+Who's Got A Birthday Today? (DEC 28)+
Roger Ford
mentioned
EARL "FATHA" HINES (1905 Duquesne Pa)
Jazz pianist first rose to fame in 1920's
BILLY WILLIAMS (1910 Waco Tx)
Ex-Charioteer hit I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter
POPS STAPLES (1915 Winoma Ms)
Founder/father figure The Staples Singers rcd 1950's for Vee Jay etc
JOHNNY OTIS (1921 Vallejo Ca)
R&B bandleader/arranger/composer had hand in countless 50's hits
LEONARD "CHICK" CARBO (1927 New Orleans La)
Prominent member of The Spiders of I Did'nt Want To Do It fame
MOE KOFFMAN (1928 Toronto Canada)
Sax player & bandleader big 1958 hit Swinging Shepherd Blues
DORSEY BURNETTE (1932 Memphis Tn)
Bro of Johnny Burnette orig in Rock & Roll Trio later solo hits on Era
YOUNG JESSIE (1936 Lincoln Manor Tx)
R&B vocalist rcd Modern,Atco etc Mary Lou,Hit Git & Split etc
BOBBY COMSTOCK (1943 Ithaca NY)
Vocalist/guitarist rcd Blaze,Atlantic,Lawn etc Let's Stomp hit 1963
....and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us this
day.....
FREDDY KING (1976 Dallas Tx)
Blues vocalist/guitarist 1961 R&B hit Hideaway spearheaded UK R&B boom
DENNIS WILSON (1983 Marina Del Ray Ca)
Founder member & drummer Beach Boys drowned off Ca coast
MAXWELL STREET JIMMY DAVIS (1995 Chicago Il)
Allegedly rcd 1952 for Sam Phillips-sent to Chess but never issued
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
DECEMBER 28 1944
The musical "On The Town" opens this night in New York City.It will
become the first big Broadway success for a young man named Leonard
Bernstein and will spawn the hit song "New York,New York"---and will
later become a smash hit MGM movie
DECEMBER 28 1947
One of the very GREATEST records ever made is laid down this day.
See seperate post
DECEMBER 28 1955
The Platters hit #1 on the R&B chart when "The Great Pretender" knocks
Jay McShann's "Hands Off" from the top spot this day
DECEMBER 28 1956
In Nashville this day The Gladiolas (including Maurice Williams of
"Stay" fame) record the original version of "Little Darlin'".Coupled
with "Sweetheart Please Don't Go" also from this session it is rush
released by Excello in January 1957
Meanwhile down in Memphis Glenn Honeycutt has his third session for
Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Unlike his previous sessions this one
will actually produce recordings that will see light of day---notably
his only Sun single release (in January 1957) "I'll Be Around"/"I'll
Wait Forever" . Various takes of "Rock All Night" sit in the vaults
for decades before eventual release. "Lonely Days" is still sitting
there. Personnel : Glenn Honeycutt (vocals / guitar) ; Roland Janes
(guitar) ;Jimmy Van Eaton (drums) ; Jimmy Wilson (piano); Miller
Sisters (vocal group).
DECEMBER 28 1957
Buddy Holly & The Crickets appear on the "Arthur Murray Dance Party"
show this day
DECEMBER 28 1958
Jane Morgan sings "The Day The Rains Came" and "Fascination" on "The
Ed Sullivan Show"
DECEMBER 28 1959
Frankie Avalon's "Why" becomes the new #1 this day taking over from
Guy Mitchell and "Heartaches By The Number"
Chubby Checker makes an early appearance on "American Bandstand"
DECEMBER 28 1960
James Brown & The Famous Flames headline at the Apollo Theatre in New
York City
Another Fats Domino session at Cosmo's Factory in New Orleans sees all
four tracks are released as Imperial singles-"What A Price"/"Ain't
That Just Like A Woman" plus "Fell In Love On Monday" and ""It Keeps
Rainin'"
Meanwhile in Memphis Elvis Presley's former girlfriend Anita Wood cuts
a session for Sam Phillips at Sun Records that produces the single
"I'll Wait Forever"/"I Can't Show How I Feel" .
Note : her "I'' Wait Forever" is not the same song as the Glenn
Honeycutt number (see 1956 above)
DECEMBER 28 1962
Mary Wells sings "Two Lovers" on "American Bandstand"
At Abbey Road Studios in London,Cliff Richard records "It's All In the
Game" (chosen as a forthcoming Columbia single),the unissued "From
This Day On" and "I Only Have Eyes For You" (released on the Columbia
EP "Love Songs")
DECEMBER 28 1963
Bobby Vee marries 20 year old Karen Bergen at the Holy Rosary Church
in Orchard Lake, Michigan
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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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