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Brenda Lee has the first of two recording sessions for the album Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang!, with producer Owen Bradley in Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Louis Armstrong stars in a special edition of the ABC-tv series You Asked For It
focusing on jazz and filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The
show also features Peter Davis who taught Armstrong to play while
the boy was in The Colored Waifs' Home orphanage.
Tommy Sands records One Day Later, Perfect Love and Listen Closely in Capitol Recording Studios, 1750 North Vine Street, Hollywood, California, USA.
Calling from Germany, Europe, Elvis Presley wakes up his manager Col. Tom Parker with a 5.00am phone call which, despite the Col. grumbling that Elvis had disturbed a dream, lasts for an hour.
During a run of 56 performances, the musical comedy Whoop-Up!, with music by Moose Charlap and lyrics by Norman Gimbel, is playing at The Shubert Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA.
Jimmy Witherspoon records Goin' Down Slow, Garfield Avenue, Mack And Jay and Just To Prove My Love To You, for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Barend Fransen, saxophonist of popular European jazz duo Gare Du Nord, is born in Helmond, Belgium.
The Platters, Bobby Darin and Thurston Harris play the last of four nights in The Civic Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.