BIRTHDAYS
1907     Max Abrams, drums, vibes, b. Scotland, UK, d. Nov. 5, 1995
1949     Pete Allen, guitar, b. McComb, MS, USA. Worked with Junior Wells, and with Magic Slim
1976     "Andrez", vocals. Member group: 'Damage'. (NOT to be confused with Andrez Hornez, who wrote the lyric to "C'est Si Bon" (music: Henri Bett. The english lyric was by Jerry Seelan)
1954     Bryan Bassett, Slide guitar, Member group: Wild Cherry. The 1976 single "Play That Funky Music" charted US No.1 and UK No.7
1970     Andy Bell, guitar/vocals/ride, 1992 "Single Leave Them All Behind" charted UK NO.9, and "Hurricane" No.1. Joined 'Oasis' in 1999.
1862    Carrie Jacobs Bond, b,. Janesville, WI, USA. d. Dec. 28, 1946, Hollywood, CA, USA
1950     Erik Braunn, guitar/vocals. d. July 25, 2003 Age: 52. Member group: 'Iron Butterfly', 1968 Single "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" Charted US No.14.
1914     Buster Brown, R&B vocals, b. Criss, GA, USA.
1949     Eric Carmen, bass/keyboards/singer/songwriter, b. Cleveland, OH, USA. Member group: 'The Rasperries'
1916     Johnny Claes, trumpet, cornet, leader, arranger
1887     Sam "Crying" Collins, Blues vocals/guitar, b. Louisiana, USA.
1946     John Conlee, C&W singer/songwriter/DJ/licensed mortician, b. Versailles, KY, USA.
1952     Paul Cram, tenor sax/clarinet
1939     Ronnie Dawson, (rockabilly) guitar/vocals/drums, b. Waxahachie, TX, USA. Member: 'Ronnie Dee and the D Men'
1941     John Ellison, vocals, Montgomery, AL, USA. Member: 'Soul Brother Six'
1921     Bruz Freeman, drums, , Chicago, IL, USA
1956     Billy Flynn, guitar, b. Green Bay, WI, USA. Member: 'Mississippi Heat'
1943     Kenny Gamble, producer/songwriter, b. Kingston, Jamaica. Member: 'Gamble & Huff'
1969     Eddie Garcia, actor/guitar, b. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
1960     Paul Gendler, electric guitar. Member group: 'Modern Romance'
1947     Jeff Hanna, singer/guitar. Member: 'Nitty Gritty Dirt Band'.
1948     Bill Heid, piano, organ keyboards, vocal
1948     Bill Hurd, Member group: The Rubettes. 1974 single "Sugar Baby Love" charted UK No.1 .
1942     Mike Hugg, Piano/Vocals, b. Andover, Hampshire, England, UK. Member group: 'Manfred Mann'.
1921     June Hutton, vocalist, d. May 2, 1973, Encino, California, USA. Age: 52. Sang with band of Ina Ray Hutton (her half sister) using the name Elaine Merritt; member of Charlie Spivak's vocal group The Stardusters; replaced Jo Stafford in The Pied Pipers; married to conducter/arranger Axel Stordahl (with whom she also recorded).
1966     Joe Jackson, Percussion, d. Jan. 11, 2002 (Coronary). né: Joseph Murrail Jackson. Member jazz trio: 'The JMJ World Project'.
1954     Joe Jackson, singer/songwriter, b. Burton on Trent, UK. 1980 UK No.5 single It's Different For Girls.
1937     Bobby Jay, vocals, b. NY, USA. Member: 'The Laddins'
1943     Jim Kale, bassist. né: Michael James Kale., Member group: 'Guess Who'. 1970 single "American Woman" charted US No.1 and UK No.19.
