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The panto Babes In The Wood starring Gerry And The Pacemakers at The Gaumont Cinema, Hanley, Staffordshire, England, UK, Europe, comes to an end.The Group Scene 64 tour continues at The Adelphi, Slough, UK, with The Rolling Stones, The Ronettes, Swinging Blue Jeans, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates and Marty Wilde.
Internationally successful pianist, composer and bandleader Noro Morales dies in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
A lengthy letter written by Carter-Lewis And The Southerners have a guest spot on BBC radio show Saturday Club, which rather more prominently features The Beatles.
Joe Brown And The Bruvvers, The Crystals, Johnny Kidd And The Pirates, Heinz and Manfred Mann play at The Odeon, Luton, UK.
Freddy Starr And The Midnighters play at The Iron Door Club, Liverpool, UK, supported by The St. Louis Checks.
Elvis Presley has a meeting in Paramount Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, about the music for his next film, Roustabout.
The Manish Boys, not yet including vocalist David Bowie, play at the British Legion Hall and Club's Live Show and Beat Dance, Coleford, UK.
The Mary Kaye Trio begins a season at The Talk Of The Town, London, UK. (Guitarist, singer and lounge-jazz performer Kaye was sometimes nicknamed "The First Lady Of Rock'n'Roll".)
Jazz saxophonist Lars Gullin plays with string accompaniment at The Museum Of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
Roy Orbison, Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders play at The Gaumont, Doncaster, UK.
The Rolling Stones' fourth UK tour comes to an end at The Pop Hit Parade show in The Empire Pool, Wembley, London, UK. Other artists appearing include Adam Faith, The Hollies, The Merseybeats, The Swinging Blue Jeans, The Undertakers, Peter And Gordon, Freddie And The Dreamers, Dave Berry And The Cruisers and Millie.
The Royal Premiere of The Beatles' movie A Hard Day's Night, comes
in the wake of news that the soundtrack album has sold 1.5m copies
in nine days, making it the fastest-selling album in UK
history.
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Norma Jean, with producer Chet Atkins, records Lonesome Number One, One Way Ticket To The Blues and other tracks at RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins Street, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Sephardic romance singer Milt Jackson records I Love You in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse Records.
As part of the Forest Hills Music Festival, Joan Baez plays at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York City, USA.The Yardbirds, with Eric Clapton on guitar, play at The Lugano Hotel, Lugano, Switzerland, Europe.
The musical film Mary Poppins, starring Julie Andrews, has its Los Angeles premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Della Reese is playing during a three-week engagement at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Who, billed as The High Numbers, play at The Majestic Ballroom, (previously The Gaumont cinema) Luton, UK.
Folk-music duo Ian and Sylvia Tyson appear on The Steve Allen Playhouse on tv in the USA.Shane And The Shane Gang Show play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Elvis Presley continues with filming of studio scenes for his eighteenth film, Tickle Me, at Allied Artists studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jerry Lee Lewis makes an appearance on tv pop show American Bandstand, in Los Angeles, California, USA, performing Hi-Heel Sneakers.
Frank Sinatra records Any Time At All and Somewhere In Your Heart in Los Angeles, California, USA, for Reprise Records.
Rosemary Clooney re-marries actor Mel Ferrer in Los Angeles, California, USA, but the marriage will last just three years.
Adam Faith flies out of the UK to New York City, USA, to make three appearances on the tv show Shindig!.
The Rolling Stones pre-record an appearance for British tv show Thank Your Lucky Stars in Birmingham, UK.
The Searchers play in The Docklands Settlements Ball in The Savoy Hotel, London, UK. In the audience is Princess Margaret, who is so taken by their performance, that instead of performing their allotted two numbers, they are allowed to continue and perform nine.
The Zombies, The Shangri-Las, The Nashville Teens, The Shirelles and others play the fourth of ten days of shows at The Brooklyn Fox, New York City, USA.
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