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Roger Ford
May 21, 2013, 7:57:15 AM5/21/13
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These are today's Birthday people....born May 21 in the years
mentioned :
FATS WALLER (1904 New York City NY)
Influential vocalist/pianist many hits Ain't Misbehavin etc
DENNIS DAY (1917 New York City NY)
Singer with Jack Benny on radio then TV.Recorded into the 50's
HENRY GLOVER (1921 Hot Springs Ar)
Arranger producer A&R man songwriter Drown In My Own Tears etc
RONALD ISLEY (1941 Cincinatti Oh)
Member Isley Brothers R&B group of Shout and Twist & Shout fame
MARCIE BLANE (1944 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Pop singer big hit Bobby's Girl 1962
.........and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day
VAUGHN MONROE (1973 Stuart Fl)
Popular 40's bandleader/vcl biggest hits Ballerina,Riders In The Sky
MORRIS LEVY (1990 Ghent NY)
Very powerful music biz figure owned Roulette etc patron of Alan Freed
***********************************************************************************
EVENTS OF THE DAY
MAY 21 1949
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart are "Again" Doris Day and
"Bali H'ai" Perry Como.New on the Race (R&B) chart is "Pot Likker"
Todd Rhodes.On the Folk (C&W) chart Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues"
returns to the #1 spot. New entries include "The Echo Of Your
Footsteps" Eddy Arnold,"Wedding Bells" Hank Williams and "Candy
Kisses" Bud Hobbs
MAY 21 1950
Vic Damone guests on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show
MAY 21 1955
Recommended to Leonard Chess by Muddy Waters,newcomer Chuck Berry
has his very first recording session at the Chess studio in Chicago
supervised by Leonard Chess. "Maybellene"/"Wee Wee Hours" is released
on Chess 1604 in July. Personnel : Chuck Berry (vocals,guitar); Johnny
Johnson (piano) ; Willie Dixon (bass) ; Jasper Thomas (drums) ; Jerome
Green (maracas)
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart are "Hey Mr Banjo"
Sunnysiders and "Heart" Eddie Fisher. On the R&B chart Roy Hamilton
takes over the #1 spot with "Unchained Melody" deposing Little Walter
and "My Babe". New is "This Is My Story" Gene & Eunice.
MAY 21 1956
A session by The Dells results in the single "Oh What A Nite"/"Jo-Jo"
(Vee-Jay 204, September). Also recorded at this session is "Now I
Pray", which is first released on the LP "Breezy Ballads And Tender
Tunes" (Solid Smoke SS-8029) in 1984.
MAY 21 1957
Ferlin Husky waxes the single "A Fallen Star"/"Prize Possession"
(Capitol 3742, June), which will give him his second pop hit, after
"Gone".Produced by Ken Nelson at Bradley Studio in Nashville.
MAY 21 1958
Billy Riley breaks away from Sun (temporarily) and does a one-
off session for Brunswick at Bradley Studio in Nashville. "Rockin'
On The Moon"/"Is That All To The Ball (Mr. Hall)" is released on
Brunswick 55085 in August."Spook" and "Tranquillizer" (possibly
instrumentals) from this session have never been issued.Personnel :
Billy Riley (vocals / guitar) ; Pat O'Neil (bass) ; Martin Willis sax)
Jimmy Wilson (piano) ; Jimmy Van Eaton (drums). Produced by
Owen Bradley.
Also in Nashville The Morgan Twins Jim and Bob, record material for
two singles at the RCA Victor studio : "TV Hop"/"This Feelin's
Bound To Be Love" (RCA 7300, July) and "Let's Get Goin'"/"While
It Lasted" (RCA 7373, October).Personnel : Chet Atkins (guitar /
producer) ; Hank Garland, Velma Smith (guitars) ; Bob Moore (bass) ;
Floyd Cramer (piano) ; Buddy Harman (drums).
Jim Lowe sings "The Green Door" and "Wicked Woman" on
"American Bandstand"
MAY 21 1959
"Gypsy" a musical based on the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee,
opens on Broadway this day. Ethel Merman plays Gypsy�s mother,
Rose, who pushes her two daughters into burlesque. With music by
Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim the show will spawn
several hits,the biggest of which will be "Small World" by Johnny
Mathis
The Fantastics are a five-man vocal group who record for RCA Victor.
