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The musical comedy Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin, is presented during a run of 1,147 performances at The Imperial Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Sax Gill and his Band are playing during a lengthy engagement at Budweiser's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra, with vocalist Big John Greer, enter the Billboard R'n'B Singles Chart in the USA with Little Girl, Don't Cry, which will peak at No15. R'n'B.
The Gardner Benedict Orchestra is playing during a residency at Club Shalimar, Fort Walton, Florida, USA.
Spike Jones And His Musical Depreciation Revue appear on the cover of Billboard Magazine in the USA.
Richard R. Baker IV is born in Washington DC, USA. He will find success as fingerstyle guitarist and recording artist Duck Baker, combining genres as varied as rags, blues, country, gospel, cajun, bluegrass, Celtic music, ballads and jazz, swing, New Orleans jazz and free jazz.
Martha Vieira Figueiredo Cunha is born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America. She will find success as a sing and composer under the name Martinha.
Louis Armstrong guests on The Eddie Condon Floor Show, and NBC-tv show out of New York City, USA. Armstrong performs When The Saints Go Marchin' In, Shadrack and Velma's Blues.
An article about Paul Robeson in the New York Age describes him as "A Great Fighter for His People."
The bands of Charlie Barnet and Woody Herman take part in a Battle Of The Bands at The Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa, California, USA. Barnet wins.
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Gay Mercader is born in Barcelona, Spain, Europe. He will become one of the most successful music promoters in Europe, working with The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Bryan Ferry and many others.
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Some Enchanted Evening by Perry Como, reaches No1 in the Billboard Singles Chart in the USA for the first of five weeks.
The musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, with music by Jule Styne, and starring Carol Channing, is presented at The Ziegfeld Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 740 performances.