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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.
The Count Basie Septet plays the last of seven nights at The Hi-Hat, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Mockin' Bird Hill [aka Mockingbird Hill] by Les Paul and Mary Ford reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
A feature about singing star Jo Stafford appears in Collier's Magazine in the USA, stating the Miss Stafford's patriotically-inclined broadcasts on the Voice Of America radio service in Europe, have "upset Joe Stalin". Communist newspaper The Daily Worker will take issue with the feature and argue that Stafford "delivers commercials for democracy the same way toothpaste companies deliver commercials for their product".
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances. How High The Moon by Les Paul And Mary
Ford on Capitol Records reaches No1 in the Billboard magazine Best-Selling Singles Chart in the USA for
the first of nine weeks. The track is a revolutionary breakthrough, introducing the concept of multi-track recording.