BIRTHDAYS

1895 Clarence Tom Ashley
(Traditional Bluegrass) Vocals/Banjo
b. Bristol, TN, USA. d. June 2, 1967.
né:: Clarence Earl McCurry.
Member: 'Carolina Tar Heels'


1907 Gene Autry
composer/vocals/actor
b. Tioga Springs, TX, USA.
d. Oct. 2, 1998, LA, CA, USA.
(lymphoma Age: 91).
né: Orvon Gene Autry.
While
still a youngster, his family moved to a ranch in Oklahoma where Gene
learned to play the guitar and to sing. He was educated at Ravia
(Oklahoma) High School, after which he first worked as a telegrapher
for the Frisco Railroad. Autry made his first recording in 1929. It was
Cowboy-humorist Will Rogers who, during a chance encounter, encouraged
Autry to pursue his dream of singing professionally, During the next
several years, he performed as 'Oklahoma's Yodeling Cowboy' on a Tulsa,
Oklahoma radio program. After a stint as star of the 'National Barn
Dance' radio show, emanating from Chicago, IL, he signed a recording
contract with the Sears-Roebuck department store to record for their
own label. The store also marketed a "Gene Autry guitar" through its
famous catalog. However, it was the Hollywood studios that brought
Autry lasting fame making him became America's favorite singing cowboy.
His first movie, 'In Old Santa Fe', was followed by nearly 100 other
films. In World War he was a flight officer for the United States Army
Air Force. After the war, he became a successful business man when he
purchased California Angels baseball team. He joined ASCAP in 1939, and
his compositions include: "Here Comes Santa Claus"; "Be Honest With
Me"; "Tears on My Pillow"; "Dixie Cannonball"; "Good Old-Fashioned
Hoedown"; "You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven"; and "I Wish I Had
Never Met Sunshine". He was perhaps the greatest singing cowboy of all
time. He died at the age of 91.

WEB-SITE:
www.autry.com/
BIO:
www.cowboypal.com/genehp.html
BIO:
www.accomics.com/accomicsw.../autry.htm

1922 Louise Dinning vocals
b. Grant County, Oklahoma, USA.
Member group: Dinning Sisters (Louise, Ginger,and Jean).
At
one time, 'The Dinning Sisters' were known as 'The Blondettes'.
Interestingly, their younger brother, Mark, (b. Aug. 17, 1933, d. Mar.
22, 1986) had a big single release with the song "Teen Angel" that had
been written by his sister Jean Dinning.


1920 Tillman Franks
C&W songwriter/manager Louisiana Hayride
b. Stamps, AR, USA.

1916 Robert "Bob" Loewy
guitar/vocals/arranger
b. Chicago, IL, USA. d. Oct. 2, 2003, Evanston, IN, USA.
It
is not often recalled, but Loewy, led his own group, "The Three
Talents". He was a fine arranger who wrote for both the Al Morgan group
(Al Morgan, Bass, b. Aug 19, 1908, New Orleans, LA, USA, d. April 14,
1974, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Age: 65 (one of the great early New Orleans
Jazzmen), and for The Fletcher Henderson Band. Bob Loewy's daughter is
the wonderful singer Judy Roberts (b. Oct. 3, 1950ish), and the two of
them can be heard playing together on one of Judy's releases "My Heart
Belongs To Daddy", -with (Judy Roberts (Piano and Vocals), Bob Loewy
(Guitar and Vocals), Richie Cole (Alto Sax), bassist Jim Cox (b.
January 28, 1955ish), and drummer Phil Gratteau (b. April 1, 1955-ish).
Judy currently (2005) also works with saxophonist Greg Fishman (b.
January 6, 1967).

1921 Loonis Reeves McGlohon, pianist/songwriter
b. Ayden, NC, USA, d. Jan. 26, 2002, Charlotte, NC, USA.
(Age: 80, after an 8 year battle with Lymphoma)
Perhaps
best recalled for co-hosting, with songwriter Alec Wilder, the radio
program "American Popular Song". Some of the stars with whom he worked
include Marlene VerPlanck, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Eileen Farrell,
and Judy Garland. He co-composed such songs as "Blackberry Winter" and
"Be A Child"

1897 Cecil Norman, piano
b. USA. d. Dec. 31, 1988
(some sources claim d. 1989).
This
fine pianist had actually led a band in Connecticut, USA, in 1928, but
was to find his greatest fame working in Great Britain. In 1930, Ray
Noble took over leadership of 'The New Mayfair Orchestra' (the HMV
studios a "house" orchestra), when Carroll Gibbons, accepted a contract
from MGM which took him to America (land of his birth) In 1933, Cecil
Norman replaced pianist Harry Jacobson in the band. CAUTION: Do not
confuse with the American Black (gospel) vocalist Cecil Norman, who has
sung with "Arnold Moore and Aged In Harmony" (1977)

1917 Dennis Sandole, guitar/composer
b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. d. 2000. Self Taught.
Worked
with Ray McKinley, T.Dorsey, Ch. Barnet, Boyd Raeburn and Gene Krupa
-all during the 1940s. Very influential in the Philadelphia PA area,
where he also taught a great many

Notable Events on this date include:

1962.
"Bad" Ann Cook, vocals
died in New Orleans, LA, USA.
Age: 59

1969.
Clarence Hall, sax
died in New Orleans, LA, USA.
Age: 66.
Worked with "Fats" Domino

1974.
Billie Pierce, piano
died in New Orleans, LA, USA.
Age: 67

1988.
Horace Henderson, piano
died in Denver, CO, USA.
Age: 83


1995.
Seger Ellis, piano/leader
died in Houston, TX, USA.
Age: 91

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1911 Oh You Beautiful Doll
~Billy Murray voc.
tune: Ayer

1911 Don't Blame Me for Loving You, - Peerless Quartet. tune: Harris
1913 How Long Have You Been Married?, -Billy Murray voc. tune: Cormac
1916 Sweet and Low, -Lyric Quartet. tune: Barnby
1917 Goodbye Broadway, Hello France, -Deiro Pietro's band.
1917 We're Going Over medley, -Deiro Pietro (accordion).
1921 My Sunny Tennesee, -Benson Orch. of Chicago. tune: bert kalmar/harry and herman ruby

1921
Ma!
~Benson Orchestra of Chicago
(Fred Fisher)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/benson/ma.ram

1921
Some Other Day, Some Other Girl
~Benson Orchestra of Chicago
(Fred Fisher)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/be...erday.ram

1922
Evil Blues
~Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds
(Perry Bradford)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/wi...blues.ram

1922
Pensacola Blues
~Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn's Jazz Hounds (Home Again Croon)
(Spencer Williams)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/wi...acola.ram

1924
Eagle Rock Me, Papa
~Sara Martin and Clarence Williams Blue Five
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ma...epapa.ram

1924
Things Done Got Too Thick
~Sara Martin and Clarence Williams Blue Five
(Clarence Williams)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ma...negot.ram

1924
Basement Blues
~Rosa Henderson
(W.C. Handy)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ro...blues.ram

1924
Deep River Blues
~Rosa Henderson
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ro...blues.ram

1924
Charleston Charlie
~Marion Harris voc.
tune: austin-o'hara
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...arlie.ram

1924 Some Other Day, Some Other Girl, -Benson orch. of Chicago.
1925 Don't Wake Me Up, Let Me Dream, -H Lanin's Ben Franklin Hotel Orch. tune: l.gilbert-a.baer-m.wayne
1925 Why Are You Blue?, -Nick Lucas voc. Brown Eyes, tune: Bryan-Meyer
1925 Marble Halls, -Francis Craig and his orch.
1926 Stringing The Blues, -Venuti and Lang.

1926
Black And Blue Bottom
~Venuti and Lang
(Eddie Lang / Joe Venuti),
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ve...ottom.ram

1926
Narrow Escape
~George McClennon's Jazz Devils
(Easton)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ja...scape.ram

1926
Jersey Walk
~Ethel Waters voc.
tune: Creamer; Dowling; Hanley
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wa...yWalk.ram

1927
There Ain't No Land Like Dixieland
~The Broadway Bell-Hops
(Walter Donaldson) -
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...eland.ram

1927
There's A Cradle In Caroline
~The Broadway Bell-Hops
(Samuel Lewis / Fred Ahlert / Joseph Young)
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...radle.ram

1927
Sugar Foot Strut
~Walter Anderson and his Golden Pheasant Hoodlums
(Pierce / Meyers / Schwab)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...strut.ram

1928
Out Of The Dawn
~Dorsey Brothers Orchestra
(Walter Donaldson)
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/do...edawn.ram

