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During a round-table radio show in America, Columbia Records A+R chief, Mitch Miller blasts rock'n'roll as 'the comic books of music'. When MGM boss Arnold Maxim says he thinks rock will continue, singer Sammy Davis Jr declares 'I might commit suicide'.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe comes to the end of a UK tour at The Coliseum, London, with Chris Barber's Jazz Band and Ottilie Patterson.