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At a meeting of The Association For Education By Radio in Columbia, Missouri, USA, Charles A. Seipmann of the OWI (Office of War Information) declares that "Propaganda can win the war and must. Armed victory alone can't. Music is our strong morale builder." Seipmann uses his speech to argue for the use of popular music to inspire the war effort, and specifically mentions the Frank Loesser song Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition.
Learning that jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams is in dire financial straits (because of her affair with and financial dependence on trumpeter Harold Baker), her former manager Joe Glaser writes to her and offers her gigs in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Musical comedy movie The Road To Morocco, starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour, is released to cinemas in the USA.
Pete Frame is born in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK. In 1969, he will become the co-founder (with John Tobler) of the UK's most influential underground rock magazine, Zigzag, and will go on to become a respected journalist, author, chronicler and creator of Rock Family Trees.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Ink Spots and Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra play at The RKO Boston Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.