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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.
During a three-year-long residency, calypsonian Lord Caresser (aka The Caresser) is playing nightly in the downstairs bar of Rockhead's club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Big Bill Lister records his version of the Hank Williams' song There's A Tear In My Beer at Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Williams had recorded it as a demo but his company refused to let him release it because of his tarnished image as a drunkard. Lister's version, backed by Hank's Drifting Cowboys, didn't prove to be a hit either.
When The Biggest Show For 1951, starring Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington and Sarah Vaughan, plays at The City Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, black fans are told they must enter the venue by a side door. The Baltimore Afro-American newspaper reports that about 1,000 people tore up their tickets in protest but "more than 4,000 crowded in to see and hear Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and Nat (King) Cole" and "there were 1,500 white record fans with a great big section all to themselves."
Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra record the George Gershwin composition Rhapsody In Blue for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
William Collins is born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He will find fame as funk bass player Bootsy Collins, leader of Bootsy's Rubber Band, and a key member of Parliament and Funkadelic.