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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.
Ted Heath And His Music play during two weeks of shows at The Palladium, London, England, UK, Europe.R'n'b vocal group The Chords record Sh-Boom, Cross Over The Bridge and other tracks for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA. Sh-Boom is intended as a b-side to Cross Over The Bridge, but deejays soon flip the disc over making Sh-Boom one of the first doo-wop hits to cross over to white
audiences. Unfortunately, Sh-Boom also inspires white doo-wop group The Crew-Cuts to make their own sanitised cover version and take it all the way to No1 in the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart, far-outselling the original.
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In an attempt to compete against the successful Today show on NBC, CBS television launches its Morning Show, hosted by Walter Cronkite. The show will prove to be a ratings disappointment but Cronkite will survive and prosper to enjoy a hugely successful anchorman career as
In an attempt to compete against the successful Today show on NBC, CBS television launches its Morning Show, hosted by Walter Cronkite. The show will prove to be a ratings
disappointment but Cronkite will survive and prosper to enjoy a
hugely successful anchorman career as "The most trusted man in
America." Cronkite's achievements will inspire the songs I Remember
by Bill Amesbury, Walter Cronkite by
Ryan Johnson and
Legendary Anchor by Greg Holland.