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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.
All parties in two copyright cases about ownership of the massively successful Lord Invader song Rum And Coca Cola sign legal papers indicating that a settlement has been reached. The song had been falsely copyrighted by comedian Morey Amsterdam who heard it while working in Trinidad some years earlier. The precise amount awarded to Lord Invader has never been revealed but figures published at the time suggested $150,000.
Robert Lee Balderrama, guitarist of garage punk pioneers ? And The Mysterians [aka Question Mark And The Mysterians], is born in O'Donnell, Texas, USA.
During an extensive tour, singing cowboy Gene Autry plays in Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
Frankie Laine opens at The Click, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Singing star Lee Lawrence and comic singer Leslie Sarony play at The Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, UK.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Lover, Sorry, I Don't Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry, Don't Worry 'Bout Me and I'm In Love, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
John Lee Hooker records Alberta, Canal Street Blues, Huckle Up Baby, Goin' Down Highway 51 and Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On, in Detroit, Michigan, USA, for Specialty Records.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Lover, Sorry, I Don't Know Whether To Laugh Or Cry, Don't Worry 'Bout Me and I'm In Love, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
The Count Basie Sextet plays the eighteenth night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the thirteenth night of two weeks at Ciro's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Dinah Washington With Teddy Stewart's Orchestra records It Isn't Fair, My Kind Of Man, If I Loved You, and Why Don't You Think Things Over for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Singing star Lee Lawrence and comic singer Leslie Sarony play at The Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, UK.
Johnny Otis And His Orchestra record Cool And Easy, Mistrutin' Blues, Dreamin' Blues and Cupid's Boogie, for Savoy Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A 10" LP version of Frank Sinatra Conducts The Music Of Alec Wilder is released on Columbia Masterworks in the USA. The recordings were originally released in 1946 as an album consisting of three 78rpm discs.