SPOTLIGHT for OCTOBER 28TH...

SPOTLIGHT for
OCTOBER 28TH...

BIRTHDAYS

1917 William A. Bolick
C&W Singer/Mandolin
b. Hickory, NC, USA.
Member: "Blue Sky Boys", a duo comprised of Bill and Earl Bollich. (Bill: Singer/Mandolin ,né: William A. Bolick, b. Hickory, NC, USA, and Earl: Singer/Guitar, né: Earl A. Bolick, b. Hickory, NC, USA. d. April 19, 1998)

1919 Richard Brown, vocals
d. Jan. 11, 2002 (Natural causes)
né: Herbert Richard Brown.
This ballad vocalist lived long enough to see Television and to sing on such TV shows as Be My Guest . Prior to that, he was often heard on Radio shows including the famed Stop The Music program. In his later years, he became a full time Rabbi. CAUTION: Do not confuse with Richard Melvin Brown, award winning songwriter & author of the popular songwriting manual "The Lyricist's Assistant" How To TURN Your Words Into a SONG. Another Richard Brown was heard on lead vocals,and guitar/organ for the group "Curses". The other members were Cindy Yogmas: keyboards, vocals, Mike D'allessandro: drums, and David Parker: bass. The band "Heroes Of The Alamo" is a New York City based band (1999) that consists of Richard Brown (Bass, Vocals), Todd Carlstrom (Vocals, Lead Guitar), David Makuen (Vocals, Guitar) and Kevin Slane (Drums, Percussion, Vocals). The group took their name from a B-Movie poster hanging in an East Village Taco shop. And, perhaps the best known Richard Brown was Richard "Rabbit" Brown, one of the most celebrated "Songsters", and the only one from new Orleans to record. Brown was born in New Orleans ca. 1880 and died there in 1937. In his early years, he was a type of musician often called "Songsters", --musicians who sang on the streets for whatever small change that passersby would give them. He used to sing on the streets of Storyville (the bordello district of old New Orleans). "Rabbit" was a regular performer at Mama Lou's "Restaurant", and other bordellos, and he frequently worked as a singing boatman on Lake Pontchartrain. He may have been one of the earliest New Orleans' folk singers to learn the Twelve Bar Blues Pattern. Two of the songs he composed are "The Downfall of the Lion", which told how New Orleans Police Superintendent David Hennessey was shotgunned to death. The other song, "Gyp the Blood" told the story of the murder of restauranteur and bar owner Billy Phillips by Charles Harrison (a.k.a. "Gyp the Blood"), a New York hoodlum on the "lam". In 1927, 'Rabbit' recorded 6 tracks in New Orleans.

1916 William Palmer "Bill" Harris, Trombone
b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. d. Aug 21, 1973, Hallandale, FL, USA.
To quote 'Chubby' Jackson,
"To date, my favorite gentleman on trombone was, and still is without
question, his honor Bill Harris. What a creative musician he was. He
used to play differently every time he stood up to solo. The band used
to impatiently await his turn and when he sat down, the entire band
would visibly let him know how they felt."
Starting in 1938, Harris toured with the big bands of Gene Krupa, Ray McKinley, and Bob Chester. After playing with Benny Goodman (1943-1944) and Charlie Barnet, and guesting on a couple of Eddie Condon's Town Hall concerts, Harris became famous for his work with Woody Herman's First Herd (1944-1946). During 1948-1950, he was one of the few 'First Herd' members to also be in the Four Brothers Second Herd. During 1956-1959, Harris also re-joined Herman a few times. In 1947, he co-led a band with Charlie Ventura, in 1953 teamed up with Chubby Jackson, and during 1950-1954 starred with 'Jazz at the Philharmonic'. During the second half of the 1950s, Harris often collaborated with Flip Phillips, and in 1959 their band formed the nucleus of Benny Goodman's group. Subsequently he mostly retired to Florida, although did appeared briefly in Las Vegas.

1909 Willie Hatcher, Soul vocals
b. Clarksdale, MS, USA. (raised in Cleveland, OH, USA) (also recorded with his brothers Edwin (d. April 2, 2003, England, UK, heart attack ), and Roger Hatcher. Edwin is also known as Edwin Starr).

1892 Oliver "Ollie or Dink" Johnson
piano/drums/clarinet, b. Biloxi, MS, USA.
d. Nov. 29, 1954, Portland, OR, USA
Biography
Dink Johnson was nothing if not versatile, as one can judge from the three instruments that he played. Johnson started out working in New Orleans as a pianist in Storyville. He traveled to Los Angeles where he was a member of Bill Johnson's Creole Band in 1913, as a drummer. Johnson freelanced, played drums during Jelly Roll Morton's stay in California and in 1922 recorded with Kid Ory's band (Spikes' Seven Pods of Pepper), on clarinet! Johnson spent much of his career in California, leading the Five Hounds of Jazz (later renamed the Los Angeles Six) and then mostly working as a solo pianist. Although he ran his own restaurant in Los Angeles, he remained active as a player into the late '40s. Johnson was much better-known locally then he was nationally, performing in an early style that fell between stride and ragtime. Dink Johnson recorded fairly extensively (mostly as a pianist) for American Music during 1946-47, Euphonic (1948) and Nola (1950).
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1907 Everard Steven "Rudy or Root" Powell Sr., clarinet/alto sax
b. New York, NY, USA. d: Oct. 30, 1976, New York, NY, USA.
aka: Musheed Karweem
bio
A fine journeyman clarinetist and altoist, Rudy Powell (who in later years would change his name to Musheed Karweem) had a fairly productive career. He studied piano and violin as a child before switching to saxophone. Powell was a professional musician by 1927, playing with June Clark and Gene Rodger's Revellers. His first major job was with Cliff Jackson's Krazy Kats from 1928-30. The altoist (who was influenced a bit by Benny Carter ) had many associations through the years, working with Elmer Snowden ,Dave Nelson ,Sam Wooding , Kaiser Marshall's Trio, Rex Stewart (1933), Fats Waller (off and on from 1935-37), Edgar Hayes ,Claude Hopkins (1938-39 and 1944), the Teddy Wilson big band, Andy Kirk (1940-41), Fletcher Henderson (1941-42), Eddie South ,Don Redman (1943), Chris Columbus , Cab Calloway's Orchestra (1945-48), Lucky Millinder (1949-51), Jimmy Rushing ,Buddy Tate , pianist Benton Heath's New Garden Ballroom Orchestra (1953-61), Ray Charles (1961-62), Buddy Johnson and Duke Ellington's My People show. Powell's last major association was with the Saints and Sinners (1965-69), although he freelanced occasionally into the 1970s. Powell recorded with most of the above names (plus Al Casey in 1960 and Henry "Red" Allen ) but never as a leader.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Notable Events
on this date include:

