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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.Contemporary blues guitarist, vocalist and recording artist Paul Rishell is born in Brooklyn, NY.
Blues vocalist and pianist Charles Brown records Again, My Baby's Gone, Repentance Blues, Texas Blues, Gee! and One Never Knows, Does One?, for Aladdin Records in Radio Recorders, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Jimmy Dorsey And His Original Dorseyland Jazz Band record Rag Mopp, That's A Plenty, When You Wore A Tulip and Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Ella Fitzgerald plays the fifth night in a week of shows at The Earle Theatre, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Columbia
Records vocalist Herb
Jeffries plays the sixth night of two weeks at The Shelbourne
Lounge, New York City, USA.
An eleven-member gang steals $1,2m in cash, plus over $1.5m in cheques, money orders and other securities from The Brinks Building in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and become feted as 'the crime of the century'. The incident will inspire the song Brinx Job by Pavement.
Ruth Brown And The Delta Rhythm Boys record [I'll Come Back] Someday, Why Am I Treated So Bad?, Sentimental Journey and It's All In Your Mind, for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
The Three Peppers play the thirteenth night of two weeks of shows at Marty Bohn's Nut Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
An eleven-member gang steals $1.2m in cash, plus over $1.5m in cheques, money orders and other securities from The Brinks Building in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and will become feted as 'the crime of the century'. The incident will inspire the song Brinx Job by Pavement.
Ralph Flanagan releases his version of the currently popular song Rag Mop [aka Rag Mopp] on RCA Victor Records in the USA.
The musical revue Alive And Kicking opens at The Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 46 performances.
Chet Atkins releases a new single, The Old Buck Dance/One More Chance, on RCA Victor Records in the USA.
Woody Herman's Woodchoppers play the second night in a week-long engagement at The Crystal Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
The musical revue Alive And Kicking opens at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, USA, where it will run for 46 performances.
The Joe Roland Quartet records Half Nelson, Love Is Just A Plaything, Sally Is Gone and Dee Dee's Dance, for Savoy Records in New York City, USA.
Washboard Sam releases a new single, Market Street Swing/You Said You Loved Me, on RCA Victor Records in the USA.
A new tv series, Cavalcade Of Bands, begins on the Dumont Television Network in the USA. Over the run of the series, it will feature big bands including Duke Ellington, Guy Lombardo, Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa and Lawrence Welk.