BIRTHDAYS
1932     Kenny Baldock, Bass, b. London, England
1909     A. V.Bamford, C&W concert promoter, b. Havana, Cuba.
1932     Billy Bland, (R&B) vocals, b. Wilmington, NC, USA. Best release: "Let the Little Girl Dance"
1906     Lord Buckley, comedian, d.1960
1944     Nicholas Caldwell, Harmonica/vocal arrangements/producer, b. Los Angeles, CA, USA.Member group: 'The Whispers'
1954     Peter Case, singer-songwriter/guitar, b.Los Angeles, CA, USA. Member group: 'The Plimsouls', and solo artist.
1940     Tommy Cash, Country vocals. b. Dyess, Arkansas, USA.
1942     Allen Clarke, vocals, b. Salford, Lancashire, England. Member group: 'The Hollies'
1931     "Cowboy" Jack Clement, (Country) vocals/producer/label owner, b.Whitehaven, TN, USA.
1931     Bill Clifton, (Bluegrass) vocals/guitar, b. Riverwood, MD, USA. né: "William August Marburg"
1941     Jackie Lee Cochran, (Rockabilly) vocals, b. Dalton, GA, USA.
1968     Paula Cole, singer/songwriter, b. Rockport, MA, USA. Paula is the daughter of an amateur musician and a visual artist.
1911   Martin Denny, Composer/Arranger/Pianist, b.New York, NY, USA, d.March 2, 2005, Hawai'i Kai, Hawaii, Age: 93. Denny created a hypnotic international sound - now called "Exotica" - that blended bird calls, croaking frogs, Jazz rhythms, chimes and gongs.He once described it as "...a fusion of Asian, South Pacific, American jazz, Latin American and classical styles."
1914     George Faye, trombone. Faye is perhaps best recalled for his work with the Stan Kenton orchestra.
1950     Agnetha Fältskog, vocals, b. Jonkoping, Sweden. Member group: 'ABBA'
1898     Herb Flemming, Trombone, b. Honolulu, Hawaii, d.Oct.3, 1976. (Some sources say b.1900.)
1922     "Little Willie" Foster, harmonica, b.Clarksdale, MS, USA.
1939     Jerry Fuller, drums, b. Calgary, Alb, Canada, d. July 13, 2002, Toronto, Ont, Canada (age: 63). Jerry came from a musical family. From 1937 through 1944, his father (James) 'Jerry' was a saxophonist/clarinetist, arranger (b. Banff, Alta, July 17, 1911), who led a big band at the Palliser Hotel in Calgary. When the family moved to Vancouver, his dad became the leader at 'The Cave' from 1944 into 1947. His son, Jerry studied with Jim Blackley and went to Westlake College in Los Angeles in 1958. During late 1950s, worked with Paul Perry's band at Sylvan Lake (a summer resort halfway between Edmonton and Calgary), also played with Don Thompson and Dale Hillary at 'The Cellar' in Vancouver.Over his career, he worked with many top American touring jazz artists, including Ron Collier, Duke Ellington, Pepper Adams, Paul Perry, Greg Clayton, and Rick Wilkins, Paul Desmond, Zoot Sims, and Lee Konitz. In the late 1990s, he recorded with the Chris Mitchell Combo, taking the grand prize in the Montreal International Jazz Festival Concours.
CAUTION DO NOT CONFUSE WITH:
** Jerry Fuller, Singer-Songwriter/producer, b. Nov. 19, 1938, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
** Jerry Fuller, jazz clarinetist, b. Sept. 15, 1929, Santa Maria, CA. USA.
1967     Troy Gentry, C&W vocals. Member duo: 'Montgomery Gentry', with Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. Montgomery's brother is Country star John Michael Montgomery.
1953     Jerome Harris, guitar/bass, b. New York (Flushing), NY, USA
1940     Aliza Kashi, vocals/actress, b. Israel, actress/singer She was also a 'regular' on the Merv Griffin show.
1941     David LaFlamme, electric violinist, b.USA, Perhaps his biggest hit was "It's a Beautiful Day", - named after his group.
1925     Stan Levey, Drums, b.Philadelphia, PA, USA, d. April 19, 2005.
1910     Horace Malcolm, piano, b. Atlanta, GA, USA. Member: 'Harlem Hamfats'
1951     Everett Morton, drums, b. St.Kitt's, West Indies.Member group: 'The English Beat'
1960     Larry McCray, guitar, b.Stephens, AR, USA.
1965     Mike McCready, guitar, b.Pensacola, FL, USA (raised Seattle, WA). Member group: 'Pearl Jam'
1944     Bob McDill, C&W songwriter, b.Beaumont, TX, USA.
1929     Robert George "Joe" Meek, b. England, d. February 3, 1967, Self-inflicted gunshot wound.May have been the world's first independent record producer.(His work includes the international No.1 hits 'Telstar' by The Tornados and 'Have I The Right' by The Honeycombs).
1926     Lou Millet, (Cajun) guitar, b. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
1950     Paul Oscher, (Chicago Blues) Guitar/singer-songwriter/piano/mouth harp, b.New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA.
1944     Evan Parker,Tenor-soprano Sax, b. Bristol, England
1972     Lewis Phillips, C&W/gospel guitar, b. Washington, GA, USA. Member: "The Lewis Family"
1944     Chrispian St.Peters, vocals, b. Sweeney, Kent, England, UK. né: Peter Smith. Best recalled release: "You were on my mind", charted UK #2 (1966), US #36 (1967), and "Pied Piper" was UK #5 (1966).
