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Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will score international hits in the 60s with Holy Cow, Workin' In The Coalmine and others.
The musical Lady Be Good, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin, premieres at the Liberty Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Judy Garland, aged two and a half, sings Jingle Bells on stage at the New Grand cinema in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. (N.B. Her first-ever stage appearance is said to have taken place two days earlier, but details are unclear.)
When some pirated recordings (the first bootlegs?) of discs made in America by the Bell Telephone company's new electrical recording system arrive at the home of Columbia Records boss Louis Sterling in London, UK, he realises with some alarm that the acoustic recording techniques used by his company are about to become obsolete.
Lee Dorsey is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He will score
international hits in the 60s with Holy
Cow, Workin' In The
Coalmine and others.