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Popular radio group The Billy McGinty Cowboy Band plays the last night of two weeks at the Orpheum Theatre, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.Elizabeth Holton is born in Reading, Berkshire, UK. She will find success as soprano Lizbeth Webb, who entertained British troops during World War II, then pursued a career in West End musicals, playing roles including Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls.
The song Altoona Freight Wreck is copyrighted by Carson Robison [nicknamed the granddaddy of the hillbillies], in the USA. The song is based on a real event involving a runaway freight train in which the driver and brakeman were both killed.
Ben Selvin And His Orchestra record After I Say I'm Sorry and Tentin' Down in Tennessee, for Vocalion Records in New York City, USA.
Italo Meschi, an exponent of the hybrid instrument the harp-guitar, plays a concert at The Lyceum, Paris, France. Meschi has been
described by some as 'The Last Italian Troubadour'.
The musical comedy Mayflowers, with music by Edward Künneke and lyrics by Clifford Grey, closes at The Forrest Theatre [now known as the Eugene O'Neill Theatre] on Broadway, New York City, USA, after 81 performances.
In a feature entitled 'Old Songs That Men Have Sung', in Adventure magazine, folklorist Robert W. Gordon invites readers to send in 'all the old songs of every variety' as part of his ambitious plan to collect every American folksong.
The musical revue Gay Paree, with music by Alfred Goodman, Maurie Rubens and J. Fred Coots, and lyrics by Clifford Grey, closes at The Shubert Theatre on Broadway in New York City, USA, after 181 performances.