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The McCoy Tyner Trio records There Is No Greater Love, Blues For Gwen and Speak Low for Impulse Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Bob Dylan plays at The San Remo Coffeehouse, Schenectady, New York State, USA.
The Shirelles perform Baby It's You on daily tv show American Bandstand, recorded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tommy Hunt, The Ronettes, The Vibrations, The Capris, The Flamingos and Bobby Lewis play the first of seven nights at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Mac Wiseman records Cotton Fields, Sing Little Birdie, Two More Years and Bluegrass Fiesta for Capitol Records in Bradley Film And Recording Studios, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The Duke Jordan Quintet records Dexterity, Tall Grass and other tracks for Charlie Parker Records in New York City, USA.
The stage musical New Faces of 1962 closes at The Alvin Theatre, New York City, USA, after a run of 28 performances. The music and lyrics are by June Carroll, Arthur Siegel, David Rogers, Marc Bucci, Jack Holmes, Ronny Graham and others.
Elvis Presley buys clothes at the fashionable Lansky's men's store, 126 Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
A new musical, No Strings, has its first and only preview at the 54th Street Theatre on Broadway in New York City, USA, with words and music written by Richard Rodgers. The production stars Richard Kiley and Diahann Carroll and will run for 580 performances.
In New York City, USA, Bob Dylan writes a poem, Talking Folklore Center, for his friend Izzy Young, who runs the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village.
Tony Bennett releases a new album, Mr Broadway - Tony's Greatest Broadway Hits, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band play in the Poor Man's Ball at Windsor Halls, Bradford, UK, supported by The Ken Baxter Orchestra.
Good Luck Charm by Elvis Presley enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No1 during an eleven-week run.
Andy Williams releases a new album, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Vincent Gallo is born in Buffalo, New York State, USA. Best known as an actor, he has also released several albums, both as a member of various bands and as a solo artist.
Everybody Loves Me But You by Brenda Lee is the highest new entry in this week's Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA, entering at No63.
Connie Francis, with an orchestra conducted by Geoff Love, records Zip-a-de-doo-dah, Moon River, You'll Never Know and Lullaby Of Broadway at RCA Italiana Studio, Rome, Italy, Europe.
Bob Dylan plays the first of seven nights at Gerde's Folk City, New York City, USA.
Chubby Checker and Joey Dee play in The Twist Spectacular at Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Twistival, featuring Bobby Vee, The Ventures and Jo Ann Campbell, plays the sixth of ten nights at Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines, Asia.
Bobby Darin plays the tenth of twenty nights at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Peggy Lee, Louis Prima and The Brothers Four are the musical guests on tv's Ed Sullivan Show, recorded in New York City, USA.
Peggy Lee, Louis Prima and The Brothers Four are the musical guests onpopular variety series The Ed Sullivan Show, recorded in New York City, USA.
Lisa Kirk begins a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, UK.
The Ike Quebec Quintet records Sonny Boy, Born To Be Blue and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
I Can't Stop Loving You by Ray Charles reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA for the first of eleven consecutive weeks.
Jackie Wilson performs Lonely Teardrops on tv's The Ed Sullivan Show, in New York City, USA. Connie Francis also appears in this edition.
Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated plays its regular Thursday night residency at The Marquee Club, Oxford Street, London, UK.
The Isley Brothers make their Billboard R'n'B singles chart debut in the USA with their version of Twist And Shout, originally recorded by The Top Notes. (1962)

Neil Sedaka plays in Lima, Peru, South America.
Chuck Jackson, The Miracles, Bill Doggett, The Falcons, Billy Stewart and Flip Wilson play the first night of a week at The Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, USA.
Bobby Darin plays at The Tennis Stadium, Forest Hills, New York State, USA.
Vocal group The Ellison Singers record Jesus Knows, Christ Shall Watch, Believe and other tracks for Sharp Records in the USA.
Folk musician 'Red' Buck Estes records a wordless vocal improvisation entitled Whoopin', at Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA.
Cliff Richard records the Burt Bacharach-Hal David composition, It's Wonderful To Be Young in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Brenda Lee begins two weeks of appearances in the musical Bye Bye Birdie The Starlight Theater, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Leonard Gaskin records Darktown Strutters' Ball, It Had To Be You, Ballin The Jack and other tracks at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Swingville Records.
Sherry by The Four Seasons reaches No1 in the Canadian pop singles chart.
B.B.King, The Drifters, Maxine Brown, Gene Chandler and others play the last of seven nights at The Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City.
The Isley Brothers play the last of nine nights at The Peppermint Lounge West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Beatles release their first single, Love Me Do, in the UK on Parlophone Records.
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R'n'b vocal group The Flamingos play the fourth of thirteen nights at The Peppermint Lounge West, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Milt Jackson Sextet records Stella By Starlight, Invitation and other tracks in New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
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 Harlem Square Club, Miami, Florida, USA.
Controversial stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce is arrested at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA, for performing an obscene show. Also on the bill is folk singer and songwriter Fred Neil.
A Christmas Sing With Bing, starring Bing Crosby, is broadcast by CBS-tv in the USA. The show also features Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mercer, Paul Weston and His Orchestra, Kathryn Crosby and The Norman Luboff Choir.
The album The Black And White Minstrel Show - 1961 by The George Mitchell Minstrels reaches No1 in the UK albums chart.
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