1965.
Earl Bostic, alto sax
died in Rochester, NY, USA.
Age: 52.

1967.
Jody Edwards, vocals
died in Dolton, IL, USA.
Age: 70.
Worked with vaudeville team of 'Butterbeans & Susie'

1979.
Jimmy Skinner
C&W singer-songwriter
died. Age: 70

1980.
Alexander D. Burt
Inventor of 45 rpm record
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 75

1985.
Bernard Wolfe, author
died in Woodland Hills, CA, USA.
Age: 70
Wrote book: 'Really The Blues'

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1920 “Grieving For You - Feather Your Nest”
- Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Wh...evnst.ram

1920 “My Wonder Girl
- Coral Sea”
- Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...rcorl.ram

1924 “Undertakers Blues”
- Helen Gross accompanied by the Kansas City Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/gr...blues.ram

1925 “Just Around The Corner”
(Featured In The Universal Picture "Oh, Charlie")
- Ted Lewis and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...r1925.ram

1925 “While We Danced Till Dawn”
- Ted Lewis and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...ldawn.ram

1926 “It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry”
- Waring's Pennsylvanians
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/wa...MeCry.ram

1927 “One Night In Havana”
(Hoagy Carmichael - )
Hoagy Carmichael and his Pals
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ho...night.ram

1927 “Dope Head Blues”
(Victoria Spivey)
- Victoria Spivey
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/sp...blues.ram

1927 “Red Lantern Blues”
(Victoria Spivey)
- Victoria Spivey
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/sp...blues.ram

1928 “I'm Sorry, Sally”, - Danny Altier and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...sally.ram

1928 “My Gal Sal”
- Danny Altier and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...alsal.ram

1928 “Down At Jasper's Bar-Be-Que”
- (Frankie Jaxon) Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...spers.ram

1929 “Apple Blossoms”
- Joe Venuti's Blue Four/Five/Six
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ve...ssoms.ram

1929 “Runnin' Ragged”
- Joe Venuti's Blue Four/Five/Six
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ve...agged.ram

1929 “No More Blues”
- Kentucky Jazz Babies
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...blues.ram

1929 “Old Folks Shake”
-Kentucky Jazz Babies
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...shake.ram

1929 “He's So Unusual”
- Annette Hanshaw
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...sual2.ram

1929 “I Think You'll Like It”
- Annette Hanshaw
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...oull2.ram

1930 “Chocolate To The Bone (I'm So Glad I'm A Brownskin)”
- (Frankie Jaxon) Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...olate.ram

1930 “Scuddlin'”
- (Frankie Jaxon) Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...dlin'.ram

1930 “My Handyman Ain't Handy No More”
- Edith Wilson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/Ed...aint5.ram

1930 “Cracker Jack”
(w/ piano accompaniment)
-Harry Reser
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...rjack.ram

1930 “Flapperette”
(w/ piano accompaniment)
~Harry Reser
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...rette.ram

1943 "Pistol Packin' Mama "
- Bing Crosby

1943 "Blue Rain "
- Glenn Miller Orch.

1957 "April Love "
- Pat Boone

1957 "You Send Me "
- Sam Cooke

1957 "Little Bitty Pretty One "
- Thurston Harris

1957 "All The Way "
- Frank Sinatra

LYRICS:

My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More

Once I used to brag about my handy man, but I ain't braggin' no more
Somethin' strange has happened to my handy man, he's not the man he was before
Wish somebody could explain to me, about this dual personality
He don't perform his duties like he used to do, he never hauls the ashes 'less I tell him to
Before he hardly gets to work he says he's through, my handy man ain't handy no more
He's forgotten his domestic science, and he's lost of his self-reliance
He won't make a single move unless he's told, he says he isn't lazy, claims he isn't old
But still he sits around and lets my stove get cold, my handy man ain't handy no more
Time after time, if I'm not right there at his heels, he lets that poor horse in my stable miss his meals
There's got to be some changes 'cause each day reveals, my handy man ain't handy no more
He used to turn in early and get up at dawn, and full of new ambitions, he would trim the lawn
Now, when he isn't sleeping all he does is yawn, my handy man ain't handy no more
Once he used to have so much endurance, now, it looks like he needs life insurance
I used to brag about my handy man's technique, around the house he was a perfect indoor sheik
But now the spirit's willing but the flesh is weak, my handy man ain't handy no more

He's So Unusual
~(A. Lewis - A. Silver - A. Sherman, from Sweetie)

You talk of sweeties, bashful sweeties,
I got one of those,
Oh, he's handsome as can be,
But he worries me;
He goes to college and gathers knowledge,
Hooh! What that boy knows!
He's up in his Latin and Greek,
But in his sheikin', he's weak!

'Cause when I want some lovin',
And I gotta have some lovin',
He says, "Please! Stop it, please!"
He's so unusual!

When I want some kissin',
And I gotta have some kissin',
He says, "No! Let me go."
He's so unusual!

I know lots of boys who would be crazy over me,
If they only had this fellow's opportunity.
You know, I would let him pet me,
But the darn fool, he doesn't let me!
Oh, he's so unusual that he drives me wild!

When we're in the moonlight,
He says, "I don't like the moonlight.
Aw, let's not talk in the dark."
Huh, he's so unusual!

And when we're riding in a taxi,
He converses with the cheuffeur,
Oh, why don't he talk to me?
Oh, he's so different!

Others would be tickled pink to bop-op-a-dop-e-dop!
He don't even know what bop-op-op-a-dop's about!
He says love is hokum,
Oh, I'd like to choke, choke, choke him!
'Cause he's so unusual that he drives me wild!

You might as well be by yourself as in his company,
When we're out together, I'm as lonesome as can be.

But still I'm mad about him,
And I just can't live without him;
'Cause he's so unusual that he drives me bop-bop-a-dop-bop!

SPOTLIGHT for OCTOBER 27TH...

SPOTLIGHT FOR
OCTOBER 27TH!!!

BIRTHDAYS

1903 Leslie Carr, alto sax
b. Louisville, KY, USA.
1931 Francis Dominic Joseph "Sonny" Dallas
bass/Vocals, b. Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

1908 George Feyer, Pianist
b. Budapest, Hungary.

1919
"Babs" Gonzales
(bebop) Vocals
b. Newark, NJ, USA.
d. Jan. 23, 1980, New York, NY, USA.
né: Lee Brown. Babs was part of the vocal group "Three Bips and a Bop", and also led bands and/or recordings that featured Tadd Dameron, Johnny Griffin and others. He wrote the self-published "I, Paid My Dues," a colorful (and often-inaccurate) memoir. Gonzales often discribed himself as a "bebop daddy".

