Soundtrack

Jeanette Anna MacDonald is born in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She will find success as singer-actress Jeanette MacDonald. In her many films, radio, television appearances, concerts and recordings, she will sing opera, operetta, art songs and show tunes, often with an eye toward popularizing classical music for the masses - a strategy later to be named 'classical crossover'. She is best remembered for her partnership with Nelson Eddy in many films.

Doretta Marano is born in Brooklyn, New York Coty, USA. She will achieve success as actress, singer and dancer Doretta Morrow.

Attila Cornelius Zoller is born in Visegrad, Hungary, Europe. He will find international acclaim as jazz guitarist and filmscore composer Attila Zoller. In a long career, Zoller will work with Benny Goodman, Stan getz, Herbie Hancock and many others.

The original London West End production of Show Boat opens at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, Europe. The cast includes Paul Robeson as Joe, Edith Day as Magnolia, Cedric Hardwicke as Capt. Andy and Alberta Hunter as Queenie.

English popular singer and actor Anthony Newley is born in the borough of Hackney, London, England, UK, Europe.

The musical Guys And Dolls is presented at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1200 performances.

The original cast soundtrack to Rodgers and Hammerstein's fifth musical, The King and I, featuring Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner and others is released by Decca Records in the USA.

Judy Garland plays at The Empire Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.

At the 24th Academy Awards in The RKO Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, Donald O'Connor presents the Oscar for Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) to Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin for An American in Paris, the Oscar for Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) to Franz Waxman for A Place in the Sun, and the Oscar for Music (Song) to Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer for In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening from Here Comes the Groom. The event is hosted by Danny Kaye.

Judy Garland marries Sid Luft at a ranch belonging to a friend in Hollister, near San Francisco, California, USA.

For the fourth consecutive week, Love Me Or Leave Me by Doris Day is the No1 album in the Cashbox magazine chart in the USA. The album is the soundtrack to the film of the same name, a highly-fictionalised account of the life of 1920s singer Ruth Etting.

Judy Garland and her children arrive by train in New York City, USA, to fulfil her upcoming dates at The Town And Country Club in Brooklyn. On her arrival, Garland is met by tax demands relating to earnings in prvious years in New York State.

Barbra Streisand continues with a month-long residency at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Barbra Streisand continues with a month-long residency at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Barbra Streisand plays the seventh of ten nights at The Caucus Club in Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Comedy singing duo The Smothers Brothers continue with a three-week engagement at The Crystal Palace, Gaslight Square, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Second on the bill is teenage singer Barbra Streisand.

Barbra Streisand plays the fourteenth night in a month-long engagement at The Bon Soir Club, New York City, USA.

Barbra Streisand plays the fifth of twenty-seven nights at The Caucus Club, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

Actor and singer John Raitt is playing during a two-week engagement at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, Oceania.

Gene Pitney releases a new single, Town Without Pity, on Musicor Records in the USA.

Judy Garland plays at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Judy Garland plays at The Stanley Theater, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.

The 55-piece Pomona Valley Symphony orchestra records the soundtrack for the low-budget movie, The World's Greatest Sinner, in the auditorium of Chaffey High, Ontario, near Los Angeles, California, USA. The composer is Frank Zappa.

Moon River by Danny Williams reaches No1 in the UK Singles Chart, a position it will hold for two weeks. The song is composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mecer.

Judy Garland appears on the British tv show Sunday Night At The London Palladium, in London, England, UK, Europe, and gives her fee to a thalidomide charity.

Barbra Streisand plays at The Eden Roc Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Shirley Bassey and Matt Monro play at The Gaumont, Worcester, England, UK, Europe

The album Exodus by Mantovani is awarded a Gold Disc in the USA by the R.I.A.A.

Dean Martin, Barbra Streisand and Les Brown are the major guests on the tv show Chrysler Presents A Bob Hope Special on NBC-tv in the USA.

Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli and Carol Lawrence are the musical guests on the Arthur Godfrey Thanksgiving Special on NBC-tv in the USA.

One of America's greatest songwriters, Cole Porter, dies of kidney failure, aged 73, in Santa Monica, California, USA. His songs included Night and Day, I Get a Kick Out of You, Well, Did You Evah!, Anything Goes, I've Got You Under My Skin and literally dozens more.

The Top Ten LPs in the UK Album Chart for the week beginning on this date are as follows :
1. Beatles For Sale - The Beatles
2. The Bachelors And 16 Great Songs- - The Bachelors
3. The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
4. Twelve Songs Of Christmas - Jim Reeves
5. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
6. Spotlight On The Black And White Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrels
7. Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican - Val Doonican
8. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
9. The Kinks - The Kinks
10. The Animals - The Animals

Singer-actress Jeanette MacDonald dies aged 61, from a heart condition, in Houston, Texas, USA. In her many films, radio, television appearances, concerts and recordings, she sang opera, operetta, art songs and show tunes, often with an eye toward popularizing classical music for the masses - a strategy later to be named 'classical crossover'. She is best remembered for her partnership with Nelson Eddy in many films.

Work begins at Radio Recorders, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, on the songs Come Along, Beginners Luck, Down By The Riverside and When The Saints Go Marchin' In, to be used in the soundtrack of the next Elvis Presley film, Frankie And Johnny.

The teen-oriented movie The Monkey's Uncle, starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk, is released to cinemas in the USA. The title song, written by the Sherman Brothers, is performed by Funicello, with The Beach Boys providing backup services.

Glenda Grainger is playing during two weeks at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Paul McCartney-composed soundtrack LP The Family Way is released on Decca Records in the UK.

Atticus Matthew Cowper Ross is born in Ladbroke Grove, London, England, UK. He will find success as a musician, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer under the name Atticus Ross. He is perhaps best-known as a member of Nine Inch Nails.

Diahann Carroll appears on The Ed Sullivan Show on tv in the USA.

Recording of the original soundtrack album for the hippy musical Hair is completed at RCA Studio B, New York City, USA.

As a prelude to her Timeless tour, Barbra Streisand plays the first of two nights at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Daphne Oram, composer, electronic music pioneer and founder of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop, dies, aged 77, in Maidstone, Kent, England, UK, Europe.

Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog electronic synthesiser which revolutionised the creation, production and performance of almost every type of popular music, dies of brain cancer, aged 71, at home in Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

Effective from this date, The Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.) introduces video and audio streaming equivalents into its Album Award methodology. In essence, 1,500 on-demand song plays will be deemed equal to ten track sales, and thus the equivalent of one album sale.