+Who's Got A Birthday Today? (NOV 10)+
Roger Ford
mentioned
JANE FROMAN (1907 St Louis Mo)
Wartime American songstress rcd original I Believe in 1953
JOHNNY MARKS (1909 Mount Vernon NY)
Composer wrote "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer"
BILLY MAY (1916 Pittsburgh Pa)
Arranger & bandleader rcd for Capitol backed Sinatra etc
ONIE WHEELER (1921 Senath Mo)
Hillbilly artist rcd for Sun,Columbia Jump Right Out Of This Jukebox
ANNE SHELTON (1923 London UK)
Wartime British songstress scored UK #1 in 1956 Lay Down Your Arms
MOJO BUFORD (1929 Hernando Ms)
Blues harp player worked with Muddy Waters
TOMMY FACENDA (1939 Norfolk Va)
Back up vcls w.Gene Vincent famous for multi versions High School USA
HUBERT LAWS (1939 HHouston Tx)
Jazz flute player rcd Blue Note etc several 50's recordings
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH (1940 Harrow London UK)
Shock/horror star his act rpped off Jay Hawkins,stood in UK elections
KYU SAKAMOTO (1941 Kawasaki Japan)
#1 hit Sukiyaki 1963 later died in Japan Airlines plane crash
.......and here is a lady who said her last goodbye to us this
day.......
CARMEN McRAE (1994 Beverly Hills Ca)
Jazz songstress US hits with Next Time It Happens & Skyliner
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
NOVEMBER 10 1953
The movie "How To Marry a Millionaire" starring Marilyn Monroe,Betty
Grable and Lauren Bacall premieres in New York City
NOVEMBER 10 1954
"Mambo Baby" becomes Ruth Brown's fifth record to reach the R&B #1
spit when it knocks Faye Adams' "Hurts Me To My Heart" from top spot
this day
NOVEMBER 10 1955
In Chicago,Bo Diddley records "Diddy Wah Diddy"/"I'm Looking For A
Woman" chosen as a forthcoming single on Checker in 1956 plus "Dancing
Girl" which finally sees release on his LP "Have Guitar Will Travel"
in 1960
NOVEMBER 10 1956
After a three year absence Billie Holiday returns to the New York City
stage----at Carnegie Hall this day.The concert is hailed a high point
in jazz history
Elsewhere this day Billboard publishes its annual DJ music poll. In
the year that rock 'n' roll truly conquers the world America's main
stream deejays show that they really have their finger on the pulse of
whats happening by voting Kay Starr�s "Rock and Roll Waltz" the year�s
top record.
Marty Robbins has the C&W #1 with "Singing The Blues"
In theatres the movie "Giant" with James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor is
released this day
NOVEMBER 10 1957
On "The Ed Sullivan Show" this night Sarah Vaughan sings "Lucky In
Love" whilst Billy Eckstine performs "If I Can Help Somebody" before
the two come together for the fine duet "Passing Strangers" . Roger
Williams is also on the show and plays "Till"
NOVEMBER 10 1958
Conway Twitty's "It's Only Make Believe" reaches the #1 spot replacing
MGM label mate Tommy Edwards and "It's All In The Game" at the top
Elsewhere a touring Sam Cooke (along with Lou Rawls) is seriously
injured in a car accident in Marion,Arkansas.The other driver is
killed in the smash.
The Four Aces (with "The World Outside") guest on "American Bandstand"
NOVEMBER 10 1959
Ricky Nelson records songs for his Imperial gospel EP "Ricky Sings
Spirituals" this day----"Glory Train" and "I Bowed My Head In Shame".
are waxed whilst the other two songs, "March With the Band of the
Lord" and "If You Believe It" are completed in December
Four days of session work commence for Conway Twitty at Bradley Studio
in Nashville that produce a host of LP tracks including "My Adobe
Hacienda*,"A Huggin' and a Kissin' *,"Star-Spangled Heaven" and others
Fats Domino performs "Be My Guest" on "American Bandstand"
NOVEMBER 10 1960
Jack Scott is at Bell Sound Studio in New York City to record "Is
There Something On Your Mind" and "Found A Woman" for his next Top
Rank single.As usual, the Chantones provide vocal support
Adam Wade performs "In Pursuit Of Happiness" on "American Bandstand"
and the show pays a special musical tribute to the city of Detroit
NOVEMBER 10 1962
On the UK charts Frank Ifield follows up "I Remember You" with a
revival of Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" that hits the top spot this
day unseating the Tornados and "Telstar" from the British #1 slot
NOVEMBER 10 1963
Appearing at The Crawdaddy Club,Richmond,Surrey,England this
night---The Yardbirds with Eric Clapton on guitar
NOVEMBER 10 1969
Twenty years after the record is first issued Gene Autry is this day
presented with a Gold Record for the biggest hit of his long
career----"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer",the huge seasonal hit
penned by Johnny Marks (see above)
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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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