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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 film Captain Carey, USA, starring Alan Ladd, is released to cinemas in the USA. The film's theme song, Mona Lisa, sung by Nat King Cole, will win the Academy Award for Best Song and will go on to become an enduring standard.
Julie Andrews plays the second of six nights at The Forum Cinema, Jersey, UK. Also on the bill are Elsie And Doris Waters, aka Gert And Daisy.
The Count Basie Sextet plays the twelfth night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Popular vocal group The Keynotes sing We're a Couple of Swells and Joy Nichols sings The Photographer and the Stenographer on long-running BBC radio show Take It From Here, broadcast from London, UK.
The film Captain
Carey, USA, starring Alan Ladd, is released to cinemas in the USA. The film's theme song, Mona
Lisa, sung by Nat King
Cole, will win the Academy Award for Best Song and will go on
to become an enduring standard.
During an extensive national tour, singing cowboy Gene Autry plays in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the seventh night of two weeks at Ciro's, San Francisco, California, USA.
During a live appearance on WSLI Radio in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, Hank Williams departs from his planned set to perform a new song, Long Gone Lonesome Blues. The local band [The Southern Serenaders] that disc jockey Farmer Jim had assembled for Hank's live radio performance had no idea what Williams was doing and had to busk along as best they could. The track was eventually released by MGM Records a few weeks later.
Country star Slim Whitman plays the twelfth night in a two-week season at the London Palladium, London, UK.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs Then I'll Be Happy, Sure Thing and Sunshine Cake, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra the fourth night of a week at The Howard Theater, Washington DC, USA.