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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.
R'n'b keyboardist Piano Red records Rockin' With Red for RCA Victor Records in the USA. It will become the label's first hit on the Billboard R'n'B chart.
Edward Robert Amoo is born in Liverpool, UK. He will find success as vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and producer Eddie Amoo of The Chants and The Real Thing.
Don Cherry records Mona Lisa in his first session with Decca Records in the USA, backed by Victor Young And His Orchestra.
R'n'b keyboardist Piano Red records Rockin' With Red for RCA Victor Records in the USA. It will become the label's first hit on the Billboard R'n'B chart.
Supreme Records Incorporated and Black And White Record
Distributors Inc. lose a legal action in the United States District Court S. D.
California, Central Division, Los Angeles, California, USA, against
Decca
Records Inc., alleging unfair competition by appropriating the musical arrangement of the song A Little Bird Told
Me. The song was originally recorded by Paula
Watson for Supreme Records, then done as a cover version by
Evelyn
Knight And The Stardusters for Decca. Judge Yankwich decides
that Decca did not infringe any copyright.
The fifteen-minute radio program, The Les Paul Show, on NBC in the USA, opens with a rendition of Nola. The show features The Les Paul Trio [guitarist Les Paul, singer Mary Ford, and rhythm player Eddie Stapleton].
Claire Hogan, formerly a singer with Jimmy Dorsey
And His Orchestra, opens at The Flamingo Club, Buffalo, New
York State, USA.
Sjoukje van't Spijker is born in Tilburg, Holland, Europe. She will find success as Maggie McNeal, best-remembered as one half of the pop duo Mouth And McNeal.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the fifty-eighth night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Moe Jaffe And His Orchestra plays at the annual Hexagon Ball of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA.
MGM Records launch their first Kidisk picture book package, Tom And Jerry At The Circus, in the USA. The package comprises two records and a fifteen-page full-colour illustrated storybook.
Billy Eckstine records What Will I Tell My Heart with an orchestra conducted by Russ Case, for MGM Records in New York City, USA.
Blues vocalist Eddie Banks records his first session for Columbia Records in New York City, USA, backed by Buddy Tate's combo.
Troy Martin, the Nashville, Tennessee, USA, representative of Peer International, signs country music singer Carl Smith to a contract.
At the start of a week of shows at the Odeon Theatre, Milan, Italy, Europe, Duke Ellington is greeted by a host of fans who cheer and play his favorite tunes at the city's Central Railway Station.
Eric Winstone And His Orchestra play at The Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, UK. On the same night, BBC accordionist Sid Pim And The Regional Orchestra play for a dance at All Saints Church Hall.