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The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.Sonny Okosuns is born in Enugu, Nigeria, Africa. He will find success as a singer, guitarist and composer in styles including reggae, highlife, Afro-funk and gospel.
Cab Calloway is playing during a season at The College Inn, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Deek Watson And His Brown Dots are playing as the headline act in a revue at The Rhumboogie Club, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
T-Bone Walker is playing at The Little Old Harlem Club, 1400 East 118th Street, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Today's edition of Downbeat magazine in the USA announces that Duke Ellington has won in both the Swing Band and Sweet Band categories in its annual readers' poll.
Sidney Bechet plays a concert at The Town Hall, New York City, USA, with a band that includes Muggsy Spanier [cornet], Sandy Williams [trombone], Sammy Price [piano], Wellman Braud [bass] and Warren 'Baby' Dodds [drums]. The set includes Darktown Strutters' Ball, The Blues, Muskrat Ramble, There'll Be Some Changes Made, Friar's Point Shuffle and Really The Blues. The concert has been organised to co-incide with the publication of saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow's book, Really The Blues, and Mezzrow guests on some of the performances.
Elmer Keeton, best-known as the founder of the pioneering Bay Area Negro Chorus dies in San Francisco, California, USA.
Cab Calloway is playing during a season at The College Inn, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Beggar's Holiday, with music by Duke Ellington, plays at The Broadway Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 111 performances.
Peggy Lee performs He's Just My Kind during the second season of Bing Crosby's radio show Crosby's Philco Radio Time in the USA.
Leon Patillo is born in San Francisco, California, USA. He will enjoy a varied career, singing with artists including Sly And The Family Stone, Martha And The Vandellas and Santana before starting a solo career.
Ice skating queen Mabel Fairbanks 'doing her famous Holly-Harlem-Hula-Boogie' is starring in the stage show Harlem Holidays with Will Rowland And His Recording Band at The Little Harlem Club in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Soul blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer Gary 'B.B.' Coleman is born in Paris, Texas, USA.
Elmer Keeton, best-known as the founder of the pioneering Bay Area Negro Chorus dies in San Francisco, California, USA.
The musical comedy Toplitzky of Notre Dame, with songs by Sammy Fain, plays at The New Century Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of sixty performances.