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The musical revue Make Mine Manhattan plays at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 429 performances.
Billie Holiday plays the second of six shows at the Palomar Supper Club, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Spike Jones reaches No1 in
the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart in the USA with All
I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth).
Jazz cornettist and bandleader Muggsy Spanier plays at Jazz, Ltd, Chicago, Illinois, USA, for the first time. He will play at the venue for fifteen months over the next two years.
Max Miller, The Harmaniacs, blind singer Alfred Thripp and Jay And His Merry Lads, plays the fourth night of a week at The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgeware Road, London, UK.
Billie Holiday plays the third night of four weeks at Joe Tenner's Cafe Society Uptown, in San Francisco, California, USA.
Monte Rey, billed as "Radio's Famous Romantic Singer" plays the fourth night of a week at The Metropolitan Theatre, Edgeware Road, London, UK.
Billie Holiday plays the eighth night of a four-week season at Joe Tenner's Cafe Society Uptown, in San Francisco, California, USA.
The Miles Davis Nonet records Jeru, Move and other tracks for Capitol Records in New York City, USA.
Billie Holiday plays the fourteenth night of four weeks at Joe Tenner's Cafe Society Uptown, in San Francisco, California, USA.
Geraldo And His Orchestra with Doreen Lundy, Lorna Martin (accordeon), Archie Lewis, Denny Vaughan and The Vocal Quintette, play at The Guildhall, Southampton, UK.Jimmy Witherspoon records Jump Children and Take Me Back Baby for Modern Records in Los Angeles.
Vaughn Monroe And His Orchestra with The Moon Men on backing vocals, record (Ghost) Riders In The Sky for RCA Victor Records in the USA. It will peak at No1 in the Billboard chart during a run of 22 weeks on the chart.
Neil Jones, guitarist with 60s hitmakers Amen Corner, is born in Llanbradach, South Wales.
Count Basie And His Orchestra record Cheek To Cheek, in Hollywood, California, USA.
The full-length Disney animated film Song Of The South is released to cinemas in Portugal. The film includes several memorable songs, notably Zip-a-dee Doo-Dah, sung by James Baskett.
Eddie Crosby records Lovesick Blues, I've Been Bitin' My Fingernails, Sugarfoot Boogie and Have You Ever Been Lonely, in Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys record Little Girl Little Girl, I'm Tired Of Living This Lie and Pliney Jane for MGM Records in Dallas, Texas, USA.
An article about Paul Robeson in the New York Age describes him as "A Great Fighter for His People."
Louis Armstrong And His All Stars play at The Click, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tim Renwick, guitarist, notably of Quiver but also associated with Punk Floyd for many years, is born in Cambridge, UK.
Eric Carmen, leader of power-pop hitmakers The Raspberries, is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Ink Spots, Borah Minevitch's Harmonica Rascals and Woolf Phillips And His Orchestra play the first of seventeen nights at The Palladium, London, UK.
Allan Jones, billed as The Golden Voice Of Hollywood, plays at The New Opera House, Blackpool, UK. Also on the bill are "The Sensational West Indies Pianiste-Entertainer" Winifred Atwell, "Belgium's Amazing Vocal Star" La Esterella, xylophone player Dorothy Marno, songwriter Bobby Worth and Danny Walters And His Orchestra.
Peter Alexander Makkay is born in Brasov, Transylvania, Romania, Europe. He will find huge success in Europe as rock musician Peter Maffay.David Clemson is born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK. Under the name Clem Clemson, he will become one of the UK's most respect guitarists, playing with Humble Pie, the Jack Bruce Band and others.
When Capitol Records of Los Angeles, California, USA, releases its first long-playing records, it becomes the first company to to have released recordings at three speeds - 78rpm, 45rpm and 33rpm.
Sharon Ilo Hershiser is born on the campus of The University Of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. She will briefly find success as pop singer Robin Clark in 1961.
Billie Holiday records Now Or Never with Sy Oliver and His Orchestra for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Pioneering African American radio station entrepreneur Jesse B. Blayton Sr., founds WERD-AM radio in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, programming what he calls 'Negro appeal' music, playing early versions of rhythm and blues music that could not be found elsewhere on the air. WERD makes him the first African American to own and operate a radio station in the United States.Bernard Doherty is born in Chelmsford, UK. He will become one of the most successful publicists in the UK music business, looking after artists of the stature of Paul McCartney, Tina Turner and Rod Stewart, as well as handling major events including Live Aid.
Gary Tallent, bassist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Red
Foley spends the second of four
days of recording sessions at Castle Studios in the Hotel
Tulane, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, during which he records eight Top Ten Country hits
including I Gotta Have My Baby Back, Careless Kisses and Chattanoogie
Shoe Shine Boy.
Yogi Yorgesson releases a new single, I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely release a new single, Slipping Around, on Capitol Records in the USA.
Mickey Thomas, who will one day replace Grace Slick as vocalist in Jefferson Starship, is born in Cairo, Georgia, USA.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs When You're Smiling, The Meadows Of Heaven and Don't Cry Joe on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
After serving just a few weeks of a 180-day jail sentence for sending obscene letters through the post, Woody Guthrie is released from West Street jail in New York City, USA.
Billy Eckstine comes to the end of a week of shows at The Click, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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