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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.R'n'B vocalist, pianist, bandleader, songwriter and arranger Joe Liggins has his first recording session for Specialty Records in the USA. He records Pink Champagne and Rag Mopp, both of which will become major hits.
Louis Armstrong performs Muskrat Ramble on a radio broadcast in the USA, done for Standard Oil, and entitled A Musical Map of America. Armstrong is accompanied on the broadcast by Jack Teagarden and Earl 'Fatha' Hines from the Louis Armstrong All Stars, plus clarinetist Lyle Johnson and San Francisco-based guitarist Clancy Hayes.
Country music guitarist and singer Buddy Bishop makes his first commercial recordings for the John Mystery label, at The Record Centre, 3rd floor, 251 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia. During the session he records Spitfire the Outlaw, When the Roses Bloom in the Garden, Honeybee, My Honeybee, and When the City Guy Went to the Farm [aka The Farmyard Yodel"].
Columbia
Records vocalist Herb
Jeffries plays the ninth night of two weeks at The Shelbourne
Lounge, New York City, USA.
I Said My Pajamas [And Put On My Pray'rs] by Tony Martin and Fran Warren enters the Billboard magazine Best-Selling Singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No5 during a 13-week stay on the chart.
Johnny Desmond records his version of the popular song Just Say I Love Her, for MGM Records in the USA. It will reach No24 on the Billboard chart.
Louis Armstrong performs Muskrat Ramble on a radio broadcast in the USA, done for Standard Oil, and entitled A Musical Map of America. Armstrong is accompanied on the broadcast by Jack Teagarden and Earl 'Fatha' Hines from the Louis Armstrong All Stars, plus clarinetist Lyle Johnson and guitarist Clancy Hayes.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the final night in a week of shows at The Earle Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The stage musical Dance Me A Song opens at The Royale Theater, New York City, USA, where it will run for 35 performances. Nevertheless, the musical includes the song Lilac Wine which will go on to become something of an oft-covered standard.
R'n'B vocalist, pianist, bandleader, songwriter and arranger Joe Liggins has his first recording session for Specialty Records in the USA. He records Pink Champagne and Rag Mop, both of which will become major hits.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs The Old Master Painter, Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, It Never Entered My Mind and Isn't It Romantic?, backed by the Jeff Alexander Orchestra, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra play the second night of two weeks at Bop City, New York City, USA.
Woody Herman's Woodchoppers play the fifth night in a week-long engagement at The Crystal Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.