1908 DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins
(Bluegrass) banjo
b. Harris, NC, USA.
Biography
Bluegrass banjo pioneer DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins was born in Harris, NC, on October 27, 1908; the youngest of ten children, all of whom excelled in music, he began playing the fiddle as a child but was too small to use the bow and as a result picked the instrument like a mandolin. He later turned to guitar and by 1927 was playing in a trio with banjo players Smith Hammett and Rex Brooks; Jenkins copied their three-finger style, and in the years to follow the banjo became his primary instrument, honing his skills playing square dances throughout the western North Carolina region. At this time he began mentoring the young Earl Scruggs; while Jenkins' technique bridged the gap between jagged, old-timey picking and the more fluid contemporary style, Scruggs soon surpassed his teacher, forging a thoroughly modernized sound distinguished by its subtlety and grace.

1904 Nisse "Bagarn" Lind
Accordion/piano
b. Stockholm, Sweden, d. Oct. 25, 1941

1924 Bonnie Lou
Country/Rockabilly/vocals/guitarist
b. Towanda, IL, USA. née: Mary Jo Kath.

1913
Sam McCrary
lead vocals
b. Christiana, TN, USA.
Member: 'Fairfield Four'

1922 Loumell Morgan
piano, b. Raleigh, NC, USA.
After Grad. College, joined Tiny Bradshaw orch. Later with 'Slim and Slam', - a novelty duo that was formed in 1936, consisting of guitarist/singer Slim Gaillard and bassist Slam Stewart. Then formed own combo that was in two 1943 Hollywood films, - All By Myself , and Melody Parade .

1913
Boyd Albert Raeburn
Tenor Sax/Leader
b. (on ranch near) Faith, SD, USA
d. August 2, 1966, Lafayette, LA, USA.

1911
Curley Rhodes
C&W guitar/vocals
b. Tomahawk, WI, USA. né: Oral V. Rhodes.

1909
Henry J. Townsend
piano/guitar/vocal.
In 1929, he cut his first record for the Columbia label. That same year saw the start of the great World economic depression, Louis Armstrong recorded "Fats" Waller's song "Ain't Misbehavin'", Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Three Penny Opera" (Drei Pfennig Oper) debuted, and the first "talkie" motion picture was released. Townsend may be the oldest living "Delta Blues" recording artist (2003) and is certainly one of the oldest living recording artists in music history.

1924 George Wallington, Piano
b. Palermo, Italy, d .Feb. 15, 1993.
né: Giorgio Figlia

1917
William Carl "Bama" Warwick
Trumpet
b. Birmingham, AL, USA.

1929 Elmon Wright, Trumpet
b. Kansas City, MO, USA.
d. 1984, - son of Lammar Wright (trumpet)
Biography
Born into a musical family -- his father Lammar Wright Sr. and brother Lammar Wright Jr. were respected big band trumpeters -- Elmon Wright was also a musician, playing trumpet with such bandleaders as Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic, Buddy Rich, Earle Warren, and Roy Eldridge in the '40s and '50s. Later he worked freelance in New York City, and backed R&B acts at the Apollo Theater. He recorded in 1963 with vibist Milt Jackson.
~ Chris Kelsey, All Music Guide

Notable Events
on this date include:

1916.
First published reference
to Jazz appeared in the
entertainment newspaper 'Variety'.

1920.
On August 20, 1920, the Westinghouse corporation was granted a government commercial broadcast license to operate radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh, PA, thus making KDKA the very first Commercial Radio Station in the USA. The term "Commercial radio station" is widely misunderstood. KDKA actually received the very first American official government license, but their early 'commercials' were offered gratis by the station. Westinghouse basically used the station to sell their own brand of radio receivers. In 1923, AT&T's radio station WEAF, in New York, accepted the first legally allowed paid for "radio ad" . Because this station was owned by AT&T, it was the only station then officially allowed to engage in "toll broadcasting" under the RCA agreements. (However, other stations were already selling advertising time "sub rosa" -- because no one could stop them.) Ergo, in the history or "radiodom", WEAF goes down as the first "commercial" station, -that is, the first station to (legally) accept a 'paid-for Ad'.


****1977.
"Peg Leg Sam"
(né: Arthur Jackson), harmonica
died in Jonesville, SC, USA.
Age: 65
*****WATCH THE FILM!
www.folkstreams.net/film,1

1981.
Louis Metcalf, trumpet
died in New York (Jamaica), L.I., NY, USA.
Age: 76
(Worked with early Blues singer Bessie Smith

1983.
"Professor" Nat D. Williams, DJ/WDIA
died in Memphis, TN, USA.
Age: 76

1988.
'Girlie' magazine publisher Larry Flynt
paid a "hitman" 1 Million US$ to kill Hefner
Guccione & Frank Sinatra.

1990.
Bandlander Xavier Cugart
died in Barcelona, Spain. Age: 90.
(Coronary)

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1921
“Lips”
- The Syncopating Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/misc/lips.ram


1922 “Hot Lips” - Dolly Kay
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/kay/hotlips.ram

1925
“Everybody's Doin' The Charleston Now”
- Original Indiana Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/oi...inthe.ram

1927

“Dyin' By The Hour”
-Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...ehour.ram

1927 “Foolish Man Blues”
-Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...blues.ram

1927 “I Call You Sugar”
- Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/al...llyou.ram

1927 “Missouri Squabble”
- Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/al...abble.ram

1927 “When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo”
- Alex Jackson's Plantation Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/al...Plays.ram

1930 “Home Again Blues”
- The Jungle Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/el...again.ram

1930 “Wang Wang Blues”
- The Jungle Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/el...Blues.ram

1933 “Harlem Lament”
- Earl Hines and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/hi...ament.ram

1936 “Brown Gal”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...wngal.ram

1936 “Doin' The Suzie Q”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong Featuring "Chu" Berry
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...uzieq.ram

1936 “It's Murder”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...urder.ram

1936 “Just For A Thrill”
Vocal Chorus by Lil Armstrong
- Lil Armstrong and her Swing Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/li...hrill.ram

1947 "Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong"
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (recording date)

1950 "Bushel And A Peck, A"
- Perry Como

1958 "Queen Of The Hop"
- Bobby Darin

1962 "Big Girls Don't Cry"
- Four Seasons

1962 "Return To Sender"
- Elvis Presley

SPOTLIGHT for OCTOBER 26TH...

Entry for October 26th, 2007

SPOTLIGHT for

OCTOBER 26th...

