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SPOTLIGHT for NOVEMBER 24TH...
Posted in music on Nov 24, 2007 at 6:20 PM by Confetta Percocetta

Spotlight for
November 24, 2007...

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BIRTHDAYS

1905
Harry Barris, vocals
b. New York, NY, USA
d Dec. 13, 1962.
Best recalled as one of Paul Whiteman's 'The Rhythm Boys' (Barris, Bing
Crosby, and Al Rinker). It is little recalled now but it was Barris'
excellent Piano playing and song composisng that contributed greatly to
both The Rhythm Boys, in general, and Bing Crosby in particular,
success with the Whitman orchestra. Al Rinker was Vocalist Mildred
Bailey's brother. Bailey also sang with Whiteman's band. She Later
married Red Norvo and sang with his band.

The Rhythm Boys
(l-r) Harry Barris, Bing Crosby, and Al Rinker
Biography
From the mid-'20s through the '40s, composer, vocalist, and pianist
Harry Barris recorded with Paul Whiteman, Bix Beiderbecke, Bing Crosby,
and Duke Ellington and wrote pop standards such as "I Surrender Dear."
Born in N.Y.C., in 1905, Barris was raised in Denver, CO, where he
became a professional pianist by the age of 14. He was leading a
touring group by the age of 17, and in the mid-'20s, began singing with
Al Rinker and Bing Crosby, forming the Rhythm Boys vocal trio. Barris
wrote a lot of material for the group and they recorded with 1920s
cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, then became the featured vocalists of Paul
Whiteman's band.

The Rhythm Boys left Whiteman's band after the whole ensemble appeared
in the 1930 film King of Jazz. They performed in L.A. until Bing Crosby
quit to pursue a solo career. Barris led some bands of his own over the
next couple decades, including one that featured his wife Loyce
Whiteman as vocalist. Barris also fronted others' bands, such as Bob
Kinney's from 1936-1937, in
addition to performing on the radio. He also had occasional small roles
in
films, including several of Bing Crosby's like Double or Nothing
(1937), as well as the movies Hollywood Party (1934) and Some Like It
Hot (1939).

Barris wrote several songs that became standards in pop music,
including "Mississippi Mud" (1924), "It Must Be True" (1930), "Wrap
Your Troubles in Dreams," "I Surrender Dear" (1931), and "Naturally"
(1938). For a year during WWII, Harry Barris went overseas and
entertained the troops along with comedian Joe E. Brown.

~ Joslyn Layne
Rhythm Boys Bio:
www.btinternet.com/~dreklind/Rhythm.htm
SOLID! Bio:
www.parabrisas.com/d_barrish.php

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b. Henderson, KY, USA. d. 1968
~Red Hot Jazz Bio:
Rosa Henderson got her start in show business working in carnivals. In
1918 she married Douglas "Slim" Henderson and traveled with his
Mason-Henderson show. In the early 1920s she was appearing in musical
comedies in New York and London. Her recording career began in 1923 and
ended in 1932. Rosa pretty much left show business in the late 1920s
after the death of her husband. She appeared occasionally up until 1932
and then worked in a department store in New York.

Rosa Henderson's records sometimes were issued under the name of Rose
Henderson and under the pseudonyms of Sally Ritz, Flora Dale, Sarah
Johnson, Josephine Thomas, Gladys White and Mamie Harris. She was no
relation to either Edmonia Henderson or Fletcher Henderson .
LISTEN TO HER SING!!
www.redhotjazz.com/rosahenderson.html

