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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.
The Stormsville Shakers play at The Cromwellian Club, London, England, UK, Europe.
TV rock show Where The Action Is in the USA features Jackie De Shannon performing Needles And Pins and What The World Needs Now Is Love, plus The Crystals performing He's A Rebel.
The Oscar Peterson Trio is playing at The London House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Hurricanes play at The Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline, Scotland, UK.
Billy Eckstine, Jackie Mason and Lanie Kazan are playing at Mister Kelly's, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Robin Hoods are playing at The Whisky A-GoGo, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Small Faces release their debut single Whatcha Gonna Do About It, in the UK on Decca Records.
When Count Basie and Joe Williams play a re-union concert at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, USA, gross receipts are recorded as $21,419.
The MC5 play at The Ambassador Roller Rink, Clawson, Michigan, USA.
Popular pianist Roger Williams plays in The Summer Of Stars season at McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Beatles release a new album, Help!, on Parlophone Records in the UK.
Sandie Shaw plays a ballroom gig in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK.
The Byrds release their new single, a cover of Bob Dylan's All I Really Want To Do, in the UK on CBS Records.
The Steam Packet, including Long John Baldry, Brian Auger with The Trinity, Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll, play at The Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK, with Humphrey Lyttelton's Jazz Band. On the same day, The Steam packet also play at The Ricky Tick, in the Plaza Ballroom, Guildford.
UK tv show Ready, Steady, Go! at Wembley Studios, London, England, UK, features The Byrds, The Who, Sonny And Cher and The Small Faces.
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Appearing at the fifth annual National Jazz and Blues Festival at Richmond Athletic Ground, Richmond, England, UK, are The Who, Manfred Mann, Rod Stewart and The Yardbirds. The Who's drummer Keith Moon fuels his performance by taking twenty amphetamine pills beforehand.
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Johnny Bond records Johnny Overload, Hi Way Man, Ridge Route and other tracks in Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
The NME reports that Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham has formed his own record label, Immediate Records, to be distributed by Phillips.
Tom Jones releases a new single, What's New Pussycat?, in the UK on Decca Records.
Ross And The Majestics are playing at Charade A Go-Go, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Petula Clark plays a live gig in Ajaccio, France, Europe.
The Beach Boys play the second of two nights at The Waikiki Shell, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The Byrds play at The Flamingo Club, Soho, London, England, UK, supported by Geno Washington And The Ram Jam Band. The Byrds also play at Blaises, after which they visit Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones in his flat.
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It is reported in UK pop weekly the NME [New Musical Express] that drummer John McAuley has left Them, and has been replaced by Terry Noon.
Herman's Hermits play at The Memorial Colseum, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Ravi Coltrane, the second son of Alice McLeod and John Coltrane, is born.
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.