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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.Leslie Sebastian Charles is born in Fyzabad, Trinidad, West Indies. He will find international success as singer Billy Ocean.
Richie Ranno is born in The Bronx, New York City, USA. He will find success as a guitarist with mid-70s heavy metal band Starz.
British music weekly Melody Maker reports that Sarah Vaughan is to visit London soon to play a show at The Princes Theatre.
Folk music fiddlers Carl-Eric Berndt and Richard Isacson record Svingedans and Polska for Radiotjanst Records in Sweden.
British music hall star George
Formby records new versions of his classic humourous songs
Leaning On A
Lamp Post and When
I'm Cleaning Windows, for Decca Records in
London, UK.
Entering at No13, The
Wedding Of Lili Marlene by Joe Loss And His
Orchestra with vocalist Howard Jones, is the highest new entry
in this week's Kent Report [The Australian Popular Singles Chart].
Woody Herman's Woodchoppers play the sixth night in a week-long engagement at The Crystal Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra play the third night of two weeks at Bop City, New York City, USA.
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy by country music star Red Foley reaches No1 in the Billboard Country And Western Records chart in the USA, where it will remain for twelve weeks.
The musical revue Lend An Ear closes at The Mansfield Theatre, New York City, USA, after running for 460 performances at four different theatres in the city.
It is reported that popular singer Vic Damone has started his own publishing company, Sandra Music, a subsidiary of Shapiro-Bernstein in New York City, USA.
Hop Scotch Polka by Billy Whitlock reaches No1 in the UK Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
British music weekly Melody Maker reports that Sarah Vaughan is to visit London soon to play a show at The Princes Theatre. [A week later, the show will be cancelled.]
Columbia
Records vocalist Herb
Jeffries plays the tenth night of two weeks at The Shelbourne
Lounge, New York City, USA.