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Count Basie and his orchestra with vocalist Jimmy Rushing, record Somebody Stole My Gal for Columbia Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
Al Jolson, Martha Raye, Ruby Keeler, Jack Whiting and "America's Most Beautiful Girls" are appearing in the musical comedy Hold On To Your Hats at The Grand Opera House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
New Orleans-based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist Johnny Dodds dies of a heart attack in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ray Noble And His Orchestra record Harlem Nocturne for Columbia Records in the USA. Theirs is the first recorded version of the song, which will become a jazz standard.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play the fifth night of a week at the Surf Beach Club, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.