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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.Dean Martin records Be Honest With Me, Choo'N Gum and I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Kaydets, with Sammy Kaye And His Orchestra, record Roses for RCA Victor Records in the USA. The track will appear on the album Swing And Sway With Sammy Kaye.
Tenor saxophonist Johnny
Sparrow records Popcorn Willie and Sparrows In The Barrell, for
National Records in the USA.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake, I Gotta Have My Baby Back, Why Do I Love You? and At Sundown on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Freddy Martin And His Orchestra play the twenty-ninth night of six weeks at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Audrey Williams [wife of Hank Williams] records My Tightwad Daddy and three other songs, in Castle Studio, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Canadian-born country singer Hank Snow records his hit single I'm Movin' On, at Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It will reach No1 on the Billboard country chart in the USA and remain at the top for 29 consecutive weeks.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the twenty-first night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Jazz vocalist Connie Haines records All I Do Is Wantcha and Teasin' for Coral Records in the USA.
Canadian-born country singer Hank Snow records his hit single I'm Movin' On at Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It will reach No1 on the Billboard country chart in the USA and remain at the top for 29 consecutive weeks.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake, I Gotta Have My Baby Back, Why Do I Love You? and At Sundown, backed by the Skitch Henderson Orchestra, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Eddy Rollin is born in Brooklyn at the Halfmoon Hotel in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, USA. He will become an acclaimed jazz multi-instrumentalist, playing the oboe, English horn, alto saxophone and home made sonic toys. He will work with Lukas Ligeti, The Butch Morris Orchestra, John Zorn's Cobra and his own funk band The Inspirational Ensemble to name only a few.
Bing Crosby and Doris Day are the guest artists on The Bob Hope Show, sponsored by Lux Soap on NBC radio in the USA.
Tony Peluso is born. Although best-remembered as the man who played the fuzz guitar solo in Goodbye To Love by The Carpenters, Peluso also played with Paul Revere And The Raiders, and carried on to an acclaimed career as a record producer at Motown and elsewhere, winning four Grammy Awards during his career.
Saxophonist Johnny Sparrow records Popcorn Willie and Sparrows In The Barrell, for National Records in New York City, USA.
George Towne And His Orchestra play the sixteenth night of a three-week stay at The Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Canadian-born country singer Hank Snow records his hit single I'm Movin' On, at Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. It will reach No1 on the Billboard country chart in the USA and remain at the top for 29 consecutive weeks.