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==Who's Got A Birthday Today? (MAY 24)==
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Roger Ford
May 24, 2012, 5:58:06 AM5/24/12
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These are today's Birthday people....born May 24 in the years
mentioned :
RUSTY YORK (1935 Harlan County Ky)
Prolific C&W/R&R singer covered Peggy Sue on King hit Sugaree on Chess
ARCHIE SHEPP (1937 Fort Lauderdale Fl)
Jazz tenor sax player prominent in 60's recorded for Impulse 1960
PRINCE BUSTER (1938 Kingston Jamaica)
Influential reggae star (007 etc) first recorded 1962 for Starlite
CLINT MILLER (1939 Ferguson NC)
Covered Johnny Faire's Bertha Lou for ABC.Later dabbled in politics
BOB DYLAN (1941 Duluth Mn)
Highly influential singer/writer Columbia debut Corrine Corrina 1962
PATTI LaBELLE (1944 Philadelphia Pa)
Lead singer Blue Belles I Sold My Heart To The Junkman 1962
PRISCILLA PRESLEY (1945 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Met Elvis 1959 while he was stationed in Germany married him 1967
and finally....Happy Birthday Annie!! (I know you're reading this)
.........and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day
ELMORE JAMES (1963 Chicago Il)
Very influential blues vocaliist/guitarist debuted Dust My Broom 1951
DUKE ELLINGTON (1974 New York City NY)
Jazz pianist led one of most famous jazz orchestras of all time
JOACHIM ABERBACH (1992 Manhattan NYC NY)
Owner of the famous Hill & Range music publishing house
**********************************************************************************
EVENTS OF THE DAY
MAY 24 1883
The Brooklyn Bridge is born this day!.
(Funny but Johnny Maestro didn't look that old)
MAY 24 1947
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart this day are "Peg O' My
Heart" Harmonicats and "Across The Alley From The Alamo" Mills
Brothers. On the Folk (C&W) chart Eddy Arnolds climbs to #1 with
"What Is Life Without Love?" . New on the chart is "Three Times
Seven" Merle Travis. On the Race (R&B) chart new entries are
"That's My Desire" Hadda Brooks,"Blow Top Blues" Lionel Hampton
(vocal Dinah Washington) and "I'll Get Along Somehow" Julia Lee &
Her Boyfriends
MAY 24 1951
This day Lefty Frizzell records his future C&W #1 "Always Late" for
Columbia
MAY 24 1952
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart this day are "I'm
Confessin'" Les Paul & Mary Ford,"Half As Much" Rosemary Clooney,
"Be Anything (But Be Mine)" Helen O'Connell and "Here In My Heart"
Tony Bennett. New on the C&W list is "Are You Teasing Me" Carl Smith
while new on the R&B chart is "Have Mercy Baby" Dominoes
MAY 24 1953
Harry James & His Band guest on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town"
show
MAY 24 1955
On this day at his latest Chess recording session the great Muddy
Waters does a revamp job on Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man" when he
waxes "Manish Boy"
MAY 24 1956
Bo Diddley records his next single, "Who Do You Love"/"I'm Bad",
in Chicago. Released on Checker 842 in the last week of June.
Personnel : Bo Diddley (vocal,guitar); Jody Williams (guitar) ;Little
Willie Smith (harmonica) ; Jerome Green (maracas) ; Clifton James or
Frank Kirkland (drums).In Chicago .
Joe Clay records his second single, "Get On The Right Track"/
"Cracker Jack" (Vik 0218, July), this time in New York City. Also
recorded are "You Look That Good To Me' and "Did You Mean Jelly
Bean (What You Said Cabbage Head)" , which are first released by
Bear Family in the 1980s. Personnel : MIckey Baker (guitar, leader) ;
Leonard Gaskin (bass) ; Skeeter Best (guitar) ; Bobby Donaldson
(drums) ; Joe Marshall (drums). Produced by Herman Diaz.
The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
The event is the brainchild of Marcel Baisoncon of the European
Broadcasting Union Seven countries participate and they are each
allowed two songs. Both Luxembourg and the winner Switzerland use
the same singer for both. Switzerland wins the event with ‘Refrain’ by
Lys Assia. No,I don't remember it either :)
MAY 24 1957
Ivory Joe Hunter records nine tracks for his LP "Ivory Joe Sings The
Old And New" (Atlantic LP 8015, February 1958) : "Worried Mind", "I
Could Fall In Love With You", "I Didn't Mean To Be Mean","Moonlight
And Roses", "I'll Be Faithful", "Where Are You?", "I'll Take You Home
Again Kathleen", "There Goes My Heart" and "One More Memory".
On the last three tracks the personnel is : Dick Hyman (organ); Billy
Mure, Al Caiola (guitars) ; Hayward Cheeks (bass) ; Joe Marshall
(drums).Plus a 7-piece vocal backing group. Arranged and conducted
by Ray Ellis Location : New York City.
