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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.John Thomas "Tommy" Crain is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He will find success as a multi-instrumentalist, best known for his time as a member of The Charlie Daniels Band.
Ossie Hibbert is born in Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will become an acclaimed reggae pianist contributing to countless hit records but also writing, producing, arranging and engineering many more.The song Just Waitin', composed by Hank Williams and Bob Gazzaway, is registered for copyright in the USA.
Frank Sinatra, with an Orchestra conducted by Axel Stordahl, records Faithful, You're The One and There's Something Missing, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Roy Acuff And His Smokey Mountain Boys record Baldknob Arkansas, The Southbound Train, A Plastic Heart and other tracks in Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
When Marian Anderson plays a concert in Richmond, Virginia, USA, the event is picketed by the NAACP (National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People) because it is taking place in a segregated theater. Duke Ellington, due to play the same venue shortly after, cancels his concert rather than be picketed. In a letter to DownBeat magazine, he angrily states, "Nobody wants to cross a picket line and get hurt; it just isn
Jo Stafford records San Antonio Rose for Columbia Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.