1928     Stan Kesler, C&W songwriter/producer/session musician/engineer, b. Abbeville, MS, USA. This sessions musician, working at Sun Studio's in Memphis, TN, composed five of Elvis Presley's hits
1940     Peter King, Alto Sax, b., Kinston Upon Thames, England
1929     Christine Kittrell, R&B/Gospel vocals, b. Nashville, TN, USA.
1914     Hugh Martin, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, b. Birmingham, AL, USA.
1966     Donny McCaslin, soprano and tenor sax, flute, clarinet,
1908     Tau Moe, (Hawaiian) Steel Guitar, b. Samoa, Trust Territory of New Zealand, d. June 24, 2004, Honolulu, HI, USA. Age: 95. Moe's father, a Mormon missionary who went around setting up churches and teaching music, moved the family to Hawai'i when Tau was 11, and it was there that Moe was introduced to the musical styles he would grow to love. It was M.K. Moke who taught him to play the Steel Guitar. Later, Moe would meet Rose, another steel guitar player, who would become his wife. They joined a travelling show (circus troupe), and began touring. The couple had their first child, Lani, in Japan (1929), and their daughter too would later join the family act. With the birth of son, Dorian - born in India during the Muslim-Hindu riots, the act became known as the "Aloha Four". (L-R. Dorian, Rose, Lani and Tau. Photo Coutesy, Bishop Museum, HI). During the 1920s-'30s, Hawaiian music was sweeping the world. and the Tau Moe family played for numerous world leaders in Germany, in Paris, in Brussels and in Japan, mesmerizing foreign audiences. Moe met with such world leaders as Churchill, Gandhi (1932), Hitler and Goebbels (1938), whom he claimed to have defied by sneaking 150 Jews out of Germany by making them stagehands and 'groupies'. At one point, during WWII, Moe taught the steel guitar to the Maharajah of Calcutta. The family were in Lebanon briefly before escaping to Iraq via India, where they sat out the duration of WWII, with Moe leading his own big band made up of refugees from such diverse countries as China, and Russia, among others. After WWII, the family often worked with French musical star Maurice Chevalier, and toured with the Josephine Baker show to Venice, Italy. They even played steel guitar music to an eager audience in Egypt. By the 1980s, Moe was fully retired, but did work with a newer generation guitarist, Bob Brozman, with whom Moe teamed in 1989 to record "Ho'omana'o I Na Mele O Ka Wa U'i" -- "Remembering The Songs Of Our Youth" (Rounder Records). The record recreated the harmonies and the sounds that Moe first played in the 1920s. At the time of his demise, Moe (pronounced 'Mo - ay') was the oldest living recording artist on the Sony and Decca labels. Curiously, although Moe cut records in Greece, Yugoslavia, Germany, Denmark and Japan, he never recorded in the U.S.A. until the 1980s, when he was "discovered" by guitarist/musicologist Bob Brozman. During more than 50 years of continuous touring, he became famous all over the world, - learning to speak 10 different languages along the way. (Moe said he circled the world at least 7 times.) Moe was a lifetime member of the American Federation of Musicians.
1921     Chuck Norris, guitar, b. Kansas City, MO, USA.
1980     Sasha Ostrovsky, C&W Dobro/steel guitar, b. Russia. Member: 'Bering Strait'
1944     Davey Payne, alto and Tenor sax, b. London, England. Member groups: 'Kilburn & The High Roads', and 'Wreckless Eric'.
1943     Denis Payton, saxophonist, b. London, Enggland, UK. Member group: 'Dave Clark Five'. 1964 single "Glad All Over charted, UK No.1. The 1965 single "Over And Over" charted US No.1 (and more than 15 other UK top 40 singles).
1908     Russell Procope, soprano-tenor-alto sax, clarinet, b. New York, NY, USA. d. 1981
1934     Johnny Rae, drums/percussion/vibes, b. Saugus (Boston), MA, USA, d. Sept. 4, 1993. né: John Anthony Pompeo
1965     Richie Ramone, guitar/vocals. né: Richard Reinhardt. Member group: The Ramones.
1926     Johannes Rediske, Guitar, b. Berlin, Germany
1927     Jorgen Ryg, trumpet, b. Denmark
1964     Hamish Seelochan, vocals, b. UK. Member: 'The Pasadenas', vocal group formed in England in 1987 and consisting of Michael Miliner (b. Feb. 15, 1962), Jeff Aaron Brown (b. Dec. 12, 1964), David Milliner (b. Feb. 16, 1962), Hamish Seelochan (b. August 11, 1964), and Andrew Banfield (b. Dec. 4, 1964) Their 1992 single "I'm Doing Fine Now", charted UK No.4.