The rocker "Millionaire Hobo" is coupled with the doo-wop song
"There Goes My Love" for release on RCA 7572 in August). "This Is
My Wedding Day" comes out on RCA 7664 in December. A fourth
track, "Drumbeat",is eventually issued as a single in 1990 (Park
Avenue 2).Personnel : William 'Sonny' Forrest, Sammy Strain, Billy
Sutton, Fred Warner, Wilber Lawrence (vocals) ; King Curtis (tenor
sax) ; Haywood Henry (baritone sax) ; Allen Hanlon, George Barnes
(guitars) ; Jack Lesberg (bass) ; Hutch Davie (piano) ; Joe Marshall,
Bunny Shawker (drums).Produced by Charles Grean in New York City.
Moon Mullican does a session for Decca at Bradley Studio in Nashville,
resulting in the single "Cush-Cush Ky-Yay"/"The Writing On The Wall"
(Decca 30962, August). A third track, "The Wedding Of the Bugs",
is first released on the LP "Sweet Rockin' Music" (Charly CR 30231,
UK) in 1984.Personnel : Moon Mullican (vocals / piano) ; Hank Garland,
Grady Martin,Harold Bradley (guitars) ; Bob Moore (bass) ; Unknown
(banjo) ; Buddy Harman (drums). Plus a 4-piece male chorus.
Produced by Owen Bradley.
Harvey Fuqua sings "I Want Somebody" on "American Bandstand"
MAY 21 1960
Neil Sedaka sings "Stairway to Heaven" on Dick Clark's Saturday Night
Beechnut TV Show. Other guests are Jimmy Clanton ("Another Sleepless
Night"),Kitty Kallen ("Make Love to Me"),Mark Dinning ("A Star is
Born") and The Sentimentals
MAY 21 1961
Jerry Lewis,Sandy Stewart and Phil Harris guest on "The Ed Sullivan
Show"
MAY 21 1962
Johnny Hallyday records his second US single, "Caravan Of Lonely
Men"/"Hey Little Girl" (Phillips 40043,June). Also recorded at this
session is a French version of "Don't Play That Song" : "Pas Cette
Chanson" (Philips 432799, France,EP). Another track from this EP, a
French-language version of "Hey Baby" is laid down in late May, along
with 11 other tracks (most of them unissued). The only two non-French
tracks from this second May session,"King For Tonight" and "I Need A
Whole Lotta You" were first issued on a Bear Family LP (BFX 15316) in
1990. Produced by Shelby Singleton at Columbia Studio in Nashville
MAY 21 1963
On stage in Detroit this day Motown Records captures the sound of a
new young singer in person----recording an exciting live version of
his song "Fingertips"----that will introduce Little Stevie Wonder to
the #1 chart spot for the first of many visits there
********************************************************************************
Acknowledgement for recording session info used in this series 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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mentioned :
FATS WALLER (1904 New York City NY)
Influential vocalist/pianist many hits Ain't Misbehavin etc
DENNIS DAY (1917 New York City NY)
Singer with Jack Benny on radio then TV.Recorded into the 50's
HENRY GLOVER (1921 Hot Springs Ar)
Arranger producer A&R man songwriter Drown In My Own Tears etc
RONALD ISLEY (1941 Cincinatti Oh)
Member Isley Brothers R&B group of Shout and Twist & Shout fame
MARCIE BLANE (1944 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Pop singer big hit Bobby's Girl 1962
.........and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day
VAUGHN MONROE (1973 Stuart Fl)
Popular 40's bandleader/vcl biggest hits Ballerina,Riders In The Sky
MORRIS LEVY (1990 Ghent NY)
Very powerful music biz figure owned Roulette etc patron of Alan Freed
***********************************************************************************
EVENTS OF THE DAY
MAY 21 1949
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart are "Again" Doris Day and
"Bali H'ai" Perry Como.New on the Race (R&B) chart is "Pot Likker"
Todd Rhodes.On the Folk (C&W) chart Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues"
returns to the #1 spot. New entries include "The Echo Of Your
Footsteps" Eddy Arnold,"Wedding Bells" Hank Williams and "Candy
Kisses" Bud Hobbs
MAY 21 1950
Vic Damone guests on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show
MAY 21 1955
Recommended to Leonard Chess by Muddy Waters,newcomer Chuck Berry
has his very first recording session at the Chess studio in Chicago
supervised by Leonard Chess. "Maybellene"/"Wee Wee Hours" is released
on Chess 1604 in July. Personnel : Chuck Berry (vocals,guitar); Johnny
Johnson (piano) ; Willie Dixon (bass) ; Jasper Thomas (drums) ; Jerome
Green (maracas)
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart are "Hey Mr Banjo"
Sunnysiders and "Heart" Eddie Fisher. On the R&B chart Roy Hamilton
takes over the #1 spot with "Unchained Melody" deposing Little Walter
and "My Babe". New is "This Is My Story" Gene & Eunice.
