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The hallway and vestibule of Arlington Hall, a community ballroom in St. Mark's Place, New York City, USA, becomes the scene of a shoot-out between the Benny Fein gang and the Jack Sirocco gang. The battle results in just one death - an innocent bystander, County Clerk Officer Fredrick Strauss.
Kenneth Spearman Clarke is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as jazz drummer Kenny Clarke, nicknamed 'Klook'. Clarke is regarded as having been a major influence on the development of bebop drumming and in a career lasting five decades he provided the pulse for Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Benny Carter, to name but a few.
Kenneth Spearman Clarke is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He will find success as jazz drummer Kenny Clarke, nicknamed 'Klook'. Clarke is regarded as having been a major influence on the development of bebop drumming and in a career lasting five decades he provided the pulse for Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Benny Carter, to name but a few.