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Woody Herman And His Orchestra are heard on an AFRS [Armed Forces Radio Service] radio programme recorded in New York City, USA.
Chicago-based music business entrepreneur Egmont Sonderling runs an ad in Billboard magazine stating that his Master Records pressing plant is ready and able to press two million discs for delivery during the coming year.
Jan Adam Laskowski is born in Pozarki, Poland, Europe. He will find
success as singer, musician, composer and songwriter J. Laskowski.
The stage musical Billion Dollar Baby plays at The Alvin Theatre, New York City, USA, during a run of 220 shows.
A revival of the Jerome Kern-composed musical Show Boat opens at The Ziegfeld Theatre, New York City, USA, where it will run for 418 performances.
Doug Jernigan is born in Pensacola, Florida, USA. He will find success as a pedal steel guitar player in the country music world, and will be inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1994.
MCA recording artist Jimmy Ellyn plays the last of twelve nights at The Indiana Roof, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
Benny
Carter And His Orchestra record Jump Call and Patience and
Fortitude, for DeLuxe Records in New York City, USA.
Vic Lewis And His Sextet record N.R.C. Jump, It Might As Well Be Spring, Eager Beaver and Sergeant On A Furlough in London, UK.
The orchestras of Jimmie Lunceford and Billy Eckstine compete in a Battle Of The Bands at The 13th Regiment Armory, New York City, USA. The event is a fund-raiser for the NAACP [The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People].
The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.