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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.
Ray Brown And The Whispers reaches No1 in the Australian pop singles chart. The song's lyric is remarkably similar to the 1963 hit Mockingbird by Inez And Charlie Foxx.
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The Lancers are playing during a run of gigs at The Riverside Hotel, Reno, Nevada, USA.
The Kinks, The Turtles, Slim Gaillard, Evie Sands and James Darren appear on syndicated tv pop show Shivaree, recorded for KABC in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Fugs play the last of five consecutive Saturday gigs at The Bridge Theatre, New York City, USA.
Duke Ellington performs with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA.
Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, on the way down, play at The Winter Gardens, Ventnor, UK. Their support band is Davy Jones And The Lower Third, who are on the way up. Mr Jones will later change his name to David Bowie.
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Ready, Steady, Go!, Graham Bond explains to Record Mirror that his Mellotron 'makes a tremendous difference to our sound. We have been rehearsing with it in secret for over three months.'
After the instrument causes a sensation on UK tv show
Billboard magazine in the USA reviews The Pretty Things debut LP, declaring, "the group should break through in the US via this raucous, rock debut of exciting teen-age material"
The Yardbirds (including Jeff Beck), The Steampacket (including Rod Stewart), Georgie Fame, Acker Bilk, Johnny Dankworth and Keith Conway And The Aristocrats play at Cleethorpes Jazz Festival, Boating Lake Grounds, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK.
Bob Dylan continues recording the album Highway 61 Revisited, in Columbia Records' Studio A, New York City, USA.
When Freddie And The Dreamers play at The Jubilee Hall, Blackpool, UK, the show is transmitted live on BBC radio show Saturday Club.
Sonny And Cher enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with I Got You Babe, which will peak at No1.
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Chris Farlowe And The Thunderbirds play at Kimbell's Ballroom, Southsea, England, UK.
Country music singers Sue York and Johnny Seay are playing during two weeks at The Bitter End Club, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
The highest new entry in Cashbox magazine's chart of the 100 best-selling singles in the USA is Like A Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan, entering at No54.
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.