1929 Wave The Flag of Old Chicago, -Dan Russo's Oriole Orch.
1929 Please Come Back to Me (v.s.l.), -Regent Club orch (Haring).
1930 Why Have You Forgotten Waikiki? (v.j.c.), - Tom Clines and his Music.
1930 What's the use of Living Without Love?, -Tom Clines and his Music.
1930 Red River Valley, -Carter's orch.
1930 When The Bloom Is On The Sage, - Carter's orch.
1932 Along Came Love, -Don Bestor and his Orch.
1932 I've Got A Right to Sing The Blues, -Ethel Merman voc.
1932 How Deep In The Ocean, -Ethel Merman voc.
1932 Long About Sundown, -Don Bestor and his Orch.
1932 I'll follow you, -Ethel Merman voc.
1936 Steel Guitar Rag, - Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys.
1936 Trouble in mind, -Bob Wills and Texas Playboys tune: Richard M. Jones
1937 I See Your Face Before Me, -Guy Lombardo Royal Canadians
1937 Sweet Georgia Brown, -Eddie South and his Orch. (Rec'd Paris, FR)
1938 You Look Good To Me, -Jan Garber and his Orch.
1939 Iroquois, -Ray noble and his Orch.
1939 Comanche War Dance, -Ray noble and his Orch.
1939 Land Of My Fathers, -Paul Robeson voc. (rec'd London, UK)
1940 The Bad Humor Man, -Kay Kyser and his Orch.
1941 Popocatepetl, -Kay Kyser and his Orch.
1941 Humpty Dumpty Heart, -Kay Kyser and his orch.
1941 I Wish I Had a Sweetheart, -Leo Reisman and his orch.
1947 Golden Cross, -Duke Ellington's orch,
1947 Wildest Gal in Town, -Duke Ellington with Woody Herman.
1947 Put Yourself in My Place Baby , -Duke Ellington's orch
1937 A Fine Romance, - Billie Holiday and Her Orch.
1937 Let's Call a Heart a Heart, - Billie Holiday and Her Orch.
1962 Popeye The Hitchhiker, - Checker, Chubby
1962 Only Love Can Break A Heart, - Pitney, Gene

SPOTLIGHT for SEPTEMBER 28TH…


BIRTHDAYS

1914 Jim Boyd, singer/songwriter
b. Fannin County, TX, USA.
Member:
'The Cowboy Ramblers', a band that played Western Swing, with a C&W
flavor. Over the years, the Cowboy Ramblers cut some 229 sides for RCA
Victor.

1889 David Parker "Dad" Carter, (Southern Gospel) vocals
b. Milltown, KY, USA. (raised in Clay County, Texas)
Member:
"The Chuck Wagon Gang", which was originally called the Carter Quartet,
and was comprised of four members of the Carter family (no relation to
the Carter Family), with "Dad" (David Parker Carter) singing tenor, his
son Jim (born Ernest) singing bass and playing guitar, while daughter
Rose (born Rosa Lola), and his daughter Effie sang soprano and alto.
They first performed on Lubbock, Texas radio station KFYO, and soon
began earning $15 per week. The following year, the Carters moved to
WBAP where they were billed as the "Chuck Wagon Gang", and sang a
variety of secular and sometimes sacred songs. IT was the start of a
long successful career, one that saw many changes in the group make-up.

1900 Joseph Falcon, Cajun vocals
b. Rayne, LA, USA.
Falcon, and wife Cleoma Breaux, made the first Cajun recording in 1928.
One
of the pioneers of Cajun music, Falcon made the first commercial Cajun
recording, "Lafayette" ("Allons…Lafayette") with his wife Cleoma in
1928. Cleoma's simple guitar and emotive singing, driven by Joe's
crying accordion, was an instant hit in Cajun country, foisting a
regional stardom on the team, who recorded for Columbia, Decca,
Bluebird, and Okeh in the '30s. Cleoma's death in 1941 and changes in
listeners' taste (the accordion was out, the fiddle in) led Falcon away
from performing, though he and his second wife, Theresa, fronted a band
in the years before his death. Falcon's early recordings are among the
enduring classics of the Cajun genre.
~ Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide

1913 Billy Fisher (within Bud Fisher Orch.), sax/arranger
b. New York, NY, USA, d. April 24, 1972, Greenwich, CT, USA

1924 Rosetta Reitz, Label owner
(Rosetta Records)
b. Utica, NY, USA
INFO:
Rosetta Reitz founded the Rosetta label in 1980 as a way of putting the
focus
on the contributions of female jazz musicians who have been largely
left out of history books. She released around 20 LPs of vintage jazz
and blues, mostly compilations dealing with specific subject matter but
also retrospectives of the International Sweet-hearts of Rhythm,
trumpeter Valaida Snow, Dinah Washington and even Mae West. Very much
of a one-woman peration, these albums (none of which have been reissued
on CD yet) have extensive liner notes written by Rosetta Reitz and are
well worth searching for.
-Scott Yanow

1910 Houston Stackhouse, guitar
b. Wesson, MS, USA.
MP3 Bio:
The
mentor of Delta slide virtuoso Robert Nighthawk , Houston Stackhouse
never achieved the same commercial or artistic success as his famed
pupil, and remained little known outside of his native Mississippi.
Born in the small town of Wesson on September 28, 1910, he was a
devotee of Tommy Johnson , whose songs he frequently covered; neither
an especially gifted singer nor guitarist, he was quickly surpassed by
the young Nighthawk , although the student repaid his debts by backing
Stackhouse on a series of sessions cut during the mid- to late '60s.
Outside of the rare European tour, Stackhouse was primarily confined to
playing Delta border towns throughout the majority of his career; he
died in Houston, Texas in 1980.
~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

1927 Lamar Wright Jr., Trumpet
b. Kansas City, MO, USA d. 1983

Notable Events on this date include:

1598.
Thomas Morley, a composer of madrigal songs
was issued the first patent to print songbooks.

1912.
W.C. Handy's
"Memphis Blues"
published this day.

1963.
Charlie Lincoln, guitar
died in Cairo, GA, USA.
Age: 63.

1966. Lucky Millinder, bandleader
died in New York (Harlem), NY, USA.
Age: 66.

1973.
Mantan Moreland, vocals/actor
died in Hollywood, CA, USA.
Age: 72.

1975. "Guitar Slim" Green, guitar
died in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Age: 68.

1991. Miles Davis, trumpet
died in Santa Monica, CA, USA.
Age: 65.

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1908 Barney McGee, -Ada Jones voc. tune: brown
1910 I'm Fancy Free, -Inez Barbour voc. tune: fall
1914 Free and Easy (polka), -Victor Military Band.tune: berger

1922
Homesick
~Paul Whiteman and his orch.
tune:irving berlin
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...esick.ram

1926 Cover Me Up With Sunshine (voc.i.k.), -Park Lane orch.
1927 Whether it Rains Whether It Shines, -Vic Meyers hotel butler orch.
1927 Now That You're Gone, -Vic Meyers hotel butler orch.
1927 Pale Moon, -Jackie Souders and his orch.
1928 High up on Hilltop, -Hal Kemp and his orch.tune: baer; whiting; campbell
1928 Washington and Lee Swing, -Hal Kemp and his orch. tune: robbins; allen; sheafe
1928 Under a Blanket of Blue, - recorded by Glen Gray Orch., Kenny Sargeant vocal.

1929 Turn on The Heat
~The Charleston Chasers.
ex show: "Sunny Side Up"
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ch...eheat.ram

1929
What Wouldn't I Do For That Man
~The Charleston Chasers.

1932 Here Lies Love, -Sam Coslow voc.
1932 Say It Isn't So, -Sam Coslow voc.
1934 Serenade For a Wealthy Widow, -Fats Waller and his Rhythm.
1934 Let's Pretend There's a Moon, -Fats Waller and his Rhythm.
1939 Scatterbrain, -Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye. tune: burke-keene-bean-masters
1939 Tomorrow Night, -Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye. tune: sam coslow-will grosz
1940 Serenata Tropical, -Xavier Cugat and his orch.
1940 Cancion Del Mar, - Xavier Cugat and his orch.
1944 I'll Walk Alone, - Martin, Mary
1951 Undecided, - Ames Brothers
1951 Sin, (It's No), - Churchill, Savannan
1963 Donna The Prima Donna, - Dion
1963 Sugar Shack, - Gilmer, Jimmy
1963 Mean Woman Blues, - Orbison, Roy

What Wouldn't I Do For That Man?
~Music and Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg and J. Gorney
LISTEN: www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ch...ntido.ram
from "Applause"

I loved from that man from the start,
And way down deep in his heart,
I know he loves me, heaven knows why,
And when he tells me he can't live without me,
What wouldn't I do for that man?

He's not an angel or saint,

And what's the odds if he ain't?
With all his faults, I know we'll get by,
I'll be so true to him he'll never doubt me;
What wouldn't I do for that man?

If I could only rest my weary head on his shoulder,
I'd close my eyes right there and wish I'd never grow older!

I'll never leave him alone,
I'll make his troubles my own,
I'll love that man like nobody can;
I'm just no good when his arms are about me;
What wouldn't I do for that man?
Oh, what wouldn't I do for that man?

SPOTLIGHT for SEPTEMBER 27TH…






BIRTHDAYS



1918 Barclay Allen, Leader

b., d. dec. 7, 1966



1912 Erhard Bauschke, Bandleader

b: Silesia Breslau, Germany

(after 1945, called Wroclaw, Poland).

d: Oct. 10, 1945, Frankfurt am Main Praunheim



1922 Samuel "Sammy" Benskin, piano/composer

b. New York (Bronx), NY, USA. d. 1992



1916 Humphrey J. "Teddy" Brannon, piano/arranger

b. Moultrie, GA, USA, d. Feb. 24, 1989



1914 John Carter, guitar

b. Nassau, Bahamas



1909 "Skip" Hall, Arranger/Piano

b. Portsmouth, VA, USA. d. 1980

(Played with Buddy Tate Orch.)



