BIRTHDAYS

1914 Johnny Aladdin, leader
b. Monessen, PA, USA.
d. Jan. 14, 1987 Hilton Head, SC, USA.
BIO:
www.nfo.net/usa/a1.html#Aladdin

1907 Joe Bishop
Trumpet/Flugelhorn
b. Monticello, AR, USA
d. May 12, 1976, Houston, TX, USA.

In the late 1920s, after graduating from Hendrix College, he began
playing tuba with the Louisiana Ramblers; then mellophone (hybrid of
the tuba and the euphonium) with Mart Britt's Band. Back to the Tuba
with the Al Katz, Austin Wylie, and Isham Jones bands. Also played with
Cow Cow Davenport, and Jimmy Gordon. In 1931, it was the arrangements
by Bishop and Gordon Jenkins that gave the Isham Jones band their
excellent ensemble sound. With the disbanding of the Isham Jones band,
clarinetist Woody Herman used the nucleus to form his own first
orchestra. (Musicians referred to the orchestra as "the Isham Jones
Alumni Band".)
Bishop was Woody's chief arranger, and arranged
(and co-wrote with Herman) Woody's all-time favorite, "Woodchopper's
Ball." Other Bishop compositions and arrangements include "Be Not
Disencouraged", "Ain't It Just Too Bad", "Out of Space", "Blue
Prelude", "Blue Evening", and "Blue Flame," which was used as the
Herman band theme in the early 1940's.
VERVE Bio:
www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx

1917 Neshui Ertegun, Producer
b. Istanbul, Turkey
d. July 15, 1989, New York, NY, USA.
Founded Atlantic Records

1924 Werly Fairburn
C&W singer-songwriter
b. New Orleans, LA, USA.
Member: "Louisiana Hayride"
MORE:
www.rockabilly.nl/artists/wfairburn.htm

1893 Cristopher "Black Happy" Goldston, drums
b. New Orleans, LA, USA.
d. March 17, 1968, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Played with Papa Celestin; Crescent Orchestra; Octave Crosby; Golden
Leaf Band; Bill Matthews; Onward Brass Band; Tulane Orchestra

1910 Ray Herbeck, Leader/Sax
d. Jan. 17, 1989.

Both Ray and his vocalist/wife - Lorraine Benson - are buried in the
Veteran's Admin. Cemetary in Phoenix, AZ, USA. Over his career, Ray and
his various bands recorded over 200 sides for Okeh, Vocalion, and
Columbia. His son, Ray Jr., still has the original "book" and has
produced a "Live" CD with the 1943 band including his mother Lorraine
Benson singing.
BIO:
www.nfo.net/usa/h4.html#RHerbeck

1877 John "Papa John" Joseph
bass/clarinet/guitar/tenor sax
b. St. James Parish, LA, USA.
d. Jan. 22, 1965, New Orleans, LA, USA.


1912 Muzzy Marcellino
leader/violin
d. 1997
Biography

If you've ever noticed the haunting whistling featured in "The Good,
the Bad, and the Ugly," the theme composed by Ennio Morricone for the
Sergio Leone spaghetti Western of the same name starring Clint
Eastwood, then you've heard Muzzy Marcellino's famous whistle at its
best. He also whistled The High and the Mighty theme, and his
mellifluous pucker also is featured on Esquivel's Latin-esque album.


Hollywood and advertising agencies routinely called on Marcellino's
distinctive talent for whistling throughout the 1950s and into the
1960s. Even Disneyland got in on the act, using the famous whistler's
birdcalls for its Tiki Room. Recorded whistles were not Marcellino's
only connection to the music world. During the early '30s, he lent his
talents to the Lofner-Harris Orchestra and played the Hotel St. Francis
in San Francisco.

He also worked with other ensembles,
among them the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra in 1935. The gig with Fio Rito
led to appearances in a few films, including Twenty Million Sweethearts
and The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi. Toward the end of the decade,
Marcellino led his own ensemble, accompanied by vocalist Gloria De
Haven, who later moved on to a successful film career. He employed his
talent for whistling only infrequently with his band.

