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The musical comedy Between The Devil, with lyrics by Howard Dietz and music by Arthur Schwartz, is presented at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 93 performances. The Benny Goodman Band is playing during a week of shows at The Earle Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Goodman and drummer Gene Krupa are openly at odds during these shows and Krupa will leave soon after.
The musical comedy movie Mad About Music, starring Deanna Durb in, opens at cinemas in the USA.Chick Webb and his Orchestra, with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals, play the twenty-first night of a lengthy engagement at The Flamingo Room in Levaggi's Restaurant, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Playing in the restaurant's basement are The Ink Spots.
Gianni Bettini dies in San Remo, Italy, Europe. A gentleman inventor and pioneer audiophile who invented several phonograph improvements, he is better known for having made the first (and in some cases only) recordings of the voices of several very famous singers and other celebrities of the 1890s
Piano playing child prodigy Morton Sultan appears with the Detroit Civic Orchestra at Maccabees Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra record Jezebel, Goodnight Sweet Dreams, Deed I Do and Moonlight On The Purple Sage for Victor Records in New York City, USA.
Sunya 'Smiles' Slane, Bob Ferguson, Bobby Morris and The Beef Trust Chorus are appearing in the Travelling Burlesque show at The Gayety Theatre, Washington DC, USA.
John Phillip Thackray is born in Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. He will find success as singer and songwriter Jake Thackray, admired by Randy Newman, Jarvis Cocker, Mike Harding, Momus, Ralph McTell, Morrissey, Alex Turner and Jasper Carrott.
William Martin Willis is born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He will enjoy success, usually as Marty Willis, a rockabilly rock'n'roll musician, composer, and arranger who plays the saxophone, clarinet, and flute as a member of several bands in the 1950s and 1960s