BIRTHDAYS

1913 Charles Daly "Charlie" Barnet
Tenor Sax

b. New York, NY, USA. d. Sept. 4, 1991, USA. Had his first band when he was 16. By age 20 he had formed his first big band. By 26, he had a "smash" hit recording with "Cherokee" (1939) plus a reputation as a fine saxophonist and swing bandleader. In common with Benny Goodman, he racially integrated his band early on, -a band that was extremely popular during the Big Band era, and that also appeared in several films. Charlie had an eye for young talent, and discovered many budding artists, including Lena Horne.

1900 Sterling Bruce Conaway
banjo/guitar/mandolin, d. 1973, Washington, D.C., USA (Brother of banjoist and guitarist Lincoln M. Conway.)

1894 Henry James "Hank" Duncan, piano
b. Bowling Green, KY, USA. d: July 7, 1968, Long Island, NY, USA. Grad. Fisk Univ.

1942 Ranee Lee, vocals
b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA
Ranee's professional stage career started as a dancer. She also played drums and tenor saxophone with various touring groups in the United States and Canada before moving to Montreal, Quebec, (ca. 1970). She subsequently focused on perfecting her exquisite vocal capabilities, and today (2005) is irrefutably one of Canada’s greatest Jazz vocalists.
Biography
Although born and raised in Brooklyn, Ranee Lee has lived in Montreal for most of her adult life, and she is best-known for her fine recordings for the Canadian Justin Time label. Lee performed as a singer while in high school, toured the U.S. with a local group, and, after she moved to Canada, she starred in the play Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill. The influences of Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington can be felt at times in her singing, but Ranee Lee also has her own sound. A measure of her talent is that Milt Hinton and Oliver Jones performed on her first recording (Deep Song) and Red Mitchell was a major factor on her second (Jazz on Broadway).
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide


1907 Tony Pastor
Tenor Sax/Vocal/Leader
b. Middletown, CT, USA.
d. Oct. 31, 1969, Old Lyme, CT, USA.
Bio:
www.parabrisas.com/d_pastort.php

Notable Events
on this date include:


1934.
Composer Cole Porter
recorded (Victor) his own
composition, "You're the Top".
(From B'way show: 'Anything Goes').

1935.
Talented twelve-year-old Frances Gumm sang on Wallace Beery's NBC radio show. MC and comedian George Jessel had given her the name of Judy Garland because he thought it was better than her own.

1952.
Hattie Mcdaniel, actress/vocals
died in Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA, USA.
Age: 57

1970.
"Rounder Records"
was founded in
Somerville, MA, USA.

1989.
Grace Smith, vocals
died in Newark, NJ, USA.
Age: 81

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1923
“Graveyard Dream Blues”
- Josie Miles
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/jo...dream.ram

1923 “He May Be Your Dog But He's Wearing My Collar”
- Rosa Henderson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ro...urdog.ram

1923 “I Want My Sweet Daddy Now”
- Rosa Henderson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ro...daddy.ram

1925 “Squeeze Me”
- Clarence Williams' Blue Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wi...ezeme.ram

1925 “You Can't Shush Katie”
- Clarence Williams' Blue Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wi...katie.ram

1925 “Angry”
-Arcadian Serenaders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Ar...Angry.ram

1925 “The Co-Ed”
Arcadian Serenaders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Ar...ecoed.ram

1926 “I'll Fly To Hawaii”
- Gowan's Rhapsody Makers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...awaii.ram

1926 “One And Two Blues”
- Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...blues.ram

1926 “Young Woman's Blues”
- Bessie Smith
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...blues.ram

1927 “The New Twister”
- New Orleans Owls
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ow...ister.ram

1927 “Sugar”
- Red Nichols' Stompers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ni...sugar.ram

1931 "Time On My Hands"
Leo Reisman Orch., with Lee Wiley on vocal.

1933 “It's Only A Paper Moon”
-Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike"
(Billy Rose / Yip Harburg / Harold Arlen)
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...rmoon.ram

1944 "How Many Hearts Have You Broken"
- Stan Kenton

1944 "It Had To Be You"
- Artie Shaw Orch.

LYRICS:

Time on my hands

Time on my hands, you in my arms
Nothing but love in view
Then if you fall, once and for all
I'll see my dreams come true
Moments to spare
With someone you care to
One love affair for two
And so with time on my hands
And you in my arms
And love in my heart all for you

"It Had To Be You"

Why do I do, just as you say
Why must I just, give you your way
Why do I sigh, why don't I try to forget

It must have been something lovers call fate
Kept me saying: "I have to wait"
I saw them all, just couldn't fall 'til we met

It had to be you, it had to be you
I wandered around, and finally found the somebody who
Could make me be true, could make me be blue
And even be glad, just to be sad thinking of you

Some others I've seen, might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else, gave me a thrill with all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you, wonderful you
It had to be you

Some others I've seen, might never be mean
Might never be cross, or try to be boss
But they wouldn't do
For nobody else, gave me a thrill with all your faults, I love you still
It had to be you
It had to be you
It had to be you, woah wonderful you
It had to be you

Lee's October Lullaby...

Songs Recorded/Released

by Miss Lee Morse in the
M o n t h of O c t o b e r ...

Lee Morse

Alone At Last
(Gus Kahn / Ted Fiorito)
10-7-1924
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...tlast.ram

Bring Back Those Rock-A-Bye Baby Days
(Christy / Silver)
10-7-1924
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...those.ram

Did You Mean It?
(From "A Night In Spain")
(Phil Baker / Sid Silvers / Abe Lyman) 10-10-1927 New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...eanit.ram

Mail Man Blues
(Lee Morse)
10-7-1924
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...blues.ram

Lee Morse & her Bluegrass Boys

Call Me Darling
(Call Me Sweatheart)
(Dick)
10-19-1931
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...rling.ram

Don't Be Like That
(Gottler / Tobias / Pinkard)
10-23-1928
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...ethat.ram

If I Can't Have You
(If You Can't Have Me)
Talkie Hit from Motion Picture "Footlights And Fools"
(Meyer / Bryan)
10-18-1929
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...veyou.ram

I'm For You A Hundred Per Cent
10-19-1931
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...ndred.ram

Look What You've Done To Me
Talkie Hit from Motion Picture "Why Leave Home"
(Conrad / Mitchell / Gottler)
10-18-1929
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...etome.ram

Loving You The Way I Do
(from "Hot Rhytmn")
(Blake / Scholl / Morrisey)
10-31-1930
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...ngyou.ram

Old Man Sunshine, Little Boy Bluebird
(Harry Warren / Mort Dixon)
10-23-1928
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...shine.ram

Where The Shy Little Violets Grow
(Gus Kahn / Harry Warren)
10-23-1928
New York, New York
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...heshy.ram

Spotlight for October 05, 2007

SPOTLIGHT
for OCTOBER 5TH…

BIRTHDAYS

1915 Bob Astor, leader/trumpet/drums
b. New Orleans, LA, USA. né: Robert E. Dade. After working w/local groups in New Orleans and East Texas Oil Fields, he formed his first band in Los Angeles, CA, USA.- where he also worked as a DJ, night club manager and MC. In the early 1940s, he led an important band in New York City which though it never recorded, employed sidemen who would subsequently achieve fame. Among these men were trumpeters Neil Hefti; and Les Elgart; Tenor saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims and Corky Corcoran; on drums were Irv Kluger, Teddy Charles, Shelly Manne; Pianists Marty Napoleon, George Williams, and Lee DeLyon. After disbanding, he became a booking agent for a New York agency.

