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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.
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.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Nancy Sinatra wins an interlocutory divorce decree from Frank Sinatra in Santa Monica, California, USA. It will become final after one year.
Latin jazz bandleader, singer, arranger and composer Poncho Sanchez is born in Laredo, Texas, USA.
Carl Butler records Vicious Lies, River Of Love, A Blue Million Tears and Everything Will Be The Same, in Castle Studio At the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.Rusty Gabbard records I'm Going That Way, You Can't Do Wrong, The High Cost Of Living and I Can't Escape From You, in Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Mario Lanza, with the MGM Studio Orchestra conducted by Johnny Green, records Granada in MGM Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. The song is to be used in the film Because You're Mine.
Trilok Gurtu is born in Bombay, India, Asia. He will find international success as a percussionist in the fields of jazz and world music.
Lennie Tristano records Ju-ju and Pastime for East Wind Records in Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Tristano will be widely criticised for using multi-track studio techniques to add extra piano parts to his compositions on this and other albums.