Events Victor, Columbia, and HMV phonograph companies switch from old acoustic mechanical recording methods to new electric microphone technology Jimmie Rodgers begins performing Blind Lemon Jefferson's recording career begins Lonnie Johnson's recording career begins Louis Armstrong leaves Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, returns to Chicago, and makes his first records under his own name, leading Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five Published Songs “Adios, Mariquita Linda” w. (Eng 1939) Ray Gilbert (Sp) Marcos A. Jimenez m. Marcos A. Jimenez “Alone At Last” w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito “Always” w.m. Irving Berlin “Bam, Bam, Bamy Shore” w. Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson “Boneyard Shuffle” m. Hoagy Carmichael & Irving Mills “Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?” w. Alfred Bryan m. George W. Meyer “Bye And Bye” w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers “Cecilia” w. Herman Ruby m. Dave Dreyer “Cheatin' On Me” w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack “Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley!” w. Billy Rose & Ballard MacDonald m. Joseph Meyer “Collegiate” w.m. Moe Jaffe & Nat Bonx “A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You” w. Billy Rose & Al Dubin m. Joseph Meyer “Davenport Blues” m. Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke “The Death Of Floyd Collins” w. Andrew Jenkins m. Irene Spain “Dinah” w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Harry Akst “Dipper Mouth Blues” m. Joseph "King" Oliver “Don't Bring Lulu” w. Billy Rose & Lew Brown m. Ray Henderson “Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream” w. L.. Wolfe Gilbert m. Mabel Wayne “Down By The Winegar Works” w.m. Don Bestor, Roger Lewis & Walter Donovan “Drifting And Dreaming” w. Haven Gillespie m. Egbert Van Alstyne, Erwin R. Schmidt & Loyal Curtis “D'Ye Love Me?” w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern “Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue” w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson “Flamin' Mamie” w.m. Fred Rose & Paul Whiteman “Footloose” Rupp “Freshie” w. Harold Berg m. Jesse Greer “Grandpa's Spells” m. Jelly Roll Morton “Headin' For Louisville” w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer “Here In My Arms” w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers “The Hills Of Home” w. Floride Calhoun m. Oscar J. Fox “I Found A New Baby” w.m. Jack Palmer & Spencer Williams “I Love My Baby” w. Bud Green m. Harry Warren “I Might Have Known” Lucas “I Miss My Swiss” w. L. Wolfe Gilbert m. Abel Baer “I Never Knew” w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito “I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight” w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson “Ida, I Do” w. Gus Kahn m. Isham Jones “If I Had A Girl Like You” w. Billy Rose & Mort Dixon m. Ray Henderson “If You Knew Susie” w. B. G. De Sylva m. Joseph Meyer “I'm A Little Bit Fonder Of You” w.m. Irving Caesar “I'm Gonna Charleston Back To Charleston” w.m. Roy Turk & Lou Handman “I'm Gonna Cry” Martha Boswell “I'm In Love Again” w.m. Cole Porter “I'm Knee-Deep In Daisies (And Head Over Heels In Love)” Ash, Shay, Goodwin, Little, Stanley “I'm Sitting On Top Of The World” w. Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young m. Ray Henderson “In Your Green Hat” w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager “I've Confessed To The Breeze” w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans “Jalousie” (aka “Jealousy”) w. Vera Bloom m. Jacob Gade “Just A Cottage Small” w. B. G. De Sylva m. James F. Hanley “Keep Your Skirts Down, Mary Ann” w. Andrew B. Sterling m. Robert A. King & Ray Henderson “Let it Rain! Let It Pour!” w. Cliff Friend m. Walter Donaldson “Looking For A Boy” w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin “Love Me Tonight” w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml “Manhattan” w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers “Masculine Women! Feminine Men!” w. Edgar Leslie m. James V. Monaco “Moonlight And Roses” w. Ben Black m. Neil Moret “My Bundle Of Love” w.m. Georgie Price & Abner Silver “My Sweetie Turned Me Down” w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson “My Yiddishe Momme” w. Jack Yellen m. Lew Pollack “Neapolitan Nights (Nights Of Splendour)” w. Harry D. Kerr m. J. S. Zumecnik “No, No, Nanette” w. Otto Harbach m. Vincent Youmans “Oh, How I Miss You Tonight” w.m. Benny Davis, Joe Burke & Mark Fisher “Only A Rose” w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml “Paddlin' Madelin Home” w.m. Harry Woods “Pal Of My Cradle Days” w. Marshall Montgomery m. Al Piantadosi “The Pearls” m. Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton “Poor Little Rich Girl” w.m. Noel Coward “Remember” w.m. Irving Berlin “Roll 'Em Girls” w.m. Archie Fletcher & Bobby Heath “Rose Of Samarkand” m. Eric Coates “Save Your Sorrow For Tomorrow” w. B. G. De Sylva m. Al Sherman “Sentimental Me” w. Lorenz Hart m. Richard Rodgers “Shake That Thing” Charlie Jackson “She Showed Him This, She Showed Him That” Stone & David “Show Me The Way To Go Home” w.m. Irving King “Sleepy Time Gal” w. Joseph R. Alden & Raymond B. Egan m. Ange Lorenzo & Richard A. Whiting “Some Day” w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml “Sometime” w. Gus Kahn m. Ted Fio Rito “Sometimes I'm Happy” w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans “Song Of The Flame” w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. George Gershwin & Herbert Stothart “Song of The Vagabonds” w. Brian Hooker m. Rudolf Friml “Stack O'Lee Blues” trad w.m. Lopez, Colwell “Sugar Foot Stomp” (aka “Dipper Mouth Blues”) w. Walter Melrose m. Joseph "King" Oliver “Sunny” w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern “Sweet And Low-Down” w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin “Sweet Georgia Brown” w.m. Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Ken Casey “Thanks For The Buggy Ride” w.m. Jules Buffano “That Certain Feeling” w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin “That Certain Party” w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson “That Saxophone Waltz” w. Jules Mingo & Berry J. Sisk m. Berry J. Sisk “Then I'll Be Happy” w. Sidney Clare & Lew Brown m. Cliff Friend “Too Many Rings Around Rosie” w. Irving Caesar m. Vincent Youmans “Two Little Bluebirds” w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern “Ukulele Lady” w. Gus Kahn m. Richard Whiting “Valentine” w. Albert Willemetz (Fr) Herbert Reynolds (Eng) m. Henri Christin “Waters Of The Perkiomen” w. Al Dubin m. F. Henri Klickmann “When The Sergeant Major's On Parade” w.m. Ernest Longstaffe “Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter?” w.m. Chick Endor “Who?” w. Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II m. Jerome Kern “Why Do I Love You?” w. B. G. De Sylva & Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin “Yearning” w. Benny Davis m. Joe Burke “Yes Sir! That's My Baby” w. Gus Kahn m. Walter Donaldson Top Hits: Recordings "Everything Is Hotsy Totsy Now" by The Coon-Sanders Nighthawks "Charleston" by Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra "Dinah" by Ethel Waters "Ah-Ha!" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band "St. Louis Blues" by Bessie Smith "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" by Ace Brigode & His Fourteen Virginians "While We Danced 'Til Dawn" by Ted Lewis & His Jazz Band "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ben Bernie & His Orchestra "Everybody Loves My Baby" by Blossom Seeley "Sweet Georgia Brown" by Ethel Waters "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" by Eddie Cantor "All Alone" by John McCormack "All Alone" by Paul Whiteman & his Orchestra "The Prisoner's Song" by Vernon Dalhart "Remember" by Isham Jones & His Orchestra Musical theater Big Boy Broadway production The Cocoanuts Broadway production The Dollar Princess London revival Garrick Gaieties Broadway production Mercenary Mary Broadway production No, No, Nanette London production No, No, Nanette Broadway production On With The Dance London production Rose-Marie London production Sunny Broadway production Tip-Toes Broadway production The Vagabond King Broadway production Births April 26 - Jorgen Ingmann, Jorgen Ingmann & His Guitar June 27 - Doc Pomus July 6 - Bill Haley, (+ 1981) August 15 - Oscar Peterson September 6 - Jimmy Reed September 13 - Mel Torme September 16 - B.B. King October 15 - Mickey Guitar Baker, Mickey & Sylvia Deaths