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The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Roy Rogers And The Sons Of The Pioneers record Cowboy Jubilee and Smiles Are Made Out Of Sunshine for the Saturday Night Roundup radio programme in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Dusty
Fletcher records Open The Door
Richard, Parts 1 and 2, for Savoy Records in
New York City, USA.
Bernard Neeson is born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. After emigrating to Australia, he will find success as 'Doc' Neeson, vocalist of The Angels.
After having run for 418 performances, a revival of the Jerome Kern-composed musical Show Boat closes at The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, USA.
Chris Cutler is born in Washington, D.C., USA. After moving to the UK, he will pursue a career as as a drummer, record label executive and ethnomusicologist,working with bands including Egg, The Ottawa Music Company, Henry Cow and Slapp Happy - to name but a few.
It is reported that a patent for a new type of phonograph mechanism which allows the playing of several discs in sequence has been awarded to RCA.
The Calgary Kid records She's My Little Lady and Rose Of Old Cheyenne in Studio City, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, for RanchO Records.
Re-released by Decca, Bing Crosby's definitive version of the Irving Berlin composition White Christmas returns to No1 in the Billboard Popular Singles Chart in the USA, thus becoming the only single with three separate runs at the top of the American charts.