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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.Swing vocalist/orchestra leader Tiny Bradshaw records his biggest hit, Well Oh Well, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, for King Records. It will lodge in the Billboard r'n'b charts for 21 weeks, peaking at No2.
Swing vocalist/orchestra leader Tiny Bradshaw records his biggest hit, Well Oh Well, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, for King Records. It will lodge in the Billboard Magazine r'n'b charts for 21 weeks, peaking at No2.
Singing cowboy Roy Rogers And The Riders Of The Purple Sage record Peter Cottontail for RCA Victor Records in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Tiny Bradshaw records Walkin' The Chalk Line for King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
I Almost Lost My Mind by Ivory Joe Hunter on MGM Records reaches No1 in the Billboard R'n'B best-selling singles chart in the USA for the first of five weeks.
Lewis Clark is born in Tchula, Mississippi, USA. He will pursue a career as a singer and recording artist under the name of The Love Doctor.
Al Tharp is born in in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He will find success playing bass, banjo, fiddle and singing with the cajun group group BeauSoleil.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs The Best Things In Life Are Free, Polka Dots And Moonbeams, I Love You and Why Remind Me on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the final night of two weeks at Cafe Society, Greenwich Village, New York City, USA.
Hot Lips Page plays the sixth night of a week at The Royal Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Ted Heath And His Music record Blue Skies March, I'm In The Mood For Love, The Sidewalks Of Cuba and other tracks for Decca Records in London, UK.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the tenth night of two weeks at The Cave, Vancouver, Washington, USA.