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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.
Matthew Tilders is born in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Europe. He will find success as blues-folk-jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter Dutch Tilders after moving to Australia.
Paul Robeson sings and speaks at the founding convention of The National Negro Labor Council, in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.Record producer and graphic designer Scott Billington is born in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA. He will become noted for his work with Johnny Shines, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Solomon Burke, Buckwheat Zydeco and others.
Music trade magazine Billboard in the USA reports that Hank Williams has now written twenty-two Country Music Chart No1 singles.
Buffalo Johnson And The Church Brothers And Their Blue Ridge Ramblers record Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms, Dreaming and I Don't Know What To Do for Rich-R Tone Records in Tennessee, USA.
Out In The Cold Again on Mercury Records by Richard Hayes with The Joe Reichman Orchestra, peaks at No9 on the Billboard Popular Juke Box Singles Chart in the USA.
Because Of You by Tony Bennett is the current No1 song in the Billboard Magazine Singles Chart in the USA.
Another edition of The Gene Autry Show, starring singing cowboy Gene Autry, is broadcast on CBS-tv in the USA. Today's edition is called Killer's Trail.
Jay McShann's Band, with Ben Webster on sax, records The Duke And The Brute, You Didn't Tell Me and Reach, for EmArcy Records in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
J.J. Johnson, one of several drummers who played with punk band The Skids is born in Newark-Upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Popular Guatemalan singer, composer and guitarist Pete Fountain marries Beverly Lang.