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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 Delta Rhythm Boys record Nobody Knows, You Don't Move Me Anymore, Sentimental Journey, If You See Tears In My Eyes and I Lied [When I Said I Loved You] for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
The song Jana-Gana-Mana by poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore is adopted as the national anthem of India.
Johnny Belle Moore is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. he will find acclaim as electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Johnny B. Moore, first of all as a member of Koko Taylor's backing band in the mid 1970s, and then as a solo artist.
Popular vocal group The Keynotes sing Let's Call the Whole Thing Off and Joy Nichols sings Don't Ever Marry For Money on long-running BBC radio show Take It From Here, broadcast from London, UK.
Les Paul plays the second night of a week-long engagement at The Crystal Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs There's No Business Like Show Business, It Never Entered My Mind and If You Are But A Dream, backed by the Jeff Alexander Orchestra, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Popular vocal group The Keynotes sing Let's Call the Whole Thing Off and Joy Nichols sings Don't Ever Marry For Money on long-running BBC radio show Take It From Here, broadcast from London, UK.
Pima Native American Ira Hayes, one of the American soldiers who helped raise the US flag at the battle of Iwo Jima, Japan, dies of exposure and alcoholism in Sacaton, Arizona, USA. Hayes' tragic story will serve as the basis for the Johnny Cash hit The Ballad Of Ira Hayes.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra play the sixth night of two weeks at Bop City, New York City, USA.
Benny Goodman And His Band play the thirteenth night of two weeks at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
French singer, songwriter and guitarist Henri Salvador marries his second wife, Jacqueline Garabedian, who will become his artistic director and his impresario.
Columbia
Records vocalist Herb
Jeffries plays the thirteenth night of two weeks at The
Shelbourne Lounge, New York City, USA.
Johnny Belle Moore is born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. he will find acclaim as electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Johnny B. Moore, first of all as a member of Koko Taylor's backing band in the mid 1970s, and then as a solo artist.
Becky Hobbs is born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. She will find success as a country music singer, songwriter, pianist and recording artist.