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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.Robert Nighthawk records Good News, Six Three O, Prison Bound and Jackson Town Girl, at his final session for Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Popular singer and recording artist Halvdan Sivertsen is born in Tromso, Norway, Europe.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Violets For Your Furs, Hands Across The Table, A Dreamer's Holiday and Button Up Your Overcoat, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Art Baron is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He will find widespread acclaim as a jazz trombonist who also plays didgeridoo, conch shell, recorder and tuba.
Jazz vocalist Jimmy Scott records I've Been A Fool [Thinking You Cared] backed by Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra in New York City, USA.
Nat King Cole and Nellie Lutcher record For You My Love for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Three Peppers begin two weeks of shows at Marty Bohn's Nut Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazz vocalist Ethel Waters opens as the black cook Berenice Sadie Brown in The Member Of The Wedding at The Empire Theatre, on Broadway, New York City, USA. The show will run for 501 performances and Waters will go on to play the same role in the film version of the play, opening doors previously closed to African-American actors.
Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra play at the The Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York City, USA.