1918 Jimmy Blanton, Bass
b. Chattanooga, TN, USA.
d. July 30, 1942, Los Angeles, CA, USA
(age 21, tuberculosis).
Perhaps best recalled for his work with the 'Duke Ellington Orchestra'. As a child, Blanton first studied the violin, but switched to the Double Bass while attending Tennessee State Co. Early on, Blanton had played with the Jeter-Pillars and the Fate Marable bands in St. Louis When the Duke was in St. Louis, he heard Blanton, and immediately hired him (1939).
Speaking of Blanton, famed critic Leonard Feather has said: "From the fall of 1939 until two years later (1941), when he contracted Tuberculosis and left to spend the rest of his brief life in California, Blanton exercised an incalculable influence in transforming the use of the string bass in jazz. Before his day, it had rarely been used for anything but quarter-notes in ensemble or solos.
Blanton improvised as if the bass were a horn, phrasing fluently with frequent eithth- and sixteenth-note runs, using harmonic and melodic ideas that were unheard of on the instrument. The clarity of his tone, the definition and timing of his notes, made earlier exponents seem like amateurs." At times, Blanton recorded as the other half of the "Blanton-Webster band." Ben Webster, one of the finest swing tenor sax players ever, and Jimmy Blanton, bassist extraordinaire. Some musicologists have pointed out the curious and tragic symmetry between the lives of Bassist Jimmy Blanton and Guitarist Charlie Christian (b. Dallas, TX, and grew up in Oklahoma City, OK, USA). In the fall of 1939, both "string" players became members of a major Big Band (Christian joined Benny Goodman's band). Both men completely re-wrote the vocabularies of their instruments, both never led recording sessions of their own, both played at birth-of-Bop jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse in Harlem, and both died in their twenties (Christian was 25) from the same illness (tuberculosis) in the same year.
BBC Bio:
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz...lanton.shtml

1908 Kalle Engstrom
Clarinet/Saxophone/Arranger
b. Oslo, Norway, d. July 17, 1955.

1893 Frank Guarente, Trumpet
Born: Montemilleto, Southern Italy
5th October 1893, died: U.S.A., 21st July 1942
Began on trumpet during childhood. Emigrated to the U,S.A. in 1910 to join his brother in Allentown, Pennsylvania; played with local bands, then moved to New Orleans in 1914. Worked in a bank for a while, then became professional musician-swapped lessons with King Oliver. Played residencies at Kolb Restaurant, Tom Anderson's, Triangle Theatre Orchestra, and worked with the Mars Brass Band. Left New Orleans (c. 1916), did solo act in Texas, then played with Alabama Five prior to serving in the U.S. Army during World War 1. Returned to Texas (c. 1919), then played with Charlie Kerr's Band in Philadelphia. Joined Paul Specht in 1921 and directed the orchestra's small group The Georgians.

Visited Europe in 1922, then rejoined Specht until May 1924 (including residency in London-June-August 1923). Visited Europe in May 1924, from September 1924 led The New Georgians in Europe until joining pianist Carroll Gibbon's Savoy Orpheans in London (January 1927). Played with various leaders in London, then returned to U.S.A. in 1928 and rejoined Paul Specht for two years. Did studio work throughout the 1930s; worked with Victor Young's Orchestra, the Dorsey Brothers, Harry Salter's Orchestra, etc., etc. Illness forced retirement from playing in the early 1940s.

1912 Ernst Hollerhagen
Clarinet/Saxophone
b. Wuppertal, Germany
d. July 11, 1956

1905
Lebert Lombardo
trumpet
b: London-Ontario, Canada
d. June 16, 1993, Ft. Myers, FL, USA.
One of the Lombardo brothers.

Bio:
www.dotydocs.com/Archives/...lebert.htm
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
www.redhotjazz.com/lombardo.html

1890 Rev. F.W. McGee
(Country gospel) vocals
b. Winchester, TN, USA.
né Ford Washington McGee.
Initially, McGee and His Jubilee Chorus, preached and sang in the "revival" tents. In 1925, he built a congregation in Oklahoma City, -with the assistance of the noted sanctified (born blind) singer/pianist Arizona Dranes. ("Juanita" Arizona Dranes b. Dallas, TX, USA, ca 1905. She is believed to have been of Mexican and African-American heritage). Fort Worth-based minister, Samuel Crouch, suggested to an Okeh Records talent scout Richard M. Jones that Dranes be given a recording test.
Blues singer Sara Martin agreed to travel to Fort Worth and help the blind Dranes make it to Chicago for her test on June 17, 1926. It was very successful, and Dranes subsequently 'cut' a half dozen more records for Okeh before returning home. On November 15, 1926, Dranes returned to Chicago, and this time partnered with "Rev. Ford Washington McGee and His Jubilee Choir". The four numbers recorded that day were the first of thirteen recording sessions for McGee. As the 'Rev. F.W. McGee', he would become a popular recording artist for Victor. In the 1940s, McGee may have recorded with the Library of Congress, an honor he owed to Dranes, who originally set up the date with Okeh.

1915
Ala Mae Miller
piano, GA, USA.

1910
Fred Norman
Arranger/composer
b. Leesburg, FL, USA.
d. Feb. 19, 1993
Verve Bio:
www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx


1933 Billy Lee Riley
harmonica/guitar
b. Pocahontas, AR, USA.
Born to a sharecropper family, during the great 1930s economic depression, Billy's carear has spanned 5 decades. In the 1950s, he was working at Sun Studios in Memphis, TN. with a trio of himself, Roland James and J.M. Van Eaton. They called themselves 'The Little Green Men', -the name of Riley's first hit. In the 1960s, Billy Lee was working in Las Angeles, CA as a session man in the studios. There he worked with such stars as Herb Alpert, Sammy Davis Jr., The Beach Boys, Pearl Bailey, and many more. The 1970s found him touring Europe to various Rock and Roll festivals. In the 1980s, he did continue to tour Europe, and also worked at Newport, RI festivals. During this time he found a new career playing the music he grew up with, -'Gut Bucket' Blues, or Delta Blues In the 1990s, the Smithsonian interviewed him for their archives. In 1992, Billy also released his first all Blues CD "Blue Collar Blues". He remains active (2000).
RAB Hall of Fame: Billy Lee Riley
www.rockabillyhall.com/BLR.html
Billy Lee Riley - Home Page
www.rockabilly.net/billyleeriley/
Billy Lee Riley
www.deltaboogie.com/deltamusicians/