Ken Copeland records two tracks at the Clifford Herring Studio in Fort
Worth, which (again) will be leased to Imperial. "Bed Of Lies" appears
on Imperial 5453 in June and "I Would Give My Heart" on Imperial 5466
in September. The flip-sides of these singles, "Teenage" and "I Want
To Go Steady With You" respectively, were laid down on April 19, 1957.
Produced by Joe Leonard.
MAY 24 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis begins his ill-fated British tour with a sold out show
at the Regal,Edmonton,London.The British press tho are in meltdown
over child wife Myra's age----and are about to break the story in
print in every British newspaper
Guests on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut TV show this night
are Johnny Nash ("I Lost My Love Last Night"),Bobby Helms
("Jacqueline") Dion & the Belmonts ("I Wonder Why") and The
Playmates ("Don't Go Home")
MAY 24 1959
Derrell Felts records his single "It's A Great Big Day"/"Lookie Lookie
Lookie" (Okeh 7118, June) this day. Produced by Norman Petty at his
studio in Clovis, New Mexico
Fabian sings "Turn Me Loose" & "Tiger" on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
This show is notable for an interesting appearance by Billy Storm who
sings "I've Come Of Age"
MAY 24 1960
Jack Scott is at Bell Sound Studio in New York City for another Top
Rank session. "It Only Happened Yesterday"/"Cool Water" is selected
as the next single (Top Rank 2055, July). "True Love Is Blind" was
first released on the Capitol Collector's Series CD in 1990. A first
attempt at "Fancy Meeting You Again" stayed on the shelf until the
release of the Bear Family box-set in 1992. Produced by Sonny Lester,
arranged by Bill Sanford.
Mitch Miller's Singalong Gang debuts with a TV special this day
MAY 24 1961
Clyde McPhatter is at Bell Sound Studio in NYC to record four tracks.
"I Never Knew"/"Happiness" is released in August on Mercury 71841 ;
"Friends" and "How Do I Make My Dreams Come True" are first released
on volume 4 of the 9-LP set "Rhythm And Soul,'59-'65" (Bear Family BFX
15271), circa 1985. Produced by Clyde Otis,orchestra conducted by
Chuck Sagle.
At the Owen Bradley studio in Nashville,Carl Perkins records "The
Unhappy Girls" and "Anyway The Wind Blows", which will be used for a
Columbia single (42061), while an updated version of "Turn Around" and
"Someday, Somwhere, Someone Waits For Me" have to stay on the
shelves, waiting to be selected by Richard Weize for the CD Box "The
Classic Carl Perkins" (BCD 15494) in 1990. Personnel: Carl Perkins
(vocal, guitar), Grady Martin and Harold Bradley (guitars),Joe Zinkan
(bass), Willie Ackerman (drums) and Hargus Robbins (piano). The
session is produced by Don Law.
In Cincinnati's King Studio,Rusty York (see above) records material
for two singles,"Love Struck"/"Goodnight Cincinnati,Good Morning
Tennessee" (King 5511, July) and "Tore Up Over You" c/w "Tremblin'"
(King 5587, January 1962). Backing by Mickey Baker and Joe
Richardson (guitars), Bob Bushnell (bass), Horace Ott (piano),Buddy
Lucas and Henry Moore (saxes), unidentified (drums).Produced by Syd
Nathan.
In New York City,The Monotones record their final released single,
"Daddy's Home But Mama's Gone"/"Tattletale" (Hull 743, June).
