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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.Hank Williams releases a new single The Funeral, under the pseudonym of Luke The Drifter, on MGM Records, in the USA.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the tenth night of two weeks at Ciro's, San Francisco, California, USA.
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra record the Fats Waller song Ain't Misbehavin' for RCA Records in the USA.
Tenor Franklyn Baur of popular vocal group The Revelers, dies in Brooklyn, New York, USA. The Revelers were the most popular vocal group of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Julie Andrews plays the fifth 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 fifteenth night of a six-week engagement at The Brass Rail, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mory Kante is born in the village of Albadaria, near Kissidougou, Southern Guinea, Africa. He will find international acclaim as a singer, kora harpist and recording artist.
Hank Williams releases a new single The Funeral, under the pseudonym of Luke The Drifter, on MGM Records, in the USA.
Jazz pianist Joe Bushkin records I Can't Get Started, It Never Entered My Mind, Oh, Look At Me Now, So In Love, I Love A Piano, If I Knew You Were There and One For The Road, for Atlantic Records in New York City, USA.
Kay Kyser And His Orchestra record Let's Choo Choo Choo To Idaho, with vocals by Sue Bennett and The Campus Kids, for Columbia Records in the USA.
During an extensive national tour, singing cowboy Gene Autry plays in Washington DC, USA.
Blues/rock guitarist and recording artist George Thorogood is born Wilmington, Delaware, USA. he is best known as leader of George Thorogood And The Destroyers.
Phil Harris And His Dixieland Syncopators record Muskrat Ramble for RCA Victor Records in Hollywood, California, USA.
Franklyn Baur dies aged 46 at his home in New York City, USA. He had found success as a tenor vocalist, making hundreds of recordings for companies including the three major labels, Victor, Columbia and Brunswick. His first recording, If the Rest of the World Don't Want You, was for Victor in 1923. Baur recorded for Victor as a featured soloist, as a member of the Shannon Quartet (known as The Revelers after 1925); as one of the vocalists for Nat Shilkret And The Victor Orchestra; with Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra; and on occasion, as the vocalist for Paul Whiteman's Orchestra.