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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.Spending the last of eight weeks as the No1 song on the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA is For You My Love by Larry Darnell.
The Miles Davis Sextet, including Stan Getz and Art Blakey plays the sixth of eight nights at Birdland, New York City, USA. Also on the bill are The Charlie Parker Quintet and The Bud Powell Trio.
Hot Lips Page plays the fifth night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
The current No1 song on the UK Sheet Music charts is The
Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas, taken from the film The Third Man.
During an extensive national tour, singing cowboy Gene Autry plays in Portland, Maine, USA.
Billie Holiday flies from San Francisco, California, USA, to Los Angeles to appear in court in a breach of contract lawsuit filed against her by her ex-manager Ed Fishman. In the evening she returns to San Francisco for a gig at the New Orleans Swing Club.
Popular country music songwriter Cy Coben cuts a piano roll version of his song The Old Piano Roll Blues for T.R.T.
The current No1 song on the Cashbox magazine charts in the USA is I Can Dream, Can't I?
The current No1 song on the Cashbox magazine charts in the USA is
I
Can Dream, Can't I?
Country star Slim Whitman plays the fifth night in a two-week season at the London Palladium, London, UK.
The Walt Disney animated film Cinderella, including the songs A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, So This is Love, Sing Sweet Nightingale, The Work Song, and Cinderella, is released to cinemas in the USA.
Cinderella, an animated Disney feature, is released in cinemas in the USA, featuring several songs by Mack David, including So This Is Love, A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes and Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.
The Count Basie Sextet plays the fifth night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Spending the last of eight weeks as the No1 song on the Billboard R'n'B singles chart in the USA is For You My Love by Larry Darnell.
The current No1 song on the UK Sheet Music charts is The Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas, from the soundtrack of the film The Third Man.