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- The Original Dixieland Jass Band, shortly after changing the name “Jass” to “Jazz”, made the first recording of the song “Tiger Rag”.
- Sophie Tucker recorded her song “Some of These Days”. This version was not released for approximately another 30 years; in the first part of the verse, Tucker tells and explains how the song described the story of her life.
- Wingy Manone recorded “Downright Disgusted” with Gene Krupa on drums.
- Ben Pollack and his band recorded the song “Forever”. The lineup also included Benny Goodman and Jack Teagarden.
- Duke Ellington recorded the song “The Mooche”.
- The first professional recording session in the Nashville area took place. DeFord Bailey recorded eight songs at the Victor Records studios, later RCA; the released recordings came from this first recording session in the area that later became known as Music City, USA.
- Leo Reisman and His Orchestra with Lew Conrad recorded “Ain't Misbehavin'”
- Guy Lombardo and his orchestra recorded the song “Go Home and Tell Your Mother”.
- Russ Columbo recorded the song "Prisoner of Love," which became his best-known hit and a classic standard.
- George Gershwin completed the orchestral score for the opera Porgy and Bess.
- Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded the song "Sugar Foot Stomp".
- Benny Goodman recorded the song “Flying Home.”
- At the age of 16, Judy Garland recorded “Over the Rainbow” on the MGM soundstage in Beverly Hills for the film The Wizard of Oz. The recording was made on October 7, 1938, and became the basis for the later film version; the commercial studio recording for Decca was not made until 1939.
- The Dick Jurgens Orchestra recorded “Day Dreams Come True at Night”.
- Orrin Tucker recorded the song “Oh, Johnny, Oh, Johnny, Oh!”.
- Opera tenor Allan Jones recorded the song “I'm Falling in Love with Someone”.
- Frank Sinatra recorded "All or Nothing at All" with the Harry James Orchestra, one of his first major hits.
- Perry Como recorded the song “That Old Gang of Mine” with the Ted Weems Orchestra in New York. The recording was made on October 4, 1939, and was released on the Decca label.
- “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” was recorded by Perry Como and the Ted Weems Orchestra.
- Jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins recorded "Body and Soul," which became one of his best-known recordings.
- Harry James and his orchestra recorded "On a Little Street in Singapore".
- Frankie Masters and his orchestra recorded the song "Marching Along Together".
- Artie Shaw and his orchestra recorded the song “Temptation”.
- Artie Shaw recorded Hoagy Carmichael's “Stardust” in Hollywood, arranged by Lennie Hayton.
- Lanny Ross recorded the song “Moonlight and Roses.”
- Glenn Miller recorded "Make Believe Ballroom Time" in New York City.
- Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded “Elmer's Tune.”
- Skinnay Ennis recorded the song “Don't Let Julia Fool Ya”.
- Claude Thornhill recorded the song “Autumn Nocturne.”
- Benny Goodman's orchestra recorded “Buckle Down Winsocki” with singer Tom Dix as the lead vocalist.
- Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five recorded the song “Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?” on October 4, 1943. The recording was later released in 1944 as the B-side of the single “G.I. Jive” and became one of Jordan's best-known songs.
- Stan Kenton and his orchestra recorded the song “Painted Rhythm.”
- Ella Fitzgerald and The Delta Rhythm Boys recorded the song "It's a Pity to Say Goodnight".
- Bing Crosby broadcast his “Philco Radio Time” program on ABC as the first radio program to be prerecorded on magnetic tape. A Magnetophon tape recorder was used for the recording, a technology originally developed in Germany; Crosby later became an investor in the technology, which contributed to the further development of multitrack recording.
- Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra recorded the song “You're Breaking My Heart.”
- Hank Williams came to Herzog Studio in Cincinnati to record “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry”. He originally wrote it with the intention that the words would be recited rather than sung. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with his wife Audrey Sheppard.
- Nat King Cole recorded the original mono version of the song “Unforgettable” at Capitol Recording Studio in Hollywood. He re-recorded it in stereo in 1961, and this version was used in 1991 for an electronic duet with his daughter Natalie Cole.
- In Los Angeles, she recorded the original version of “Hound Dog”, which became the first hit for songwriting duo Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. The recording spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and sold nearly two million copies.
- Sun Records released the song “I Forgot to Remember to Forget”. Billboard published a review of it and predicted that it would receive considerable attention. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard National Country Music Chart and No. 4 on the Billboard Most Played By Jockeys chart in February 1956, bringing Elvis his first nationwide publicity and success.
- Elvis Presley recorded on the soundstage at 20th Century Fox in Hollywood from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Among the recordings made there with studio musicians were „We're Gonna Move“, „Poor Boy“ and „Love Me Tender“. Ken Darby wrote new lyrics to the melody of the 1861 folk song „Aura Lee“. Presley was credited as a co-writer because of the terms of his publishing contract with Hill & Range. „Love Me Tender“ appeared in the film of the same name and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100 and Cashbox Top 100, No. 1 in Canada and No. 11 in the U.K.
- Elvis Presley recorded his first spoken-word single, "The Truth About Me", which was released as a flexidisc attached to magazine covers.