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Pee Wee King is playing during a week of shows at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
Ronald Montague Moss is born in Los Angeles, California, USA. He will find success as an actor, musician and singer/songwriter, and member of late 1970s band Player, Ronn Moss.
Hot young jazz saxophonist Art Pepper undertakes his first studio date as a group leader with The Art Pepper Quartet, recording Surf Ride, Brown Gold, These Foolish Things and Holiday Flight for Discovery/Savoy Records at MacGregor Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Pop singer Umberto Tozzi is born in Turin, Italy, Europe.
The musical Paris '90, featuring monologues by Cornelia Otis Skinner and songs by Kay Swift, opens at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 87 performances.
Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine record The Very Thought Of You for Esquire Records in London, UK.
The 5 Keys record Red Sails In The Sunset, These Foolish Things, Be Anything But Be Mine and Love My Loving for Aladdin Records in RCA Studios, New York City, USA.
Kenny Roberts, known as The King Of The Yodellers, records Ding Dong Bells and I'd Like To Kiss Susie Again, with producer Paul Cohen in Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Session players on these tracks include guitarists Hank Garland and Grady Martin, steel guitarist Bob Foster, bassist Ernie Newton, drummer Farris Coursey, fiddler Tommy Jackson and pianist Owen Bradley.
Perry Como records the Cole Porter song I Concentrate On You and Over The Rainbow in The Manhattan Center, New York City, USA.
The Ames Brothers record Crazy Cause I Love You, And So I Waited, The Sheik Of Araby and At The End Of The Rainbow, in Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street, New York City, USA.
Kai Winding And His Quintet record I Could Write A Book, Speak Low, Carioca and The Boy Next Door for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack.