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==Who's Got A Birthday Today? (OCTOBER 20)==
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Roger Ford
Oct 20, 2012, 1:53:53 AM10/20/12
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These are today's Birthday people....born October 20 in the years
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JOHNNY MOORE (1906 Austin Tx)
R&B gtr/vcl formed 3 Blazers several 40's R&B hits Driftin' Blues etc
STUART HAMBLEN (1908 Keenyville Tx)
Wrote This Ole House,It Is No Secret etc ran for US Prez in 1952
GRANDPA JONES (1913 Niagra Ky)
C&W comedy vocalist/banjo rcd King,Decca etc rcd Dark as A Dungeon
TOM DOWD (1925 New York City NY)
Engineer at Atlantic rcd Ray Charles,Drifters,Coasters,Darin,Coltrane
EDDIE HARRIS (1934 Chicago Il)
Jazz tenor sax man rcd for Vee Jay etc hits with Exodus,Moon River etc
WANDA JACKSON (1937 Maud Ok)
Country thrush also rcd a heap of hot r&r Lets Have A Party etc
JAY SIEGEL (1939 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Member of The Tokens of The Lion Sleeps Tonight fame
KATHY KIRBY (1940 Ilford Essex UK)
British songstress had early 60's hits Secret Love,Let me Go Lover etc
OTIS WILLIAMS (1941 Texarkana Tx)
Not to be confused with Charms guy this is Otis W of the Temptations
............and here is a guy who said his last goodbye to us this
day........
MERLE TRAVIS (1983 Tahlequah Ok)
C&W performer/songwriter biggest penned hit Sixteen Tons
****************************************************************************************
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 20 1945
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart is "It's Been A Long Long
Time" in versions by both Harry James and Bing Crosby
OCTOBER 20 1951
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart are "Down Yonder" Joe
"Fingers" Carr,"Down Yonder" Freddy Martin and "Hey Good Lookin'"
Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine. New on the Folk (c&w) chart is "Down
Yonder" Del Wood. New on the R&B chart is "Seven Long Days"
Charles Brown
OCTOBER 20 1954
LaVern Baker records "Tweedle Dee" for Atlantic in New York City
OCTOBER 20 1955
Perhaps the most famous calypso song---and almost certainly the most
remembered today---is recorded this day in the RCA Victor studios.
Revamping Edric Connor's 1954 UK recorded "Day De Light",New York
City's own Harry Belafonte records the song first known simply as
"Day-O" when it subsequently appears on his massive selling 1956 LP
"Calypso" .However in December 1956 when RCA finally succumb to
public pressure and release the song as a single the title is changed
to to the more familiar "Banana Boat (Day-O)"
Meanwhile in Cleveland at Brooklyn High School auditorium,the rising
young star Elvis Presley plays a concert on the same bill as the much
more famous Bill Haley & His Comets
OCTOBER 20 1956
New on the Billboard Top 100 are "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley,
"Cindy Oh Cindy" Eddie Fisher,"Garden Of Eden" Joe Valino,"Jamaica
Farewell" Harry Belafonte,"You Can't Run Away From It" Four Aces,
"City Of Angels" Highlights,"It's Yours" DeCastro Sisters,"The ABC's
Of Love" Frankie Lymon & Teenagers,"Giant" Les Baxter,"Love In A
Home" Doris Day,"Julie" Doris Day,"Giant" Jack Pleis,"Teenage
Goodnight" Chordettes and "Race With The Devil" Gene Vincent.New
on the C&W chart is "Wicked Lies" Carl Smith. New on the R&B chart
are "Lonely Avenue" Ray Charles and "The ABC's Of Love" Frankie
Lymon & Teenagers
Held up for UK release Frankie Laine's version of "A Woman In Love"
(from "Guys And Dolls") replaces Anne Shelton's "Lay Down Your Arms"
as the UK #1 record
OCTOBER 20 1957
Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones perform "Black Slacks" on "The Ed
Sullivan Show". The Mills Brothers and Georgia Gibbs also appear
OCTOBER 20 1958
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps continue their sessions at the Capitol
Tower in Hollywood, This day they record "I Might Have Known"and
"My Baby Don't 'Low" for the LP "Sounds Like Gene Vincent" (Capitol T
1207, May 1959).,Personnel : Johnny Meeks (lead guitar) ; Grady Owen
(bass guitar) ; Cliff Simmons (piano) ;Jackie Kelso (tenor sax) ; Plas
Johnson (baritone sax) ;Clyde Pennington (drums).Produced by Ken
Nelson at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood.
New on the Billboard Hot Hundred are "Poor Boy" Royaltones,"A Lovers
Question" Clyde McPhatter,"My Lucky Love" Doug Franklin,"Please Love
Me Forever" Tommy Edwards,"Lonesome Town" Ricky Nelson,"What Do
I Care" Johnny Cash,"Paris" Perez Prado,"Cimarron" Billy Vaughn and
"Jealous Heart" Tab Hunter. "City Lights" by Ray Price sits at #1 on
the C&W chart while "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day is the #1 on the R&B
chart.
The Four Jays guest on "American Bandstand"
OCTOBER 20 1959
The Flamingos record six tracks in New York City.Five of these are
released on a 45: "I Was Such A Fool"/"Heavenly Angel" (End 1062,
January 1960), "You, Me and the Sea" (End 1068), "Mio Amore"
(End 1073), and "Dream Girl" (End 1092, B-side of "Time Was", June
1961)."Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" ends up on the LP "Flamingos Favorites"
(End LP 307)
Sonny James records a new single "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever
Know"/"'Til Tomorrow" (Capitol 4307, November). Also recorded is "Till
the Last Leaf Shall Fall", which is first released in 2002 on the 6-CD
set "Young Love, 1952-62" (Bear Family BCD 16373).Personnel :
Hubbard Atwood, Tommy Tedesco (guitars) ; Marty Corb (bass) ;Pete
Jolly (piano) ; Roy Harte (drums) ; The Jack Halloran Singers (vocal
chorus). Plus a violin section.Produced by Ken Nelson at the Capitol
Tower in Hollywood.
OCTOBER 20 1962
Bobby Pickett & the Crypt Kickers' "Monster Mash" reaches the #1 spot
on the Billboard Hot Hundred deposing "Sherry" by The Four Seasons.
New on the chart are "Big Girls Don't Cry" Four Seasons,"Return To
Sender" Elvis Presley,"The Alley Cat Song" David Thorne,"My Own True
Love" Duprees,"Ride" Dee Dee Sharp,"That Stranger Used To Be My
Girl" Trade Martin,"Bobby's Girl" Marcie Blane,"Mama Sang A Song"
Walter Brennan,"Don't Ask Me To Be Friends" Everly Brothers,"Limbo
Dance" Champs."Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" Marvin Gaye,"Untie Me"
and "Don't Ever Leave Me" Bob & Earl.On the R&B chart The Contours
and "Do You Love Me" takes over at #1 from "Green Onions" Booker T
& MG's. New entries are "He's A Rebel" Crystals,"Nothing Can Change
This Love" Sam Cooke,"Untie Me" Tams and "You Can't Judge A Book
By The Cover" Bo Diddley. New on the C&W chart is "The Burning Of
Atlanta" Claude King.On the album chart Peter Paul and Mary hit No.1
this day with their self- titled debut album.
OCTOBER 20 1962
Irving Berlin's last show "Mr President" opens on Broadway. It is a
total box office disaster and never makes it across the Atlantic
OCTOBER 20 1963
"The Ed Sullivan Show" this night has a distinctly British flavor as
the bill includes Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Frank Ifield.
Jolly what!
