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As the Jazz Age begins,The Grafton Ballroom opens on West Derby Road, Liverpool, UK. The venue boasts an ornate marble stairway, Chinese cafe, canopied bandstand and room for 1,200 dancers. It will remain open until 2008, and will feature artists including Duke Ellington, Joe Loss, Victor Sylvester and The Beatles
Jimmy Wilkinson, who will play bass guitar with Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys, is born in the USA.
Today's edition of the British weekly publication Popular Music And Dancing includes six complete song and dance hits, Oh Sing a loo, Ive lost the best pal I had, O star of Eve, Only a working man, Dream Kiss and Silver Star Waltz.