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The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.
Sh-Boom by The Crew-Cuts becomes the fastest-moving record to reach the Billboard magazine Top Ten Singles Chart, taking just three weeks from release. The song is a cover of an original version by black r'n'b group The Chords.
Billboard magazine, reviewing Elvis Presley's Sun Records' debut single, a cover of Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup's song That's All Right Mama, describes him as a "strong, new talent".
In St. Anne's Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas, USA, door-to-door salesman Johnny Cash marries his girlfriend Vivian Liberto, just over a month after his return from Air Force duty in Europe.