1885 Joseph McCarthy, Lyricist.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose...(lyricist)



1923 Mary McCarty

actress/vocals

b. Winfield, KS, USA.



1924 Earl "Bud" Powell

Piano/composer

b. New York, NY, USA.

d. July 31/Aug. 1, 1966

New York, NY, USA.

Age: 41.

One
of the true giants of the big bands era, Powell changed the way that
virtually all post-Swing era pianists play. Prior to Powell, a
'striding' left hand was considered to be "de riguer" for pianists.
Powell did away with the left hand stride and instead used his left
hand to state chords on an irregular basis. His right often played
speedy single-note lines. In the early 1940s, Powell often played with
his friend Thelonious Monk at jam sessions. Then, during 1943-'45,
while a member of Cootie Williams' orchestra . he was severely beaten
on the head by police in a racial incident. Powell never fully
recovered and throughout the remainder of his life suffered from bad
headaches and mental breakdowns. During 1947-'51, he recorded for the
Roost, Blue Note and Verve labels. He also composed such works as "Un
Poco Loco", "Dance of the Infidels", "Tempus Fugit", "Hallucinations"
(also known as "Budo"), and "Bouncing with Bud". His erratic behavior
resulted in many lost opportunities.



One story going around at
the time had Charlie Parker supposedly telling Miles Davis that he
would not hire Powell because "he's even crazier than me!". In 1951,
Bud had a mental breakdown, and suffered electroshock treatments during
his hospitalization. Still, his musical artistry during this period was
extraordinary. He could, albeit intermittently, still play wonderfully,
-most notably at the 1953 Massey Hall Concert. During 1959-'64, he was
warmly welcomed in Paris, France. Yet even here, Powell spent part of
1962-'63 in the hospital. In 1964, Powell returned to New York city
where he disappeared after a few concerts and did not live through
1966. He remains one of the finest Jazz pianists of all time.

Bio:

www.budpowelljazz.com/

PBS Bio:

www.pbs.org/jazz/biograp...owell_bud.htm

NPR's Jazz Profiles: Bud Powell:

www.npr.org/programs/jaz...e/powell.html

Wikipedia Bio:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell



1914 Charley West, piano

b. Andalusia, AL, USA.



1898 Vincent Youmans, composer

b. New York, NY, USA

d. April 5, 1946, Denver, CO USA. (Tuberculosis).

Perhaps
his best recalled tune is "Tea For Two" with a lyric by E. Y. "Yip"
Harburg. Youmans also worked with Otto Harbach and Oscar Hammerstein
II, among others. His best known musical scores are "No, No Nanette"
and "Flying Down to Rio". A fine talent who died much too young.

Bio:

nfo.net/cal/ty1.htmlYoumans

Wikipedia Bio:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Youmans



1924 Mel Zelnick, drums

b. New York, NY, USA.

Among
the Stars with whom Mel has played are Benny Goodman (his first
'fame'), Marion McPartland, Stan Getz, Les Elgart, Boyd Raeburn,
"Chubby" Jackson, Pete Rugolo, Peggy Lee and Nat "King" Cole. In the
1940s and '50s, he worked as a Jazz musician, staff drummer in New York
radio stations, and also worked in the the Paramount Theater Orchestra
(NYC). In the '60s and '70s, he was a music store owner. In the '80s,
Mel was the district manager for Slingerland Drums. And add to all
this, he was Clare Willey's drummer for 20 years.



Notable Events on this date include:



1933.

NBC radio debuted Waltz Time,

featuring the orchestra of Abe Lyman.

The program continued on the network until 1948.



1954.

'The Tonight Show' debuted on NBC-TV (USA),

with host Steve Allen. Skitch Henderson and orchestra

provided the music. From 1956 until 1957, Ernie Kovacs was the host.



1965.

Harry Reser, Leader/banjo

died in New York, NY, USA.

Age: 69.



1975.

Charlie Monroe

Bluegrass guitar

died. Age: 72

Charlie
was the brother of Bill Monroe, the father of 'Bluegrass'. Bill
invented the name, the style, and was the principal proponent of that
musical genre for most of the 20th century.



1979.

Edgar Williams

piano/trumpet

died in Detroit, MI, USA.

Age: 65.



1982.

Billy Bowen, vocals

died in New York, NY, USA.

Age: 70. Member: 'The Ink Spots'



Songs Recorded/Released this date include:



1915 In Blinky, Winky, Chinky Chinatown, -Peerless Quartet. tune: jean schwartz

1929 Feed Your Friend With a long Handle Spoon, -Memphis Jug Band.



1923
Last Night on the Back Porch

Original Memphis Five.

*LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/om...Porch.ram



1926 By the Alamo, -Jackie Souders and his orch.



1926 I Never Knew What The Moonlight Could Do, -Jackie Souders and his orch. tune: coslow-spier

1926 That's My Girl, -Joe Green's Novelty Marimba Band. tune: davis; gold



1928
When Sweet Susie Goes Steppin' By

Thelma Terry and Her Playboys.

tune: kaufman-kelly-bibo

*LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...susie.ram



1929 Same Old Moon, -Will Osborne and his Orch.

1930 Siboney, -Anglo-Persians.

1930 The Peanut Vendor, - Anglo-Persians.

1931 Was I Wrong?, -Isham Jones and his Orch.

1933 By a Waterfall, -Dick Powell voc.

1934 Long About Midnight, -Louis Prima and his Gang.

1935 Goodbye, -Benny Goodman and his orch. (Benny's out-theme)

1935 I Can't Dance - I Got Ants In My Pants, -Roy Newman and his Boys.



The Peanut Vendor Lyrics



In Cuba, each merry maid

Wakes up with this serenade

Peanuts! They're nice and hot

Peanuts! I sell alot

If you haven't got bananas, don't be blue

Peanuts in a little bag are calling you



Don't waste them, no tummy ache

You'll taste them when you awake

For at the very break of day

The peanut vendor's on his way

At dawning that whistle blows

Through ev'ry city, town, and country lane

You'll hear him sing his plaintive little strain

And as he goes by to you he'll say:

"Big jumbos, big double ones

Come buy those peanuts roasted today

Come try those freshly roasted today!"

If you're looking for a moral to this song

Fifty million little monkeys can't be wrong



In Cuba, his smiling face

Is welcome most ev'ry place



Peanuts! They hear him cry

Peanuts! They all reply

If you're looking for an early morning treat

Get some double jointed peanuts good to eat

For breakfast or dinner time

For supper, most anytime

A merry twinkle in his eye

He's got a way that makes you buy

Each morning that whistle blows

The little children like to trail along

They love to hear the peanut vendor's song

They all laugh with glee when he will say

"They're roasted, no tiny ones

They're toasted, peanuts in the shell

Come buy some, I eat more than I sell!"

If an apple keeps the doctor from your door



Peanuts ought to keep him from you ever more



In Cuba, each merry maid

Wakes up with this serenade

Peanuts! They're nice and hot,

Peanuts! I sell alot,

"Peanuts! We'll meet again

Peanuts! This street again

Peanuts! You'll eat again

Your peanut man."

That Peanut man's gone

BIRTHDAYS

1908 Charlie Allen, Trumpet
b. Jackson, MS, USA.
d. Nov. 19, 1972
Biography
Mostly
associated with the Chicago classic jazz scene, Charlie Allen was a
section trumpeter who worked in some of the top big bands, including
stints with Earl Hines and Duke Ellington. He also was a man who liked
to be involved in many aspects of the music business, not just
performing. His custom trumpet mouthpieces were used by star performers
such as Cat Anderson, and in his later years Allen was an administrator
for the Chicago Musicians' Union.

Following his graduation from
high school in the early to mid-'20s, Allen began playing with
bandleaders such as the quick-thinking Hugh Swift and the gossipy Dave
Peyton. In 1927, he was a member of Doc Cook's Doctors of Synchopation,
an obscure outfit with a massive stage setup that also featured players
such as the accommodating Billy Butler and the stormy Don Pasquall. For
several years he was in and out of the Cook aggregation, also appearing
with the regal Clifford "Klarinet" King and the extensive ensemble of
Johnny Long. The latter group was slammed by one of the era's jazz
critics as "a very mediocre band in spite of an interesting personnel."

In
the early '30s, the trumpeter's artistic collaborations would climb to
a higher level as the result of a three-year period with the wonderful
Hines. Allen is featured on classic recordings such as "Cavernism,"
"Darkness," and "Mad House," which have turned into college big band
curriculum pieces. In 1935, he was a part of a brilliantEllington
trumpet section for about a year, than went to work with the orchestra
of pianist Fletcher Butler before re-joining Hines in 1937. Up to and
following the Second World War, Allen lingered in Chicago rather than
going out with touring bands, playing in numerous local groups. He was
also active as a music teacher and in the '60s joined the
administrative staff of the musicians' union. He is sometimes confused
with trumpeter Charlie "Scoop" Allen, best known for his work with the
soul band the Bar Keys.
~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

1899 Alex Bigard, Drums
b. New Orleans, LA, USA
d. June 27, 1978

1919 Carlo Bohlander, Writer/Trumpet
b. Frankfurt Am Main, Germany
d. June 2, 2004, Frankfurt, Germany.
In private correspondence, a friend of Carlo Bohlander, Mr. George Anderson, has said:
In
his earlier days, he (Bohlander) operated a few Jazz clubs in the
Frankfurt area. He became known as the "Godfather of Jazz" in Germany.

