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Having run for 24 years on radio and nine years on tv, the final installment of the Saturday night musical countdown show Your Hit Parade airs on NBC in the USA. The final Top Five are 1. The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me; 2. Dodie Stevens - Pink Shoe Laces; 3. Ricky Nelson - Never Be Anyone Else But You; 4. Brook Benton - It's Just A Matter Of Time; 5. Elvis Presley - I Need Your Love Tonight.
The first r'n'b song to include a string section, There Goes My Baby by The Drifters, is released in the USA on Atlantic Records.
The Steven Sondheim musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman, is performed on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 702 performances.
British comedy duo Flanders And Swann are performing their show At The Drop Of A Hat during a run of 215 performances at the John Golden Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.