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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.
Jazz saxophonist Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis records I'm Gonna Eat You With A Spoon, Little Rock [Sweet And Lovely], If The Motif Is Right and The Lock [Squattin'], in New York City, USA.
Dinah Washington With Teddy Stewart's Orchestra records Journey's End for Mercury Records in New York City, USA.
Graeme Bell and His Australian Jazz Band record Muskrat Ramble in London, UK, for Parlophone Records.
Stride piano star Willie 'The Lion' Smith plays at The Hot Club Of Barcelona, La Casa del Medico, Barcelona, Spain, Europe.
Gisela Wuchinger is born in Linz, Austria. After being discovered by producer Frank Farian, she will have minor success as a disco artist under stage name Gilla in Europe during the mid-1970s.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the ninth night of two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, Washington, USA.
Gussie Oscar, pianist, conductor and controversial general manager of the Waco Auditorium, Waco, Texas, USA, dies. After becoming manager in 1915 she brought nationally known performers to the town, including John Philip Sousa, Will Rogers and The Marx Brothers. During the 1920s, for financial reasons, she defied Waco's Sunday closing law and censorship board to schedule increasingly racy acts on Sundays. As a result, she was arrested and the auditorium was closed in 1928.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs I Beeped When I Should Have Bopped, I Must Have Done Something Wonderful, Bye Bye Baby and Poinciana on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Jo Stafford with The Starlighters records When April Comes Again for Capitol Records in New York City, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the thirteenth night of two weeks at Cafe Society, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.