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"We must get all these socialites jiving and having a good time," declares Michael Alexander, co-host of a New Year party at the London, UK, studio of society photographer Felix Topolski, where actress Eva Bartok dances Cheek To Cheek with the Marquess of Milford Haven to Dixieland jazz played by Mick Mulligan's band.
Jazz saxophonist Gene Ammons records Cheek To Cheek, Blue Hymn, The Real McCoy and other tracks in a lengthy session for Prestige Records at Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
Peggy Lee records Cheek To Cheek, The Glory Of Love, Ain't We Got Fun, Jump For Joy and Four Or Five Times, at Capitol Tower Studios, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Top 5 singles in the UK, according to today's edition of the New Musical Express [NME] newspaper are as follows :
  1. Mary's Boy Child by Harry Belafonte [RCA]
  2. Wake Up Little Susie by The Everly Brothers [London]
  3. My Special Angel by Malcolm Vaughan [HMV]
  4. Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me by The Johnny Otis Show/Marle Adams [Capitol]
  5. Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis [London]
The Eric Delaney Band plays at The Festival Hall, Kirkby-In-Ashfield, England, UK, Europe.
Ferlin Husky records The Kingdom Of Love, Don't Walk Away and other tracks at Capitol Recording Studios, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
R'n'b pioneer Joe Turner records Blues In The Night for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Country gospel group The Blackwood Brothers Quartet play in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.
The Quarrymen play at The Cavern, Liverpool, UK. The group is led by John Lennon and Paul McCartney who will later form The Beatles.
The Louis Smith Quintet [including Cannonball Adderley on also sax] records Brill's Blues, Tribute To Brownie and South Side, for Blue Note Records in New York City, USA.
Bill Doggett becomes the first black artist to play at a white night club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, when he begins a week of shows at Porky's Club.
Wee Willie Harris, plays at the The Gaumont, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK, Europe, with The Southlanders, The Vagabonds, Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group, Tony Crombie and The Most Brothers (featuring future superstar record producer Mickie Most).
Guy Mitchell records East Side Of Heaven and Was It Rain?, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Paul Anka plays at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, UK. Also on the bill are Lorrae Desmond, The Ken-Tones, the Peter Groves Trio and Roy Stevens.
Lloyd Price, The Spaniels and The Dubs are playing during a week-long engagement at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.
UK pop weekly the New Musical Express [NME] reports that Pat Boone will be visiting the British Isles in time for Easter.
The Tina Brooks Quintet records The Way You Look Tonight, Nutville, Minor Move and other tracks at Van Gelder Studios, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA.
Lloyd Price, The Spaniels and The Dubs play at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
Stanley Dale's Skiffle Show Of 1958 plays the second of five nights at the Gaumont, Bradford, UK, featuring Jim Dale, Wally Whyton And The Vipers, Susan And Valerie Pardoe, Stan Van, Campbell And Rogerson and Betty Fox's Eight Dancing Teenagers.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Frankie Lymon, Larry Williams, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and others play in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, in Alan Freed's annual Big Beat Show.
The Paramount Pictures musical St. Louis Blues is released to cinemas in the USA with a cast featuring such jazz, blues and gospel greats as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Eartha Kit, Pearl Bailey, Mahalia Jackson and Barney Bigard.
On The Street Where You Live by Vic Damone enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No4 during a sixteen-week run on the chart.
Paul Anka is the musical guest on US tv's Perry Como Show.
Doo-wop hitmakers The Spaniels record I'm Gonna Thank Him, Vee-Jay Records in Chicago, Illinois.
Ricky Nelson releases a new single, Poor Little Fool, in the USA.
Paul Anka appears on tv's Dick Clark Show in the USA.
Johnnie Ray plays the first of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Johnnie Ray plays the second of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Tennessee Ernie Ford releases a new EP, Spirituals, in the USA.
Rebel Rouser by Duane Eddy enters the Billboard US Top 40 Singles chart, where it will peak at No6 during a 12-week run. Duane Eddy will go on to become the most successful Rock'n'Roll instrumentalist of all time, with over 100 million records sold.
Bruce Dickinson, vocalist and songwriter with Iron Maiden, is born in Worksop, UK.
Trailblazing female tenor saxophonist and vocalist Betty Smith And Her Quintet play at The Festival Hall, Kirkby In Ashton, England, UK, Europe.
Louis Prima and his Orchestra, with Keeley Smith on vocals, records That Old Black Magic, Moonglow, Sing Sing Sing and Felicia No Capicia, for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Lloyd Price records his first version of Stagger Lee, as a b-side to You Need Love.
Bo Diddley, Dion and the Belmonts and Thurston Harris begin a week at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA. On the same day, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins play in Denver, Colorado, USA.
Ray Charles releases a new single, Rock House, in the USA, on Atlantic Records.
The Collins Kids appear on popular tv show the Town Hall Party, recorded in Compton, California, USA, singing Blue Moon Of Kentucky, Chantilly Lace, Bird Dog, Rock Boppin' Baby, Shake A Hand and Great Balls Of Fire.
Eddie Cochran makes his UK singles chart debut with Summertime Blues, which will peak at No18.
The Mudlarks and The Most Brothers play at The Gaumont, Ipswich, UK. One member of The Most Brothers, Mickie Most, will become one of the UK's top record producers.
Ella Fitzgerald records Little Jazz in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Lennon Sisters sing Scarlet Ribbons and Kisses Sweeter Than Wine during an appearance on American radio series The U.S. Treasury Department Presents-Guest Stars.
Teen idol Billy Fury makes his first recording, Maybe Tomorrow, for Decca Records in London, UK.
James Marshall Hendrix, later to become Jimi Hendrix, quits Asa Mercer High School in Seattle, Washington, USA, and returns to his former school, Washington Junior High.
The John Birch Society, a radical right-wing organisation devoted to fighting the influence of communism, is established in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Alarmed by its activities, Bob Dylan will write his song Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues in 1962, and will be prevented from singing it on television.
Paul Anka begins a month-long season at L'Olympia, Paris, France.
San Farncisco born and raised trio The Paris Sisters continue their two-week long season at the Frontier Room, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Coasters and The Chantels play at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA.
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