1922     Gale Storm, actress/vocals, b. Bloomington, TX, USA .née: Josephine Owaissa Cottle. Named 'Baby Jo' because she was one of 4 children. Her father died before she was 1 year old.Her mother sewed hats to support the family.When age 5, her family moved to Houston, TX, where her mother began sewing dresses to support them all. She was in the Drama club of the Albert Sydney Johnston Junior High School and then in the San Jacinto High School (both in Houston, TX).She met her husband-to-be while both were trying out for a CBS Radio show entitle "Gateway To Hollywood", -both won a one year contract with a movie studio. The couple had 4 children - 3 boys and 1 girl. Just before her first son was born, her husband joined the U. S. Coast Guard remaining there till WW 2 ended, while Gale went on USO tours selling bonds. Gale was quite religious and served as a Sunday School teacher. When she wasn't acting, most of her activities were church oriented. Late in her career, she was on the TV show "This Is Your Life".
1939     Agnes "June" Stearns, C&W vocals/guitar, b. Albany NY, USA.
1947     Dave Swarbrick, Fiddle player/vocals. Member group: 'Fairport Convention'
1948     Hans Theessink, guitar, b. Enschede, Holland.
1930     Nabil Marshall "Nobby" Totah, Bass, b. Ramallah, Jordan
1930     Vernell Townsend, vocals, b.Brinkley, AR, USA.
1934     Stanley William "Stan" Turrentine, Tenor Sax, b. Pittsburgh, PA, USA. d. Sept.12, 2000, New York, NY, USA. (Complications due to a Stroke). Stanley came from a musical family, his mother played piano, his father played tenor sax and his brother Tommy played trumpet. Pianist Ahmad Jamal lived nearby and often visited to practice on the Turrentines' upright piano. While still in high school, the two brothers had their first professional gig at a local Pittsburgh venue, -the Perry Bar (they would often play together as adults). By age 16, Stanley was already traveling with a band, later joining a Ray Charles R&B group.He went on to play in Max Roach's Jazz band, and eventually replaced John Coltrane in Earl Bostic's band.He went solo in the 1960s, finding some commercial success with his albums "Stan 'The Man' Turrentine," "Up at Minton's," and "Never Let Me Go." But it was his album "Sugar" that brought him fame outside the jazz world.
1939     Ronnie White, baritone vocals/songwriter, b.Detroit, MI, USA. d. August 26, 1995, Detroit, MI, USA. (Leukemia) with "Smokey Robinson & The Miracles". Ronnie co-wrote "My Girl" with Smokey Robinson. (CAUTION: Don't confuse with Lonnie Liston Smith, b.December 28, 1940, Keyboardist/pianist, b. Richmond, VA, USA )
1928     Tony Williams, vocals, b.Elizabeth, NJ, USA, d. August 14, 1992 (Diabetes). Member group: 'The Platters', -with such hit recordings as "Only You", and "Harbor Lights"
         Notable Events occuring this date include:
1967.    Bill Nettles, C&W songwriter, died. Age: 64
1970.    Otis Rene, label owner (Exclusive/Excelsior), died in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Age: 71
1971.    Earl "Jock" Carruthers, bari sax, died in Kansas City, KS, USA. Age: 60
1990.    Louis Nelson died in New Orleans, LA, USA.Age: 87. This trombonist was active in the New Orleans jazz scene of the 1920's he had worked with "Kid" Rena, the Original Tuxedo Orchestra, and spent 15 years with Sidney Desvigne's big band. Starting in 1944, he was closely associated with "Kid" Thomas Valentine, George Lewis and the many musicians in the 1960's who played New Orleans' Preservation Hall.
1993.    Rick Harvey, guitar, died in Memphis, TN, USA. Age: 43
1994.    Kurt Cobain died in Seattle, WA, USA. Age: 27.
1994.    Roy Smeck, guitar, died in New York, NY, USA. Age: 94
1995.    Karl Dickinson, guitar, died in Clinton, IA, USA. Age: 44
1997.    Stoney Edwards, C&W singer-songwriter, died. Age: 65
          Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
      1939 "West End Blues", Louis Armstrong Orch.
      1939 "Me and Brother Bill", - Louis Armstrong Orch.
      1939 "Our Monday Date", - Louis Armstrong Orch.
      1939 "Confessin'", - Louis Armstrong Orch.
      1945 "Just A Prayer Away", - Bing Crosby
      1945 "Stuff Like That There", - Betty Hutton vocal
      1945 "Laura", - Woody Herman Orch.
      1945 "Just A Prayer Away", - Sammy Kaye Orch.
      1945 "My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Tim", - Johnny Long Orch.
      1945 "There! I've Said It Again", - Vaughn Monroe Orch and vocal.
      1945 "Candy", - Dinah Shore vocal
      1969 "Time Is Tight", - Booker T.and The MG's
      1969 "Sweet Cherry Wine", - Tommy James vocal
      1975 "I Don't Like To Sleep Alone", - Paul Anka vocal
      1975 "How Long", - Ace
      1975 "Thank God I'm A Country Boy", - John Denver vocal
      1986 "Greatest Love Of All", - Whitney Houston vocal
      1986 "Something About You", - Level 42
      1986 "If You Leave", - Orchestral Manoeuvers In The Dark
      1986 "I Can't Wait", - Nu Shooz