****************************************************************************************
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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mentioned
JOHNNY MOORE (1906 Austin Tx)
R&B gtr/vcl formed 3 Blazers several 40's R&B hits Driftin' Blues etc
STUART HAMBLEN (1908 Keenyville Tx)
Wrote This Ole House,It Is No Secret etc ran for US Prez in 1952
GRANDPA JONES (1913 Niagra Ky)
C&W comedy vocalist/banjo rcd King,Decca etc rcd Dark as A Dungeon
TOM DOWD (1925 New York City NY)
Engineer at Atlantic rcd Ray Charles,Drifters,Coasters,Darin,Coltrane
EDDIE HARRIS (1934 Chicago Il)
Jazz tenor sax man rcd for Vee Jay etc hits with Exodus,Moon River etc
WANDA JACKSON (1937 Maud Ok)
Country thrush also rcd a heap of hot r&r Lets Have A Party etc
JAY SIEGEL (1939 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Member of The Tokens of The Lion Sleeps Tonight fame
KATHY KIRBY (1940 Ilford Essex UK)
British songstress had early 60's hits Secret Love,Let me Go Lover etc
OTIS WILLIAMS (1941 Texarkana Tx)
Not to be confused with Charms guy this is Otis W of the Temptations
............and here is a guy who said his last goodbye to us this
day........
MERLE TRAVIS (1983 Tahlequah Ok)
C&W performer/songwriter biggest penned hit Sixteen Tons
****************************************************************************************
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 20 1945
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart is "It's Been A Long Long
Time" in versions by both Harry James and Bing Crosby
OCTOBER 20 1951
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart are "Down Yonder" Joe
"Fingers" Carr,"Down Yonder" Freddy Martin and "Hey Good Lookin'"
Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine. New on the Folk (c&w) chart is "Down
Yonder" Del Wood. New on the R&B chart is "Seven Long Days"
Charles Brown
OCTOBER 20 1954
LaVern Baker records "Tweedle Dee" for Atlantic in New York City
OCTOBER 20 1955
Perhaps the most famous calypso song---and almost certainly the most
remembered today---is recorded this day in the RCA Victor studios.
Revamping Edric Connor's 1954 UK recorded "Day De Light",New York
City's own Harry Belafonte records the song first known simply as
"Day-O" when it subsequently appears on his massive selling 1956 LP
"Calypso" .However in December 1956 when RCA finally succumb to
public pressure and release the song as a single the title is changed
to to the more familiar "Banana Boat (Day-O)"
Meanwhile in Cleveland at Brooklyn High School auditorium,the rising
young star Elvis Presley plays a concert on the same bill as the much
more famous Bill Haley & His Comets
OCTOBER 20 1956
New on the Billboard Top 100 are "Love Me Tender" Elvis Presley,
"Cindy Oh Cindy" Eddie Fisher,"Garden Of Eden" Joe Valino,"Jamaica
Farewell" Harry Belafonte,"You Can't Run Away From It" Four Aces,
"City Of Angels" Highlights,"It's Yours" DeCastro Sisters,"The ABC's
Of Love" Frankie Lymon & Teenagers,"Giant" Les Baxter,"Love In A
Home" Doris Day,"Julie" Doris Day,"Giant" Jack Pleis,"Teenage
Goodnight" Chordettes and "Race With The Devil" Gene Vincent.New
on the C&W chart is "Wicked Lies" Carl Smith. New on the R&B chart
are "Lonely Avenue" Ray Charles and "The ABC's Of Love" Frankie
Lymon & Teenagers
Held up for UK release Frankie Laine's version of "A Woman In Love"
(from "Guys And Dolls") replaces Anne Shelton's "Lay Down Your Arms"
as the UK #1 record
OCTOBER 20 1957
Joe Bennett & The Sparkletones perform "Black Slacks" on "The Ed
Sullivan Show". The Mills Brothers and Georgia Gibbs also appear
OCTOBER 20 1958
Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps continue their sessions at the Capitol
Tower in Hollywood, This day they record "I Might Have Known"and
"My Baby Don't 'Low" for the LP "Sounds Like Gene Vincent" (Capitol T
1207, May 1959).,Personnel : Johnny Meeks (lead guitar) ; Grady Owen
(bass guitar) ; Cliff Simmons (piano) ;Jackie Kelso (tenor sax) ; Plas
Johnson (baritone sax) ;Clyde Pennington (drums).Produced by Ken
Nelson at the Capitol Tower in Hollywood.
