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The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
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.
A new jazz club, Gospel group Bill Lanford and the Landfordaires record Run On For A Long Time for Columbia Records in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The track will be extensively sampled by Moby for Run On, the second single from his 1999 CD Play.
Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Harry Belafonte, Stan Getz, Lennie Tristano and Oran 'Hot Lips' Page play as part of the All-American Jazz Festival on the opening night of Birdland jazz club, on Broadway and 52nd Street, New York City, USA.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs When You're Smiling, The Meadows Of Heaven and Don't Cry Joe on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