1968     Charlie Sexton, guitar, b. San Antonio, TX, USA.
1941     John Simon, producer, b. Norwalk, CT, USA. Member: 'The Band'
1904    Jess Alexandria Stacy, Piano, b. Bird's Point (Cape Girardeau), MO, USA. d. Jan. 5, 1995, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1942     Guy Villari, vocals, b. New York (Bronx), NY, USA. Member: 'The Regents'
1926     Johnny Van Derrick , Jazz violinist, d. May 15, 1995
1942     Vikku Vinayakram, Percussion, b. India
1933     Walter R. Yetnikoff, ex-CEO of CBS Records, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA.
          Notable Events on this date include:
1962.    Israel Crosby, bass, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 43
1966.    "Peg Leg" Howell, guitar, died in, Atlanta, GA, USA. Age: 78
1978.    J. C. Ginyard, vocals, died in Basel, Switzerland. Age: 68. (lead vocals with groups 'DuDroppers', and 'Dixieaires')
1982.    Gene Roland, trumpet, mellophone, composer, arranger, died in New York NY, USA. (best recalled for forming the "Four Brothers" sound of Woody Herman's band.) (b. Sept. 15, 1921, Dallas, Texas, USA)
1984.    Percy Mayfield, vocals, died in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Age: 64 ("Please Send Me Someone to Love", No. 1 R&B tune in 1950)
1985.    Nick Ceroli, drums, died (b. Dec. 22, 1939 Warren, OH, USA)
1987.    Rolling Stone magazine called "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (The Beatles) "the best album made during the last 20 years".
1989.    Sonny Thompson, R&B piano/bandleader, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 72
1989.    Peter Long, producer, died in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Age: 66 Worked with singer Billie Holiday.
1991.    Nat Riddles, harmonica, died in Richmond, VA, USA. Age: 39
1998.    Benny Waters, saxophone and clarinet died. Age: 96. (b. Jan 23, 1902, Brighton, Maryland, USA) At the time of his death (age 96), Benny Waters was the second oldest active Jazz musician (Eubie Blake made it to 100). Waters' personal history covered virtually the entire history of recorded Jazz.
          Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
1911     "Keep In De Middle Of De Road", - Billy Murray vocal.
1911     "Washington Waddle", - American Quartet
1916     "In Florida Among The Palms", - Sterling Trio voc. (Irv. Berlin tune)
1923     "I Don't Want You To Cry Over Me", Abe Lyman Orch.
1924     "Eccentric", - Ted Lewis Orch.
1924     "Sweet Little You", - Ted Lewis Orch.
1924     "I've A Garden In Sweden", - Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians
1925     "Pango Pango Maid", - Isham Jones Orch.
1926     "Dinah", - Harold Leonard and his Waldorf Orch.
1927     "Mean Old Bedbug Blues", recorded by Lonnie Johnson in New York City. (OKeh 8497)
1932     "Same Old Moon", - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
1932     "Strange Interlude", - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
1932     "Three On A Match", Paul Whiteman Orch.
1936     "In A Sentimental Mood", - Mills Blue Rhythm Band
1936     "Until The Real Thing Comes Along", - Mills Blue Rhythm Band
1937     "Deep Night", - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
1937     "Kitty From Kansas City", - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
1937     "Whiffenpoof Song", - Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
1939     "Boy Meets Horn", - Benny Goodman Orch.
1941     "Shepherd's Serenade", - Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights
1941     "Elmer's Tune", recorded by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra on Bluebird Records.
1941     "Purple Sage In The Twilight", - Gene Autry voc.
1941     "Satanic Blues", - Henry (Hot Lips) Levine's Dixieland Octet
1954     "Shake, Rattle And Roll", - Bill Haley
1956     "The Flying Saucer", - Buchanan & Goodman
1956     "Fool, The", - Sanford Clark
1956     "Song For A Summer Night", - Mitch Miller
1958     "Bird Dog", - The Everly Brothers
1958     "Are You Really Mine", - Jimmie Rodgers
1962     "Rinky Dink", - Dave "Baby" Cortez
1962     "Vacation", - Connie Francis
1962     "Sheila", - Tommy Roe
1962     "She's Not You", - Elvis Presley
1962     "Green Onions", - by ;Booker T and the MGs; was released on Stax Records.
1979     "Don't Bring Me Down", - E.L.O.
1984     "Cruel Summer", - Bananarama
1984     "Drive", - The Cars
1984     "Let's Go Crazy", - Prince
1990     "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection", - Nelson
1990     "Close To You", - Maxi Priest
1990     "Thieves In The Temple", - Prince