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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.
Leroy Anderson, an American composer of short, light concert pieces, finishes work on his latest composition, The Typewriter, in which the main 'musical instrument' used is a typewriter. The piece will become unexpectedly popular with recordings made by many artists, including Arthur Fiedler with the Boston Pops, guitarist Alan Hanlon, Spike Jones, Frederick Fennell with the Eastman Orchestra and also with the Tokyo Wind Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin with the St Louis Symphony, Pinchas Steinberg with the Cologne Radio Orchestra, pianist Marco Rizo, and the 101 Strings.
Sidney Bechet, with Claude Luter And His Orchestra, records Lastic, for Vogue Records in Paris, France, Europe.
Ray Martinez is born in Cuba. After moving to Miami, Florida, USA, he will find success as a disco-era musician, songwriter, singer, record producer, engineer and record label owner/executive. During his career at T.K. Records, Mart
The James Moody Quartet records Nath, I Can't Get Started, Embraceable You, St. Louis Blues and other tracks for Prestige Records in Paris, France, Europe.
Frank Sinatra records April In Paris, Nevertheless, Come Back To Sorrento and I Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA, with vocal backing by The Whippoorwills.Blues vocalist and guitarist Luther 'Badman' Keith is born in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Wayne Raney, with backing by The Delmore Brothers, records I'm On My Way, My Annabelle Lee, Real Hot Boogie and other tracks in Syd Nathan's King Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
The Delmore Brothers record I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On and Please Be My Sunshine, in Syd Nathan's King Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.Hideaki Kato is born in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Asia. He will find success as guitarist and singer Reichi "Chabo" Nakaido, best known for his association with influential rock band RC Succession.
The Hollywood musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel, is released to cinemas in the UK.