- Dec 9 "From the Second City" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 87 performances
- Dec 9 "Let It Ride" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 68 performances
Blue Hawaii
Dec 11 Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 20 wks
- Dec 11 Motown Records releases "Please, Mr. Postman" by the Marvelettes; it is the group and the label's 1st #1 pop song, topping the charts for 13 weeks
The Young Ones
Dec 13 "The Young Ones" directed by Sidney J. Furie, starring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley and Carole Gray premieres in London
Beatles Sign with Epstein
Dec 13 The Beatles sign a formal agreement to be managed by Brian Epstein
- Dec 16 "Evening with Yves Montand" closes at John Golden Theatre, NYC after 55 performances
"Subways Are For Sleeping"
Dec 27 Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green's musical "Subways Are For Sleeping" premieres at St James Theater, NYC; runs for 205 performances
Shostakovich's 4th Symphony
Dec 30 Premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th Symphony in Moscow (completed 1936)
- Dec 31 Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort's musical "lrma La Douce" closes at Alvin Theater, NYC, after 527 performances
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