The A-side is an answer to "Daddy's Home" by Shep & The
Limelites
Over a two day session in Miami, at the Criteria studios,Ral Donner
records no less than 13 tracks. "You Don't Know What You've Got"
b/w "So Close To Heaven" will be used for his next single (Gone
5108), while "School Of Heartbreak" will be selected for the B-side of
a future single (Gone 5119). "Nine Times Out Of Ten", "Lonely Star"
and "She's My Baby" appear on the LP "Taking Care Of Business"
(Gone LP 5012,Sept. 1961). From the remaining tracks, "Please Don't
Tease", "Cream Puff" and "Nite Owl" will have to wait until 1978 /
1988 for belated LP releases, while "You Haven't Lived Until You
Loved", "Tears Of Misery"and "Little Miss Heartbreak" finally see the
light of day on CD ("The Complete Ral Donner", Sequel 2CD NED 190)
during 1991. An early version of "Turn Back The Clock" remains
unissued.Session musicians unknown, producer George Goldner.Both
"Nine Times Out Of Ten" and "Please Don't Tease" are the same
songs that were earlier huge hits in the UK for Cliff Richard
MAY 24 1962
The Everly Brothers are discharged from the US Marines
MAY 24 1963
Skeeter Davis sings "End Of The World" and "I'm Saving My Love"
on "American Bandstand"
**********************************************************************************
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 :
RUSTY YORK (1935 Harlan County Ky)
Prolific C&W/R&R singer covered Peggy Sue on King hit Sugaree on Chess
ARCHIE SHEPP (1937 Fort Lauderdale Fl)
Jazz tenor sax player prominent in 60's recorded for Impulse 1960
PRINCE BUSTER (1938 Kingston Jamaica)
Influential reggae star (007 etc) first recorded 1962 for Starlite
CLINT MILLER (1939 Ferguson NC)
Covered Johnny Faire's Bertha Lou for ABC.Later dabbled in politics
BOB DYLAN (1941 Duluth Mn)
Highly influential singer/writer Columbia debut Corrine Corrina 1962
PATTI LaBELLE (1944 Philadelphia Pa)
Lead singer Blue Belles I Sold My Heart To The Junkman 1962
PRISCILLA PRESLEY (1945 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Met Elvis 1959 while he was stationed in Germany married him 1967
and finally....Happy Birthday Annie!! (I know you're reading this)
.........and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day
ELMORE JAMES (1963 Chicago Il)
Very influential blues vocaliist/guitarist debuted Dust My Broom 1951
DUKE ELLINGTON (1974 New York City NY)
Jazz pianist led one of most famous jazz orchestras of all time
JOACHIM ABERBACH (1992 Manhattan NYC NY)
Owner of the famous Hill & Range music publishing house
**********************************************************************************
EVENTS OF THE DAY
MAY 24 1883
The Brooklyn Bridge is born this day!.
(Funny but Johnny Maestro didn't look that old)
MAY 24 1947
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart this day are "Peg O' My
Heart" Harmonicats and "Across The Alley From The Alamo" Mills
Brothers. On the Folk (C&W) chart Eddy Arnolds climbs to #1 with
"What Is Life Without Love?" . New on the chart is "Three Times
Seven" Merle Travis. On the Race (R&B) chart new entries are
"That's My Desire" Hadda Brooks,"Blow Top Blues" Lionel Hampton
(vocal Dinah Washington) and "I'll Get Along Somehow" Julia Lee &
Her Boyfriends
MAY 24 1951
This day Lefty Frizzell records his future C&W #1 "Always Late" for
Columbia
MAY 24 1952
New on the Billboard best selling pop chart this day are "I'm
Confessin'" Les Paul & Mary Ford,"Half As Much" Rosemary Clooney,
"Be Anything (But Be Mine)" Helen O'Connell and "Here In My Heart"
Tony Bennett. New on the C&W list is "Are You Teasing Me" Carl Smith
while new on the R&B chart is "Have Mercy Baby" Dominoes
MAY 24 1953
Harry James & His Band guest on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town"
show
MAY 24 1955
On this day at his latest Chess recording session the great Muddy
Waters does a revamp job on Bo Diddley's "I'm A Man" when he
waxes "Manish Boy"
MAY 24 1956
Bo Diddley records his next single, "Who Do You Love"/"I'm Bad",
in Chicago. Released on Checker 842 in the last week of June.
Personnel : Bo Diddley (vocal,guitar); Jody Williams (guitar) ;Little
Willie Smith (harmonica) ; Jerome Green (maracas) ; Clifton James or
Frank Kirkland (drums).In Chicago .
Joe Clay records his second single, "Get On The Right Track"/
"Cracker Jack" (Vik 0218, July), this time in New York City. Also
recorded are "You Look That Good To Me' and "Did You Mean Jelly
Bean (What You Said Cabbage Head)" , which are first released by
Bear Family in the 1980s. Personnel : MIckey Baker (guitar, leader) ;
Leonard Gaskin (bass) ; Skeeter Best (guitar) ; Bobby Donaldson
(drums) ; Joe Marshall (drums). Produced by Herman Diaz.
The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
The event is the brainchild of Marcel Baisoncon of the European
Broadcasting Union Seven countries participate and they are each
allowed two songs. Both Luxembourg and the winner Switzerland use
the same singer for both. Switzerland wins the event with ‘Refrain’ by
Lys Assia. No,I don't remember it either :)
MAY 24 1957
Ivory Joe Hunter records nine tracks for his LP "Ivory Joe Sings The
Old And New" (Atlantic LP 8015, February 1958) : "Worried Mind", "I
Could Fall In Love With You", "I Didn't Mean To Be Mean","Moonlight
And Roses", "I'll Be Faithful", "Where Are You?", "I'll Take You Home
Again Kathleen", "There Goes My Heart" and "One More Memory".
On the last three tracks the personnel is : Dick Hyman (organ); Billy
Mure, Al Caiola (guitars) ; Hayward Cheeks (bass) ; Joe Marshall
(drums).Plus a 7-piece vocal backing group. Arranged and conducted
by Ray Ellis Location : New York City.
