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The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Elvis Presley's debut single, Blue Moon Of Kentucky, enters the regional singles chart in Richmond, Virginia, USA, at No4.
New York Supreme court rules that Alan Freed, a deejay for WINS Radio, New York City, USA, can no longer call his show ,'The Moondog Rock And Roll Party', because the blind street composer Louis 'Moondog' Hardin has established that Freed stole the name from him. That night, at P.J.Moriarty's restaurant on Broadway, Freed tells colleagues that he now plans to copyright the term "rock and roll'.
The Drifters and Erskine Hawkins play the sixth night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Nolan Strong And The Diablos play the twentieth night of three weeks at The Madison Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Dakota Staton records What Do You Know About Love?, No Mama, No Papa and For The Rest Of My Life, in New York City, USA, for Capitol Records.
New York Supreme court rules that Alan Freed, a deejay
for WINS Radio, New York City, USA, can no longer call his show, 'The Moondog Rock And Roll Party', because the blind street
composer Louis 'Moondog' Hardin has established that Freed stole
the name from him. That night, at P.J.Moriarty's restaurant on
Broadway, Freed tells colleagues that he now plans to copyright the term 'rock and roll'.
Dakota Staton records What Do You Know About Love?, No Mama, No Papa and For The Rest Of My Life, in New York City, USA, for Capitol Records.