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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.Al Jolson stars in a The Kraft Music Hall NBC radio broadcast in the USA, featuring a version of the Noel Coward play Avalon. The cast also includes Oscar Levant, Lou Bring And His Orchestra, Madeleine Carroll and announcer Ken Carpenter.
Ray McKinley And His Orchestra with vocalist Jeannie Friley, make a live CBS radio broadcast on the show One Night Stand, from The Hotel New Yorker, New York City, USA. The first tune played is I'm An Old Cowhand.
The American Federation Of Musicians begins a recording strike, as a means of achieving a promise of minimum numbers of jobs for musicians in broadcasting studios. Knowing that the strike was imminent, many recording stars laid down as many tracks as possible in the weeks before it started.
Ray McKinley And His Orchestra with vocalist Jeannie Friley, make a live CBS radio broadcast on the show One Night Stand, from The Hotel New Yorker, New York City, USA. The first tune played is I'm An Old Cowhand.
The stage musical Finian's Rainbow, with music by Burton Lane and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, is playing at The 46th Street Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 725 performances.
Al Jolson stars in a Kraft Music Hall NBC radio broadcast in the USA, featuring a version of the Noel Coward play Avalon. The cast also includes Oscar Levant, Lou Bring And His Orchestra, Madeleine Carroll and announcer Ken Carpenter.
The American Federation Of Musicians initiates another ban on the recording of music.Russ Morgan And His Orchestra play at The Bowman Room in The Biltmore Hotel, New York City, USA.