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
-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
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