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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.Frank Sinatra plays the first of ten nights at The 500 Club, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
Strings are overdubbed onto the Little Willie John track Sleep, at King Records, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Four Freshmen record Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Mather Air Force Base, Sacramento, California, USA.
Bobby Darin plays the fifteenth night in a month long engagement at The Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, opening for comedian George Burns.
The Four Freshmen record Their Hearts Were Full Of Spring, written by Bobby Troup, at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys will be so inspired by this song's melody that he will borrow it for his composition A Young Man Is Gone. (1960)
The Tom Cats, with James Hendrix [later to be Jimi Hendrix] on guitar, play at the Cabaret Summer Style Dance, American Legion Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Ben E. King, The Five Satins, Big Joe Turner, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and others play at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The musical Irma La Douce is running at The Plymouth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA. It runs at The Plymouth for more than a year before transferring to The Alvin Theatre.