After
a decade, Marcellino disbanded his group of musicians. He worked for a
time on radio with Dick Powell before Art Linkletter hired him to lead
an ensemble on House Party, Linkletter's television program. Marcellino
held the position of Linkletter's musical director for almost two
decades, leaving in 1969. Capitol issued a recording of Marcellino from
his House Party years. He also co-wrote several numbers for the Mickey
Mouse Club with Jimmy Dodd.
~ Linda Seida
SOLID BIO:
www.parabrisas.com/d_marcellinom.php
Space Age Pop Bio:
www.spaceagepop.com/marcelli.htm

1913 Liza Morrow, vocalist
b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA.
Married to Dale McMickle.

Played with actor/cellist Morrie Amsterdam; Bobby Hackett; Robert Q.
Lewis; Mitchell Ayers; Eddie Condon; Benny Goodman; George Paxton; and
was heard on NBC & CBS radio programs.

1913 "Mr. Q" piano/harmonica
b. Winston Salem, NC, USA.

Early on, he played piano (self taught), and later, after migrating to
Harlem (New York), he got a job playing harmonica with the Savoy
Sultans, then the house band (1937-'46,) at the famed Savoy ballroom.
(Leader was reedman Al Cooper (né: Lofton Alphonso Cooper, 1911-'81),
his half-brother bassist Grachan Moncur (b. Sept. 2, 1915), Rudy
Williams on reeds (b 1909, Newark NJ, USA; d Sept. 1954, and drummer
Razz Mitchell, who used a riveted Chinese sizzle cymbal.)


1904 Eddie South, Violin
b. Louisiana, MO, USA.
d. April 25, 1962, Chicago, IL, USA.

Intensive study of music from age 10, then at Chicago College of Music,
and in Paris, and Budapest. He may have been best musician to play
authentic jazz violin (although other violinists such as Joe Venuti,
Stephane Grappelli, and Stuff Smith wasn't slouches either). A very
happy-go-lucky personality made him a favorite wherever he went.
Biography

One of the top violinists of the pre-bop era, Eddie South was a
brilliant technician who, were it not for the universal racism of the
time, would probably have been a top classical violinist. A child
prodigy, South graduated from the Chicago Music College. Since
classical positions were not open to black violinists in the 1920s,
South learned to play jazz (helped out by Darnell Howard). In the early
to mid-'20s, he worked in Chicago with Jimmy Wade's Syncopators,
Charles Elgar, and Erskine Tate. South's 1928 visit to Europe (where he
studied at the Paris Conservatoire) made a deep impression on the
violinist, particularly his visit to Budapest; later on, he would often
utilize gypsy melodies as a basis for jazz improvising.

In
1931, South returned to Chicago, where his regular band included the
young bassist Milt Hinton. In 1937, he visited Paris and had the
opportunity to record with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.
However, South never really had a major breakthrough commercially in
his career. He did work on radio and television, but spent most of his
life in relative obscurity, gigging in New York, Los Angeles, and
especially Chicago. Eddie South's early recordings (covering 1927-1941)
have been reissued on a pair of Classics CDs. In later years he
recorded for Chess and Mercury, and also made a final set released by
Trip.
~ Scott Yanow
RH JAZZ BIO:
www.redhotjazz.com/alabamians.html

1914 Warren Vache, Sr., acoustic bass
b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA.
d. Feb. 4, 2005, Rahway, NJ, USA

In 1997, Warren and his wife Madeline (née: Sohl) celebrated their
'Golden Wedding Anniversary'. The couple had two sons, flügelhorn and
cornetist Warren Jr., and clarinetist Allan Robert, both professional
Jazz musicians. For many years, Vache led his own Jazz band, "The
Syncopatin' Six." (And, currently (2005) there is at least one CD
available named "Jazz: It's a Wonderful Sound," on which Warren is
heard playing with a group consisting of his own son Warren Vache'Jr.,
Dick Wellstood, Dawes Thompson, George Masso. Johnny Blowers, and the
late Clarence Hutchenrider. His son, Warren Vache Jr., after studying
with Pee Wee Erwin, gained his early experience playing with the
orchestras of Benny Goodman, Vic Dickenson, and Bob Wilber.


