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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.Jon Alexander, keyboard player for 1960s hitmakers The Cyrkle, is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. The band is best remembered for their 1966 hit with a cover version of the Paul Simon song Red Rubber Ball.
David L. Miller, Albert L. Miller and Paul L. Miller, owners of the Palda Record Company, are indicted by the Federal Grand Jury on a charge of sending obscene records from Philadelphia, Pennylvania, USA, to Denver, Colorado.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the fifty-second night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
It is reported that Count Basie has signed a new recording contract with Columbia Records in New York City, USA, thus returning to the label he left two years earlier for a period at RCA Victor.
British music weekly Melody Maker reports that successful jazz guitarist Pete Chilver has been ordered to take three months rest. Before the year is out, he will quit professional music forever and take up a new career in hotel management in Scotland.
R'n'b vocal group The Ravens play the third night of two weeks at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Wayne Secrest, bass player of Southern Rock band Confederate Railroad is born in Alton, Illinois, USA.
Coral Records artist Bill Darnel plays the sixth night in a week of dates at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Singer Janet Lord plays the second night of two weeks at The Latin Quarter, Newport, Kentucky, USA.
Jazz clarinettist Darnell Howard, as a member of Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, records Some Of These Days, St. Louis Blues, Pretty Baby and Dippermouth Blues for Good Time Jazz Records in San Francisco, California, USA. Some of the tracks will also be released under the name of Darnell Howard's Frisco Footwarmers.
The Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas reaches No1 in the Billboard Best-Sellers In Stores Chart in the USA, a position it will hold for over two months.
The
Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas reaches No1 in the Billboard Best-Sellers In Stores Chart in the USA, a position
it will hold for over two months.
The highest new entry in Cashbox magazine's chart of the best-selling singles in the USA is Count Every Star by Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra, entering at No30.
Janet Lord plays the second night of two weeks at The Latin Quarter, Newport, Kentucky, USA.
My Foolish Heart by Billy Eckstine reaches No1 in the UK popular songs chart, based on sheet music sales.
Jazz clarinettist Darnell Howard, as a member of Bob Scobey's Frisco Band, records Some Of These Days, St. Louis Blues, Pretty Baby and Dippermouth Blues for Good Time Jazz Records in San Francisco, California, USA. Some of the tracks will also be released under the name of Darnell Howard's Frisco Footwarmers.
My Foolish Heart by Billy Eckstine reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.