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Bobby Day enters the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA with Rockin' Robin, on its way to No1 R'n'B and No2 on the pop chart.
To reflect changes in popular music tastes, the BBC radio show Saturday Skiffle Club, in the UK changes its name to Saturday Club. Guests on the first of the new-style shows are Terry Dene And The Aces, Johnny Duncan And His Blue Grass Boys and, in the 'Jazz Cellar' section, Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band.
American music business magazine Billboard combines its complex system of five separate sales, jukebox, and DJ charts to make one master chart, under the name The Billboard Hot 100. The first No1 single listed on this chart is poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson.
The Louvin Brothers record I Wish It Had Been A Dream, If I Could Only Win Your Love and While You're Cheating On Me for Capitol Records in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Gene Mumford, lead singer with The Ink Spots, The Larks and The Dominoes, signs a solo recording contract with Columbia Records in the USA.
Russell Quaye's City Ramblers and the Terry Renn Skiffle Group perform live on the BBC radio show Saturday Skiffle Club, in the UK.
Bobby Day enters the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA with Rockin' Robin, on its way to No1 R'n'B and No2 on the pop chart.
The Crickets, featuring Buddy Holly, enter the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA with Think It Over, which will peak at No27.
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