Ken Copeland records two tracks at the Clifford Herring Studio in Fort
Worth, which (again) will be leased to Imperial. "Bed Of Lies" appears
on Imperial 5453 in June and "I Would Give My Heart" on Imperial 5466
in September. The flip-sides of these singles, "Teenage" and "I Want
To Go Steady With You" respectively, were laid down on April 19, 1957.
Produced by Joe Leonard.
MAY 24 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis begins his ill-fated British tour with a sold out show
at the Regal,Edmonton,London.The British press tho are in meltdown
over child wife Myra's age----and are about to break the story in
print in every British newspaper
Guests on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut TV show this night
are Johnny Nash ("I Lost My Love Last Night"),Bobby Helms
("Jacqueline") Dion & the Belmonts ("I Wonder Why") and The
Playmates ("Don't Go Home")
MAY 24 1959
Derrell Felts records his single "It's A Great Big Day"/"Lookie Lookie
Lookie" (Okeh 7118, June) this day. Produced by Norman Petty at his
studio in Clovis, New Mexico
Fabian sings "Turn Me Loose" & "Tiger" on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
This show is notable for an interesting appearance by Billy Storm who
sings "I've Come Of Age"
MAY 24 1960
Jack Scott is at Bell Sound Studio in New York City for another Top
Rank session. "It Only Happened Yesterday"/"Cool Water" is selected
as the next single (Top Rank 2055, July). "True Love Is Blind" was
first released on the Capitol Collector's Series CD in 1990. A first
attempt at "Fancy Meeting You Again" stayed on the shelf until the
release of the Bear Family box-set in 1992. Produced by Sonny Lester,
arranged by Bill Sanford.
Mitch Miller's Singalong Gang debuts with a TV special this day
MAY 24 1961
Clyde McPhatter is at Bell Sound Studio in NYC to record four tracks.
"I Never Knew"/"Happiness" is released in August on Mercury 71841 ;
"Friends" and "How Do I Make My Dreams Come True" are first released
on volume 4 of the 9-LP set "Rhythm And Soul,'59-'65" (Bear Family BFX
15271), circa 1985. Produced by Clyde Otis,orchestra conducted by
Chuck Sagle.
At the Owen Bradley studio in Nashville,Carl Perkins records "The
Unhappy Girls" and "Anyway The Wind Blows", which will be used for a
Columbia single (42061), while an updated version of "Turn Around" and
"Someday, Somwhere, Someone Waits For Me" have to stay on the
shelves, waiting to be selected by Richard Weize for the CD Box "The
Classic Carl Perkins" (BCD 15494) in 1990. Personnel: Carl Perkins
(vocal, guitar), Grady Martin and Harold Bradley (guitars),Joe Zinkan
(bass), Willie Ackerman (drums) and Hargus Robbins (piano). The
session is produced by Don Law.
In Cincinnati's King Studio,Rusty York (see above) records material
for two singles,"Love Struck"/"Goodnight Cincinnati,Good Morning
Tennessee" (King 5511, July) and "Tore Up Over You" c/w "Tremblin'"
(King 5587, January 1962). Backing by Mickey Baker and Joe
Richardson (guitars), Bob Bushnell (bass), Horace Ott (piano),Buddy
Lucas and Henry Moore (saxes), unidentified (drums).Produced by Syd
Nathan.
In New York City,The Monotones record their final released single,
"Daddy's Home But Mama's Gone"/"Tattletale" (Hull 743, June).
The A-side is an answer to "Daddy's Home" by Shep & The
Limelites
Over a two day session in Miami, at the Criteria studios,Ral Donner
records no less than 13 tracks. "You Don't Know What You've Got"
b/w "So Close To Heaven" will be used for his next single (Gone
5108), while "School Of Heartbreak" will be selected for the B-side of
a future single (Gone 5119). "Nine Times Out Of Ten", "Lonely Star"
and "She's My Baby" appear on the LP "Taking Care Of Business"
(Gone LP 5012,Sept. 1961). From the remaining tracks, "Please Don't
Tease", "Cream Puff" and "Nite Owl" will have to wait until 1978 /
1988 for belated LP releases, while "You Haven't Lived Until You
Loved", "Tears Of Misery"and "Little Miss Heartbreak" finally see the
light of day on CD ("The Complete Ral Donner", Sequel 2CD NED 190)
during 1991. An early version of "Turn Back The Clock" remains
unissued.Session musicians unknown, producer George Goldner.Both
"Nine Times Out Of Ten" and "Please Don't Tease" are the same
songs that were earlier huge hits in the UK for Cliff Richard
MAY 24 1962
The Everly Brothers are discharged from the US Marines
MAY 24 1963
Skeeter Davis sings "End Of The World" and "I'm Saving My Love"
on "American Bandstand"
**********************************************************************************
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
-----------------------
"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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