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Barbara Allbut Brown is born in Orange, New Jersey, USA. She will find success as a member of popular 1960s girl group The Angels.
Ray Noble And His Orchestra play at The Empire Room, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra record another edition of The Chesterfield Show at The Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
The musical comedy Hold On To Your Hats, starring Al Jolson, is playing at The Shubert Theatre, Broadway, New York City, during a run of 158 performances.
Slim Gaillard records Put Your Arms Around Me Baby, Lookin' For A Place To Park, Hit That Mess and Hey, Chef for OKeh Records in New York City, USA.
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.
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.
St. George's Hall, Langham Place, London, England, UK, is severely damaged by incendiary bombs dropped by German bombers. The venue was, for many years, home to variety performances broadcast by the BBC.
Vocal duo Lulu Belle Wiseman and Scott Wiseman (aka Lulu Belle and Scotty) record Remember Me, Did You Ever Go Sailing, The Wampus Cat, The Empty Stocking, Whoa Back Buck and other songs for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Frank Sinatra and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra perform live on NBC's Summer Pastime radio show from New York City, USA. The show is considered to have begun to elevate Sinatra to a new level of national exposure.
The Land Of The Rumba, a forty-minute show billed as a 'musical mosaic of South America', is broadcast on BBC Home Service radio in the UK, featuring No. I-Rio de Janeiro with Marcel de Haes, Leonie Zifado and Walford Hyden And His Orchestra.Cavalcade of Music: Those Who Make America's Music, is held at The Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, USA. The event consists of two concerts, given by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). The afternoon concert is devoted to American classical music, the evening to American popular music. Performers appearing include George M. Cohan, W.C. Handy, Shelton Brooks, Albert Von Tilzer, Jerome Kern, Sigmund Romberg, Harold Arlen, Judy Garland, Hoagy Carmichael, Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, Billy Hill, Johnny Mercer, John Charles Thomas, Walter Donaldson, and Irving Berlin.