+Who's Got A Birthday Today? (DEC 29)+
Roger Ford
mentioned
JOE COOK (1922 Philadelphia Pa)
Lead singer of Little Joe & Thrillers #22 with Peanuts 1957
BERNARD CRIBBINS (1929 Oldham Lancs UK)
Movie/TV comedy star hits incl Right Said Fred,Hole In The Ground etc
MATT MURPHY (1929 Sunflower,Ms)
Famous for his work with Memphis Slim also backed many other stars
VIRGIL JOHNSON (1935 Cameron Tx)
Lead The Velvets of Tonight (Could Be The Night) fame
EDWIN BRUCE (1940 Keiser Ar)
Second string Sun artist did Rock Boppin' Baby later rcd as Ed Bruce
JERRY SUMMERS (1942 Philadelphia Pa)
Member of The Dovells of Bristol Stomp fame
..........and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us
this day.........
IRVING SPICE (1980 New York City NY)
Owner of the Mohawk label in New York City
MARION KEISKER (1989 Memphis Tn)
Sam Phillips assistant at Sun first person there to meet Elvis Presley
GOREE CARTER (1990 Houston Tx)
Blues vcl/gtr influenced by T-Bone Walker rcd for Freedom,Imperial etc
EUGENE TANNER (1994 Winston-Salem NC)
Member of the "5" Royales rcd on Apollo and King
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
DECEMBER 29 1930
Radio Luxembourg is first licensed & commences broadcasting this day
DECEMBER 29 1950
Amos Milburn's "Bad Bad Whiskey" replaces Ruth Brown's "Teardrops From
My Eyes" as America's new #1 R&B record
On the country charts Lefty Frizzell is #1 with "If You've Got The
Money"
DECEMBER 29 1951
Johnnie Ray reaches the #1 slot with "Cry" taking over from "(It's No)
Sin" by Eddy Howard
DECEMBER 29 1953
On this day Louis Armstrong and his All Stars record their "Basin
Street Blues" number for the film "The Glenn Miller Story".
DECEMBER 29 1955
Barbra Streisand makes her first (private) recording "You'll Never
Know" this day at the age of 13
DECEMBER 29 1957
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five guest on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Their
playlist features "Caldonia" and "Peace Of Mind"
Mac Curtis,recently enlisted into the US Armed Forces, records his
final King session during Christmas home leave, in Fort Worth, Tx this
day.Tracks laid down are " You Are My Very Special Baby"/""What You
Want" and "Little Miss Linda"/"Missy Ann"
Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme marry in Las Vegas
DECEMBER 29 1958
In Los Angeles,The Platters record "Enchanted",""Love Of A Lifetime"
"Where" and "Wish It Were Me" for Mercury
The Nobles guest on "American Bandstand"
DECEMBER 29 1959
Ray Charles records "Georgia On My Mind" this day
In Copenhagen, Denmark,Champion Jack Dupree spends the day recording
12 tracks that will comprise his forthcoming "Champion of the Blues"
album on Atlantic
DECEMBER 29 1960
In New York City,Connie Francis records the Sedaka-Greenfield
composition "Baby Roo", which is issued as a UK-only single by MGM
(the flipside of "Where the Boys Are"). "One Tear Too Many" and "Let
the Rest of the World Go By" from the same session remain unissued
until the 1990's
Also in New York,Johnny Maestro (Of The Crests) does some solo
recording that produces the "Model Girl"/"We've Got To Tell Them"
single for Coed as well as "Warning Voice" and---with the rest of the
Crests this time----"Keep Away From Carol" which stays unissued until
1991
DECEMBER 29 1962
Cliff Richard returns to the UK #1 spot this day when "The Next Time"
deposes Elvis' "Return To Sender"
DECEMBER 29 1963
Much to the chagrin of the disc jockeys at 50,000-watt WABC in New
York, the 5,000-watt blowtorch known as WMCA (with its famed 'Good
Guys') becomes the first New York radio station to play The Beatles "I
Want to Hold Your Hand"
Elsewhere Bobby Darin appears on CBS-TV's Judy Garland Show.
And Hank Williams Jr guests on "The Ed Sullivan Show" singing his
Daddy's songs "Jambalaya","Your Cheatin' Heart" and "Long Gone
Lonesome Blues"
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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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