+Who's Got A Birthday Today? (DEC 26)+
Roger Ford
mentioned
MARTY GOLD (1915 New York City NY)
Bandleader/arranger rcd many albums for RCA
STEVE ALLEN (1921 New York City NY)
Comedian/musician/singwrter hosted Tonight Show rcd for Coral,Dot etc
ABDUL FAKIR (1935 Detroit Mi)
Founder member Four Tops first rcd for Chess 1956 later huge on Motown
PHIL SPECTOR (1940 Bronx NYC NY)
Debuted with The Teddy Bears 1958 later hit producer in 60's (Philles)
.......and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes this
day............
LOWMAN PAULING (1973 New York City NY)
Guitarist & member "5" Royales rcd Apollo,King etc Baby Don't Do It
BUDDY ACE (1994 Waco Tx)
R&B vocalist rcd Peacock,Specialty etc career spanned into 60's
JOE VALINO (1996 Philadelphia Pa)
50's pop singer recorded for RCA,Vik etc biggest hit Garden Of Eden
CURTIS MAYFIELD (1999 Roswell Ga)
Singer/writer member Impressions later became soul superstar
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
DECEMBER 26 1939
W.C. Handy, of Memphis, Tennessee and his band records the classic
"St. Louis Blues" for Varsity Records in New York City
DECEMBER 26 1954
Cab Calloway sings "Birth of the Blues" and "Let My People Go" on Ed
Sullivan's Toast Of The Town show. Joan Weber is on hand to sing ""Let
Me Go Lover" and "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"
DECEMBER 26 1957
Patti Page sings "I'll Remember Today" on "American Bandstand"
DECEMBER 26 1960
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs guest on "American Bandstand"
performing "Stay"
The musical "Do Re Mi" with Phil Silvers premieres at the St. James
Theatre in New York City
DECEMBER 26 1961
Jay & the Americans record "She Cried" this day
The Belmonts sing "I Need Someone" on "American Bandstand"
DECEMBER 26 1962
Ray Charles is at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
DECEMBER 26 1963
According to many sources Capitol Records in the USA release "I Want
To Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles this day
Little Stevie Wonder arrives in the UK for appearances on TV shows
'Ready Steady Go!' and 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.'
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Acknowledgement for recording session info used goes to Dik de Heer's
"In The Can" website. For more info see
http://members.home.nl/henk.gorter/Itcindex.html
ROGER FORD
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December 26, 1958:
Duane Eddy, Clyde McPhatter, The Solitaires and Moms Mabley all
perform at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York. See Marquee:
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii122/tony_50/duane-apollo2.jpg