1914
Dick Todd, vocalist
b: Montreal, Canada.
d. May, 1973.

Often called the "King of the Jukebox", and the "Canadian Crosby", he was heard regularly on Canadian radio before relocating to the U.S. in 1938. Worked in the Larry Clinton band, then went "solo", and was heard on a great many different radio programs, as well as recording for Victor and their Bluebird label. Had his own radio series in the 1940s. In 1945, he was featured with singer Dinah Shore on the popular Lucky Strike sponsored "Your Hit Parade" show. Apparently, Todd (a red-haired Irishman) told a lot of tales about his background. He claimed to be born in Alberta, but he was born in Montreal. He claimed to attend McGill University in Montreal, but no record exists that he was ever there. He was married, but essentially abandoned his family when he became popular in the US. However, he was popular, but went into obscurity after WWII. According to his biographer, he ended up as a side-show barker, a circus roustabout, and a stage-hand for the early Ed Sullivan Show, but then disappeared. He did hang around lower Manhattan for awhile, but no one could remember what happened to him.
Bio:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/in...cfm
Hasmick Info:
www.hasmick.demon.co.uk/jascd-...33.html

1905 Irvine "Pinky" Vidacovich, clarinet
b: New Orleans, LA, USA.
Played with "The New Orleans Owls", "The Princeton Revelers" and "The WWL Dawn Busters". 1905 Arthur Whetsol, Trumpet, b: Punta Gorda, FL, USA. d: 1940. Good Friend of Duke Ellington and member of band from inception till 1937 (illness forced him to leave). Featured 1920s records incl: Dicty Glide; Stevedore Stomp; Black Beauty; Big House Blues; Rocky Mountain Blues; Misty Morning.
Arthur Whetsol, one of the original members in Duke Ellington's Washingtonians, had an attractive tone, impressive technique, and a very lyrical style that set a standard for Ellington; in future years Harold "Shorty" Baker filled a similar role with Duke.
A childhood friend of Ellington, Whetsol came to New York with Duke to join Elmer Snowden's group in 1923 but left a year later to study medicine at Howard University. He eventually returned to music and was a fixture in Duke's orchestra during 1928-1936 until a brain disorder forced him to permanently retire. Featured prominently in Ellington's 1929 film short Black and Tan, Whetsol took many fine solos in the late '20s when his melodic style was a contrast to that of Bubber Miley and (a little later) Cootie Williams, most notably on "Mood Indigo," "Black and Tan Fantasy," and "Black Beauty"; his role became less prominent in the 1930s.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Notable Events
on this date include:

1971.
Tommy Magness
fiddler for Roy Acuff,
and Bill Monroe, died.
Age: 54

1981.
Al Cooper
tenor sax, died in NY. USA.
Age: 70. (and The Savoy Sultans)

1986. Manny Sayle
guitar/banjo
died in New Orleans, LA. USA.
Age: 79

1989.
Skeets Marsh, drums
died in Philadelphia, PA. USA.
Age: 62.
Worked with Sammy Price, and Count Basie

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1916
"Don't Leave Me, Daddy"
~Marion Harris
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...daddy.ram

1920
"Dottie Dimples"
~All Star Trio
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/al...mples.ram

1920
"12th Street Rag"
~All Star Trio
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/al...thrag.ram

1921
"The Memphis Blues"
~Esther Bigeou
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bi...blues.ram

1921
"The St. Louis Blues"
~Esther Bigeou
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bi...blues.ram

1923
"I've Got A Cross Eyed Papa"
~Marion Harris
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...dpapa.ram

1927
"Have Mercy"
~Blythe's Owls
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/bl...mercy.ram

1927
"Hot Stuff"
~Blythe's Owls
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/bl...stuff.ram

1927
"Poutin' Papa"
~Blythe's Owls
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/bl...npapa.ram

1927
"Weary Way Blues"
~Blythe's Owls
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/bl...blues.ram

1927
"At The Jazz Band Ball"
~Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bi...ejazz.ram

1927
"Jazz Me Blues"
~Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bi...blues.ram

1927
"Royal Garden Blues"
~Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bix/rgblues.ram

1939 "Can I Help It"
Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights (recording date) on Columbia

1944 "Together "
Dick Haymes voc.
1944 "Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In Her Stocking)"
voc: Evelyn Knight

Currently listening : Bix Beiderbecke, Vol. 2: At the Jazz Band Ball By Bix Beiderbecke

Spotlight for October 04, 2007

SPOTLIGHT for
OCTOBER 4TH...

BIRTHDAYS

1914 Marvin Ash (Ashbaugh), Piano
b. Lamar, CO, USA. d. 1974.
Raised in Kansas where he worked with local bands including Wally Stoeffer. In early 1930s worked with Herman Waldman, Connie Conrad, and Jack Crawford. .In 1936, settled in Tulsa, OK, working on local radio station staff. In

1909 Noel Chiboust, Trumpet
b. Thorigny-sur-Marne, France, d. 1994

1944 Larry Collins
(rockabilly) guitar
b. Tulsa, OK, USA. Member: "Collins Kids"
With his sister Lorrie, guitarist and singer Larry Collins was part of the brother-sister duo the Collins Kids, who cut some of the best rockabilly of the 1950s. Playing a double-neck guitar, Collins was a brilliant guitar prodigy, and took time to cut some hot instrumental duets with mentor Joe Maphis, a country guitarist 20 years his senior. The Collins Kids broke up when Lorrie married, and Larry cut some undistinguished diluted rockabilly-pop before drifting back, like so many early rockabilly singers, to country music. As a songwriter, his most famous credit is co-penning "Delta Dawn."
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Collins Kids Bio:
www.classicmoviekids.com/collinskids.htm

1944 Marlena Davis-Easley, vocals
b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. Member: 'The Orlons'
MORE ORLONS:
www.doowopy.de/02page/O/eOrlons.html
MORE STILL:
www.geocities.com/SunsetStr...rlons.html
AND EVEN MORE!
www.classicbands.com/orlons.html

1909 Rupert Edward Lee "Buddy" Featherstonhaugh, Reeds
b. Paris, France, d.1976
Studied in Sussex, UK schools and in 1924 debuted in Herndon UK with Pat O'Malley combo. In 1930-'31 recorded with Spike Hughes Orch, in 1932 toured with Louis Armstrong band; 1935 recorded with Valaida Snow; and with Benny Carter in '37. In 1943-5 his own sextet toured Iceland, was recorded (HMV) and also heard on BBC Radio. Then basically left music and earned a living as an Auto salesman. In 1956 he was again active working in Clubs and recording for Pye-Nixa Records. In 1957 toured the Middle East for British War Office

1915 Borge Roger Henrichsen
Piano/Leader
b. Copenhagen, Denmark


1910 Charlie Norman, Piano
b. Ludvika, Sweden.
né Karl-Erik Albert Norman
Karl-Erik Albert (Charlie) Norman (4 October 1920 ,Ludvika ,Dalarnas län ,Sweden -12 August 2005 ,Danderyd ,Stockholms län , Sweden ( Cancer ) ) was a Swedish musician and entertainer, generally considered to be Sweden's leading boogie-woogie pianist, but also an accomplished all-round piano player, whose first tv-show was 1947, playing behind Édith Piaf. He was the father of stand-up comedian Lennie Norman.


