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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.Ray Bolger And Ethel Merman record Dearie and I Said My Pajamas [And Put On My Pray'rs] for Decca Records in the USA.
Amos Milburn records Atomic Baby, Tell Me How Long The Train's Been Gone, Button Your Lip, Sax Shack Boogie, She's Gone Again and Just A Fool In Love, for Aladdin Records at Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jimmy Witherspoon records Drinkin' Beer, Better Love Next Time and other tracks for Modern Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Steel guitar player Don Helms, who had quit the group some time earlier, re-joins Hank Williams And The Drifting Cowboys. By the time of Williams' death, Helms will have played on over 100 tracks.
A full two years after Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 RPM long-playing vinyl record, RCA announces that they are also about to start using the same format. In fact, RCA had pioneered the LP in 1930, many years before Columbia but the format had proved a commercial failure.
Bing Crosby is heard singing the songs Dear Hearts And Gentle People, Bye Bye Baby, Carolina In The Morning, My Blue Heaven, Alabamy Bound, The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else and All By Myself on the Bing Crosby's All Star Chesterfield Show show in the USA. Several of the songs are duets with Crosby's star guest, Al Jolson, who also sings solo on Is It True What They Say About Dixie? Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires also appear in the show.
Ray Bolger And Ethel Merman record Dearie and I Said My Pajamas [And Put On My Pray'rs] for Decca Records in the USA.
When Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra play at the The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA, the show is broadcast live on radio.
Jimmy Witherspoon records Drinkin' Beer, Better Love Next Time and other tracks for Modern Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.Johnny Bond records Mean Mama Boogie and Cream Of Kentucky, for Columbia Records in the USA. At the same session, he and Bert Dodson record Tennessee Blues, I'm Kickin' The Bucket Over You, Roses In The Snow and I Offer You My Second-Hand Heart, under the name of Hank And Frank.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra record I Get A Kick Out Of You, It's Delovely, Until Tonight, Love For Sale and You Do Something To Me for RCA Victor Records in New York City, USA.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs The One I Love, A Dreamer's Holiday, Mad About You and Make Believe, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Jazz and r'n'b singer Nellie Lutcher records That's A Plenty, Baby What's Your Alibi?, and I'll Never Get Tired at Radio Recorders' studios in Hollywood, California, for Capitol Records.