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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.Gene Krupa And His Orchestra play the tenth night of two weeks at Bop City, New York City, USA.
American music trade magazine Billboard reports that Buddy Rich has re-joined The Tommy Dorsey Band after an absence of several years.
R'n'b record producer, label owner, singer, songwriter and recording artist Frank-O Johnson is born in Florence, Alabama, USA.
The Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra, with Al Hibbler, Kay Davis, Johnny Hodges and Cow Cow Davenport, plays at The Masonic Temple, East 36th and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The
Third Man Theme [aka The Harry Lime Theme] by Anton Karas, reaches No1 in the Sheet Music Sales Chart in the UK.
If It's So, Baby, by The Robins enters the Billboard R'n'B chart in the USA at No10, making the quartet the first West Coast vocal group to reach the R'n'B Top 10.
Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Kansas Joe McCoy, dies aged 44 of heart disease in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In a varied career, he was also known as Bill Wither, The Georgia Pine Boy, Hallelujah Joe, Big Joe McCoy and His Washboard Band, The Mississippi Mudder, The Hillbilly Plowboy, The Mud Dauber, and Hamfoot Ham.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra, with Al Hibbler, Kay Davis, Johnny Hodges and Cow Cow Davenport plays at The Masonic Temple, East 36th and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
The Duke Ellington Orchestra, with Al Hibbler, Kay Davis, Johnny Hodges and Cow Cow Davenport play at The Masonic Temple, East 36th and Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Frank Sinatra gets into a heated fracas with a papparazzi photographer who attempts to take pictures of the singing star with his girlfriend Ava Gardner in Vincento's Sorrentino restaurant, Houston, Texas, USA. Sinatra is visiting Houston to attend the opening of the luxurious new Shamrock Hotel in nearby Beaumont.
For You My Love by Larry Darnell is the No1 single on the Billboard R'n'B chart in the USA.
Robert Donald Hay, Jr. is born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. After moving to Athens, Georgia, in the late 70s, he will find acclaim as songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Bob Hay, working with bands including The Squalls, Bob Hay And The Jolly Beggars, Noogeez, A. Che Why and Supercluster.
Barbara Lynn Klein is born in new York City, USA. She will find success as a Playboy model, actress, country music singer and recording artist Barbi Benton, best-known for her years associated with the tv series Hee-Haw.
Country blues harmonica player, guitarist, singer and recording artist Jaybird Coleman dies of cancer, aged 53, in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, USA.
Entering at No17, Love Is A Beautiful Thing by Frankie Carle And His
Sunrise Serenaders, is the highest new entry in this week's
Kent Report [The Australian Popular Singles Chart].
Les Paul plays the sixth night of a week-long engagement at The Crystal Terrace, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
Jazz vocalist Billy Eckstine plays the second of two nights at The Rainbow Rendevu, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
British music weekly Melody Maker reports that pioneering female jazz saxophonist Kathleen Stobart is forming her own 'technical' modern orchestra.