Lucille Hegamin
BIRTHDAYS 1902 Danny Alvin, Drums b. New York, NY, USA
d. Dec. 6, 1958, Chicago, IL, USA.
Danny
Alvin had a lengthy career playing drums in many traditional jazz
groups. The father of guitarist Teddy Walters, Alvin's first major job
came playing with Sophie Tucker at Reisenweber's in New York in 1919.
He moved to Chicago in the early '20s, then divided his time between
there and New York. Alvin played and recorded with such greats as
Sidney Bechet, George Brunis, Buck Clayton, Wild Bill Davison, Wingy
Manone, Joe Marsala, Art Hodes, Mezz Mezzrow and George Zack.
- By Ron Wynn
1895 Busby Berkeley, choreographer. d.
1976. If you ever enjoyed watching all those great early Hollywood
musicals such as Footlight Parade', the 'Golddiggers of 193x' series,
etc., then you were looking at Busby's work - as a choreographer. (He
didn't play any musical instrument - the Chorus line was his
instrument. But, there.. is absolutely no doubt that his dance stagings
greatly enhanced the tunes.)
WIKI BIO:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busby_BerkeleyMORE:
http://golden_age_films.tripod.com/html/berkeley/buzbio.htm 1911 Harry Blons, clar/tenor sax b. St. Paul, MN, USA.
1889 Richie Brunies, cornet b. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
d. March 28, 1961.
A
member of the musical Brunies family of old New Orleans, LA, which
included guitarist Ada, bassist Rudy, Trombonist Henny, Cornetist and
Trombonist Marritt, Cornetist Abbie, and Trombonist George Brunies
1934 Anthony George "Tony" Coe Tenor-alto-soprano saxes/clarinet
b. Canterbury, England, was reporter on "Kentish Gazette" then made music career.
Played with Joe Daniels' Hotshots; Nat Gonella; Al Fairweather and Humphrey Lyttelton bands.
Wiki Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Coe 1917 Nathan "Nat" Gershman, (Jazz) Cello b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. Studied music Curtis Inst. (Phila. PA).
With the Cleveland Symphony '40-7. '58 with Chico Hamilton at many Jazz Fests.
1914 Coleridge Goode, (Jazz) bassist b. St. Andrew, Jamaica, West Indies
WIKI Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleridge_Goode 
1894 Lucille Hegamin, Blues vocalist b. Macon, GA, USA, d. March 1, 1970.
née: Lucille Nelson, and aka Fanny Baker. On Nov. 20, 1920, she recorded "Jazz Me Blues" for Arto Records.
Lucille
Hegamin was the second African-American Blues singer to release a
record in 1920, just few months after Mamie Smith's groundbreaking
success with "Crazy Blues". Hegamin's first record was "The Jazz Me
Blues" and "Everybody's Blues" for Arto Records and it sold well
enough, but her next record in 1921 "Arkansas Blues" and "I'll Be Good
But I'll Be Lonesome" was one of the most popular records of 1921 and
made her a star of the blossoming Blues scene.
LISTEN to her sing "
Jazz Me Blues"
www.redhotjazz.com/songs/he...s2032.ramHegamin
was born in Macon, Georgia and traveled with Laurel Harper Minstrel
Stock Company doing tent-shows in the South in the early teens. Lucille
joined the African-American migration from the South and moved north to
Chicago around 1909. In 1914, she teamed with Bill Hegamin (who she
would later marry) and worked at cabarets and nightclubs in Chicago
where she sometimes sang with jazz pianists Jelly Roll Morton and Tony
Jackson. She and her husband moved to Los Angeles in the late teens
before settling in New York in 1919.
In New York she continued
her career as a cabaret and nightclub singer and performed in musical
revues. In 1920, she and her husband formed the Blue Flame Syncopators
who supported her on all of her Arto records and toured the vaudeville
circuit throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio with her. In
1922, Lucille became a member of the cast of Sissle and Blake's musical
comedy Shuffle Along in New York City. When Arto went bankrupt in 1923,
Hegamin signed with Cameo and eventually became known as the Cameo
Girl. She had another big hit with the risquÈ Blues song, "He May Be
Your Man, But He Comes to See Me Sometimes" which was widely covered by
other Classic Blues singers and Jazz bands of the 1920s.
Throughout
the rest the 1920's and early 1930's, Lucille continued to sing and
perform in musical revues. When the Blues craze died out in the
mid-1930s she left show biz and became a registered nurse, but
continued to perform and record from time to time. In the early l960s,
Hegamin returned to recording and released records with Willie "The
Lion" Smith and Victoria Spivey. After 1964, Lucille did little
performing due to illness. She died March 1, 1970.
