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The Revelers, a male vocal quartet with piano, record Swinging On The Gate for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five record the Kid Ory song Muskrat Ramble, plus Heebie Jeebies, You're Next, Oriental Strut and other tracks in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for Okeh Records.
Billy Jack Wills is born in Memphis, Hall County, Texas, USA. A much-underrated Western swing bandleader, his career will be overshadowed by that of his elder brother Bob Wills, whose Western Swing band broke new ground for the genre in the early '50s.
Chris Anderson is born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. As the house pianist for several of Chicago's best jazz clubs, Anderson will play with Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Gene Ammons, Max Roach, Stan Getz, Johnny Griffin, Roland Kirk and more.
Patrolman Jacob Biegel of Queens, New York, USA, is shot in the leg by a fleeing housebreaker, Paul Hilton, who had been caught in the act of stealing a radio. Hilton would go on to shoot two more officers, killing one, while stealing yet more radios. He was given the nickname The Radio Burglar. When finally arrested, Hilton was asked why he stole only radios. He replied, "I like music."
Merritt Brunies And His Friars Inn Orchestra record I'm As Blue As The Blue Grass Of Kentucky, When Autumn Leaves Are Falling, Flamin' Mamie and Hangin' Around for OKeh Records in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Chicago Hottentots record All Night Shags and Put Me In The Alley Blues, for Vocalion Records, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The Chicago
Hottentots record All Night Shags and Put Me In The Alley
Blues, for Vocalion
Records, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five record the Kid Ory composition Muskrat Ramble in Chicago, Illinois, USA, for OKeh Records. At the same session they also record Cornet Chop Suey, Georgia Grind, Heebie Jeebies, Oriental Strut, You're Next and Don't Forget To Mess Around.