New on the Billboard Hot Hundred are "Poor Boy" Royaltones,"A Lovers
Question" Clyde McPhatter,"My Lucky Love" Doug Franklin,"Please Love
Me Forever" Tommy Edwards,"Lonesome Town" Ricky Nelson,"What Do
I Care" Johnny Cash,"Paris" Perez Prado,"Cimarron" Billy Vaughn and
"Jealous Heart" Tab Hunter. "City Lights" by Ray Price sits at #1 on
the C&W chart while "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day is the #1 on the R&B
chart.
The Four Jays guest on "American Bandstand"
OCTOBER 20 1959
The Flamingos record six tracks in New York City.Five of these are
released on a 45: "I Was Such A Fool"/"Heavenly Angel" (End 1062,
January 1960), "You, Me and the Sea" (End 1068), "Mio Amore"
(End 1073), and "Dream Girl" (End 1092, B-side of "Time Was", June
1961)."Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" ends up on the LP "Flamingos Favorites"
(End LP 307)
Sonny James records a new single "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever
Know"/"'Til Tomorrow" (Capitol 4307, November). Also recorded is "Till
the Last Leaf Shall Fall", which is first released in 2002 on the 6-CD
set "Young Love, 1952-62" (Bear Family BCD 16373).Personnel :
Hubbard Atwood, Tommy Tedesco (guitars) ; Marty Corb (bass) ;Pete
Jolly (piano) ; Roy Harte (drums) ; The Jack Halloran Singers (vocal
chorus). Plus a violin section.Produced by Ken Nelson at the Capitol
Tower in Hollywood.
OCTOBER 20 1962
Bobby Pickett & the Crypt Kickers' "Monster Mash" reaches the #1 spot
on the Billboard Hot Hundred deposing "Sherry" by The Four Seasons.
New on the chart are "Big Girls Don't Cry" Four Seasons,"Return To
Sender" Elvis Presley,"The Alley Cat Song" David Thorne,"My Own True
Love" Duprees,"Ride" Dee Dee Sharp,"That Stranger Used To Be My
Girl" Trade Martin,"Bobby's Girl" Marcie Blane,"Mama Sang A Song"
Walter Brennan,"Don't Ask Me To Be Friends" Everly Brothers,"Limbo
Dance" Champs."Stubborn Kind Of Fellow" Marvin Gaye,"Untie Me"
and "Don't Ever Leave Me" Bob & Earl.On the R&B chart The Contours
and "Do You Love Me" takes over at #1 from "Green Onions" Booker T
& MG's. New entries are "He's A Rebel" Crystals,"Nothing Can Change
This Love" Sam Cooke,"Untie Me" Tams and "You Can't Judge A Book
By The Cover" Bo Diddley. New on the C&W chart is "The Burning Of
Atlanta" Claude King.On the album chart Peter Paul and Mary hit No.1
this day with their self- titled debut album.
OCTOBER 20 1962
Irving Berlin's last show "Mr President" opens on Broadway. It is a
total box office disaster and never makes it across the Atlantic
OCTOBER 20 1963
"The Ed Sullivan Show" this night has a distinctly British flavor as
the bill includes Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Frank Ifield.
Jolly what!
****************************************************************************************
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
-----------------------
"Spam Free Zone" - to combat unwanted automatic spamming I have added
an extra "b" in my e-mail address (mari...@bblueyonder.co.uk).
Please delete same before responding.Thank you!
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