With the demise of the Big Bands era, Vache Jr worked in local venues
and starting in the mid-'70s, led his own small group. He also often
teamed with tenorman Scott Hamilton. His other son, Allan, was greatly
influenced by the playing of Benny Goodman. In 1975, he graduated from
Jersey City State College, where he pursued his music interest, and
later became a student of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra's David
Dworkin.

He also studied with traditional jazz clarinetist
Kenny Davern. Allan has since worked with such men as Dick Hyman, Pee
Wee Erwin, Lionel Hampton, Max Kaminsky, Bobby Hackett, Gene Krupa,
Clark Terry, Dick Wellstood, Bob Wilber, Cliff Leeman, and Wild Bill
Davison. He has been heard on radio (A Prairie Home Companion and
Riverwalk, Live From the Landing), TV (Austin City Limits), and he has
been seen on film (1998's 'The Newton Boys').

In addition
to his recordings for the Arbors, Audiophile, and Jazzology, labels, he
has about a dozen albums for the German label Nagel-Heyer, (half as
leader) with bands that include the Florida All-Stars, Swingtet, and
the Big Four. Vache Sr. was the founder of the American Jazz Hall of
Fame, and co-founder of both the New Jersey Jazz Society, and the
American Federation of Jazz Societies. For 15 years, he edited the
magazine "Jersey Jazz". He also authored six books.

Notable Events
on this date include:

**1926.
"You Made Me Love You"
was recorded by
Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong.
(Okeh Records)

1973.
James "Jimmy" Wiedner"
Hank Snow's lead guitarist
was shot and killed in a hold-up
in Downtown Nashville, TN, USA.

1986.
Bob Attlesey
C&W vocals/guitar/fiddle
died. Age: 77.
Member "The Shelton Brothers"

1991.
Harry Smith, producer
(Folkways)
New York, NY, USA
Age: 68

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1923 “Shake Your Feet”
(Dave Stamper)
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra

1925 “Down And Out Blues”
(W. Earthman Farrell / Arthur Sizemore)
- Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra

1925 “Lucky Boy”
(from the Musical Comedy "Cocoanuts")
(Irving Berlin)
- Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Hotel Biltmore Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/alabamians.html

1926 “Carolina Bound“
-Five Harmaniacs

1928 “Here Comes My Ball and Chain”
Vocal refrain by J.L. Sanders
(J. Fred Coots / Lou Davis)
- Coon Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra
LISTEN:
redhotjazz.com/songs/coon/HereComes.ram

1928 “Who Wouldn't Be Jealous Of You?”
Vocal refrain by J.L. Sanders
(Larry Shay / Haven Gillespie / George Frommel)
- Coon Sanders Nighthawks Orchestra

1929 “Ain't Cha?”
-Annette Hanshaw
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...ntcha.ram

1929 “I Have To Have You”
(Robin / Whiting)
-Annette Hanshaw

1929 “When I'm Housekeeping For You”
(from "The Battle Of Paris")
(Howard / Gorney)
-Annette Hanshaw

1933 "Your Mother's Son Inlaw"
Benny Goodman Orch, with Billie Holiday vocal.

1954 "That's All I Want From You"
Morgan, Jaye P.

1954 "Make Yourself Comfortable",
-Vaughan, Sarah

LYRICS:

"Lucky Boy"

~Irving Berlin

Your smiling face is an open book, young man
We know that look, young man

You must be oh, so happy

It's just a case of love that took, young man
There are quite a few who envy you

Lucky boy, she's a beautiful thing
Lucky boy, will you give her a ring
Lucky boy, we suppose in the Spring

You will take your pride and joy
On a train and her leather suitcase
Will contain bits of satin and lace
It's as plain as the nose on your face

How we envy you, lucky boy

I must confess that you pave the way for me
You really say for me

The things I want to tell you
You'll never guess what a lucky day for me
When I found that she had chosen me

Lucky boy, she's a beautiful thing
Lucky boy, I'm as proud as a king

Lucky boy, when I give her the ring
Can't you see me jump with joy

With a cheer and a "whatta we care"
We'll appear in a bungalow where
In a year, maybe three of us there

How we envy you, lucky boy