MAY 21 1956
A session by The Dells results in the single "Oh What A Nite"/"Jo-Jo"
(Vee-Jay 204, September). Also recorded at this session is "Now I
Pray", which is first released on the LP "Breezy Ballads And Tender
Tunes" (Solid Smoke SS-8029) in 1984.
MAY 21 1957
Ferlin Husky waxes the single "A Fallen Star"/"Prize Possession"
(Capitol 3742, June), which will give him his second pop hit, after
"Gone".Produced by Ken Nelson at Bradley Studio in Nashville.
MAY 21 1958
Billy Riley breaks away from Sun (temporarily) and does a one-
off session for Brunswick at Bradley Studio in Nashville. "Rockin'
On The Moon"/"Is That All To The Ball (Mr. Hall)" is released on
Brunswick 55085 in August."Spook" and "Tranquillizer" (possibly
instrumentals) from this session have never been issued.Personnel :
Billy Riley (vocals / guitar) ; Pat O'Neil (bass) ; Martin Willis sax)
Jimmy Wilson (piano) ; Jimmy Van Eaton (drums). Produced by
Owen Bradley.
Also in Nashville The Morgan Twins Jim and Bob, record material for
two singles at the RCA Victor studio : "TV Hop"/"This Feelin's
Bound To Be Love" (RCA 7300, July) and "Let's Get Goin'"/"While
It Lasted" (RCA 7373, October).Personnel : Chet Atkins (guitar /
producer) ; Hank Garland, Velma Smith (guitars) ; Bob Moore (bass) ;
Floyd Cramer (piano) ; Buddy Harman (drums).
Jim Lowe sings "The Green Door" and "Wicked Woman" on
"American Bandstand"
MAY 21 1959
"Gypsy" a musical based on the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee,
opens on Broadway this day. Ethel Merman plays Gypsy�s mother,
Rose, who pushes her two daughters into burlesque. With music by
Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim the show will spawn
several hits,the biggest of which will be "Small World" by Johnny
Mathis
The Fantastics are a five-man vocal group who record for RCA Victor.
The rocker "Millionaire Hobo" is coupled with the doo-wop song
"There Goes My Love" for release on RCA 7572 in August). "This Is
My Wedding Day" comes out on RCA 7664 in December. A fourth
track, "Drumbeat",is eventually issued as a single in 1990 (Park
Avenue 2).Personnel : William 'Sonny' Forrest, Sammy Strain, Billy
Sutton, Fred Warner, Wilber Lawrence (vocals) ; King Curtis (tenor
sax) ; Haywood Henry (baritone sax) ; Allen Hanlon, George Barnes
(guitars) ; Jack Lesberg (bass) ; Hutch Davie (piano) ; Joe Marshall,
Bunny Shawker (drums).Produced by Charles Grean in New York City.
Moon Mullican does a session for Decca at Bradley Studio in Nashville,
resulting in the single "Cush-Cush Ky-Yay"/"The Writing On The Wall"
(Decca 30962, August). A third track, "The Wedding Of the Bugs",
is first released on the LP "Sweet Rockin' Music" (Charly CR 30231,
UK) in 1984.Personnel : Moon Mullican (vocals / piano) ; Hank Garland,
Grady Martin,Harold Bradley (guitars) ; Bob Moore (bass) ; Unknown
(banjo) ; Buddy Harman (drums). Plus a 4-piece male chorus.
Produced by Owen Bradley.
