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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.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Johnnie Ray, arrested the night before on charges of accosting and soliciting, is released on bail in Detroit, Michigan, USA. (outlaw)
Mary Martin, Patricia Neway and others record My Favourite Things, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev'ry Mountain and Edelweiss for the Rodgers And
Hammerstein soundtrack to the stage musical The Sound Of Music in Columbia
Records studio, New York City, USA.
Headlined by Frankie Avalon, the second Dick Clark Caravan Of Stars package tour sets off to trek across the USA.
Lyricist Sam M. Lewis dies in New York City, USA. His lyrics enlivened such songs as Dinah, Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody, For All We Know and How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm?
Page one of the New York Times carries the headline Alan Freed Is Out in 'Payola' Study, noting that the controversial deejay has been fired from his WABC Radio show, as a result of investigations into payola.
Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson dies when the coach taking his band, The Ebony Knights, to a booking at USAF Sculthorpe, Norfolk, England, UK, Europe, collides with a telegraph pole and overturns.
Count Basie and Joe Williams are the musical guests on CBS tv's Ed Sullivan Show, recorded in New York City, USA.