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Duke Ellington And His Orchestra perform Take The A-Train, Satin Doll and other tracks for US tv show The Goodyear Jazz Concert in New York City, USA.
Joey Dee And The Starliters play at The Continental Skating Rink, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Eddy Arnold records Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town, Winter Wonderland, I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day and other Christmas-themed songs, for RCA Records in the USA.
The Springfields, featuring Dusty Springfield, begin the second week of a six-week season at The Empire , Liverpool, UK, in a show headlined by popular pianist Russ Conway.
UK pop idol Dickie Pride marries Patricia Arkell at Holborn Register Office in London, UK.
Tony
Rossini releases a new single, [Meet Me] After School and Just
Around The Corner, on Sun Records in
the USA.
Cliff Richard and The Shadows star at the 10th Annual NME Poll Winners Concert in Wembley Pool Arena, London, UK. Brenda Lee and Johnny Burnette present awards to Cliff, Helen Shapiro and Billy Fury, among others. Live sets are provided by Shane Fenton [later to become Alvin Stardust], Acker Bilk, Adam Faith, Joe Brown, Karl Denver, Eden Kane, The Springfields, John Leyton, The Brook Brothers, all presented by deejay David Jacobs. The show is also notable as being the final appearance of The Shadows' bassist Jet Harris as a member of the group.
J.R. Goddard of The Village Voice reviews Bob Dylan's eponymous debut album with the words, "one of the best to come from the boiling folk pot in a long, long, time ... Dylan is blessed with a gift of style - individual, dynamic style.".
Blues harmonica star Frank
Frost records Jelly Roll King and Crawlback for Phillips International in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Dizzy
Gillespie, Leo
Wright and Art Blakey
And The Jazz Messengers">Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
play the fifth of seven nights at Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Nut Rocker by
B.Bumble And The Stingers reaches No1 in the NME chart of the best-selling singles in the UK.
Red Foley records Born To Lose, He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Pushing The Strings, The Message and Jubilee Bounce, with Owen Bradley as producer, at Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
A Picture Of You by Joe Brown enters the UK Pop Singles chart where it will peak at No2.
Bobby Darin plays the first of twelve nights at The Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, New York State, USA.
Paul Anka plays the fourth of fourteen nights at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Helen Shapiro plays the last night of two weeks at The Palladium Theatre, London, UK.
Paul Anka plays the seventh of fourteen nights at The Copacabana, New York City, USA.
Jim And Jesse And The Virginia Boys record She Left Me Standing On The Mountain and Stoney Creek, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, for Epic Records.
Tennessee Ernie Ford records Farther Along, Saved By Grace, How Great Thou Art and other songs at Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jazz vocalist Sam Jones records Round Midnight, Falling In Love With Love and other tracks at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City, USA, for Riverside Records.
Helen Shapiro plays the third night of a week at The Hippodrome, Brighton, UK. Also on the bill are Gary Miller, The Red Price Combo and The Hillsiders.
Helen Shapiro plays the sixth night of a week at The Hippodrome, Brighton, UK. Also on the bill are Gary Miller, The Red Price Combo and comedy vocal trio The Hillsiders.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the fourth night of a three week season at the El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Bill Haley And His Comets play the eleventh night of a three-week season at The El Cortez Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Claudine Clark enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Party Lights, which will peak at No5 during a ten-week run
on the chart. It will be her only hit single.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, with The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans].
The Flamingos play the fifth night of a week at The Hialeah Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Newly released singles reviewed in today's edition of UK pop weekly NME [New Musical Express] include You Don't Know Me by Ray Charles, Devil Woman by Marty Robbins, It Might As Well Rain Until September, by Carole King, It Started All Over Again by Brenda Lee and Venus In Blue Jeans by Mark Wynter.
Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA at No30.
Lloyd Price plays the fourth of ten nights at Sciolla's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
A riot breaks out at The City Auditorium, Houston, Texas, USA, when it is announced that Jackie Wilson has not arrived to performat this evening's show.
Arthur Alexander releases the single Anna (Go To Him), on Dot Records in the USA. It will later be covered by The Beatles.
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Bobby Darin plays the first of four nights at The Moulin Rouge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
What
Time Is It? by The Jive Five is
the highest new entry in the Cash Box magazine chart of the best-selling pop singles in the USA, entering
at No88.
The Sensations , Etta James and Hank Ballard And The Midnighters play at The Zanzibar Club, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Dave Brubeck is filmed by Southern TV in the UK for their show Day By Day, during a British tour. On this day, his band is also playing at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, supported by the Ronnie Scott Quartet.
The Classics, with Neil Young on guitar, play at Morse Place Community Club, Winnipeg, Canada.
Studio-only surf-rock combo The Four Speeds record RPM and My Sting Ray at United Western Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is fronted by the prolific songwriter/producer Gary Usher and drummer on the tracks is Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.
The Beatles play at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK, with The Fourmost, The Swinging Blue Genes [later to become The Swinging Blue Jeans] and Gerry And The Pacemakers.
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The Isley Brothers release a new single, I'm Laughing To Keep From Crying, on Wand Records in the USA.
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