1902 Garvin Bushell, Clarinet/alto sax
b. Springfield, OH, USA. d. 1991
Garvin
Bushell's career went back to the beginning of recorded jazz yet in the
1960's he appeared on records with John Coltrane (at the Village
Vanguard in 1961) and Miles Davis (as part of Gil Evans' Orchestra). He
started playing piano when he was six, switching to clarinet at age 13.
Bushell, who was always a technically skilled player and in a more
enlightened era would probably have become a classical musician,
studied at Wilberforce University and played for shows and in
vaudeville.

He moved to New York in 1919, toured and recorded
with Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds and worked with Ethel Waters. He was
with Sam Wooding's Orchestra, visiting Europe during 1925-27 and also
worked with the Keep Shufflin' revue and Johnny Dunn. As part of the
Louisiana Sugar Babies (a quartet with Jabbo Smith, Fats Waller and
James P. Johnson), Bushell took some of the first recorded jazz solos
on bassoon in 1928; he was also a fine oboeist and flutist. Later on he
was with Otto Hardwick (1931), Fess Williams (1933), Fletcher Henderson
(1935-36), Cab Calloway (1936-37) and Chick Webb.

In the
1940's Bushell worked with Eddie Mallory and Edgar Hayes, led his own
bands and recorded with Bunk Johnson in 1947. He became a music teacher
(one of his students was King Curtis), played bassoon with the Chicago
Civic Orchestra, was part of the Fletcher Henderson Reunion Band in
1958 and worked with Wilbur DeParis' New New Orleans Jazz Band (as the
replacement for the late Omer Simeon) during 1959-64. In the 1960's he
spent time living in Puerto Rico before permanently settling in Las
Vegas, staying active as a teacher into the 1980's. Although he
recorded in a wide variety of settings, Garvin Bushell only led one
record date in his career which resulted in four titles in 1944.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

1889 "Dad" Carter, vocal/guitar
d. April 28, 1963.
né: David Parker Carter.
member: 'The Chuck Wagon Gang'

1911 Lew Davies, bandleader
b. Ashland, KY, d. Dec. 11, 1968, New York, NY, USA.
Bio:
www.spaceagepop.com/davies.htm

1910 Rosalie Hill, vocals
b. Como, MS, USA.

1905 Carl Hoff, bandleader/arranger
d. 1965
né: Carol Hoffmayr
Theme Song: "I Could Use a Dream"
Carl
had a cheerful personality and his good humor made him a hit wherever
he appeared. In 1940, Carl was the orchestra leader for the Lucky
Strike Hit Parade radio show. In 1941, he left to form his own band,
and toured the hotel and ballroom circuit. Two of his singers were
Louanne Hogan and Bob Haymes, Dick Haymes' younger brother.

The
following year, 1942, several other singers were with the band
including Al Nobel; Betty Norton and the Murphy Sisters. Later, one of
the sisters, now known as Betty Evans, became one of advertising's top
jingle writers. Carl also found a fine pianist in Ray Barr.

1902 Al Hoffman
b. Minsk, Russia, d. July 21, 1960, New York, NY, USA.
Composed "Heartaches", "Auf Wiedesehen", "Mairzy Doats", "Chi Baba Cbi Baba Chi Boom" and many others.
Lalapaluza Lu (1942)
Composed by: Milton Drake, Al Hoffman, Jerry Livingston
Performed by: Sammy Kaye & Glee Club
Label: Victor 27874-A (1942)
*LISTEN:
libwww.syr.edu/digital/im.../27874A.mp3

1906 Jaroslav Jezek
Piano/Composer/Arranger/Bandleader
b. Prague, Czechoslovakia, d. Jan. 1, 1942
Bio:
www.radio.cz/en/article/57424More:
www.kapralova.org/JEZEK.htm

1890 Anton Lada
composer/drums
b. Chicago, IL, USA.
d. August 28, 1944, Santa Monica, CA, USA.
(worked with Louis Jordan)
PIC & INFO:
www.geocities.com/BourbonSt...Lada5.html
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/alll.html

1925 Marty Robbins, C&W vocals/guitar
b. (near) Glendale, AR, USA.
né: Martin Robinson
NICE SITE:
www.martyrobbins.net/
Marty Robbins Web-Site..FANCY!
www.martyrobbins.com/
Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Robbins

1894 J. Mayo "Ink" Williams, producer/A&R
b. Monmouth, IL, USA. d. 1980, USA.

1919 Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson, drums
b. Yonkers, NY, USA. d. July 11, 1959, New York, NY, USA.
From
1939 he worked with some of the leading big bands of the period; his
most important engagements were with Lucky Millinder (1939), Benny
Carter, Tiny Bradshaw (1940), Lionel Hampton (1940-41), Earl Hines
(1941-3), Count Basie (1944-6, 1948), and Woody Herman (1949). He also
played in small groups led by Illinois Jacquet (1946-7, 1949-50,
1952-4), Erroll Garner (1950-52), Ella Fitzgerald (1954-5), and
Thelonious Monk (1957-8). During the 1950s he performed frequently with
Sonny Stitt, and he recorded with a variety of leaders, including
Basie, Joe Newman, Monk, and Lee Konitz. For the first decade of his
career Wilson was noted as the driving rhythmic force behind large
orchestras, and after 1950 he became highly regarded for his work in
small groups. Equally proficient using sticks or brushes, he was one of
the most flexible and accomplished drummers, and an unfailingly
sensitive player.
More:
forums.allaboutjazz.com/printthread.php

Notable Events on this date include:

1925.
La Revue Negre, the first American Black troupe to play in Paris, debuted on this date.
A
vivacious, sensual 18-year-old woman was featured in a supporting role:
Josephine Baker. While America shunned her, the Parisians, with their
appetite for exotic personalities with dark skin, immediately fell in
love with her. Baker became an overnight sensation in Europe. She
reveled in near nudity and was famous for her "banana dance", for which
she wore little more than a belt of bananas, and it became the
trademark of European revues. During World War II, she was a spy for
the French Resistance. : )

1953.
Liberace made his debut at Carnegie Hall, performing before a sellout audience.
His candelabra and concert grand piano became instant trademarks, lasting throughout his career.

1967.
"Stuff" Smith, (Jazz) violin
died in Munich, Germany.
Age: 58

1986.
Horace "Spoons" Williams
"Bones" Player/Poet
died in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Age: 74

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1916 Money Blues
~Joseph Smith and his orch.
tune: hugo frey
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/jc...blues.ram

1919 Yellow Dog Blues
~Joseph Smith's orch.
tune: w.c.handy
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...lues2.ram

1923 What Do You Do Sunday Mary, -Carl Fenton and his orch., tune: Caesar; Jones

1923 Down South Blues
~Virginians.
tune: Waters-Hunter-Henderson
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/vi...blues.ram

1924 Waikiki is Calling Me, -Castlewood Marimba Band. tune: sterling; Platzman

1925 Disappointed Blues
~Clara Smith voc.
tune: miller
**LISTEN!!:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/cl...blues.ram

1926 Pepita, -Park Lane orch.
1928 I Tore Up Your Picture When You Said Goodbye (vET), -Carter's orch.
1928 It Goes Like This (That funny melody), -Ben Bernie and his Orch.
1928 Out of The Tempest (vLM), -Ben Selvin and his Orch.
1928 Someday, Somewhere (vL.Murphy), -Ben Selvin and his Orch.
1929 Love (Your Spell is Everywhere) (vSB), -Ben Selvin and his Orch.

1925 Squeeze Me
~The Halfway House Dance orch.
tune: T.Waller-C.Williams
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...ezeme.ram

1925 New Orleans Shuffle
~The Halfway House Dance orch.
tune: Bill Whitmore
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/ha...hufle.ram

1931 Time on My Hands
-Smith Ballew and his orch.

1933 You've Gotta Be a Football Hero (vNB), -Don Bestor and his orch.
1933 Till Then (voc. Neil Buckley), -Don Bestor and his orch.
1934 The continental, -Jolly Coburn and his orch.
1934 Hot Lips, - rec'd by Henry Busse orch.
1934 Okay Toots (vosc. Dudley Nix), -Tom Coakley Palace Hotel orch.
1934 Your Head on My Shoulder (voc. C.Ravazza), -Tom Coakley Palace Hotel orch.
1934 College Rhythm, -Jolly Coburn and his orch.
1934 Stay As Sweet As You Are, -Jolly Coburn and his orch
1934 Take a Number From One To Ten (vK.Thompson), -Tom Coakley Palace Hotel Orch.

1936 Who Loves You?
~Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
*LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/OD...vewho.ram

1936 Easy to love, -Ray Noble and his orch.

1936 I've Got You Under My Skin
~Ray Noble and his orch
*LISTEN:
www.amazon.com/exec/obido...598-1044013

1936 One, Two, Button Your Shoe, -Ray Noble and his orch.
1936 Let's Call a Heart a Heart, -Ray Noble and his orch., and also Bing Crosby
1939 Stop Kicking My Heart Around, -Jack Teagarden and his orch.
1939 A Gay Ranchero, - Louise Massey and The Westerners.
1939 South of the Border, -Louise Massey and The Westerners.
1939 I Didn't Know What Time it Was, -Hal Kemp and his orch.
1941 Tis Autumn, -Jan Savitt's Tophatters.
1941 "Let's Do It", Benny Goodman Orch., Peggy Lee vocal.

