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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.Popular music shows airing on this day in and around New York City, USA, include Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue [7.00pm, WJZ], The Perry Como Show [8.00pm, WNTB], Rex Maupin's Orchestra [8.30pm, WJZ] and The Fred Waring Show [9.00pm, WCBS].
At the end of tonight's edition of Richard Diamond, Private Detective on NBC Radio in the USA, the show's actor/singer star Dick Powell sings Hush, Little Darlin'.
Carver Scott Lee is born in Eden, North Carolina, USA. He will find success as jazz bassist, composer, lecturer and author Scott Lee.
Woody Herman's Woodchoppers play the final night in a week-long engagement at The Crystal Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Les Compagnons de la Chanson are the featured musical guests on The Ed Sullivan Show [aka Toast Of The Town], filmed in New York City, USA.
The Parker Brothers Quartet record Father Abraham, Dark Clouds, I Can't Help From Cryin' Sometimes, The Separating Line, Jesus Shall Make Up My Dying Bed, Dry Bones and When Gabriel Sounds His Trumpet, for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
After a lengthy trial, indpendent car
manufacturer Preston Tucker and six other Tucker Corporation
executives are found not guilty of charges of fraud. It had
been alleged that Tucker had been misusing company funds, but the trial was widely seen as part of a high-level conspiracy by the major automobile industry companies to destroy the Tucker
Corporation. Although Tucker had won the day in court, his company
was now in ruins. The story is told in the 1999 song The Big Three Killed
My Baby by The White
Stripes.
Charles Boyer, Margo Whiteman and Earl Wild are the guest stars on the tv series Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue in the USA, hosted by big band leader Paul Whiteman.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra play the fourth night of two weeks at Bop City, New York City, USA.
Graeme Douglas, lead guitarist of The Kursaal Flyers, is born in Rochford, Essex, UK.
Columbia
Records vocalist Herb
Jeffries plays the eleventh night of two weeks at The
Shelbourne Lounge, New York City, USA.