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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.
A General Election is held in the UK, and the Labour Party wins with a majority of just five seats, despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservative Party. The election will inspire Calypsonian Lord Beginner to write and record his song General Election, based on events he saw at Piccadilly Circus in London while waiting for the election result to be announced.
The Count Basie Sextet plays the fourteenth night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that film director Arthur Lubin has closed a deal with Irving Mills Publishing Co. to publish a song entitled Francis, The Talking Mule, for publicity purposes relating to his film Francis, in which a talking mule helps a hapless soldier uncover an enemy agent.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the ninth night of two weeks at Ciro's, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Alfred Hitchcock film Stage Fright, starring Jane Wyman and Marlene Dietrich, is
premiered in New York City, USA. The film features an original
Cole Porter song, The
Laziest Gal In Town, which is performed by Dietrich.
Pianist, musical arranger and orchestral conductor Tom Howard is born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. As well as releasing numerous solo albums, in 1983, he will help the rock band Daniel Amos to found the Alarma! Records label.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Somebody Loves Me, Why Remind Me?, What Is This Thing Called Love? and My Heart Stood Still, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra the sixth night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Johnny Otis And His Orchestra record Helpless, for Savoy Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Julie Andrews plays the fourth of six nights at The Forum Cinema, Jersey, UK. Also on the bill are Elsie And Doris Waters, aka Gert And Daisy.
Frank Sinatra records Kisses And Tears and When The Sun Goes Down, for Columbia Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Country star Slim Whitman plays the last night in a two-week season at the London Palladium, London, UK.