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Tommy Christian And His Orchestra are playing during a three-month engagement at The Mounds Country Club, East St. Louis, Illinois, USA, operated by the notorious St. Louis gangster William Patrick 'Bow Wow' McQuillan.
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, using the pseudonym of Six Jolly Jesters record Six Or Seven Times for Brunswick Records in New York City, USA.
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra, record Parisienne Doll, Painting The Cluds With Sunshine, Tondeleyo and Turn On The Heat, HMV Records in The Queens Small Hall, London, UK.
Earl Hines And His Orchestra record Blue Nights and Grand Piano Blues for Victor Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Okeh Medicine Show including Frank Luther and Carson Robison, record The Medicine Show Acts 3 to 6, in New York City, USA for OKeh Records.
Jazz cornet virtuoso Bix Beiderbecke spends the twelfth of 36 nights in the Keeley Institute, Dwight, Illinois, USA, being treated for delerium tremens caused by his heavy drinking.
The Teapot Dome Scandal, regarded at the time as the "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics", comes to an end when former US Interior Secretary Albert Fall is convicted of accepting a $100,000 bribe. He is sentenced to one year in prison, making him the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for his actions in office. Challenged in 1984 to write a song about this unpromising topic, Richard Meyer composed The January Cold, which was later recorded by John Gorka.