Harvey Fuqua sings "I Want Somebody" on "American Bandstand"
MAY 21 1960
Neil Sedaka sings "Stairway to Heaven" on Dick Clark's Saturday Night
Beechnut TV Show. Other guests are Jimmy Clanton ("Another Sleepless
Night"),Kitty Kallen ("Make Love to Me"),Mark Dinning ("A Star is
Born") and The Sentimentals
MAY 21 1961
Jerry Lewis,Sandy Stewart and Phil Harris guest on "The Ed Sullivan
Show"
MAY 21 1962
Johnny Hallyday records his second US single, "Caravan Of Lonely
Men"/"Hey Little Girl" (Phillips 40043,June). Also recorded at this
session is a French version of "Don't Play That Song" : "Pas Cette
Chanson" (Philips 432799, France,EP). Another track from this EP, a
French-language version of "Hey Baby" is laid down in late May, along
with 11 other tracks (most of them unissued). The only two non-French
tracks from this second May session,"King For Tonight" and "I Need A
Whole Lotta You" were first issued on a Bear Family LP (BFX 15316) in
1990. Produced by Shelby Singleton at Columbia Studio in Nashville
MAY 21 1963
On stage in Detroit this day Motown Records captures the sound of a
new young singer in person----recording an exciting live version of
his song "Fingertips"----that will introduce Little Stevie Wonder to
the #1 chart spot for the first of many visits there
********************************************************************************
Acknowledgement for recording session info used in this series 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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Roger Ford
May 21, 2013, 8:16:00 AM5/21/13
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On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:15 GMT, mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
>EVENTS OF THE DAY
will be an undoubted highlight of the forthcoming "DYNAMIC DEBUTS"
battle that will feature a debut song (as commercially released at the
time) from a whole host of names who first recorded in our time period
and either did well on the Billboard charts and/or in the various
Singles Battles we ran on here.
Lots of numbers will feature that have NEVER appeared in any previous
contests!
Ford) wrote:
>EVENTS OF THE DAY
>
>Recommended to Leonard Chess by Muddy Waters,newcomer Chuck Berry
>has his very first recording session at the Chess studio in Chicago
>supervised by Leonard Chess. "Maybellene"/"Wee Wee Hours" is released
>on Chess 1604 in July. Personnel : Chuck Berry (vocals,guitar); Johnny
>Johnson (piano) ; Willie Dixon (bass) ; Jasper Thomas (drums) ; Jerome
>Green (maracas)
>
What better day to remind everyone that Chuck Berry's "Maybellene"
>Recommended to Leonard Chess by Muddy Waters,newcomer Chuck Berry
>has his very first recording session at the Chess studio in Chicago
>supervised by Leonard Chess. "Maybellene"/"Wee Wee Hours" is released
>on Chess 1604 in July. Personnel : Chuck Berry (vocals,guitar); Johnny
>Johnson (piano) ; Willie Dixon (bass) ; Jasper Thomas (drums) ; Jerome
>Green (maracas)
>
will be an undoubted highlight of the forthcoming "DYNAMIC DEBUTS"
battle that will feature a debut song (as commercially released at the
time) from a whole host of names who first recorded in our time period
and either did well on the Billboard charts and/or in the various
Singles Battles we ran on here.
Lots of numbers will feature that have NEVER appeared in any previous
contests!
Roger Ford
May 21, 2013, 8:16:44 AM5/21/13
to
On Tue, 21 May 2013 11:57:15 GMT, mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk (Roger
Ford) wrote:
>EVENTS OF THE DAY
>
Ford) wrote:
>EVENTS OF THE DAY
>
>Recommended to Leonard Chess by Muddy Waters,newcomer Chuck Berry
>has his very first recording session at the Chess studio in Chicago
>supervised by Leonard Chess. "Maybellene"/"Wee Wee Hours" is released
>on Chess 1604 in July. Personnel : Chuck Berry (vocals,guitar); Johnny
>Johnson (piano) ; Willie Dixon (bass) ; Jasper Thomas (drums) ; Jerome
>Green (maracas)
>
>has his very first recording session at the Chess studio in Chicago
>supervised by Leonard Chess. "Maybellene"/"Wee Wee Hours" is released
>on Chess 1604 in July. Personnel : Chuck Berry (vocals,guitar); Johnny
>Johnson (piano) ; Willie Dixon (bass) ; Jasper Thomas (drums) ; Jerome
>Green (maracas)
>
What better day to remind everyone that Chuck Berry's "Maybellene"
will be an undoubted highlight of the forthcoming "DYNAMIC DEBUTS"
battle that will feature a debut song (as commercially released at the
time) from a whole host of names who first recorded in our time period
and either did well on the Billboard charts and/or in the various
Singles Battles we ran on here.
Lots of numbers will feature that have NEVER appeared in any previous
contests!
will be an undoubted highlight of the forthcoming "DYNAMIC DEBUTS"
battle that will feature a debut song (as commercially released at the
time) from a whole host of names who first recorded in our time period
and either did well on the Billboard charts and/or in the various
Singles Battles we ran on here.
Lots of numbers will feature that have NEVER appeared in any previous
contests!
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