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US Army private Elvis Presley is transferred from Fort Chafee, Arkansas, to Fort Hood, Texas, USA.
Eddie Cochran records Summertime Blues with producer Jerry Capeheart, for Liberty Records at Goldstar Studio, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Having been a semi-invalid since falling onto the New York City subway tracks in 1943, American songwriter W.C. Handy, known as 'the father of the blues', dies of pneumonia, aged 84.
Wee Willie Harris, The Most Brothers, Tony Crombie And His Rockets and Les Hobeaux Skiffle Group play the fifth of six nights at The Alhambra, Bradford, UK.
A row erupts between Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis about which artist should headline tonight's opening concert of Alan Freed's Big Beat Show at the Paramount Theater, New York City, USA. When the honour goes to Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis shows his rage by setting fire to his own piano during his section of the show.