OCTOBER 9TH...
BIRTHDAYS
1940
John Lennon
Rock vocals
b. Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
d. Dec. 8, 1980, New York, NY, USA.
né: John Winston Lennon.
Member: The Beatles His son, Julian Lennon was born on April 8, 1963; his mother was Cynthia Lennon, His son, Sean Lennon was born on October 9, 1975; his mother: Yoko Ono. (Yoko Ono was born on February 18, 1933; she married John on March 20, 1969).
1899 Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, Clarinet
b. USA, d. Aug. 5, 1972, Paris, France.
Although he was a decent clarinetist and saxophonist, Mezz Mezzrow is remembered today primarily for his autobiography "Really the Blues", and for rejecting White society and embracing African-American culture, to the extent that he actually believed that he was Black. In the 1920s he was part of the White Chicago jazz scene, played with the Austin High Gang and recorded with the Jungle Kings and the Chicago Rhythm Kings. In 1927 he moved to New York and played with Eddie Condon.
In the 1930s he led a few swing-oriented dates with his integrated band The Disciples of Swing and recorded his signature tune Really The Blues with the Tommy Ladnier Orchestra. The French critic Hugues Panassie put together some sessions that featured Mezzrow and others. Mezzrow had his own King Jazz label during 1945-47. In 1948 Mezzrow moved to France where he recorded with Lee Collins and others.
RHJ Bio:
www.redhotjazz.com/mezz.html
WIKI Bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezz_Mezzrow
1899 Gobel Reeves
C&W/Wester vocals/guitar
b. Sherman, TX, USA.
Tag: "The Texas Drifter"
1900 Elmer Chester "Pops" Snowden
Leader/Banjo/saxes
b. Baltimore, MD, USA, d. May 14, 1973
His band introduced Duke Ellington to New York, - and the world.
A fine banjo player, Elmer Snowden was the original leader of the Washingtonians, a group that would become the Duke Ellington Orchestra; a dispute over money in the mid-'20s soon found him "at liberty." Snowden had met Ellington in 1919 and before that he had worked with Eubie Blake in Baltimore. He was quite active in the 1920s as a businessman, agent, and musician, running several bands and recording occasionally. But, although he worked steadily in the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, he was essentially a minor figure during those years. In 1963, Snowden moved to California to teach at Berkeley, he toured Europe with George Wein in 1967, and made a few final recordings.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
RHJ Bio:
www.redhotjazz.com/elmer.html
1903 Mynie Sutton
Saxophone/Bandleader
b. Niagara Falls, Canada
d. June 17, 1982
1915 Lee Wiley, Vocals
b. Ft. Gibson, OK, USA.
d. Dec. 11, 1975, New York, NY, USA.
Her father was a missionary who married a 'Genuine American', - an Oklahoma Cherokee princess, and Lee was one of the offsprings of that marriage (her friends often called her, "Princess"). Ran away from home at age 15 and by age 17 was already a top singer in Chicago and New York, where she soon found herself singing and recording with Leo Reisman's Orchestra, as well as doing some dramatic work on radio. After finishing the 1930s, singing with Victor Young, Johnny Green and other commercial radio orchestras (such as Paul Whiteman and later Willard Robison), she worked her way into the New York Jazz clubs (started working with Eddie Condon in 1939).
During the '30s, one of her original compositions "Any Time, Any Day, Anywhere" became a huge hit (due to a Joe Morris-Laurie Tate record release). Lee's sister, Pearl, was married to Jimmy Doane, who managed both "The Famous Door" and "The Onyx Club" on New York's famed 52nd Street ("Jazz Street"). And so, in 1936, Lee began visiting the clubs and meeting all the "Jazz" musicians, including such 'Dixielanders" as Joe Bushkin, Eddie Condon, Billy Butterfield, and Jess Stacy. In 1943, she married Jess Stacy, - the marriage lasting 5 years during which time she toured with his band. She appeared at some of the Eddie Condon's TownHall concerts during the remainder of that decade. 
Wikipedia Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Wiley
Mr. Lucky Bio:
www.mrlucky.com/songbirds/...lwiley.html
Lee Wiley Web-Page:
members.aol.com/nanalbrown...ly/Lee.html
1921 Dennis "Boots" Woodall
C&W songwriter/guitar
b. Paulding County, GA, USA.
Founder of group: "The Radio Wranglers"
Notable Events
on this date include:
1941.
Famed "Torch" Singer
Helen Morgan died.
1943.
The Musicians Union strike
(began August 1, 1942) ended.
One year later, the Record
companies again began recording.
1961.
Julius Jacquet, tenor sax,
died in Oakland, CA, USA.
Age: 54
1967.
"Chick Hurt"
Member: "The Prarie Ramblers," died.
Age: 56
1973.
"Sister" Rosetta Tharpe
gospel vocals/guitar
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 57.
1977.
Johnny Wiggs, cornet
died in New Orleans. LA, USA.
Age: 78.
1982.
Jimmy Cain, tenor sax
died in Detroit, MI, USA.
Age: 86
1988.
Samuel H. Clark, Label owner
(ABC Paramount Records)
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 74
1993.
Greely Walton
tenor-barisax, died.
Age: 89
2001.
Smoky Dacus
Member: "Texas Playboys," died.
Age: 90
Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:
1923
"An Orange Grove in California"
(Irving Berlin)
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...ngegr.ram
1923
"Dancing Honeymoon"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...ymoon.ram
1923
"Great Day"
(Youmans / Rose / Elisen)"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...atday.ram
1924 "Show Me The Way"
~Ted Lewis and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/le...heway.ram
1928 "Bull Fiddle Rag"
~Midight Rounders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bl...lerag.ram
1928
"Shake Your Shimmy"
~Midight Rounders
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/bl...himmy.ram
1929 "Blue Room"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...eroom.ram
1929
"Deep Minor Rhythm Stomp"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...Stomp.ram
1929
"Hot Fingers"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...ngers.ram
1929
"Midnight Call (Blues)"
~Blind Willie Dunn and Lonnie Johnson
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/La...tcall.ram
1929
"Nobody's Sweetheart"
(Kahn / Erdman / Meyers / Schoebel)"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...wthtc.ram
1929
"Without a Song"
(Rose / Eliscu / Youmans)"
~Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...tsong.ram
1930
"Fickle Fay Creep"
~Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...Creep.ram
1930
"Gambling Jack"
~Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mo...Jack2.ram
1930
"Dallas Blues"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...blues.ram
1930
"Honey, Just For You"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...oryou.ram
1930
"Travelin' That Rocky Road"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...yroad.ram
1930
"You Rascal, You"
~Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds Of Joy
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ki...alyou.ram
1930
"Body And Soul"
(From "Three's A Crowd")
~Louis Armstrong and his Sebastian New Cotton Club Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/Lo...dsoul.ram
1931
"Prisoner of Love"
~recorded this date
by singer Russ Columbo.
(Victor records)
LISTEN:
www.youtube.com/watch
**Words by Leo Robin and Music by Russ Columbo and Clarence Gaskill
Alone from night to night you'll find me
Too weak to break the chains that bind me
I need no shackles to remind me
I'm just a prisoner of love
For one command I stand and wait now
From one who's master of my fate now
I can't escape for it's too late now
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring if someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another, I can't have another for I'm not free
She's in my dreams awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
What's the good of my caring if someone is sharing those arms with me
Although she has another, I can't have another for I'm not free
She's in my dreams awake or sleeping
Upon my knees to her I'm creeping
My very life is in her keeping
I'm just a prisoner of love
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