England, UK, Europe.
The Detours play at The Railway Hotel, Wealdstone, London, England, UK, Europe. The group will find much greater success after they evolve to become The Who.
Dominique by The Singing Nun reaches No1 in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA.
In My Room by The Beach Boys enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA at No38.
The Virgil Gonsalves Group is playing at The Outrigger, Monterey, California, USA.
Oscar Peterson is playing at The Showboat, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Duane Eddy, The Shirelles, Gene Vincent, Gary 'US' Bonds, Carter-Lewis And The Southerners, Mickie Most, The Flintstones and The Roof-Raisers come to the end of a British tour with a show at The Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Europe.
The Yardbirds, including guitarist Eric Clapton, play at The Star, Croydon, England, UK, Europe.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that The Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, USA, has recently made a new product line - stereo mini-LPs in a 7" format - available. The discs, featuring three tracks per side, are 'abbreviated' versions of existing 12" LPs, are intended to be played on the latest Rock-Ola model 418-SA jukebox. Artists in the initial release include Roy Orbison, Peter Paul And Mary, Ray Charles, The New Christy Minstrels, Barbra Streisand and Floyd Cramer.
The Moody Blues play at The Marquee Club, Wardour Street, London, UK.
Jack Jones enters the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in the USA with his version of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song Wives And Lovers. It will peak at No14 during a ten-week run on the chart.
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Anita O'Day is playing at The Safari Room, San Jose, California, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at The Mosque Theater, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Leon McAuliffe and His Swingin‘ Western Band play at The Cimarron Ballroom, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Pete Best, former drummer of The Beatles, releases a new single, I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door, on Decca Records in the UK. The song is a cover version of an Isley Brothers original from 1959, which also provided a hit for Eddie Hodges in 1961.
Marvin Gaye is playing during a week at The Apollo, Harlem, New York City, USA, supported by The Vibrations, The Contours, Billy Stewart, Jimmy Pelham and The Charmettes.
The Hootenanny U.S.A. company, including Glenn Yarborough, The Journeymen, The Geezinslaw Brothers, The Halifax Three and Jo Mapes, plays at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.
Folksinger Paul Sykes is appearing at The Ice House, Pasadena, California, USA.
Bobby Rydell, Helen Shapiro, The Spotnicks, The Chants, The Harlems and The Trebletones play at The Opera House, Blackpool, England, UK, Europe.
The Motortown Revue, featuring The Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Little Stevie Wonder, Mary Wells, and Martha And The Vandellas, plays The Donnelly Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
There! I've Said It Again by Bobby Vinton is the highest new entry in Cash Box magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No52.
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].