No Strings
Aug 3 Richard Rodgers' musical drama "No Strings", starring Diahann Carroll and Richard Kiley, closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 580 performances and 3 Tony Award wins
- Aug 3 Warner Bros. Records releases single of Allan Sherman's novelty song "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)", set to music of Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" from his 1876 opera "La Gioconda"
- Aug 8 Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie", radio stations label it obscene
- Aug 23 Beatles release single "She Loves You" in the UK
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Aug 25 Paul McCartney is fined 31 pounds & given a 1 yr suspended license for speeding
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