~Red Hot Jazz Archive
www.redhotjazz.com/hegamin.htmlWIKI BIO:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Hegamin 1914 Albinia Jones, vocals b. Gulfport, MS, USA
d. June 24, 1989
1914 Harold W. "Hal" McIntyre Alto Sax/Leader
b. Cromwell, CT, USA.
d. May 5, 1959, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alto
saxophonist and bandleader Hal McIntyre worked with several local bands
in his native Connecticut before forming his own eight-piece outfit in
1935. In 1937 McIntyre was hired as a temporary replacement in Benny
Goodman's orchestra. Though the job lasted for only ten days he caught
the ear of Glenn Miller, who was busy organizing a new band. McIntyre
became the first musician hired for Miller's group, only to see it
break up after a few months due to financial problems. When Miller made
another attempt in 1938 McIntyre signed on again. This time Miller
succeeded, and his orchestra soon became the hottest band in the
country, with McIntyre an integral part of its now famous sound.
McIntyre
quickly became close friends with Miller, and in 1941 the bandleader
convinced him to form his own group, offering to back it financially.
Billed as ''The Band That America Loves,'' McIntyre's orchestra debuted
that same year at the Glen Island Casino. The group proved quite
popular and went on to play at many of the top venues around the
country, including at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D.C., for
President Roosevelt's Birthday Ball in 1945. Vocalists included Helen
Ward, Gloria Van, Ruth Gaylor, Carl Denney, and Al Nobel. Dave
Matthews, Ralph Flanagan, and Howard Gibeling arranged. The orchestra's
standout musician was bassist Eddie Safranksi, who later went on to
greater fame with Stan Kenton. Saxophonist Les Elgart also played with
the band.
In 1945 McIntyre took his orchestra overseas on a
USO sponsored tour. He was forced to quickly hire several new musicians
when some of his key men failed to meet the requirements for the trip.
This caused his sound to briefly suffer, though he managed to get the
band into shape again by the time they returned to the states. The
group remained together into the 1950s, providing backup for the Mills
Brothers 1952 hit ''Glow Worm.'' Hal McIntyre died tragically in a
house fire in 1959.
In his early years McIntyre had also played clarinet but stuck exclusively to saxophone while leading his orchestra.
SOLID!
www.parabrisas.com/d_mcintyreh.php 1912 James "Chippie" Outcalt, trombone b. Newark, NJ, USA.
Worked with the Tiny Bradshaw Orch.
1885 Luigi Romanelli, leader b. Bellsville, ONT, Canada d. 1942.
Perhaps
no other name in the history of Canadian Dance Bands conjures as much
fondness as The Romanellis, - and in particular as Luigi Romanelli.
BIO:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/in...cfm 1915 Billy Strayhorn bass/composer/arranger
b. Dayton, Ohio, US died May 31, 1967, New York, NY, USA.
Born
in Dayton, OH, on 29 November 1915, the young composer and pianist
Billy Strayhorn offered his composition Lush Life to Duke Ellington in
1938; less than a year later Strayhorn had become an arranger and
pianist with the Ellington band, a collaboration that was to last until
Strayhorn's death in 1967. His classical and jazz training, combined
with sophisticated taste, was appreciated by Ellington, who described
him as "my listener, my most dependable appraiser [and] critic."
Among
the works that Strayhorn composed alone or with Ellington are the
classics Take the A Train, Chelsea Bridge, Passion Flower, and Johnny
Come Lately.
WIKI Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_StrayhornMORE:
www.billystrayhorn.com/biography.htm 1917 Merle Travis, (C&W) vocals/guitar b. Rosewood, KY, USA, d. Oct. 20, 1983.
né: Merle Robert Travis. Also worked with 'The Brown's Ferry Four'
WIKI Bio:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Travis
Notable Events
on this Date Include: 
1932. Cole
Porter's musical "The Gay Divorcee" starring Fred Astaire was first
performed in New York. (Hit song was "Night and Day".)
1954. Dink Johnson, clarinet/piano/drums, died in Portland, OR, USA. Age: 62
1965. Joseph
Falcon, Cajun accordion, died in Crowley, LA, USA. Age: 65. In 1928,
Falcon, one of the pioneers of Cajun music, made the first commercial
Cajun recording, "Lafayette", with his wife Cleoma (playing the guitar
and singing).
Songs Recorded/Released
on this date include: 1945 "On The Sunny Side of the Street", Stan Kenton band. June Christy on voc.
1940 "Ferryboat Serenade", Andrews Sisters
1940 "Scrub Me, Mama, With A Boogie Beat", Will Bradley ORch
1945 "Dig You Later (A Hubba-Hubba-Hubba)", Perry Como
1945 "Nancy", Frank Sinatra
1946 "Huggin' And Chalkin'", Hoagy Carmichael
1946 "Ole Buttermilk Sky", Paul Weston Orch.
1952 "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", Jimmy Boyd
1952 "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", Perry Como
