- Jan 4 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
"Astonished Heart"
Jan 9 Noël Coward's stage drama "Astonished Heart" premieres in London
Stompin' at the Savoy
Jan 24 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" for Victor Records in Chicago, Illinois
Stalin Dislikes Opera
Jan 26 Joseph Stalin views Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth" but he and his officials leave early and the play is denounced in state press
Shostakovich Opera Criticized
Jan 28 Pravda criticizes Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District"
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