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The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.Eddie Duchin And His Orchestra play the fifty-first night of a season at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, USA, that will run until May 10th.
Comedy country music duo Homer And Jethro continue their season at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Dean Martin records Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody for Capitol Records in the USA.
William Anthony Colon is born in New York City, USA. He will achieve considerable success as salsa trombonist, singer, songwriter and producer Willie Colon.
R'n'b vocal group The Ravens play the second night of two weeks at The Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Coral Records artist Bill Darnel plays the fifth night in a week of dates at The Esquire Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The movie Stormy Weather, starring Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and others, opens at cinemas in Austria, Europe.Comedy country music duo Homer And Jethro continue their season at The Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Frank Sinatra is heard performing the songs I've Found A New Baby, Dearie, When You're Smiling and The Continental, backed by the Skitch Henderson Orchestra, on the NBC radio show Light Up Time, sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes in the USA.
Bandleader and keyboardist Ted Fio Rito opens at The Balinese Room, Galveston, Texas, USA.
John Lee Hooker records Boogie Chillen No2 for Sensation Records in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Al Jolson records Are You Lonesome Tonight? for Decca Records in the USA. The song will prove to be a much bigger hit ten years later for Elvis Presley. At the same session Jolson records No Sad Songs For Me.
William Anthony Colon is born in New York City, USA. He will achieve considerable success as salsa trombonist, singer, songwriter and producer Willie Colon.