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Jack Hylton's Kit-Kat Band records Scatter Your Smiles, Cuckoo and Crazy Quilt, for HMV Records in the Small Queen's Hall, London, UK.
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra record High Fever, in New York City, USA, for Vocalion Records.
The Red Heads record Black Bottom Stomp, That's No Bargain and Heebie Jeebies, for Pathe Actuelle Records in New York City, USA.
The Red Heads record Black Bottom Stomp, That's No Bargain and Heebie Jeebies, for Pathe Actuelle Records in New York City, USA.
U.S. Highway System Route 66 is established, running from Chicago, Illinois, USA, to Los Angeles, California - a total of 2,448 miles (3,940 km). The road will be immortalised in the song Route 66, written by Bobby Troup and first recorded by The Nat King Cole Trio. Later versions will be recorded by Chuck Berry, The Rolling Stones, The Manhattan Transfer and Depeche Mode to name but a few. The road will also become the subject of the Route 66 television show in the 1960s.