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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.With These Hands by Nelson Eddy And Jo Stafford reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
Jazz-rock virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Despite having been banned on several radio stations because of its suggestive lyric, the controversial Sixty Minute Man by R'n'B group The Dominoes on Federal Records reaches No1 in the Billboard Best Selling Retail Rhythm And Blues records chart in the USA. Sixty Minute Man will be cited by some experts as the first rock'n'roll record.