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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.Popular vocalist Mindy Carson plays the last night of a two-week season at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Jazz trumpeter Ernie Royal And His All-Stars record Period Suite Parts 1 And 2 and Perdido Parts 1 And 2 in Paris, France, Europe.
Ralf And Bert Berg record That's A Plenty, Temptation Rag, Darktown
Strutters' Ball and Smorgasbord Rag [Fried Chicken Rag] for
Metronome Records in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. The Bergs are, in fact, two Swedish jazz pianists Reinhold Svensson and Charles Norman.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the thirty-seventh night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs That Old Black Magic, Kisses And Tears, When You're Smiling and Penthouse Serenade, backed by the Skitch Henderson Orchestra, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Mel Torme, with Ted Herbert And His Orchestra, plays the second of four nights at the King Phillip Ballroom, Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA.
Jazz-prog-fusion guitarist and recording artist Jukka Hauru is born in Oulu, Finland, Europe.
Morton Downey opens at the Wedgewood Room of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA.
Martin Winiata's Dance Band records the Woody Herman classic Golden Wedding in Christchurch, New Zealand. The recording is made privately and will not be released.