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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.
Local 493 (The Negro Musicians' Union) holds its first annual Orchestra Cavalcade, at The Senator Ballroom, Eagles Hall, Seattle, Washington, USA, with The Bumps Blackwell Orchestra, The Vernon Brown Band, The Joe Gauff Band, The Bob Marshall Sextet, Billy Tolle's Combo-Clashers, Len Brook, The Jabo Ward Combo, Merceedees Walton, The Four Question Marks, The Cecil Young Quartet and Al Hickey's Jive Bombers. The event is a benefit concert and dance to raise money for new offices and the union's relief fund.
Eddie Kirk records Drifting Texas Sand, Alone In A Tavern, Freight Train Breakdown and I'll Save My Heart For You in Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The MGM musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel, is released to cinemas in France, Europe. Ten songs in the film are composed by Irving Berlin.
The Count Basie Orchestra plays at The Howard Theater, Washington, DC, USA, with George Kirby (mimic), Bill Bailey (tap dancer), Irene Williams (vocalist) and The Norma Miller Dancers.
Fanny Brice, a celebrated comedienne and torch singer, dies at Cedars of Lebanaon Hospital, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, aged 59 following a cerebral hemorrhage. The film Funny Girl is based on the career of Fanny Brice.