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Tommy Christian And His Orchestra are playing during a three-month engagement at The Mounds Country Club, East St. Louis, Illinois, USA, operated by the notorious St. Louis gangster William Patrick 'Bow Wow' McQuillan.
The first all-black radio show, The All Negro Hour, debuts on WSBC-AM in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is hosted by Jack L. Cooper, later described as The Godfather of Black Radio. From the early 1930's Cooper will play records over the air using a domestic phonograph, earning him a claim to the title of first disc jockey.
Jazz cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke spends the twenty-first of 36 nights in the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Illinois, USA, being treated for delerium tremens caused by his heavy drinking.
Barbecue Bob, blues vocalist and guitarist, records Let Me Be Your Dog for Columbia Records in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.