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Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, the Charleston Bearcats, fronted by Leon Abbey, and Fletcher Henderson's Roseland Orchestra play at the opening night of The Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, Harlem, New York City, USA. Reputed to be a front for gangster Al Capone, it will become one of the world's best-known music venues, and the Lindy Hop dance craze will begin on its dance floor.
Abe Lyman's California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra record Burgundy and There's A Blue Ridge In My Heart, Virginia, for Brunswick Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Fess Williams and his Royal Flush Orchestra, The Charleston Bearcats fronted by Leon Abbey and Fletcher Henderson's Roseland Orchestra play on the opening night of a new ballroom, The Savoy, on Lenox Avenue, New York City, USA. Reputed to be a front for gangster Al Capone, it will become one of the world's best-known music venues, and the Lindy Hop dance craze will begin on its dance floor.