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1868
Scott Joplin
composer/piano
b. Texarkana, TX, USA
d. April 1, 1917, New York, NY USA
(Complications due to Tertiary Syphilis).
Known as the "King of Ragtime Composers". Works incl. "Maple Leaf Rag"
(1899); "Wall Street Rag", "Orig. Rag"; "Sugar Cane Rag"; and two
operas - "Tremonisha" and and "A Guest of Honour". Played with Queen
City Negro Band, and Texas Medley Vocal Quartet.
Biography
Ragtime was jazz's direct predecessor (differing from jazz in the
absence of blues and improvisation) and Scott Joplin was ragtime's
greatest composer. Joplin lived in St. Louis during 1885-93, playing in
local bars and clubs. In 1894 he led a band at the Chicago World's Fair
and formed the Texas Medley Quartet which played in vaudeville shows.
Relocating to Sedalia, MO, Joplin began having pieces published as
early as 1895 and in 1899 his "Maple Leaf Rag" (published by his
supporter John Stark) became ragtime's most popular number, selling
over 75,000 copies of sheet music during its first year. Joplin soon
had many other rags published that helped to make ragtime the pop music
of its day, but the tragedy of his life was that his goals were beyond
ragtime.
He staged a ballet (The Ragtime Dance) and two ragtime
operas (The Guest of Honor and Treemonisha) but none were successful, a
fact that continually frustrated him. By 1910 Joplin was becoming ill
with syphilis and at his death in 1917, ragtime was in the process of
being replaced by jazz. Ironically, 57 years after his death, Scott
Joplin finally became a household name because his music (most notably
"The Entertainer") was used by Marvin Hamlisch in his score for the
popular film The Sting. Although he only recorded cylinders and piano
rolls, Scott Joplin's music has been fully documented with "Maple Leaf
Rag" becoming a Dixieland jazz standard and pianist Richard Zimmerman
(on an excellent five-LP set for Murray Hill) recording everything that
Joplin ever wrote.

~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Scott Joplin LINKS:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Joplin
www.lsjunction.com/people/joplin.htm
www.scottjoplin.org/biography.htm
www.geocities.com/BourbonSt...ayou/9694/
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1895
Vee Lawnhurst
piano/songwriter
b. New York, NY, USA.
Member Louis Jordan Orch.

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1912
Theodore "Teddy" Wilson
pianist/leader
b: Austin, TX, USA. d: July 31, 1986, New Brittain, CT, USA.
Four years of Piano and Violin study at Tuskegee Inst. Then Music
Theory at Talladega College. Best recalled as pianist with the Benny
Goodman small groups.
Biography

Teddy Wilson was the definitive swing pianist, a solid and impeccable
soloist whose smooth and steady style was more accessible to the
general public than Earl Hines or Art Tatum. He picked up early
experience playing with Speed
Webb in 1929 and appearing on some Louis Armstrong recordings in 1933.
Discovered by John Hammond, Willie joined Benny Carter's band and
recorded with the Chocolate Dandies later that year.

In 1935, he began leading a series of classic small-group recordings with
swing all-stars which on many occasions featured Billie Holiday. That
was also the year that an informal jam session with Benny Goodman and
Gene Krupa resulted in the formation of the Benny Goodman Trio (Lionel
Hampton made the group a quartet the following year). Although he was a
special added attraction rather than a regular member of the orchestra,
Wilson's public appearances with Goodman broke important ground in the
long struggle against segregation.

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Between
his own dates, many recordings with Benny Goodman's small groups and a
series of piano solos, Teddy Wilson recorded a large number of gems
during the second half of the 1930s. He left B.G. in 1939 to form his
own big band but, despite some fine records, it folded in 1940. Wilson
led a sextet at Cafe Society during 1940-1944, taught music at
Juilliard during the summers of 1945-1952, appeared on radio shows, and
recorded regularly with a trio, as a soloist and with pick-up groups in
addition to having occasional reunions with Goodman. Teddy Wilson's
style never changed, and he played very similar in 1985 to how he
sounded in 1935; no matter, the enthusiasm and solid sense of swing
were present up until the end.
~ Scott Yanow
BIO:
www.alevy.com/wilson.htm

Notable Events
on this date include:
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1937.
The Andrews Sisters recorded
one of their biggest hits
"Bei Mir bist Du Schön".
(Decca 1562)