1915 Francisco "Chano" Pozo
bongo-conga drums
b. Havana, Cuba
d. c. 1977, Las Vegas, NV. USA.
Brother of Luciano Pozo y Gonzalez. c. 1941, 'Chano' was playing and recording with 'Machito and his Afro-Cubans'. Later in the '40's, he participated in Jose Curbelo and Tito Puente recording sessions. In 1948, he recorded the album 'The Best of Blue Note", (Vol. 1) playing with such artists as Dave Burnes, Elmon Wright (tp) Ernie Henry (as) James Moody (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) James "Men Gates" Forman (p) Nelson Boyd (b) Art Blakey (d) Chano Pozo (bgo, vo) Gil Fuller (arr). c. 1950s, he played with Fats Navarro. In the 1950s, he also recorded the "Afro Cuban Jazz Suite" of Chico O'Farrill with Machito and his Afro-Cubans. In 1956, he was playing at New York City's Birdland, -part of an all-star lineup that included Uba Nieto on timbales, Candido on conga, Chano Pozo on various percussion instruments, and Frank Wess and Herbie Mann of flutes.

On March 17, 1958, he was one of a group on the Leiber-Stoller produced recording of 'The Coasters' ("Stewball") Among the stars with whom he worked in the '50's are Perez Prado, Illinois Jacquet, los Jazz Modes, Chris Connor, Phineas Newborn and Dizzy Gillespie. In the 60's, he recorded with famed singer Peggy Lee, and orchestra leader Rene Touzet. Chano was on the recording session for the album 'Pachanga Differente!', with 'Rene Touzet, his Piano, Voices, & Orchestra'. It was an early stereo recording with two Son Montunos, many Pachangas, and more. The disk featured such players as Hector Rivera, Aguabella, Chano Pozo, Olguita, Johnny Rodriguez, and others. Still other stars with whom he warked are Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five, Hungarian born guitarist Gabor Szabo, Chico O'Farrill, and Clark Terry and The Tico All-Stars. In the '70's, he relocated to Las Vegas, NV, USA, and spent the last years of his life playing with vocalist Paul Anka.

1929 Leroy Van Dyke, c&w vocals
b. Spring Fork, MO, USA.
(One of his hit releases was "Walk on By")

1904 Greely Walton, Tenor/Bass Sax
b. Mobile, AL, USA. d. Oct. 9, 1993.
Worked with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson.
MORE:
www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx

Notable Events
on this date include:

1949.
Chris Smith, songwriter
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 69

1966.
Sherman Billingsley
(Owner: Stork Club -NYC) dies.
Age: 66

The Coon Creek Girls
1973.
Esther "Violet" Koehler
C&W mandolin, died.
Age: 57
Member: "Coon Creek Girls", a sting band (instrumentalists/vocalists) quartet of Lily May Ledford on five-string banjo, sister Rosie on guitar, Violet Koehler on mandolin, and Daisy Lange on bass

1987.
Jimmy Springs, lead vocals
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 76. Member: 'The 5 Red Caps'

1988.
Zenas "Daddy" Sears, DJ
died in Atlanta, GA, USA.
Age: 75

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1925
"Far Away Blues"
~Clara Smith
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/cl...blues.ram

1925
"I'm Going Back To My Used To Be
with Bessie Smith", - Clara Smith
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html

1926
"Tuck In Kentucky And Smile"
~Edwin J. McEnelly's Orchestra
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/Mc...tucky.ram

1939 "Many Dreams Ago", Orrin Tucker and his Orch. (recording date)
1939 "Would'ja Mind", Orrin Tucker and his Orch. (recording date)
1939 "Little Girl", Orrin Tucker and his Orch. (recording date)
1939 "Them There Eyes", Orrin Tucker and his orch. (recording date)
1924 "Red Hot Mama ", - The Brox Sisters vocal.
1940 "Practice Makes Perfect ", - Bob Chester Orch.
1940 "We Three ", - voc: The Ink Spots
1943 "Is you Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby", recorded this day by Louis Jordan band. Jordan vocal.
1945 "I'll Buy That Dream ", - Harry James Orch.

Currently listening : Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1925)

Spotlight for October 03, 2007

SPOTLIGHT for
OCTOBER 3RD…

BIRTHDAYS

1909 Buddy Banks, Tenor Sax
b. Dallas, TX, USA. d. 1991

1907 Edgar W."Puddinghead" Battle
Trumpet/songwriter,
b. Atlanta, GA, USA, d. Feb. 6, 1977, New York, NY, USA.
Bio:
www.geocities.com/Paris/Lef..._edgar.htm


1920 "Blind Jim" Brewer, guitar
b. Brookhaven, MS, USA.
Brewer performed regularly on Maxwell Street singing both blues and religious songs.
INFO:
cowdery.home.netcom.com/maxwel...en.html
More:
www.howardberkman.com/newhowa...wer.html

1908
Johnny Burke, lyricist
b. Antioch, CA, USA

d. Feb. 25, 1964, New York, NY, USA.

Over his career, composer Johnny Burke worked with various lyricists from the mid-1920s through the late '40s, but curiously, only after he had reached his 40th birthday did he have his first "Big" hit -"Yearning" (1925). The lyricist was Benny Davis and, in 1928, this team had another hit in "Carolina Moon". Johnny next teamed with lyricist Al Dubin, and among their big successes were "Tip Toe Through the Tulips With Me" (1929), "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes" (1930) and their greatest success, "For You," which was also a "hit" recording for the Casa Loma Orchestra with vocalist Kenny Sargent. The mid-30s found Burke next teamed with lyricist Edgar Leslie in the mid-'30s. This new team was responsible for such popular hits as "On Treasure Island," "Moon Over Miami" and 1937's "It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane," among others. Burke's final hit came in 1948 with "Ramblin' ose,". This time, the lyricist was Joseph McCarthy, Jr.

