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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.
Having been removed from the Frank Loesser musical Guys And Dolls two weeks earlier, the song If I Were A Bell, is restored to the production during tryouts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Major radio and juke box response to the song is reported to have prompted its return.
It is reported that the huge success of The Weavers folk hit Goodnight Irene has inspired a revival in the fortunes of waltz-time songs, with at least eleven waltzes released recently, including Tennessee Waltz and My Heart Cries For You.
Bill Haley And The Saddlemen play at The Edgemont Inn, West Chester Pike, Pennsylvania, USA.Rumours have begun circulating in the USA that an imminent shortage of vinyl could threaten the production of 45rpm records.
It is reported that the Orchestra Los Chavales De Espana has been ordered to leave Cuba, Caribbean, because they are not members of the island's musicians union. The band has been playing radio and live shows in Cuba for two years.
Billy Eckstine plays at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA, in a show which also features The George Shearing Quintet.The best-selling sheet music song in the UK for the week ending on this date is Goodnight Irene, a folk tune popularised by Leadbelly.
It is reported that Columbia Records in New York City, USA, has signed up Noel Coward and Ogden Nash to write a new treatment of The Carnival Of The Animals by Saint-Saens for release as an LP.The best-selling sheet music song in the UK for the week ending on this date is Goodnight, Irene, a folk tune popularised by Leadbelly. This position includies sales of versions of the song by Frank Sinatra and Jo Stafford