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In the wake of persistent torrential rains, The Alabama Flood reaches its peak, with water ten feet or more deep in the towns of Elba and Geneva. Thousands of people are stranded on rooftops for three days, and damage is estimated at over $9m. Amazingly, only one fatality occurs, when a blind Negro man named "Phoe" Larkins is swept from a box car in New Town. Within a few days, Andrew Jenkins will record the song Alabama Flood for OKeh Records, and Vernon Dalhart will record Alabama Flood for Harmony Records, both songs being inspired by the calamity.
Geoffrey Gelder and his Kettner's Five record Carolina Moon, Sweethearts On Parade, I Ain't Never Been Kissed and There's A Rainbow Round My Shoulder, for Regal Records in Shepherd's Bush Pavilion, London, UK. The tracks are not released.
Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra record Blue Hawaii and Louise in New York City, USA, for Columbia Records.
Jazz piano pioneer Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith [aka Pinetop Smith] is performing at The Masonic Lodge dance hall in Chicago, Illinois, USA, when a fight breaks out. Shots are fired and Smith is killed by a bullet from the gun of David Bell.
The Washingtonians, led by Duke Ellington, record Saratoga Swing and Who Said "It's Tight Like That" for Cameo Records in New York City, USA.
The Washingtonians, led by Duke Ellington, record Saratoga Swing and Who Said 'It's Tight Like That'? for Cameo Records in New York City, USA.Annette Hanshaw records Lover Come Back To Me! and You Wouldn't Fool Me, Would You?, for Columbia Records in New York City, USA.
Jazz piano pioneer Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith [aka Pinetop Smith] is performing at The Masonic Lodge dance hall in Chicago, Illinois, USA, when a fight breaks out. Shots are fired and Smith is killed by a bullet from the gun of David Bell.