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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.Comedy country music duo Homer And Jethro play at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Erskine Hawkins and Wynonie Harris play at The Paradise Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. The show is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Campaign, and is boradcast live on WWJ Radio.
The Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA. The No1 position includes sales of versions of the song by Anton Karas and Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians.
The highest new entry in Cashbox magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Blue Barron And His Orchestra on MGM Records, entering at No28.
The highest new entry in Cashbox magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Are You Lonesome Tonight? by Blue Barron And His Orchestra on MGM Records, entering at No28.
Johnny Lyne And His Music and Charles Tyler's Orchestra play at The Embassy Ballroom, Portsmouth, UK.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that jazz bandleader Woody Herman will shortly be slimming down his orchestra to a 12-piece outfit in order to focus on dance music. 'You've got to give the people what they want,' he tells Billboard, 'or you've got to go broke.'
Peter Kenneth Frampton is born in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK, Europe. He will achieve success as musician, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Peter Frampton, first of all with the bands The Herd, and Humble Pie and then as a solo artist.Guy Lombardo And His Orchestra play the second night in a week at The Vogue Terrace, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jesse Willard Carr is born in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. He will find success as guitarist Pete Carr, first as a member of The Hour Glass but later as a studio session player with the world-famed Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.
Forrest McDonald is born in Austin, Texas, USA. He will find success as blues-rock guitarist, songwriter and session player, mainly through his work with the world-famous Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section.
(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake by Eve Young And The Homesteaders reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. Eve Young subsequently found greater success as Karen Chandler.
The Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] reaches No1 in the Cashbox magazine chart of the best-selling singles in the USA. The No1 position includes sales of versions of the song by Anton Karas and Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the forty-fifth night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
(If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake by Eve Young And The Homesteaders reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK. Eve Young will subsequently find greater success as Karen Chandler.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that country artist Shorty Long has left RCA Victor Records and moved to King Records.
Comedy country music duo Homer And Jethro play at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.