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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.Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the eleventh night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
The Anny Xhofleer and Pia Beck Quintette of Radio Hilversum play at The Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, UK.
The musical revue Touch And Go closes at The Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, after 176 performances.
Entering at No32, Copper Canyon by Teresa Brewer and Bobby Wayne on London Records is the highest new entry in the Cashbox Magazine chart of the week's best-selling singles in the USA.
John Hartman is born in Falls Church, Virginia, USA. He will make his mark on rock history as drummer and co-founder of The Doobie Brothers.
Symphony
For A Man Alone by Pierre
Schaeffer and Pierre
Henry, regarded as one of the first Musique
Concrete compositions, is premiered at The Auditorium of the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, France, Europe.
The Four D'Lovelies, billed as Sweethearts Of Harmony, play the third night of a week at The Palace Theatre, New York City, USA.
George Towne And His Orchestra play the sixth night of a three-week stay at The Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Frank O'Keefe is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He will find success as bass player for Southern Rock stalwarts The Outlaws.
Singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely plays the tenth night of two weeks at The Oriental Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fred J. Barnett, guitarist of Los Angeles-based 1960s Christian garage-rock band The Crusaders, is born.
The Anny Xhofleer and Pia Beck Quintette of Radio Hilversum play at The Savoy Ballroom, Portsmouth, UK.
Louis Prima plays the ninth night of two weeks at The Click, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Freddy Martin And His Orchestra play the nineteenth night of six weeks at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
The Count Basie Sextet plays the thirty-seventh night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.