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The first 3-D musical, Those Redheads from Seattle, featuring Teresa Brewer and RCA recording duo The Bell Sisters, is released to cinemas in Finland.
Billy Eckstine plays the first of two nights at The Lagoon, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
The Pla-Mor Ballroom, a much-loved Kansas City, Missouri, USA, music venue since 1927, closes down. The venue had hosted performances by everyone from Django Rheinhardt to Count Basie. Legend has it that Hoagy Carmichael first performed his evergreen song Stardust while a member of The Pla-Mor's house band.
Ruth Brown, Bo Diddley, The Five Satins, The Drifters, The Coasters, The Schoolboys and Smiley Lewis begin five weeks with the Fantabulous Rock and Roll Show '57, whose itinerary includes stops in Charlotte, North Carolina; Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; Greenville and Kinston, North Carolina, and also Chicago, Illinois, USA.The Pla-Mor Ballroom, a much-loved Kansas City, Missouri, music venue since 1927, closes down. The venue had hosted performances by everyone from Django Rheinhardt to Count Basie. Legend has it that Hoagy Carmichael first performed his evergreen song Stardust while a member of the Pla-Mor's house band.