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Winston Jarrett is born in Lime Tree Gardens, St. Ann, Jamaica, Caribbean. He will find success as a rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter, working with The Flames, The Righteous Flames and as a solo artist.
Live music broadcasts on the BBC Radio Forces Programme Network in the UK include Teddy Foster And His Band (on the show Music While You Work), The St. Regis Quartet (on The Radio Rhythm Club show), A.H.Morgan And His Rhythmic Players (on the Swing Song show) and The Western Brothers and The Sandier Sisters (on the show Variety).
Cab Calloway And His Cotton Club Revue, Avis Andrews, The Three Chocolateers, The Six Cotton Club Boys and The Cab Jivers play at The Palace Theatre, Akron, Ohio, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play in The Panther Room at The Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Illinois, USA. The show is broadcast live on radio.
The musical revue Sim Sala Bim, with words and music by Alvin H. Jansen, is playing at The Morosco Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 54 performances.
Judy Garland is filming scenes for the movie Little Nellie Kelly in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.Trade Winds by Bing Crosby enters the Billboard Top 10 Singles chart in the USA at No9. Another version of the same song, by Frank Sinatra And The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, enters at No10. Remaining at No1 for the ninth consecutive week is I'll Never Smile Again by Sinatra, Dorsey and The Pied Pipers.
The musical Hold On To Your Hats, starring Al Jolson, is prresented at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 158 performances.