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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.

The
Irving Berlin musical and political satire
Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical revue
New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features
Eartha Kitt making her
Broadway debut with the spectacular song,
Monotonous, based on real events in her life.

The musical comedy
Wish You Were Here, is presented at The Imperial Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 598 performances.
Xavier Cugat plays during an eight-week run, in The Terrace Room of The Statler Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.

The musical
Love From Judy is playing at The Saville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 594 performances. The cast includes Jean Carson (Judy), Linda Gray (Grace), Bill O'Connor (Jervis) and Adelaide Hall (Butterfly) and songs including I Never Dream When I'm Asleep, Dear Daddy Long-Legs, Here We Are and A Touch of Voodoo.

The revue
An Evening With Beatrice Lillie is presented at The Booth Theatre,
Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 276 performances. As well as its actress-singer star, the show features piano duettists Eddie And Rack.
Arthur Prysock, Varetta Dillard, Peppermint Harris, Joan Shaw and The Bill Hitchens Orchestra are playing a tour of one-nighters in the southern states of the USA.

The
Billy May Orchestra is playing during three weeks at The Palladium, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Max Bygraves is appearing in the revue Wonderful Time at The Palladium, London, England, UK, with The
Billy Cotton Band, The Bernard Brothers and Joy Nichols.

Nena, backed by Ralph Rotgers And His Latin-American Orchestra, is appearing at The Buttery in The Ambassador West Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Johnny Hodges And His Combo are playing during a week of shows at The Capitol Lounge, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Singing pianist Ginie Torcom is playing as part of The Parade Of Stars show at The Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Victor Borge is playing at The Chicago Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA, with Richard Hayes.
Ruth Brown and Frankie Lane are sharing top billing during a week of shows at The Earle Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Frankie Masters And His Orchestra are playing for the Ice Show - Calendar Capers - at The Boulevard Room of The Conrad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Irish tenor Bill Dwyer is appearing at Club Alabam, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lloyd Price and
Earl Bostic are playing during a week of gigs at The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Hoagy Carmichael, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, is heard performing I Never Knew on the syndicated radio show Guest Star in the USA.

Violinist Gene Pringle And His Orchestra with 'songstress' Lilli Malloy is playing at The Lotus Room, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bobby Bland (aka Bobby 'Blue' Bland) records No Blow No Show, Army Blues and Wise Man Blues for Duke Records at
Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
The
Ralph Sharon Sextet records Love Walked In, Room 504, Deep Purple and We'll Gather Lilacs for Lyragon records in London, Eng;land, UK.

Joe Fred Heaton, former bassist with The Silver Dew Boys, dies in a plane crash near Hartwell, Georgia, USA.
Alan Winstanley is born in Fulham, London, England, UK. He will find success as a record producer and songwriter, usually working in collaboration with
Clive Langer. Winstanley's credits include work with Madness,
Elvis Costello, Bush, Dexy's Midnight Runners and many others.
PC Sidney Miles is shot dead by the sixteen year old Christopher Craig in Croydon, London, England, UK. Tragically, his slow-witted burglary accomplice,
Derek Bentley, is wrongly convicted and hanged for the crime. In 1982,
Ralph McTell will write the song
Bentley And Craig inspired by the incident.
Hoagy Carmichael, with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra, is heard performing I Never Knew on the syndicated radio show Guest Star in the USA.
Louis Armstrong And The All-Stars play at The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe.