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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.
Cajun music pioneers Lewis Lafleur [fiddle] and Delin T. Guillory [accordion-vocals] record Ma Petite Blonde, Quelqun Est Jalous, Alone at Home and Stop That for Victor Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Jazz cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke spends the twenty-fifth of 36 nights in the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Illinois, USA, being treated for delerium tremens caused by his heavy drinking.
Pioneering cajun musicians Oscar 'Slim' Doucet [accordion-vocal] and Alius Soileau [fiddle] record When I Met You at the Gate, Oh Baby!, Bayou Courtebleau and Slim's Blues for Victor Records in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The musical comedy film Paris is released to cinemas in the USA by Warner Brothers who paid celebrated French music hall star and Broadway chanteuse Irene Bordoni $10,000 a week to star. She is partnered by British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director Jack Buchanan.
Benny Andersen is born in Vangede, Denmark. He will find success as a song-writer, poet, author, composer and pianist. He is said to be the most widely read, most often sung and best loved of modern Danish lyricists. NB. He should not be confused with Benny Andersson from Abba!
McKinney's Cotton Pickers record Peggy and Where Ever There's A Will Baby, in New York City, USA, for Victor Records. The band includes Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins and Fats Waller.
Pioneering cajun musician Artelus Mistric [harmonica-vocals] records Belle of Pointe Claire and You Belong To Me in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, for Victor Records.
The song Happy Days Are Here Again! is copyrighted by Milton Ager [music] and Jack Yellen [lyrics] .
The song Happy Days Are Here Again! is copyrighted by Milton Ager [music] and Jack Yellen [lyrics] .