+Who's Got A Birthday Today? (AUG 31)+
Roger Ford
mentioned :
TODD RHODES (1900 Hopkinsville Ky)
Blues pianist led small combo did Freed theme Blues For The Red Boy
ARTHUR GODFREY (1903 New York City NY)
Radio/Tv personality rcd for Columbia biggest 50's hit Dance Me Loose
DIRTY RED (1907 Sumner Ms)
Blues vocalist/guitarist rcd famous "Mother Fuyer" on Aladdin 1947
ALAN JAY LERNER (1918 New York City NY)
Half Lerner & Loewe composing team wrote My Fair Lady,Camelot,Gigi etc
BUDDY HACKETT (1924 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Comedian several 50's records on Coral Chinese Rock & Egg Roll etc
BIG TINY LITTLE (1930 Worthington Mn)
Pianist for Lawrence Welk many 50's records for Brunswick/Coral
DEAN BEARD (1935 Santa Anna Tx)
With group Crew Cats did good rocker Rakin' & Scrapin' on Edmoral
BOBBY PARKER (1937 Lafayette La)
Big R&B hit Watch Your Step 1961 did orig of You Got What It Takes
JERRY ALLISON (1938 Hillsboro Tx)
Drummer w. Holly/Crickets also rcd as Ivan (Real Wild Child) for Coral
,,,,,,,,,,and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us
this day.............
MICKEY HAWKS (1989 location not known USA)
Obscure but collectable r&r artist on Profile label Bip Bop Boom etc
AL TRACE (1993 Scottsdale Az)
Western-tinged orchestra leader #1 hit 1948 You Call Everybody Darlin'
LIONEL HAMPTON (2002 New York City NY)
Jazz vibraphonist led own band several 40's hits Hey Ba Ba Re Bop etc
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
AUGUST 31 1928
"The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigoschenoper)" with music by Kurt Weill
(that will ultimately begat "Mack The Knife") is premiered in Berlin
this day with Lotte Lenya headlining the cast
AUGUST 31 1939
Frank Sinatra records "All Or Nothing At All" with the Harry James
Band. The tune will bomb---until it is reissued four years later after
Sinatra has become much more recognized---when it becomes a major hit
AUGUST 31 1950
Hank Williams records "Moanin' the Blues"
AUGUST 31 1951
Deutsche Grammophon in Germany launch the first 33rpm long playing
record seen on this side of the pond on this day
AUGUST 31 1952
The De Marco Sisters guest on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show
AUGUST 31 1955
A London Judge fines one Sidney Adams Turner �3 10s for "creating an
abominable noise". The charge is that Sidney threatened his neighbours
shouting "I will drive you mad"----and then proceeded to play "Shake
Rattle And Roll' by Bill Haley & His Comets at full volume for two and
a half hours
AUGUST 31 1956
In an event not witnessed before---or since---the first THIRTEEN
places on the British pop chart (as published by NME) are taken up by
American artists. No British artist appears until #14.
For the record here is that chart :-
1. Whatever Will Be Will Be Doris Day
2. Why Do Fools Fall In Love Teenagers
3. Walk Hand In Hand Tony Martin
4. Sweet Old Fashioned Girl Teresa Brewer
5. Rockin' Thru The Rye Bill Haley
5. Mountain Greenery Mel Torme
7. Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley
8. Serenade Slim Whitman
9. I*'ll Be Home Pat Boone
10. Saints Rock & Roll Bill Haley
11. The Wayward Wind Tex Ritter
12. I'm In Love Again Fats Domino
13. Born To be With You Chordettes
14. Lay Down Your Arms Anne Shelton
AUGUST 31 1957
In the UK chart the biggest selling American record of the 1950's in
Britain (after "Rock Around The Clock")----and no it is NOT by
Elvis----makes it to #1 where it will stay for no less than 9 weeks.
As Diana" by Paul Anka replaces Elvis and "All Shook Up" as the new
British #1 single. (see entry for 1997)
AUGUST 1958
Anita Bryant (appearing as Miss Oklahoma from the Miss America
Pageant) appears on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
AUGUST 31 1960
In Nashville this day Brenda Lee wraps up her current session for
Decca with a spirited "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" (with a memorable
sax solo by Boots Randolph) plus "Walkin' To New Orleans" and
"Hallelujah I Love Him So" (which all appear on the "This Is Brenda"
LP) and also "I'm In The Mood For Love" (for the "Emotions" LP)
The Olympics sing "Shimmy Like Kate" on "American Bandstand"
AUGUST 31 1962
Murray the K hosts the annual Labor Day rock and roll show at the
Brooklyn Fox Theater. Appearing are Ben E. King,The Shirelles,Chuck
Jackson,The Ronettes,Bobby Vinton,The Dovells,Dee Dee Sharp,The
Capris,Tommy Roe,The Marvelettes,The Del Satins,The Majors,Little Eva
and Tony Orlando. The show will run for ten days.
Fabian is paid $2500 for one performance at the Convention Hall in
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Jocko's Rocket Ship Revue at the Apollo theater is headlined by Don
Gardner and Dee Dee Ford. Other artists include Gary U.S. Bonds, The
Contours,The Impressions,Barbara Lynn and the Dreamlovers.
AUGUST 31 1963
The Angels depose Little Stevie Wonder and "Fingertips-Part 2" in the
#1 slot as "My Boyfiends Back" assumes the position of new best
selling single
AUGUST 31 1976
A judge rules that George Harrison is guilty of copying from the song
"He�s So Fine"---a 1963 #1 hit for The Chiffons.The judge goes on to
say that the chorus to Harrison�s "My Sweet Lord" is identical to
"He�s So Fine". Eventually (appeals will go on for about five years)
this fiasco will cost the former Beatle over half a million dollars.
AUGUST 31 1997
Exactly 40 years TO THE DAY after Paul Anka's "Diana" first tops the
UK charts the current most famous bearer of that name in the
world---Princess Diana---is killed in a Paris automobile accident this
day in 1997
AUGUST 31 2008
In the Semi Final Round of the 1955 Singles Battle on here Little
Richard beats Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame" 24-9 whilst Chuck Berry
beats The Cadillacs' "Speedoo" by the same margin to set up a
spectacular "Tutti-Frutti" v. "Maybellene" Grand Final
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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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