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The musical revue Pardon Our French is performed at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of one hundred performances.
Buddy Hawkins And His Keynotes are playing at The Parkside Tavern, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
John Thomas "Tommy" Crain is born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He will find success as a multi-instrumentalist, best known for his time as a member of The Charlie Daniels Band.
Bill Monroe records Letter From My Darling, On The Old Kentucky Shore, Raw Hide and Poison Love in Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.The George Shearing Quintet plays the first of ten nights at The 2011 Club, Washington, DC, USA.
The BBC Home Service begins broadcasting a new three-part radio series, Adventures In Folk Song, featuring music archivist Alan Lomax discussing his song-gathering field trips on behalf of the Library Of Congress in the USA.
Stage and cabaret singer/actress Ellen Greene is born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
Charlie Ventura And His Quintet record Avalon, I'm Confessin', Bugle Call Rag, Rose Room, That Old Feeling and After You've Gone, for Norgran Records in New York City, USA.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
The Count Basie Septet plays the second of seven nights at The Hi-Hat, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Amos Milburn records I Love You Anyway, Ain't Nothing Shaking, Real Crazy, That Was Your Last Mistake - Goodbye, Women Women and Just One More Drink, for Aladdin Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A feature about singing star Jo Stafford appears in Collier's Magazine in the USA, stating the Miss Stafford's patriotically-inclined broadcasts on the Voice Of America radio service in Europe, have "upset Joe Stalin". Communist newspaper The Daily Worker will take issue with the feature and argue that Stafford "delivers commercials for democracy the same way toothpaste companies deliver commercials for their product".Big Bill Lister records the Hank Williams' compositions Countrified and The Little House We Built Just O'er The Hill, for Capitol Records in the USA.
The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.
Jazz pianist Eubie Blake records Charleston Rag, Dicties On Parade, Lovie Joe, Maryland My Maryland, Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown and other songs in the USA.
The King And I is performed at The St. James Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1246 performances.Derek Roy Bromham is born in Acton, London, UK. He will find success as Del Bromham, a founder member and guitarist of the band Stray.
Clara Ward records When He Spoke and Just To Behold His Face for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
The Machito Orchestra and Slim Gaillard play the first of seven nights at Birdland, New York City, USA.Judy Garland plays the fourth of seven nights at The Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK.
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians with vocals by the Lombardo Quartet and Kenny Gardner, record Mary Rose and Sweetheart Of Yesterday for Decca Records in New York City, USA.European radio station Radio Luxembourg moves its English-speaking programmes long wave to the medium wave frequency of 208 metres (1439 kHz). The station includes a great deal of popular music programming, including rock'n'roll, and will quickly become a major source of such music for British teenagers.
Spike Jones And His City Slickers record Too Young in RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Local farmer and folk singer John Strachan spends the second of two days recording songs in Crichie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with folklorist/producer Alan Lomax which will appear on the LP Songs From Aberdeenshire.Zenon de Fleur Herowski is born in Shepherd's Bush, London, UK. He will find success as guitarist with 70s UK garage/R'n'B band The Count Bishops.
Eddy Arnold records That Little Boy Of Mine for RCA Records in RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Big Bill Broonzy, with Graeme Bell And His Australian Jazz Band play a concert at the Robert Schumann Saal in D'sseldorf, Germany. The performance is recorded and will be released as the LP Big Bill Broonzy in Concert with Graeme Bell And His Australian Jazz Band.
The Biggest Show Of 1951, a package tour starring Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole, Marie Bryant, Peg Leg Bates, Stump And Stumpy, Timmie Rodgers and others plays at The Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.The Hotcha Trio (a harmonica group) release a new 78rpm single, Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy and Honeysuckle Rose, on Decca-Philips Records in Finland, Europe.
The Frank Sinatra Show, broadcast live on CBS-tv from New York City, USA, includes guests Perry Como, Frankie Laine and Patti Andrews and The Andrews Sisters.Al Greenwood, keyboard player with and founder-member of Foreigner, is born in New York City, USA.
Kenneth Downing is born in Yew Tree Estate, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, UK. He will find success as guitarist K.K.Downing of Judas Priest.
Latin jazz bandleader, singer, arranger and composer Poncho Sanchez is born in Laredo, Texas, USA.Inter-denominational singing group The North Western Chorale is founded in Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, Caribbean, to promote and encourage the appreciation of Sacred musical works by great masters, folk songs, Negro Spirituals, community hymn singing and community singing.
Bob Scobey's Frisco Band records South, Chicago, Sailin' Down Chesapeake Bay and Melancholy for Good Time Jazz records in San Francisco, California, USA.
Actor Jimmy Stewart is the guest on this night's edition of the Bing Crosby Chesterfield Cigarettes Radio Show in the USA.Popular vocalist Savannah Churchill plays the first of two nights at the Circle Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, with Pat Collins and Buddy De Franco And His MGM Orchestra.
Popular vocalist Savannah Churchill plays the first of two nights at The Circle Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, with Pat Collins and Buddy De Franco and his MGM Orchestra.
Skinnay Ennis And His Orchestra play at The Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sonny Boy Williamson records Nine Below Zero, Mighty Long Time, Stop Now Baby and Mr. Down Child, for Trumpet Records in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Guitar on these tracks is played by Elmore James.
The Hotcha Trio (a harmonica group) release a new 78rpm single, Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy and Honeysuckle Rose, on Decca-Philips Records in Denmark, Europe.
Johnny Hartman, with Perez Prado And His Orchestra, releases Wild-Mambo/Go Go Mambo, on RCA Victor Records in the USA.
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