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Composer and songwriter Meredith Willson's Musical Revue is broadcast on NBC Radio in the USA. The first song played on this edition is Me And My Shadow. The show is sponsored by Johnson's Wax.
John Lantree, bassist of UK 60s hitmakers The Honeycombs, is born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK. The group is best known for for its 1964 No1 UK hit Have I The Right?.
Following a radio broadcast at NBC Studios, seriously alcoholic trumpeter Bunny Berigan quits The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. He had stayed with Dorsey for just six months.
Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra, with vocalist Frank Sinatra, continue with their fourteen–week engagement at The Astor Hotel, New York City, USA.
The Ink Spots record Don't Ever Break A Promise and My Greatest Mistake for Decca Records in the USA.
Jay McShann And His Band play at Little Joe's, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra are playing during a one-month engagement at The Casa Manana, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Gene Autry records Blueberry Hill, A Face I See At Evening, Be Honest Wiuth Me and The Call Of The Canyon, for Columbia/OKeh Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra play at Roseland State Ballroom, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
The operetta The Chocolate Soldier, starring Bruce Carfax, is playing during a run at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe.