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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.
The Count Basie Orchestra plays during a two-week engagement at The Flamingo, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The Sons of The Pioneers record Heartbreak Hill and Ho-Le-O RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Local farmer and folk singer John Strachan spends the first of two days recording songs in Crichie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, with folklorist/producer Alan Lomax which will appear on the LP Songs From Aberdeenshire.
Hilda Tinker Cunningham of of jazz and pop vocal group The Moonmaids marries Bill Rautenberg in Denton, Texas, USA.
Country fiddler Wade Ray records Walk Softly, Are You Fer It?, Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby and Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home?, in RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher In The Rye is first published by Little, Brown And Company in the USA. In 2008, Guns N'Roses will release a song called Catcher In The Rye, in which the song's writer Axl Rose, seems to be questioning why angst-ridden youths, such as Mark Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon, appear to be motivated by Catcher's anti-hero Holden Caulfield. Other songs which clearly relate to the book include If You Really Want To Hear About It by The Ataris, We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel, Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? by Green Day and Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie by Belle And Sebastian.