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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.
Singer, musician and music journalist Arto Vilkko is born in Helsinki, Finland, Europe.
The Third Man Theme by Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians peaks at No1 on the Canadian pop singles chart and stays in the top slot for eleven weeks.
Robbie McIntosh is born in Dundee, Scotland. He will find success as drummer for The Average White Band.
The
Third Man Theme by Guy Lombardo And His
Royal Canadians peaks at No1 on the Canadian pop singles chart
and stays in the top slot for eleven weeks.
The stage musical Great To Be Alive! closes at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after completing 52 performances.
Keith Lucas is born in Oxford, UK. He will find success as Nick Cash, vocalist and guitarist of pioneering punk band 999.
Little Esther And Johnny Otis reach No1 on the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA with Mistrustin' Blues, which replaces their own previous No1 Double Crossing Blues.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the fifty-ninth night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Claire Hogan, formerly a singer with Jimmy Dorsey
And His Orchestra, plays at The Flamingo Club, Buffalo, New
York State, USA.
Billboard magazine reports that Doris Day and Columbia Records have settled a dispute in which the singer was asking to be released from her contract. The label is reported to have agreed to make some concessions which have convinced Day to remain aboard.
Debbie Lori Kaye is born in New York City, USA. She will become one of Canada's top female country music vocalists throughout the 60s and 70s.