+Who's Got A Birthday Today? (NOV 8)+
Roger Ford
mentioned
CHRIS CONNOR (1927 Kansas City Mo)
Jazz singer rcd for Atlantic biggest hit I Miss You so
KEN DODD (1927 Liverpool UK)
TV & radio comedian also UK hit records for Decca,Columbia etc
PATTI PAGE (1927 Muskogee Ok)
Huge 50's seller had biggest female record of era Tennessee Waltz
BERT BERNS (1929 New York City NY)
Producer/writer Twist & Shout etc later owned Bang & Shout labels
.......and here are some folk who said their last goodbyes to us this
day.......
KOKOMO ARNOLD (1969 Chicago Il)
Blues vocalist/guitarist best known for Milk Cow Blues
IVORY JOE HUNTER (1974 Memphis Tn)
R&B vcl/pno rcd King,MGM,Atlantic etc #1 I Almost Lost My Mind
JAMES BOOKER (1983 New Orleans La)
First rcd as Little Booker on Ace,Imperial big hit Gonzo 1960
MARCIA VANCE (1988 New York City NY)
Older fans here will remember her writings in Bim Bam Boom etc
JOHNNY TANNER (2005 Winston-Salem NC)
Lead singer of the 5 Royales many great R&B records on Apollo,King etc
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
NOVEMBER 8 1939
Frank Sinatra's last recording session with the Harry James Band takes
place on this date. Sides recorded are "Every Day of My Life" and
"Ciribiribin"
NOVEMBER 8 1951
On this day Big Bill Broonzy records "Walkin' That Lonesome Road". in
Chicago for Mercury.That same year he makes his first trip to
Europe---and opens the door for the many American Bluesmen that will
follow him there
NOVEMBER 8 1953
Buddy Holly's radio show debuts on KDAV in Lubbock,Texas
NOVEMBER 8 1955
Jack Dupree has a session at the King studio in Cincinnati this day
from whence comes "Me And My Mule","Overhead" and "So Sorry, So Sorry"
all released on King singles in 1956 plus the instrumental "Sharp
Harp" released on Federal in 1961
Country cum RAB artist Jimmy Murphy records four tracks in Nashville.
"Here Kitty Kitty"/"I'm Looking For A Mustard Patch" is selected for
his next Columbia single in 1956 whilst "Sweet Sweet Lips" and "Put
Some Meat On Them Bones" stay in the can for decades until the advent
of his Bear Family compilation set in 1990
NOVEMBER 8 1956
The Drifters record their next single for Atlantic at Belltone Studio
in New York City---"Fools Fall In Love"/"It Was A Tear"
Meanwhile at Bradley Studio in Nashville Patsy Cline records "Walkin'
After Midnight"/"A Poor Man's Roses" for Decca
NOVEMBER 8 1957
After three years in show business,Chuck Berry finally makes his
national television debut lip-syncing "Maybellene" and "Rock and Roll
Music" on "American Bandstand". Lu Ann Simms also appears
NOVEMBER 8 1958
Fats Domino guests on Dick Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut TV show
(singing "Whole Lotta Loving"). Don Rondo and Gordon MaCrae also
appear
On the UK chart Tommy Edwards repeats his US feat of taking the remake
of his own "It's All In The Game" to #1 replacing MGM label mate
Connie Francis and "Stupid Cupid"
On the UK album chart the soundtrack to "South Pacific" goes to #1
this day.
NOVEMBER 8 1959
Johnny Mathis headlines "The Ed Sullivan Show" this night where he
performs "Witchcraft," "The Best Of Everything" and "Misty". The Barry
Sisters and Britain's Gracie Fields also feature on the show
NOVEMBER 8 1960
Louisiana Hayride star,Johnny Horton is buried in Shreveport,La this
day.
The same day that the results of one of the closest presidential
elections in US history come in---as Senator John F. Kennedy, a
Democrat from Massachusetts, wins 49.7-percent of the popular vote,
surpassing by a fraction the 49.6-percent that is received by Vice
President Richard M. Nixon for the Republicans
And Anita Bryant guests on "American Bandstand"
NOVEMBER 8 1961
The Beach Boys release their first single "Surfin'"/"Luau" ("X" 301)
this day (original pressings are credited to "The Pendletones")
Bobby Darin records "Multiplication" for Atco which is inexplicably
chosen as his next single (remember that at this time Atco are sitting
on several better tracks---including "Things"---which they have "in
the can") .
In Nashville Roy Orbison records "House Without Windows" (released on
the "In Dreams" LP and a couple of attempts at "Gigolette"
And in Philly,Danny & The Juniors along with "guest vocal" Freddy
Cannon record "Twistin' All Night Long". Later this month (November
14) at an overdub session at Mirasound studio in New York,The Four
Seasons add add vocal support to the basic track
NOVEMBER 8 1962
A bullet hits a Motown tour bus in Savannah,Georgia.Nobody is hurt
In New York City Steve Alaimo records the single "Every Day I Have To
Cry"/"Little Girl" for Checker
NOVEMBER 1974
Connie Francis is raped in a Long Island, New York motel
NOVEMBER 8 1988
Jerry Lee Lewis declares bankruptcy
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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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