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Pretty Mama Blues by Ivory Joe Hunter is at No1 in the Billboard Magazine Best-Selling Retail Race Records chart in the 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.
Glenn Miller And His Orchestra record another edition of The Chesterfield Show at The Hippodrome Theatre, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Vocalist and keyboard player Wade Flemons, who will score r'n'b hits as a solo artist before going on to become a founder member of Earth, Wind And Fire, is born in Coffeyville, Kansas, USA.
Twelfth Street Rag by Pee Wee Hunt is at No1 in the Billboard magazine Best-selling Popular Records chart in the USA.
The Irving Berlin musical Louisiana Purchase is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 444 performances.
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Vocal duettists Bill Cox and Cliff Hobbs record My Tootsie Wootsie Gal, Liquor Bowl Blues, Can't We Make Up Again and other tracks for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ray Noble And His Orchestra play at The Empire Room, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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.
Ella Fitzgerald And Her Orchestra record So Long, Louisville K-Y, and Five O'Clock Whsitle for Decca Records in New York City, USA.
Bouquet Of Roses by Eddy Arnold And His Tennessee Plowboys reaches No1 in the Billboard Magazine Folk Records Chart in the USA. Arnold is also at No2 with Just A Little Lovin' and No3 with Anytime.
Hugo Blanco is born in Caracas, Venezuela, South America. He will find success as a songwriter and originator of a new Venezuelan music style ‒ the orquídea - a fusion of Cuban music and joropo.
Judy Garland's new contract with MGM is filed in The Superior Court, Los Angeles, California, USA. Because she is no longer a minor, her salary is increased from $600 a week to $2000.