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Pee Wee King is playing during a week of shows at The Orpheum, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
The musical Bet Your Life is running at The London Hippodrome, London, England, UK, starring Julie Wilson, Brian Reece, Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes. Songs in the show include I Love Being in Love, It’s the Female of the Species, Hook Line and Sinker, I Want a Great Big Hunk of Man, All on Account of a Guy.
Bandleader Benny Strong is playing at The Edgewater Beach Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, during a seven week stand.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
Billie Holiday, backed by The Wardell Gray Quartet, is playing at The Tiffany Club, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Episode No23 of Club 88 Starring Peggy Lee, is broadcast on radio in the USA, featuring Louis Prima as Lee's guest.Bill Coleman is born in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. he will find acclaim as blues/soul-R'n'B singer, songwriter, harmonica-guitar player Billy 'Harp' Hamilton.
The Flame Nightclub, owned by Harry Green, in St. Paul, Missouri, USA, has its licence revoked as a result of a recent municipal court conviction for selling liquor to minors.
The Bell Sisters are heard in a live appearance on the Bob Hope Show on NBC Radio in the USA. The show was, in fact, recorded a week earlier in San Diego, California, USA.
When Billy Butterfield, Red Allen (tp); Bill Harris (tb); Buddy DeFranco (cl); Charlie Parker (as); Jerry Jerome (ts); Teddy Wilson; Dick Cary (p); Eddie Safranski (b); Don Lamond (d); and vocalists Dottie Reed and Louis Prima play the second of two nights at Loew's Valencia, Queens, New York City, USA, the performance is recorded and broadcast as a Voice Of America show in the Jazz Club USA series, presented by Leonard Feather.
The Dizzy Gillespie Sextet plays at Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Europe.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The musical comedy Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
The musical Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.
The revue An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack.