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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.
Delores Williams is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She will find fame as r'n'b star Lavern Baker.
Ray Miller and His Orchestra record Blue Butterfly and My Victory [Was Conquering My Heart], in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Brunswick Records.
Van Phillips and his Band record I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All? and If I Had A Talking Picture Of You, for Columbia Records in London, UK. These versions are not released.
Dell Lampe and his Orchestra, with vocal chorus by Tom, Dick And Harry, record When You're Counting The Stars Alone for Brunswick/Vocalion Records at the Merchandise Mart studios in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jazz cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke spends the twenty-ninth of 36 nights in the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Illinois, USA, being treated for delerium tremens caused by his heavy drinking.