1968.
Duke of Iron
(né: Cecil Anderson)
guitar/songwriter
died in New York
(Jamaica, L.I.), NY, USA.
Age: 62

1966.
Abner Silver, composer
died in New York, NY, USA.
Age: 66

1977.
Emil Dopyera, the man credited
with inventing the Dobro, died.
Age: 74.

Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include:

1923 “He Went Away and Left Me Blues”
(Leroy Gunderdorff / Bobby Gunderdorff)
- Josie Miles
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/jo...taway.ram

1924 “Toodles”
(Herman Ruby / Otis Spencer)
- The Charleston Seven
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...odles.ram

1924 “Blue, Just Blues, That's All”
- Old Southern Jug Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/mi...tblue.ram

1924 “I Didn't Know”
(Williams / Jones)
-Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/go...tknow.ram

1924 “Everybody Loves My Baby”
(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
- The Georgians
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ge...ybaby.ram

1924 “Naughty Man”
- Fletcher Henderson Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/he...ghty2.ram

1925 “Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue”
- The California Ramblers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ca...efoot.ram

1925 “Clap Hands! Here Comes Charlie”
- The California Ramblers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ca.http://crooners.multiply.com/clap.ram

1925 “Then I'll Be Happy”
- University Six
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/u6...happy.ram

1925 “Spanish Shawl”
(Elmer Schoebel)
- Ray Miller's Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mi...shawl.ram

1926 “Don't Take That Black Bottom Away”
(Tom Stacks vocal)
- Harry Reser and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...eThat.ram

1926 “How Could Red Riding Hood ?”
(Tom Stacks vocal)
- Harry Reser and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/re...dslpb.ram

1926 “Wouldn't You ?”
(Owen Murphy)
Roger Wolfe Kahn and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ka...ntyou.ram

1926 “Dusty Bottom Blues”
(Richard M. Jones )
- Richard M. Jones' Jazz Wizards
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/jones/dusty.ram

1926 “The Mess”
(Thomas Morris )
- Thomas Morris and his Seven Hot Babies
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/mo...emess.ram

1930 “Bring It With You When You Come”
(Gus Cannon)
- Cannon's Jug Stompers
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/cj...thyou.ram

1931
“You Try Somebody Else”
(De Sylva / Brown / Henderson)
- Abe Lyman's California Ambassador Hotel Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ly...yElse.ram

1931 “Jazz Me Blues”
(Tom Delaney)
- Original Memphis Five
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/om5/jazzme.ram

1933 “Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night “
(From "Moulin Rouge") - (Al Dubin / Harry Warren)
- Adrian Rollini and his Orchestra
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/Songs/ro...rning.ram

1933 “Gimmie A Pigfoot”
(Wesley Wilson)
- Bessie Smith accompanied by Buck and his Band
LISTEN:
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/be...gfoot.ram

LYRICS:

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GIMMIE A PIGFOOT
(AND A BOTTLE OF BEER)
~Wesley 'Sox' Wilson

Up in Harlem every Saturday night
Where the highbrows get together
It's just too right
They all congregate and all night hop
And what they do is Ooh boppa dap
Ole Hammer Brown from way across town
Gets full of corn and starts
Bringing them down
And at the break of day
You can hear ole Hammer say
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me a gate I don't care
feel just like I wanna clown
Give the piano player a drink
Because he's bringing me down
He's got rhythm yeah, when he stomps his feet
He sends me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and all your guns
We're gonna be arrested when the wagon comes
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer
Send me cause I don't care

I want a pigfoot and a bottle of gin
Send me daddy move right in
I feel just like I wanna shout
Give the piano player a drink
Because he's knocking me out
He's got rhythm when he stomps his feet
He moves me right off to sleep
Check all your razors and your guns

Do the hucklebuckle to the rising sun
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of gin
Move me, 'cause I'm in my sin
Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer

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