BIRTHDAYS



1872 Isadore Barbarin, Alto Sax

b. New Orleans, LA, USA.

d. June 12, 1960, New Orleans, LA, USA.

He was a 30 year member of the Onward Brass Band.



1917 Jimmy Butts, Bass

b. New York, NY, USA, d. Jan 8, 1998



1916 Johnny Catron, Leader

b. Boston, MA, USA (??)

d. Oct. 31, 1998, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

[ Johnny Catron Orch ]

Themes:

"Just a Memory" (1939 in Boston)

"Love Day" (1946 in Texas)

In the fall of 1995 Johnny Catron summed up his life by saying, "I was
born on September 24, 1916. I worked as a salesman for automobiles for
36 years. I had a big band for 40 some years. And I wrote a few good
songs. Not bad for a guy that never knew what he wanted to do when he
grew up!"



After World War II, Catron has financial problems and could not raise
the funds to reorganize a band such as the one he had before the war.
He took a job at a Volkswagen dealership in Pomona, California in order
to finance a band. He soon discovered he had two loves, making music
and selling cars. "I know the two careers don't really go together, but
I really loved both. A few years later I found a way I could link these
two jobs. I wrote a song and had my band perform it, it was called "The
Volkswagen Song Polka."



In 1941 when Mr. Catron starting working with Ben Pollack he began to
arrange and write songs. "Pollack really encourage me to write, so I
did, after all I realized even at that young age how talented Pollack
was." When Catron landed a job with the "Union Oil Company Radio
Program" he took over as head arranger. Years later he was head
arranger and writer for a KFI (Southern California radio station)
program with Lawrence Welk and Freddy Martin, the show ran from 1963 to
1966. During this time he wrote some remarkable songs such as "Valerie,
" "A Little Affection, " and "There's a Time and a Place for
Everything."



In 1964 he wrote a poignant song about the asassination of John F.
Kennedy. The song was entitled "The Big D" and a recording of the song
is located at the Dallas Museum.



"Some people have a hard time making sense of my career, to them I say: I got to do what I loved!"

Above Notes courtesy of Mr. Dan DelFiorentino



1923 Theodore "Fats" Navarro, trumpet

b. Key West, FL, USA

d. July 7, 1950 New York, NY, USA.



1931 Anthony Newley, vocals/actor

b. London, England, d. April 14, 1999.

1960 single "Why". charted UK No.1 Born illegitimately in Hackney (area
of east London) and leaving school at age 14, he first found fame as a
child actor as the 'Artful Dodger' in David Lean's 1948 film 'Oliver
Twist.' In 1956, at age 17, Newley made his U.S. debut appearing in six
films that year.During the 1950s and 1960s, Newley was everywhere - on
the screen, on television and, seven times, in the top ten song charts.
He also composed two songs, "Who Can I Turn To When Nobody Needs Me?",
and "The Roar of the Greasepaint (The Smell of the Crowd)" -(musical)
For many years, Ill health had plagued Newley.



In 1985, he was first diagnosed with renal cell cancer and had one kidney removed. In 1997, the cancer metastasized
attacking his lungs, and then spreading to his liver. For many years
Newley lived in Surrey, England, before moving to Florida (USA)
permanently. He had donated his papers to the Boston University Library
Special Collections Dept. Newley married and divorced three times. In
1956, he first married Elizabeth Ann Lynn, and the marriage was
dissolved in 1963. The same year he married Joan Collins; and they
divorced in 1971. In 1989, he divorced his third wife, air hostess
Dareth Dunn. At the time of Newley's demise, he was survived by his
mother, Grace, age 96 (with whom he lived in Surrey since 1992 after 22
years living in the U.S.), and four children, a boy (Sasha) and a girl
(Tara) with Joan Collins, and another boy (Christopher) and girl
(Shelby) with Dareth Dunn. His third wife, Dareth Newley Dunn,
described him as "a dear, sweet, loving friend and father ...
consummate performer and ultimate composer".



1905 Ahmed Ratip, Guitar/Banjo/Vocals/Leader

b. Istanbul, Turkey



1909 Carl Sigman, lyricist, d. 2000



1924 "Tarheel Slim", guitar

b. Bailey, NC, USA.

Bio:

koti.mbnet.fi/wdd/tarheelslimbio.htm



1914 Horst Winter

Clarinet/Vocal

b. Beuthen, Germany



Notable Events on this date include:



1942.

Glenn Miller ended his CBS radio broadcasts for Chesterfield
Cigarettes. The show had aired three times a week for three years. WWII
was raging, and Miller went into the U. S. Armed Forces. He did not
survive the war. .



1985.

Carl Jones, label owner (CJ Records), died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 72



Songs Recorded/Released this date include:



1909 Snow Queen, -Arthur Pryor's Band. tune: Fulton

1913 My Lovin Melody Man, -Peerless Quartet. tune: Glogau

1913 Dinah, -Peerless Quartet. tune: Marshall



1920 Fair One

-Benson orch. of Chicago.

*LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/be...irone.ram

1924 Any Way the Wind Blows, -Abe Lyman's California orch. recorded the tune on Sept. 9: Creamer; Hanley



1924 The Hoodoo Man

-Paul Whiteman and his orch.

recorded the tune on Sept. 9 : Nacio H Brown

*LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wh...doomn.ram



1924 Nightingale (vm downey), -Leviathan orch. recorded the tune on May 9: james Brockman

1926 Lay me Down to Sleep in Carolina, -Vincent Lopez and his orch.

1927 After I've Called You Sweetheart (vFH), -The Cavaliers (b.selvin orch.). Tune:Eddie Thomas ex: Collegians

1927 Marvelous (vik), -The Knickerbockers (B. Selvin orch).

1928 Good Little Bad Little You (ved smalle), -Arrowhead Inn orch (M.Davis orch).

1928 Sleep Baby Sleep (w) (ves), -Arrowhead Inn orch (M.Davis orch).



1929 Smashing Thirds

~Fats Waller (piano). tune:waller

*LISTEN:

www.redhotjazz.com/songs/wa...hirds.ram

1930 Sweetheart of my Student Days, -Earl Burtnett and his orch.

1930 As Long As We're Together, -Abe Lyman's california orch.

1930 When Gabriel Blows Dat Horn, -Paul Tremaine and his orch.



1931 A Faded Summer Love

-Ben Bernie and his orch.



1931 Song of the Weed, -Don Redman and his orch.

1932 Please Mr Hemingway, -George Olsen and his music.

1935 Four or Five Times, -Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.

1935 Old fashioned Love, -Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.

1935 Never No More Blues, -Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys.

1938 Dans Mes Bras, -Wayne King and his orch.

1938 Arrancame La Vida, -Wayne King and his orch.

1940 Venetian Melody, -Bill Gale and Globe Trotters.

1940 Down Argentina Way, -Leo Reisman and his Orch. tune: Mack Gordon-Harry Warren

1940 Such Stuff as Dreams are Made Of, -Leo Reisman and his Orch.



1941 A Week End in Havana

-Xavier Cugat and his Orch.



1941 A gay ranchero, -Xavier Cugat and his Orch.

1945 Symphony (voc. Lisa Morrow), -Benny Goodman and his Orch.



A Faded Summer Love



You left today but you didn't say goodbye

I wonder why

I'm standing now where you made your vow

So blue for you I could cry



Leaves come tumbling down round my head

Some of them are brown some are red

Beautiful to see, but reminding me

Of a faded summer love



Weighing high above in the trees

They were so in love with the breeze

Now the autumn wind brings to them the end

Of a faded summer love



I'm like the poor leaves that swayed with the breeze

I thought that life was sweet

You are the sweet breeze that tried hard to please

Then swept me off my feet



Summer morning dew turn to frost

Leaves that once were new pay the cost

Beautiful to see but reminding me

Of a faded summer love



I'm like the poor leaves that swayed with the breeze

I thought that life was sweet

You are the sweet breeze that tried hard to please

Then swept me off my feet



Summer morning dew turn to frost

Leaves that once were new pay the cost

Beautiful to see but reminding me

Of a faded summer love

BIRTHDAYS


*1930 Ray Charles, Vocal/Piano
b. Albany, GA, USA.
d. June 10, 2004, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
né: Ray Charles Robinson.
Ray
was been Physically Blind since age six but possessed an incredible
musical vision that spanned R and B, Jazz, soul, pop, and country
music. Ray's original style heavily influenced by Nat "King" Cole, but,
in the 1950s, Charles broke new ground by combining energetic gospel
with secular, sexual blues lyrics with his songs "Hallelujah, I Love
Her" (1956) and "What'd I Say" (1959). In the 1960's, his style changed
again this time combining soul, pop, and country, with songs like the
number one hit "Georgia on My Mind" (1960).
*(TWO DIFFERING ACCOUNTS of RAYS PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF BIRTH AND BIRTH NAME…WHAT ARE THE FACTS??)

1910 Bardu Ali, guitar/leader/vocal
b. New Orleans, LA, USA
d. Oct. 29, 1981, Inglewood, CA, USA.
Bardu
was the REAL discoverer of Ella Fitzgerald, - and he had to convince
his leader Chick Webb to take her on as the band's vocalist. (Later,
Chick and his wife adopted Ella.) He fronted the band 1935-'39, and in
later years became comedian Redd Foxx's manager.


