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The
Four Seasons make their first impression on the Billboard
charts in the USA with Sherry, which
will go on to reach No1.
The original cast album from the stage musical West Side Story is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.
Jack Teagarden records Don't Smoke In Bed, 'Tain't So Honey, 'Tain't So, Don't Take Your Meanness Out On Me and Guess I'll Go Back Home This Summer for Verve Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Brook Benton, Maxine Brown, The Marcels and Shep And The Limelites play the sixth night of a week of shows at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Helen Shapiro plays at The Gaumont, Cheltenham, UK, supported by The Brook Brothers, The Four Jays, The Dale Sisters, Colin Day and The Red Price Band. Compere for the show is comedian Dave Allen.
Judy Garland collapses from the flu during a three-week engagement at the South Shore Room, Harrah's Resort, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA, and is unable to play tonight's show.Blues/jazz vocalist Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson records Bright Lights Big City, Person To Person and other tracks for RiversideRecords in New York City, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes (later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play an evening show at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by Johnny Sandon And The Searchers.
He Knows I Love Him Too Much by The Paris Sisters enters the Billboard Top 40 singles chart in the USA where it will peak at No34, spending three weeks on the Top 40.
It is reported that Veronica Lake, once one of Hollywood's most glittering stars, is now working as a waitress, under the name Connie De Toth, in the cocktail lounge of a hotel in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Many years later, this story will inspire The Human League to write the song Don't You Want Me Baby?, with its opening like, 'You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar, when I met you." Phil Oakey, who composed the song, also famously sported a distinctive haircut, worn long on one side to cover one eye, as Veronica Lake had done at the height of her fame.
The Ramblers play in The Free Church Hall, Cambridge, UK. Their guitarist, Dave
Gilmour</>, will go on to play with Pink Floyd.
At Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA, Elvis Presley begins recording songs for the soundtrack to his next movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Peggy Lee records I've Got The World On A String, The Sweetest Sounds and other tracks in the Capitol Tower, Hollywood, California, for Capitol Records.
The musical film West Side Story collects a staggering ten Oscars at the Academy
Awards in The Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California, USA. The Best Song award, however, goes to Moon River, which Andy Williams performs live at the event. Gene Pitney performs Town Without Pity, which is also among the nominations.
Marty
Robbins records Devil Woman, Ruby Ann and My Wonderful One in Columbia Studio, 804 16th Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Notable session players
on these tracks include guitarists Grady
Martin and Jack
Pruett.
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.
The Osmond Brothers make their tv debut in tv show Disneyland After Dark in the USA.Elvis Presley has an eighth day of location filming in Hawaii, USA, for his latest movie, Girls! Girls! Girls!
Bob Dylan sings his recent composition Blowin' In the Wind, at the Monday night Hoot in Gerde's Folk City, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Jackie Wilson plays the fifth night in a two-week season at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
The Kingston Trio record Darlin' Are You Dreaming and Away Rio at Capitol Records Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Monroe records Columbus Stockade Blues and other tracks in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, with producer Owen Bradley.
Dizzy
Gillespie, Leo
Wright and Art Blakey
And The Jazz Messengers">Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
play the last of seven nights at Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
The Twistival, featuring Bobby Vee, The Ventures and Jo Ann Campbell, plays the sixth of ten nights at Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines.
The Modern Jazz Quartet record a live appearance for tv show Jazz Casual, in KQED Television Studios, San Francisco, California, USA.
Paul Anka plays the fourth of fourteen nights at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
The Shamrocks, featuring Dorsey And Johnny Burnette, release an instrumental single, Lonely Island/Green Hills, on Liberty Records in the USA.
Liverpool-born Billy Fury plays at The Windmill, Great Yarmouth, UK, supported by the Karl Denver Trio, Marty Wilde, Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, The Tornados and The Vernons Girls.
Tony Bennett releases a new album, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, on Columbia Records in the USA.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows record Reelin' And Rockin' and Razzle Dazzle in EMI's Abbey Road Studios, London, UK.
Kay Starr, with an orchestra conducted by Bill Liebert, records Oh Lonesome Me, I Really Don't Want To Know, Just Walk On By, Singin' The Blues, Pins And Needles In My Heart and other tracks in Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Maria Mae And The Peptones record She's Got You and Hic-cups, which
will be released as a single in the USA by Savoy Records.
The Flamingos play the last night of a week at The Hialeah Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Duane Eddy continues with his eight week season at The Beachcomber Club, Wildwood, New Jersey, USA.
Elvis Presley begins filming in Culver City, California, USA, on his next movie, It Happened At The World's Fair.
The
Majors perform A Wonderful Dream on tv pop show American
Bandstand, recorded at WFIL tv studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Johnny And The Jokers record Where Did My Baby Go and I Know for Beltone Records in the USA.
The Gene Harris Trio records Georgia On My Mind, Sack O' Woe and other tracks for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes (later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans) play at The Cavern, Liverpool, UK, supported by The Undertakers.
Little Richard and The Beatles play the ninth night of a two-week residency at The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany, Europe.
Bobby Rydell continues with his three-week engagement at Sciolla's,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dale Rivers And The Ramrods play at The Locarno Ballroom, Old Town Square, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe.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 New Park Center Auditorium, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK.
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