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May 25, 1940: Saxophonists Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins and trumpeter Roy Eldridge record "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me."

More facts on this day:

• 1917
  Clarinetist/tenor saxophonist Jimmy Hamilton born in Dillon, SC.

• 1926
  Trumpeter Miles Davis born in Alton, IL.

• 1940
  Saxophonists Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins and trumpeter Roy Eldridge record "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me."

• 1960
  Trumpeter Wallace Roney born in Philadelphia, PA.

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