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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.Jazz pianist Erroll Garner becomes one of the first jazz instrumentalists to give a solo concert.
Freddy Martin And His Orchestra play the twenty-eighth night of six weeks at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, USA.
Muggsy Spanier And His Dixieland Band record Dixie Flyer, Lazy Piano Man, Sweet Georgia Brown and Feather Brain for Mercury Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Harmonising country music duo Johnnie And Jack record their first hit single, Poison Love for RCA Victor Records in the USA.
Johnny Mercer, with The Skylarks and Ben Pollack And His Pick-A-Rib Boys, records Royal Garden Blues and other tracks, for Capitol Records, in Los Angeles, California, USA.
George Towne And His Orchestra play the fifteenth night of a three-week stay at The Deshler-Wallick Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Anthony George Banks born in East Hoathly, Sussex, UK. As Tony Banks he will play keyboards for prog-rock band Genesis.
James 'Diamond' Williams, a drummer for The Ohio Players, is born in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
James 'Diamond' Williams, a drummer for funk and r'n'n band The Ohio Players, is born in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Pianist Erroll Garner becomes the first jazz instrumentalist to give a solo concert at Cleveland Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Kitty Wells records How Far Is Heaven?, My Mother, Make Up Your Mind and I'll Be All Smiles Tonight, for RCA Records in the studio of Brown Radio Productions, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the twentieth night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.