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The American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
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.
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 popular musical Guys And Dolls is playing at The Shubert Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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.
Arthur Prysock, Varetta Dillard, Peppermint Harris, Joan Shaw and The Bill Hitchens Orchestra are playing a tour of one-nighters in the southern states of the USA.
The Billy May Orchestra is playing during three weeks at The Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Max Bygraves is appearing in the revue Wonderful Time at The Palladium, London, England, UK, with The Billy Cotton Band, The Bernard Brothers and Joy Nichols.
Ivory Joe Hunter, The Four Blazes and Mabel Scott are playing during a week of gigs at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
Drummer, guitarist and singer Thomas Dinger is born in Germany, Europe. He will find success as a member of Neu! and La Dusseldorf as well as pursuing a solo career in the fields of Krautrock, protopunk and art rock.
William Charles Andress is born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He will find success as one-half of the husband and wife jazz/soul/pop duo Tuck And Patti.
Lloyd Price is playing at Reynold's Hall And Tropical Garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Lars Gullin Octet records Danny O and Laura in Radiotjänst Studio 2, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe.
The Sons Of The Pioneers perform Ghost Riders In The Sky, Along The Santa Fe Trail, My Heart Cries For You and other songs, on their KHJ-Mutual radio series The Lucky-U Ranch, in the USA.
Frank Sinatra and his wife, actress Ava Gardner, attend a public rally for presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson.
Jane Turzy records I Can't Get You Out Of My Heart and Oh Jimmy Jimmy in Castle Studio at the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
A concert by the American Composers Alliance at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA, introduces Fantasy in Space (flute recordings manipulated on magnetic tape) by Otto Luening, and Sonic Contours (using tape manipulations) by Vladimir Ussachevsky. This is regarded as one of the earliest significant public demonstrations of the potential of electronic music.
Country star Red Foley secretly marries his third wife, radio and TV entertainer Sally Sweet, in Iuka, Mississippi, USA. He will not publicly announce the marriage for several weeks.