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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.
Louis Prima plays the first night of two weeks at The Click, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Hank Williams releases a new single, Long Gone Lonesome Blues, on MGM Records, in the USA.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the third night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Smooth balladeer Jerry Wayne plays at Ciro's, Hollywood, California, USA, with Nappy Lamare's Dixieland band and The Dick Stabile Orchestra.
Norman Dunlap And The Gondoliers release a new single, If This Is Love, on Peacock Records in the USA.
The Count Basie Sextet plays the twenty-ninth night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The District Court in New York City, USA, dismisses two copyright cases about ownership of the massively successful Lord Invader song Rum And Coca Cola. This is because all parties involved in the dispute have recently signed legal papers indicating that a settlement has been reached between them. The song had been falsely copyrighted by comedian Morey Amsterdam who heard it while working in Trinidad some years earlier. The precise amount awarded to Lord Invader has never been revealed but figures published at the time suggested $150,000.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Come Rain Or Come Shine, Begin The Beguine and God's Country on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown releases a new single, I've Been Mistreated, on Peacock Records in the USA.
Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra play the ninth night of two weeks at The Palomar Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy by Frank Sinatra enters the Billboard Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, at No24 during its one-week run.
I Said My Pajamas [And Put On My Pray'rs] by Doris Day enters the Billboard Best-selling Singles chart in the USA, at No27. It will rise no higher.
During an extensive tour, singing cowboy Gene Autry plays in Montgomery, Alabama, USA.
I Said My Pajamas [And Put On My Pray'rs] by Margaret Whiting enters the Billboard Best-selling Singles chart in the USA, at No24. It
will rise no higher.
Freddy Martin And His Orchestra play the eleventh night of six weeks at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Vickie Ross of The Ross Sisters - a popular trio of singing acrobatic contortionists - marries Robert Lamouret in Paris, France, Europe.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the fifth night of one week at The Palomar Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely plays the second night of two weeks at The Oriental Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.