MORE:
www.riverwalk.org/proglist/.../burke.htm
Wikipedia Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John...(lyricist)
MORE:
www.btinternet.com/~radical...burke.htm

1941 "Chubby Checker", vocals
b. Spring Gulley, SC, USA. né: Ernest Evans.
This singer is best known for popularizing the dance "The Twist" with his 1960 single "The Twist". né: Ernest Evans.
Chubby Checker Online
www.chubbychecker.com/
Chubby Checker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker

1922 Von Freeman
Tenor Sax
b. Chicago, IL, USA.
Von Freeman Home Page
www.members.tripod.com/go5432...an.html

1930 Nancy Harrow
(bop) vocals
b. New York, NY, USA.
At age seven, she began to study the Classical piano, before first deciding to become a dancer, and then to be a singer
MORE:
www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesi...0/Harrow.html
Web-Site: Nancy Harrow
www.nancyharrow.com/

1912 Gabriel Julian, Piano
b: Newark, NJ, USA
d: Sept. 29, 2002, Age 89.
Born in Newark, NJ, Gabriel Julian lived in East Orange, NJ before relocating to Mountainside, NJ in 1955. He earned his bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1935. While in school, he was one of the founders of the University of Alabama Cavalers Jazz Ensemble ( here's a photo of the Cavaliers on the Bandstand, ), and was a member of that group from 1931 through 1935.
During World War II, he was the chief warrant officer with the 100th Infantry Division from 1941 through 1946 and received the Bronze Star. He also played in the 100th Infantry Division band. For 56 years, Julian was a self-employed musician before retiring in 1985. During his career, he arranged music for Glenn Miller as well as for the CBS and NBC television networks. He is also well remembered as the original piano player for the Bobby Byrne dance band. He and vocalist Dorothy Claire were with the band during 1940-'41, when they played at New York's Glen Island Casino and Meadowbrook clubs.

1889 Manuel Manetta, Piano
b. New Orleans, LA, USA. d. Oct. 10, 1969

1909 Booker Pitman, Alto Sax
b. Fairmont Heights, MD, USA. d. Oct. 13, 1969.

1877 Fiddlin' Cowan Powers
champion (C&W) Fiddler
b. Russell County, VA, USA.
INFO:
www.well.com/user/rachel.../powers.html
MORE + *LISTEN!!:
www.1001tunes.com/fiddlers/...owers.html

1911 John Roberts, vocals
b. Small Hope, Andros Island, BWI.

1925 George Theodore Wein
Piano/Impresario/vocals
b. Boston, MA, USA.
Studied with Margaret Chaloff (mother of Serge Chaloff), and later with Sam Saxe and Teddy Wilson. He was playing in local clubs even while attending Boston University. In 1946 played with Max Kaminsky; 1947 with Edmund Hall; 1949 with "Wild" Bill Davison; and from the 1950s on, he played with such Jazzmen as Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, Vic Dickenson, and Jo Jones - all mostly at his own Clubs in Bostonl and mainly at his club Storyville. In 1954, he started promoting the Newport Jazz Festival (Newport RI), now expanded to include the Newport Fest in French Lick, IN; Toronto, Canada and Boston, MA. Also toured Europe with the Newport Festival Orch.
MORE:
www.oldies.com/artist/bio...d_3461.html
MORE:
wiki.killuglyradio.com/index....ge_Wein

Notable Events
on this date include:

1901.

The Victor Talking Machine Company
was incorporated and later merged with
Radio Corporation of America.
The new "RCA-Victor" would become a
leader in phonographs and recordings.

The famous "Victrola" brand trademark,
-a picture of "Nipper" the dog, and the
words "His Master's Voice", appeared on all
RCA-Victor phonographs and record labels.

1946.
James "Tim" Brymn
bandleader/songwriter
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 64

1967.
Woody Guthrie
guitar/songwriter
died in Queens, NY, USA.
Age: 55


1969.
"Skip" James, guitar/piano
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 67

1975.
Dean Upson
C&W vocals
died.
(b. Nov. 12, 1900, Chicago, IL, USA).
Member (and co-founder) group: "The Vagabonds"

1976.
"Queen" Victoria Spivey
piano/singer-songwriter
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 69

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1927
"St. Louis Cyclone Blues"
~Lonnie Johnson
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/lj...blues.ram

**1928
"Crazy Rhythm"
~Sammy Stewart and his Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...hythm.ram

1928
"Wob-a-ly Walk"'
~Sammy Stewart and his Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...ywalk.ram

1928
"Stack O' Lee"
~Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike"
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ik...kolee.ram

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1929
"Jonestown Blues"
~Cannon's Jug Stompers
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cj...blues.ram

1929
"Noah's Blues"
~Cannon's Jug Stompers
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cj...blues.ram

1929
"Pretty Mama Blues"
~Cannon's Jug Stompers
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cj...ymama.ram

1929
"The Rooster's Crowing Blues"
~Cannon's Jug Stompers
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cj...owing.ram

1929
"Whoa Mule! Get Up In The Alley"
~Cannon's Jug Stompers
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cj...getup.ram

1929
"She's Driving Me Wild"
~Wilton Crawley
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cr...ewild.ram

1929
"Snake Hip Dance"
~Wilton Crawley
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cr...dance.ram

1929
"Taking Your Place"
~Memphis Jug Band
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mj...place.ram

1930
"Chinatown, My Chinatown"
~Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/he...atown.ram

1930
"Somebody Loves Me"
~Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/he...vesme.ram

1930
"Homemade Sunshine"
~Ted Lewis and his Band
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...emade.ram

1935
"I'm In The Mood For Love"
~Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lo...RLOVE.ram

1935
"La Cucaracha"
~Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lo...racha.ram

1935
"You Are My Lucky Star"
~Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
*LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lo...yStar.ram

1941 "Elmer's Tune"~Dick Jurgens Orch
1941 "Jim ", - Dinah Shore voc.
1947 "Near You ", - Andrews Sisters

**1928
Crazy Rhythm

Crazy rhythm, here's the doorway
I'll go my way, you'll go your way
Crazy rhythm, from now on

We're through.
Here is where we have a showdown
I'm too high-hat, you're too low-down
Crazy rhythm, here's goodbye to you!
They say that when a high-brow meets a low-brow
Walkin' along Broadway
Soon the high-brow
He has no brow
Ain't it a shame?
And you're to blame
What's the use of prohibition?
You produce the same condition
Crazy rhythm, from now on, we're through
Crazy rhythm, I've gone crazy
rhythm too

Currently listening : Nipper’s Greatest Hits: The 30’s, Vol. 1