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On today's episode of controversial deejay Alan Freed's live ABC TV show The Big Beat, black vocalist Frankie Lymon, of Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, is seen dancing with a white teenage girl while performing. The incident causes a scandal, particularly among Southern TV station owners, and The Big Beat will subsequently be cancelled. Also on the show on this day are Chuck Berry and Bobby Darin.
Fats Domino plays the fifth of seven nights at Zardi's, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Howlin' Wolf records I Asked For Water [She Gave Me Gasoline] and The Natchez Burnin', in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a band including Hubert Sumlin and Willie Dixon.
Fats Domino plays the fifth of seven nights at Zardi's, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Howlin' Wolf records I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) and The Natchez Burnin', in Chicago, Illinois, with a band including Hubert Sumlin and Willie Dixon.