Event of Interest
Jun 14 Elvis Presley graduates from L. C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis Presley
- Aug 2 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
Film Release
Aug 5 "From Here to Eternity" based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954)
Burt Lancaster
Frank Sinatra
Event of Interest
Oct 2 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances
Victor Borge
Event of Interest
Oct 19 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Godfrey
Event of Interest
Oct 25 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th Symphony
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Nov 6 Masao Oki's symphony "Atomic Bomb" premieres
- Nov 13 Dmitri Shostakovich's 4th String Quartet premieres
- Nov 25 "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,200 performances
- Nov 28 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances
- Dec 3 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
- Dec 3 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet
- Dec 3 "In the Jailhouse Now" single recorded by Webb Pierce (Billboard Song of the Year 1955)
- Dec 10 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 performances
- Dec 17 Dmitri Shostakovich's 10th Symphony premieres in Leningrad