26th September

The musical Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.

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 stage musical She Loves Me with music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick is playing at The Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 301 performances.

Rusty 'Ko Ko' Adams is playing during thirteen days at The Little Brown Jug, Owensboro, Kentucky, USA, with Jo Ann And Ray Cantrell.

Buddy Greco is playing during a week of shows at Blinstrub's, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Harry Belafonte is playing during a month of shows at The Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Gene Krupa opens for a week at Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Judy Henske is playing during three weeks of gigs at The Gate Of Horn, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Sammy Davis Jr is playing at The New Latin Quarter, Tokyo, Japan, Asia.

Tony Martin and Rita Pavone are the guest performers on tonight's edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on NBC-tv in the USA.

The Merseybeats play a lunchtime session at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, UK, Europe.

Paul Anka Plays in Antwerp, Belgium, Europe.

Phil Spector is producing tracks for his album A Christmas Gift For You (aka The Phil Spector Christmas Album) in Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys drops in today, and plays piano on Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.

Tommy Roe enters the UK singles chart with Everybody which will peak at No9.

The Top Five Singles in the Lever Hit Parade in New Zealand, Oceania, on this day are as follows :

1. BAD TO ME - BILLY J. KRAMER And THE DAKOTAS

2. Hello Mudduh,Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp) - Allan Sherman

3. Wipe Out - The Surfaris

4. My Boyfriend's Back - The Angels

5. If I Had A Hammer - Trini Lopez

Roy Orbison plays at The Granada, East Ham, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Searchers, Bob Luman, Freddie And The Dreamers, and Brian Poole And The Tremeloes.

The Elgin Jazz Club presents The Barron Knights with Duke D’Mond plus The Alex Sutherland Sextet in The Two Red Shoes, Elgin, Scotland, UK, Europe.

In the United States Senate, Washington DC, USA, Senator Kenneth B. Keating ridicules a resolution adopted by The Fire And Police Research Association of Los Angeles which has described folk music as "an unidentified tool of Communist Psychological or Cybernetic Warfare." The resolution also states that "Communists are using " the subtleties and the verbal subterfuges of applied dialectics in both poems and songs" and that Hootenannies are being used to "brainwash and subvert and ensnare and capture youthful minds."

The Jazz Crusaders record Purple Onion and Greenback Dollar in Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Buck Owens And The Buckaroos play in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.

House band, The Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo is playing in The Jazz Lounge, Club A-Gogo, Percy Street, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK, Europe. The group will find greater success when it evolves to become The Animals.

The Detours, featuring Pete Townshend, who will go on to form The Who, play at The Oldfield Tavern, Greenford, England, UK, Europe

Sam Cooke, Dion, Bobby Blue Bland, Little Willie John, Baby Washington, The Tymes, The King Pins, Freddie Scott, Gorgeous George and Joe Scott And His Orchestra play at The Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

A plaque honouring the birthpace of songwriter / composer George Gershwin is unveiled at the two story building in Brooklyn, New York City, USA, where he was born 65 years earlier

Johnny Tillotson records Talk Back Trembling Lips for MGM Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

At an informal dinner at Al And Dick's in New York City, USA, Florence Greenberg, President Of Sceptre Records, maps out proposals for an organisation to be called "The Music Industry Sings Out On Human Rights". The organisation is being set up to raise funds to advance the cause of Civil Rights for all segments of the population. Fund-raising Sing Out live events are to be held over the coming months, underwritten by record companies.

Gene Vincent And The Outlaws play at the The City Hall, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, supported by Steve Law and The Group 4.

Flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano is playing during three weeks of gigs at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, pennsylvania, USA.

Gene Pitney plays in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours play the first of three nights in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

I (Who Have Nothing) by Shirley Bassey peaks at No6, during a run of twenty weeks on the UK Singles chart.

Mitch Miller And His Sing-Along Gang appear at The Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The show also features Leslie Uggams.