*1907 Albert Ammons, piano
b. Chicago, IL, USA.
d. Dec. 5, 1949. Chicago, IL, USA.
Biography
Albert
Ammons was one of the big three of late-'30s boogie-woogie along with
Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. Arguably the most powerful of the
three, Ammons was also flexible enough to play swing music. Ammons
played in Chicago clubs from the 1920s on, although he also worked as a
cab driver for a time. Starting in 1934, he led his own band in
Chicago, and he made his first records in 1936. In 1938, Ammons
appeared at Carnegie Hall with Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis, an
event that really helped launch the boogie-woogie craze. Ammons
recorded with the other pianists in duets and trios, fit right in with
the Port of Harlem Jazzmen on their Blue Note session, appeared
regularly at Cafe Society, recorded as a sideman with Sippie Wallace in
the 1940s, and he even cut a session with his son, the great tenorman
Gene Ammons. Albert Ammons worked steadily throughout the 1940s,
playing at President Harry Truman's inauguration in 1949; he died later
that year. Many of his recordings are currently available on CD.
~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide


1889 Don Bestor, bandleader
b: Sept 23, 1889, Langford SD., d: Jan 13, 1970
Don was the "Play Don" on the Jack Benny radio Show.
(Also see entry for The Benson Orch.)
Theme: "Teach Me To Smile" and "I'm Not Forgetting"
Memorable
'Tag': "Play, Don, Play!" -- Jack Benny Radio Show. Don Bestor was one
of the grand veteran bandleaders fronting one of the hottest swing
bands of the 1920's, -The Benson Orchestra of Chicago!

After
learning piano at the age of sixteen, he toured the vaudeville circuit.
He formed an early dance band in 1921 before working with the Benson
band. By the mid 1920's he took over as leader and signed the band with
Victor Records. Among the Benson recordings under Bestor's direction
were, "Copenhagen," and "In A Covered Wagon With You." He resumed his
own band by 1933 and recorded with Brunswick throughout much of the
1930's. The band had such success on record that he was often asked to
perform on radio. His radio career was relatively short, but extremely
significant. The Don Bestor Orchestra was featured on the Walter
O'Keefe Show while at the same time working for the brand new program
staring a comedian named Jack Benny. The Benny program began in 1934
and soon became a national craze. Bestor was often asked by Benny to,
"Play, Don, Play!"
(Trivia: It was Bestor who wrote the commercial for the Jack Benny Show when it was sponsored by, "J-E-L-L-O.")

By
the late 1930's his fame had waned, however, he continued to tour the
band until 1943. Besides his role on the Benny show, the band is
remembered for a few important recordings, including, "Animal Crackers
In My Soup" from the Shirley Temple movie Curly Top in 1935 and the
number one hit song in March 1933, "Forty-Second Street."
Above notes courtesy of Mr. Dan DelFiorentino
MORE:
Red Hot Jazz Bio:
www.redhotjazz.com/bestoro.html
Solid! -- Don Bestor
www.parabrisas.com/d_bestord.php

1905 Myron "Tiny" Bradshaw, Leader
b. Youngstown, OH, USA.
d. Nov. 26, 1958, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Wikipedia
Myron
(Tiny) Bradshaw (1905 –1958 ) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues
bandleader ,singer ,pianist , and drummer from Youngstown, Ohio. After
graduating from Wilberforce University in psychology, he turned to
music for a living. He sang with Horace Henderson, drummed for Marion
Hardy the Savoy Bearcats, and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and sang for
Luis Russell. In 1934 he formed his own Swing orchestra, which recorded
eight sides that year. The band's next recording date was in 1944, when
its music was closer to rhythm and blues. The band recorded extensively
for the rhythm and blues market, especially between 1950 and 1954 .
Bradshaw's best known recording was "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1951) which
passed from rhythm and blues into rock.
Bradshaw employed many
important musicians and arrangers, including Shad Collins,Gil
Fuller,Gigi Gryce, Russell Procope, Red Prysock,Sonny Stitt, and Shadow
Wilson.
Bio:
www.oldies.com/artist/bio...d_6970.html
*LISTEN:
www.oldies.com/artist/son...d_6970.html
and
www.sptimes.com/2002/websp...ollin.shtml


1926 John William Coltrane, Tenor Sax
b. Hamlet, SC, USA,
d. July 17, 1967, Long Island, NY, USA.
As
a sidemanwith the Miles Davis group, and later as a leader of his own
group, Coltrane was one of the principal Jazz figures of his era.
WIKIPEDIA BIO:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane
MORE:
www.wnur.org/jazz/artists/coltrane.john/
PBS Bio:
www.pbs.org/jazz/biograp...rane_john.htm

1928 Frank Foster, Tenor Sax/composer/arranger
b. Cincinnati, OH, USA. (Worked with Count Basie.)


1875 John Lomax Sr, Author/Folklorist
b. Goodman, MS, USA.
d. Jan. 26, 1948, Greenville, MS, USA.

1912 George Matthews, Trombone
b. Dominica, British West Indies, d. 1982.
Worked with both the Lucky Millinder and Tiny Bradshaw orchestras.
Verve Bio:
www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist.aspx

1906 Willard F. McMurry, furniture store owner/musician
b. Alamucha, MS, USA. d. June 28, 1996.
Willard
is best known because of his wife, Lillian Shedd McMurry, b. Purvis,
MS, USA, who died March 18 1999, in Jackson, MS, USA. (heart attack)
While cleaning out one of her husband's stores, she found a stack of
Blues records, and was so taken by them that she eventually signed some
bluesmen (including Sonny Boy Williamson) and formed her own recording
company, Trumpet Records.

1883 "Wooden" Joe Nicholas, Cornet
b. New Orleans, LA, USA. d. 1957

1930 Irene Reid, vocals
b. Savannah, Georgia, USA
Jazz
vocalist Irene Reid first rose to prominence in the 1960s before
mounting a surprising comeback in the late '90s. During the '60s, she
recorded for some of the era's most prestigious jazz labels, including
Verve (Room for One More, 1965; It's Too Late, 1966). However, in the
'70s, she disappeared from the spotlight after recording an album for
Polydor, The World Needs What I Need (1971). It wasn't until the late
'90s that she returned to prominence, recording some albums for Savant,
beginning with Million Dollar Secret (1997).
~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

1920 Mickey Rooney, Actor/vocals
Mickey is listed here for all the wonderful Rodgers and Hart (and others) tunes he sang in his films.
Official Web Site:
www.mickeyrooney.com/

1928 James Bryant "Jimmy" Woode
bass/piano/composer
b.
Philadelphia, PA, USA, d. April 23, 2005 in Lindenwold, NJ, USA. In
1946, Woode began his professional career with his own band. Among his
early musical associates were Nat Pierce, 'Flip' Phillips and 'Zoot'
Sims. He also accompanied singers Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. In
the early 1550s, Woode, was a member of the house band at George Wein's
'Storyville Club' in Boston, MA. There he had the opportunity to play
with many visiting Jazzmen, and by 1955 his reputation as a solid
section player was such that he was invited to join Duke Ellington, a
job he held for five years. Upon leaving Ellington, he settled in
Europe (first in Sweden). He later joined the Clarke-Boland Big Band,
remaining with them throughout most of its existence (1961-70).

Notable Events on this date include:


1989. Bradley Kincaid, songwriter
died in Springfield, OH, USA. Age: 94.

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:


1908 Marsovia Waltz
-Arthur Pryor's Band.
tune: Lampe

1912 At The Ragtime Ball
Peerless Quartet.
tune: Lewis-Monaco

1914 When You Wore a Tulip, -American Quartet. tune: Percy Wenrich
1926 Oh! How I Love Bulgarians (vik), -Clevelanders.
1926 Yiddishe Charleston (vik), -Clevelanders.
1929 The Chant, -Dixie Rhythm Kings.

1929 Easy Rider
-Dixie Rhythm Kings.
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1929 Storybook Ball
~Dixie Rhythm Kings
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1929 Old Folks Started It, -Minnie Wallace with Memphis Jug Band.
1930 My Baby Just Cares for Me, -Ted Wallace and his Campus Boys.
1931 You Call it Madness, -Ben Bernie and his orch.

1931 You Rascal, You
~Cab Calloway and his orch.
tune: Sam Theard

1931 Wake 'Em Up, -Chicago Hot Five. tune: Sam Fried

1931 Just One More Chance, -Chicago Hot Five. tune: Sam Coslow-Jimmy Johnson
1931 Blues in My Heart, - Washboard Rhythm Kings. tune: Benny Carter
1931 Georgia On My Mind, -Washboard Rhythm Kings. tune: Hoagy Carmichael
1935 Mexicali Rose, -Bob wills and his Texas Playboys.
1943 Close To You, - Sinatra, Frank
1947 Say It Simple, - Pearl Bailey



You Rascal You
~Cab Calloway

You sure is a rascal!

I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!
When you dead in your grave,
No more women will you crave.

