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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.Washington DC-based r'n'b group The Cap-Tans sign an exclusive one-year recording contract with management duo Lillian Claiborne and Winfield Adams, whereby the managers could lease or sell the results to whichever record company they chose.
'A' You're Adorable by Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters reaches No1 in the Australian Top 20 Singles chart.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the tenth night of two weeks at Cafe Society, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
James Dunn, baritone vocalist with The Stylistics, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the sixth night of two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, Washington, USA.
Phillip W. Ehart, drummer in the rock band Kansas, is born in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA.
Dear Hearts And Gentle People reaches No1 in the Sheet Music
Sales Chart in the UK. The position is achieved by amalgamating
sales of versions of the song by Dinah
Shore and The Billy Cotton Band.
Stampede by singing cowboy Roy Rogers And The Sons Of The Pioneers enters the Billboard Country Music Singles chart in the USA where it will peak at No8.
Hot Lips Page plays the second night of a week at The Royal Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Double Crossing Blues by The Johnny Otis Quintette with The Robins and vocalist Little Esther on Savoy Records enters the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA. It will peak at No1, holding that position for nine weeks.
Duke
Ellington And His Orchestra play in the Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the sixth night of two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, Washingotn, USA.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that a new record label, Parkway, has been started in Chicago, Illinois, USA, The item states that music distributor Monroe 'Ray' Passis has "set up his own Parkway disks, which will be exclusively a blues and rhythm diskery. Passis will operate the label as a separate subsidiary under Hit Record Distributors, 2320 South Michigan Avenue."