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The musical comedy Wonderful Town, starring Rosalind Russell, is playing at The Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 559 performances.Country music singer Louise Mandrell is born in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. She will score hits in the early 1970s with Treat Him Right, Show Me and The Midnight Oil. She is the younger sister of country singer Barbara Mandrell, and older sister of actress Irlene Mandrell.
During a coffee break at a recording session for the debut LP by The Chris Barber Jazz Band in Decca Studios, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, Europe, Barber and his banjo player Lonnie Donegan are allowed to record a couple of songs - Rock Island Line and John Henry - in a new style called skiffle. Donegan and skiffle will go on to become hugely successful among the youth of the UK.