I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

I trust you in my home, you rascal, you.
I trust you in my home, you rascal, you.
I trust you in my home,
You wouldn't leave my wife alone.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

I fed you since last fall, you rascal, you.
I fed you since last fall, you rascal, you.
I fed you since last fall,
Then you got your ashes hauled.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

You asked my wife to wash your clothes, you rascal, you.
You asked my wife to wash your clothes, you rascal, you.
You asked my wife to wash your clothes

And something else I suppose.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

You know you done me wrong, you rascal, you.
You know you done me wrong, you rascal, you.
You know you done me wrong,
You done stole my wife and gone.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

You asked my wife for a meal, you rascal, you!
You asked my wife for a meal, you rascal, you!
You asked my wife for a meal,
And something else you tried to steal.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

Please don't me find you, rascal, you.
Please don't let me find you, rascal, you!

Please don't let me find you
'Cause you'll leave this world behind you.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

Ain't no use to run, you rascal, you.
Ain't no use to run, you rascal, you.
Ain't no use to run,
I done bought a Gatling gun,
And you still having your fun, you rascal, you!

I'm gonna kill you just for fun, you rascal, you!
I'm gonna kill you just for fun, you rascal, you!
I'm gonna kill you just for fun;
The buzzards gonna have you when I'm done.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

You done messed with my wife, you rascal, you!

You done messed with my wife, you rascal, you!
You done messed with my wife,
And I'm gonna take your life.
I'll be glad when you dead, you rascal, you!

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BIRTHDAYS

1919 Rio De Gregori, Piano
b. Zurich, Switzerland, d. May 22, 1987

1894 Dave Dreyer, composer
b. New York, NY, USA. d.
Most active during the 1920's and 1930's, Dave was a typical Tin Pan Alley composer, writing songs on demand. He started his career as a staff pianist and song plugger for various New York City music publishing companies. Later, he went on the vaudeville circuits as accompanist to stars such as Al Jolson, Frank Fay and Sophie Tucker. As is typical of all Tin Pan Alley musicians, he collaborated with many different lyricists.
Brief Chronology:
1925 "Cecilia"
1927 "Me and My Shadow,"
1928 "Back in Your Own Backyard"
"There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder", Billy Rose lyric.
"Golden Gate", From Picture 'The Singing Fool' with Al Jolson.
1930 "I'm Following You", Ballard MacDonald lyric. From the picture 'It's A Great Life'.
19?? "I'm Keeping Company"
1931 "Wabash Moon", Billy McKenny and Morton Downey lyrics.
Dreyer who was elected to the Songwriters' Hall of Fame, died in 1967, at age 73.

1913 Leroy Holmes, bandleader
b. Pittsburgh, PA, USA, d. July 27, 1986.
Best recalled as leader on Tonight Show, 1956 -'57

1919 Bill Jennings, guitar
b. Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Jenning's sound has been compared to Tiny Grimes with a hint of early Charlie Christian. A peer of Billy Butler, Jennings played with Louis Jordan in the late '40s and early '50s. He also recorded R&B sides with Leo Parker and Bill Doggett.

~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

1911 Sy Quinto, violin
b. Caserta, Italy, d. Aug. 27, 2004, Ellington, CT, USA.
Age: 92.
né: Silvio Giaquinto.
As a child, Sy studied violin with his father, Louis Giaquinto, as well as with Louis Eaton and Jacques Gordon, and piano with Jesse Downer Eaton. During 1931 to 1937, Sy toured on the road playing violin with 'Barney Rapp and His New Englanders'. In 1938-39, he did recording work in N.Y. with conductor and composer Alphonso D'Artega, and also played violin with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra from the late 1930s to the early 1940's. Beginning in 1939, he also performed on the violin, piano and organ with the Paul Landerman Orchestra, in both the classical string quartet and the dance band at the Bond Hotel in Hartford. Serving in the U. S. Army during WW II, Sy performed with the Army Symphony Orchestra, Marching Band and Big Band for the soldiers and public while stationed at Fort Devens, MA, and Camp Lee, VA. When the war ended, he returned to Hartford, and again played with his friend Paul Landerman and his Orchestra.

In the early 1950's, Sy formed his own group performing in the Hartford area for many enjoyable years up to the late 1970's with members that included: Seymour Rosenberg, Carl Angelica, Everett Vale ( former drummer with the Frankie Carle Orch.), and Sal Cugno. From 1963 to 1983, Sy taught at the 'Hartford Conservatory of Music', himself being a student there in the 1920's. For the various bands in which he worked, solo, and for recordings, Sy also composed many songs and did arrangements. He was a member of the Musicians Union, Local 400 for over 60 years, as well as serving on the Union Board. Sy was predeceased by his brother, Mario Giaquinto, who was a musician, being a staff guitarist at CBS and working at NBC in the 1930's with Don Voorhees and Victor Young.

1919 Jack Russell, vocals
b. Saratoga Springs, New York, NY, USA.
Best recalled for his work on 'Your Show of Shows'.

1896 Dan Sane, guitar
b. Hernando, MS, USA.
Worked with vocalist/guitarist Frank Stokes recording as 'The Beale Street Shieks'.

1913 Fletcher Smith, Piano
b. Lincoln, NE, USA, d. Aug. 15, 1993.

1924 Ray Wetzel, trumpet
b. Parkersburg, WV, USA.
d. August 17, 1951, Sedgwick, CO, USA.

Notable Events on this date include:

1989. Irving Berlin, songwriter
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 101. né: Israel Baline Sr.

1990. Tom Rushen, songwriter
died in Cleveland, MS, USA.
Age: 92

1994. Leonard Feather
piano/author/songwriter
died in Encino, CA, USA.
Age: 80

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1909 Haviland's Harmonies, -Arthur Pryor's Band.
1908 Georgia Sunset, -Arthur Pryor's Band. tune: j.boewalt lampe
1920 A Bunch of Rags, -Fred van Eps (Banjo). tune: Vess Ossman
1920 I Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in Your Arms, - Benson orch. of Chicago.

1921 Second Hand Rose
-Paul whiteman and his orch.
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1921 My Sweet Girl, -Allstar trio and orchestra. tune: george green-victor arden
1923 Just A Girl That Men Forget, -Columbia Dance orch.

1924 Nobody Loves You Like I Do, -Brox Sisters.
1924 Sweetest Little Rose in Tennessee, -Brox Sisters.
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1925 Brown Eyes Why Are You Blue, -B.F.Goodrich Silvertown orch.
1925 Freshie, -Earl Gresh's Gangplank orch.
1925 Help!, -Earl Gresh's Gangplank orch. tune: sherman-tucker-moore
1926 Because I Love You, -The Radiolites (B. Selvin orch.).
1926 Meadowlark, -Isham Jones and his Orch. Tune: Keidel; Fiorito
1927 Rain (voc. I.K.), -Harry Archer and his Orch.
1928 Oriental Illusions, -Slim Lamar's Southerners.
1928 Ho-Ho-Ho-Hogan, -Vaughn DeLeath voc. : )
1929 Wilkins Street Stomp, -Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman). tune: Rufus Perryman
1932 Swing Low, -Duke Ellington and his Orch. tune: Ellington-F.Jenkins
1933 Heat wave, - Meyer Davis and his Orch.
1933 Lonely Heart (voc.l.c.), -Meyer Davis and his Orch.
1933 Easter Parade, -Meyer Davis and his Orch.
1933 How's Chances, -Meyer Davis and his Orch.
1933 Goodbye Love (vl.bennet), -Jan Garber and his Orch.
1933 I've An Evening for Sale (vlb), -Jan Garber and his Orch.
1933 Hopelessly in Love With You (vlb), -Jan Garber and his Orch.
1938 Stompin' at the Stadium, -Tommy Dorsey and his orch.
1938 Sailing at Midnight, -Tommy Dorsey and his clambake 7.
1947 I Need You Like I Need a Hole in the Head, - Pearl Bailey voc.
1941 I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover, -Tiny Hill Orch. rec'd this date: (Issued 2/1/48)
1954 Teach Me Tonight, - Jo Stafford voc. Tune: Cahn-

By the late 1940's, Del was touring again,
with much better luck. The band played the New Yorker and Ambassador
Hotels in New York, Edgewater and Stevens in Chicago, the Roosevelt in
New Orleans, the Royal Hawaiian in Honolulu and their longest
engagement, which was the famous Blackhawk Restaurant in Chicago, where
the band played for thirty-two weeks. However, the band always returned
to San Francisco and their loyal fans.

After the end of the band
era, Del Courtney opened a television dealership in Oakland, CA, and
also worked on KSFO radio as a disc jockey. Actually, during 1965,
KSOL, which was formerly KSAN, was a "Top 40 station" featuring popular
rock-and-roll music, and was in fact owned by Lee Malloy and Del
Courtney, both, by that time, well known San Francisco entertainers.
Courtney's desire to lead a band never left him, he soon led a new band
while working on radio.

In the 1970's he led the band for the
Oakland Raiders Football Team. Rollanda Lee may have been the vocalist
with the band at that time. The Courtney band was led by various
musicians when Del took time off to work on TV (The King Family Show),
and during his vacations in Hawaii. In Feb. 20, 1986, Courtney's
orchestra was playing for a Tea Dance at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in
Honolulu, Hawaii, when when Dave Brubeck walked in and sat in with the
band for a couple of numbers, "Take Five" and "Take the 'A' Train."
Courtney and Brubeck were old pals -- fraternity brothers (Rho Lambda
Phi) at the University of the Pacific. (Brubeck's brother, Henry, had
played drums in an early Courtney orchestra.)

His ghost band
still performs at the Hyatt in San Francisco, and currently --2002 --
at 92 years of age, Del still appears with his band at the Royal
Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu.

