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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 American-Yiddish musical revue Bagels And Yox is playing at The Holiday Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 208 performances.
Jimmy Wakely And His Cowboy Band record A Light In Your Window Tonight, Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon, Each Step Of The Way and Just A Little More Waiting, in Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Chet Atkins and His Galloping Guitar record Rustic Dance and Rainbow in RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th Street, Manhattan, New York City, USA.
The Biggest Show Of 1951, a package tour starring Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Nat King Cole, Marie Bryant, Peg Leg Bates, Stump And Stumpy, Timmie Rodgers and others plays at The Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Big Joe Williams records Mama Don't Allow Me and Delta Blues for Trumpet records in the USA.
Louis Armstrong performs Jeepers Creepers, On The Sunny Side Of The Street, Gone Fishin' and Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries on NBC-tv's Texaco Star Theater - The Milton Berle Show, in new York City, USA.
Popular singer William Shockley of Bell Laboratories is granted a patent on the junction transistor in the USA. The device will revolutionise electronics and will lead to the invention of Transistor Radios, which will soon become the teenager's first choice for listening to pop and rock'n'roll music. Several songs will be inspired by Transistors including Transistor Radio (1961) by Benny Hill, Magic Transistor Radio by The Beach Boys, Radio Girl by Rick Nelson and Transistor Sister by Freddy Cannon.
The movie musical An American In Paris receives a special screening at the Academy Award Theatre on Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. Ronald Reagan, head of the Screen Actors Guild, is the moderator for a forum discussion on the picture.