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Blues piano master Roosevelt Sykes, aka The Honeydripper, is born in Elmar, Arkansas, USA.
Popular songwriter Paul Dresser, Jr. dies aged 48 of a brain hemorrhage in New York City, USA. Dresser had worked with travelling minstrel shows before becoming the composer of On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away, Just Tell Them That You Saw Me, We Were Sweethearts for Many Years, Lost, Strayed Or Stolen and many others.
Minstrel show performer and Tin Pan Alley songwriter Paul Dresser dies of a brain haemorrhage in New York City, USA. His best-remembered songs include On The Banks Of The Wabash and My Gal Sal.