Daffan
originally owned a Houston, Texas musical instrument repair shop,
before "Western Swing" bandleader Milton Brown persuaded him to close
the shop and to become a performer. Very soon afterwards, he began
composing a string of hit "Western" songs. His first song, "Truck
Drivin' Blues," was such a big hit for bandleader Cliff Bruner, that it
enabled Daffan to form his own band ("The Texans"). In the 1940s, he
composed "Worried Mind", and "Born To Lose," among others. By the
1960s, was no longer composing tunes. He, and his good friend, C&W
star Hank Snow had formed a successful Music publishing company in
Nashville, TN. Eventually, Daffan retired and returned to his home in
Houston, Texas. It is interesting to note that his "Truck Drivin'
Blues" became the prototype of all the subsequent C&W "Truck
Drivin'"songs that followed.

1920 Yvonne King , vocals.
né: Yvonne Driggs - another King Sisters Best recalled for their work with the Alvino Rey Orchestra.

1914 Frank H. Orchard
Dixieland-oriented trombonist/violin/banjo/tuba
b. Chicago, IL, USA. d. Dec 27, 1983.
(Note: some sources show Aug. 21, 1914, and some show Sept. 21, 1914, as date of birth.)
In
the 1940s, Orchard became a part of New York city's 'Dixieland' scene
working with Jimmy McPartland, Bobby Hackett, Max Kaminsky, Wingy
Manone, Joe Marsala and the Eddie Condon gang. He also recorded with a
group headed by the wonderful pianist Willie "The Lion" Smith. In the
mid-1950s, he first moved to Dayton, OH, and eventually to St. Louis,
MO. In the 1960s, he returned to New York city, where, from
1970-'71,.worked regularly at Jimmy Ryan's club, and then worked with
Billy Butterfield in 1979. Sadly, Orchard never led his own recording
date,

1918 Thomas Charles "Tommy" Potter, bass
b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. d. 1988 (Played with Charlie Parker.)


1908 Bill Reinhardt, clarinet/french horn
b. Chicago, IL, USA. d. Jan. 23, 2001. Age: 92.
Early
in his career, he recorded (in Chicago) with Wingy Manone (possibly the
Sept. 4, 1928 date credited to Wade Foster with Bud Freeman and Gene
Krupa on the Brunswick label). After relocating to New York, he met Joe
and Marty Marsala, then playing at the Hickory House on 52nd Street,
and soon after recorded with Marty. Bill also led his own Jazz group in
New Rochelle (NY) with Joe Mooney on piano. During this period, Bill's
clarinet was heard at many of the smaller New York Jazz Clubs, such as
the Nut Club, Club 18, and Nick's (in Greenwich Village, with Frank
Orchard, tb; and Danny Alvin, dms). He met his first wife, Ruth Sato
(whom newspaper columnist Walter Winchell once described as "a Japanese
doll with brains"). Ruth had performed with dance Fred Astaire and
comedian Milton Berle. She and Bill were married in Norfolk, VA, USA,
after Bill had joined the U. S. Navy, during WWII.

In 1945,
Bill was mustered out of the navy. On June 11, 1947, he and Ruth,
opened their own club, "Jazz, Ltd" (at 11 East Grand in Chicago). The
tiny club (it only held 85 people) found almost-immediate success. Bill
played clarinet in the club band (he couldn't get Omer Simeon).
Subsequently, other clarinetists played at the club including Edmund
Hall, Frank Chace, Pete Fountain, Darnell Howard, Bob Schroeder, Bobby
Gordon, and Chuck Hedges. On August 25, 1948, Sidney Bechet played at
'Jazz, Ltd' and would continue to play there for a total of 11 months
over a two-year period. On January 12, 1949, trumpeter Muggsy Spanier
played the club, and also appeared on and off for 15 months over the
next two years. (Muggsy met his wife, writer and publicist Ruth
O'Connell at the club.) Some of the famous people who visited the club
included comedian Bert Lahr, actress Tallulah Bankhead Dan Daily,
Nelson Algren, Jan Sterling, Miguel Covarrubias, and poet Carl
Sandburg. The club closed February 26, 1972. After the death of his
first wife, Bill married Patricia, on September 23, 1994. In Feb. 1998,
while taking his daily 'constitutional', Bill was mugged suffering a
fractured pelvis and knife cut. He did recover from that, and lived to
age 92 when he died in 2001.

1914 Leroy Elliott "Slam" Stewart, bass
b. Englewood, NJ, USA. d. Dec. 10, 1987, Binghamton, NY, USA.
Part
of the team of "Slim" Gaillard and "Slam" Stewart. "Slam" got that
fascinating tone by humming along an octave apart while bowing his
Bass. He got the idea while studying at the Boston Conservatory when he
heard Ray Perry huming along with the violin.

In
1936 Stewart was with Peanuts Holland's band, but the following year he
and guitarist/singer/comedian Slim Gaillard formed a duet team which
calling themselves "Slim and Slam." They recorded a tune called "Flat
Foot Floogie" (Bud Green composer) which became such a huge hit and
that it kept them working as a team into the early '40s. After the
team's dissolution, Stewart went on to play with Art Tatum's trio, was
featured on records with the Benny Goodman Sextet, Red Norvo and Lester
Young, and led his own group, - which for a period featured the
up-and-coming pianist Erroll Garner. At a 1945 Town Hall concert,
Stewart performed a couple of stunning duets with tenor saxophonist Don
Byas. He later worked with other groups headed by pianist Billy Taylor,
Trumpeter Roy Eldridge, and guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, and many
others. He also appeared with The Newport All-Stars and even recorded
two albums with bassist Major Holley (who also "bowed and hummed" but
in unison).

1896 Jay Stone Toney, vocals
b. Columbia, TN, USA.
Member:
'The Southernaires', a gospel music vocal group comprised of Homer
Quincy Smith, Lowell Peters, Jay Stone Toney, William Edmondson.

Notable Events on this date include:

1943. Trixie Smith, vocals
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 48.

1964. Bo Carter, Blues guitar/vocals
died in Memphis, TN, USA. Age: 71
( né: Armenter Chatmon, b. Mar. 21, 1893, Bolton, MS, USA)

1974. Babe Stovall, guitar
died in New Orleans, LA, USA.
Age: 66.

1974. Walter Brennan
Character actor/singer
died Oxnard, CA, USA.

1984. "Symphony Sid", DJ
died in Miami, FL, USA.
Age: 75.

1987. Jaco Pastorius, bass
died in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Age: 35.

Songs Recorded/Released this date include:

1908 Moon Winks (3 step), -Arthur Pryor's Band. tune: frey
1908 Dainty Dolly Two Step, -Arthur Pryor's Band. tune: seebock
1908 Southern Beauties Rag, -Arthur Pryor's Band. tune: charles johnson
1914 He's A Rag Picker, -Peerless Quartet. tune: berlin
1920 Chili Bean, -Benson Orch. of Chicago. tune: von tilzer
1922 Carolina in the Morning, -Paul Whiteman and his orch. tune: donaldson-Kahn


1925 I'm Knee Deep in Daisies
~Whispering Jack Smith voc.
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1925 Cecelia
~Whispering Jack Smith.voc.
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1926 I Wanna Be Known as Susie's Feller, -Isham Jones and his orch. Tune: Brown; Dreyer
1927 Are You Lonesome Tonight (voc.V.DeL.), -Colonial Club orch (Haring orch.).
1928 Where the Shy Little Violets Grow (vjp), -Colonial Club orch (Haring orch.).
1928 Jo Anne (voc. e.t.), -Herb Gordon hotel Adelphia orch. tune: Silver; Pinkard; Ward

1928 Roses of Yesterday
~Cliff Edwards 'ukulele ike' voc.
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1928 Good Little Bad Little You
~Cliff Edwards 'ukulele ike' voc. : )
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1929 I'd Do Anything for You, -Slatz Randall and his orch.
1929 Blame it on the Moon, -Slatz Randall and his orch.

1929 Let's Don't and Say We Did
Slatz Randall and his orch.
tune: Ponce; Flatow
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1929 Got A Great Big Date, -Slatz Randall and his orch. tune: JOE SANDERS
1931 You're My Only Sweetheart, - Ipana Troubadors (s.lanin orch.)
1932 Hot Toddy, -Cab Calloway and his orch.
1933 When You Were The Girl on the Scooter, -Harry Reser's syncopators
1933 Harlem Hospitality, -Cab Calloway and his orch.
1933 Little Town Gal, -Cab Calloway and his orch.


1924 Miss Otis Regrets
~Alberta Hunter vocal with Jack Jackson and His Orch.
(Rec'd: London, England)
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Miss Otis Regrets

Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.
She is sorry to be delayed,
but last evening down in Lover's Lane she strayed, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone, madam,
She ran to the man who had led her so far astray,
And from under her velvet gown,
She drew a gun and shot her love down, madam,
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

When the mob came and got her and dragged her from the jail, madam,
They strung her upon the old willow across the way,
And the moment before she died,
She lifted up her lovely head and cried, madam......
Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today.

Miss Otis regrets, she's unable to lunch today

~Cole Porter
PS.
**Cole Porter wrote Miss Otis Regrets for the amazing"Bricktop".
A recording was never made of her singing it...I so would love to hear her sing it!








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