07-03 - Danish concert pianist and comedian Victor Borge premiered on NBC radio. The network gave the comedian/pianist the summer replacement slot for Fibber McGee and Molly.
07-15 - First performance of George Antheil's Heroes of Today. Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
07-28 - On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe recorded by Johnny Mercer begins a run of 8 weeks at #1 on the US charts.
07-31 - Clarinetist Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and pianist Dodo Marmorosa record Scuttlebutt
08-08 - Sons of the Pioneers first RCA recording session
08-11 - Jack Guthrie's "Oklahoma Hills" hits No. 1
08-24 - Premiere of Leonard Bernstein's song-cycle "I Hate Music!" at the Public Library in Lenox, Mass., with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel and the composer at the piano.
09-01 - Trio Lescano's last concert on Italian radio
11-26 - Duke Ellington records I’m Just A Lucky So-and-So
11-26 - Charlie Parker records KoKo at his first session as a leader
