- Jul 3 "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 performances
Music Recording
Jul 5 Singer Elvis Presley's 1st professional recording session (with guitarist Scotty Moore & bass player Bill Black) takes place at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, Tennessee. The trio record four songs including their historic cover of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's song "That's All Right (Mama)". [1]

Elvis Presley
- Jul 30 Elvis Presley joins the Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71