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Fats Domino, Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, The Harptones, Joe Turner, The Cleftones and The Penguins play the second of nine days as part of Alan Freed's Second Anniversary Rock And Roll Show at the Paramount Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City.
Roy Orbison, Warren Smith, Charlie Feathers and Sonny Burgess play in the High School, Greenville, Mississippi, USA.
Doo-wop combo The Moonglows'rnsecond-biggest hit, See Saw, enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA. It will peak at No6 on the R+B chart and No25 on the pop chart.
Elvis Presley records Playing For Keeps at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for RCA Records. This is also the date on which he is said to have purchased a pink Cadillac for his mother.
Ruth Brown plays the sixth night in a week of shows at The Palms Club, Hallendale, Florida USA.
Hoping to audition for Sun Records, Jerry Lee Lewis travels to Memphis, Tennessee, USA, with his father. As Sun Records' owner Sam Phillips is out of town, Lewis auditions for Jack Clement, an engineer, who advises him to learn some rock and roll.
Que Sera [What Ever Will Be Will Be] by Doris Day reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
Roy Orbison, Warren Smith, Charlie Feathers and Sonny Burgess play in the High School, Greenville, Mississippi, USA.