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The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Count Basie and His Orchestra, featuring Joe Williams on vocals, take part in the CBS New Year's Eve Dancing Party broadcast, live from Birdland, New York City, USA.
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers play the last of seven nights at The Regal, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Sonny Til and the Orioles play their last show together, at The Mambo Club, East St. Louis, Illinois, USA.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, rehearses at home in Seattle, Washington, USA, playing guitar with his friend James Williams.
Singer Julie London marries musician and composer Bobby Troup. London's best-remembered hit is Cry Me A River and Troup's best-known composition is [Get You Kicks On] Route 66.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, rehearses at home in Seattle, Washington, USA, playing guitar with his friend James Williams.
Singer Julie London marries musician and composer Bobby Troup in their new $225,000 hilltop home in Sherman Oaks, California, USA. London's best-remembered hit is Cry Me A River and Troup's best-known composition is [Get You Kicks On] Route 66.
Michael Flanders, best-known as the lyric-writing half of British comedy duo Flanders And Swann, marries Claudia Davis, daughter of the journalist Claud Cockburn and stepdaughter of Robert Gorham Davis, professor of English at Columbia University in New York.Johnny Cash releases a new single, Straight As In Love/I Love You Because, on Sun Records in the USA.
The Best-Selling record of 1959 according to the year-end poll in Cashbox Magazine in the USA is Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin.Hit-making instrumental combo The Champs play a New Year's Eve gig at the Youth Hall in the State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Nolan Chandler releases My Heart is Shattered, backed with Peach Blossoms by Emmit Brooks, on Goldust Records of Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.