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Actor/singer and champion of racial equality Paul Robeson dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, from a stroke.
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Ventures new single, Ram-Bunk-Shush, enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA where it will peak at No29.
Oh, What A Price by Fats Domino enters the Billboard pop singles chart in the USA, where it will peak at No22.
Chicago-born singer Joni James enters the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA with My Last Date [With You], which will peak at No38, during a run of one week. The song is cover of Floyd Cramer's instrumental hit Last Date with lyrics added.
Ella Fitzgerald records This Could Be The Start Of Something Big and other tracks in New York City, USA.
The Lou Donaldson Quartet records Watusi Jump, Cool Blues, A Foggy Day and other tracks for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Maxine Brown debuts on the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA with her own composition, All In My Mind.
The film Ocean's 11, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr, opens in Denmark, Europe.

Milk And Honey, with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, is playing at The Martin Beck Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 543 performances.
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Louis Jordan plays during a lengthy engagement at Danny's Lounge, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.