- Jul 2 "7th Heaven" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 44 performances
- Jul 2 Portia Nelson, Raymond Taylor and James Shelton's musical revue "Almost Crazy" closes at Longacre Theater, NYC, after 16 performances
Music History
Jul 9 Bill Haley & His Comets "Rock Around the Clock" tops the billboards chart, one of the best-selling singles ever
- Jul 13 Beaux Arts Trio (Menahem Pressler, piano; Daniel Guilet, violin; Bernard Greenhouse, cello) makes their debut at the Berkshire Music Festival (now Tanglewood Music Center), Lenox, Massachusetts, United States
- Jul 17 Charlie LaVere and Tom Adair's musical "Golden Horseshoe Revue" opens at Disneyland in Anaheim, California; runs for over 50,000 performances,
- Jul 19 1st performance of Gerald Finzi's Cello Concerto, his last major work; John Barbirolli leading the Hallé Orchestra, with soloist Christopher Bunting at Cheltenham Music Festival in Gloucestershire, England
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