BIRTHDAYS
1948     Mark Andes, bass, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA. Member group: 'Spirit'
1927     Raymond "Duck" Atkins, C&W Dobro/Guitar, b. (near) Erwin, TN, USA, d. Feb. 1, 1997.
1923     Marshall Barer, composer, b. New York (Astoria), NY, USA. d. Aug. 25, 1998, Sante Fe, NM, USA.
1914     Earl Bell, guitar, b. Hernando, MS, USA
1950     Robert Bradley, vocals/guitar, b. Alabama, USA.
1902     John Bubbles, vocals/dancer, b. Louisville, KY, USA. Member: 'Buck & Bubbles'
1950     Francis Buchholz, guitar/bass, b. Germany. Member group: 'The Scorpions', a German rock group, originally comprised of rhythm guitarist/vocalist Schenker, lead guitarist Karl-Heinz Follmer, bassist Lothar Heimberg, and drummer Wolfgang Dziony. Francis Buchholz joined the 'Scorpions' in 1973 and left them in 1992. The 'Scorpions' became a world wide touring band selling out major halls and stadiums in the 1980's with more than 50 gold and platinum record sales awards.
1891     Robert Burse, drums, b. Sheffield, AL, USA. Member: 'Memphis Jug Band'
1935     Albert Carter, guitar, b. Georgiana, AL, USA. Member: 'Carter Brothers'
1912     Saul Chaplin, Lyricist/Composer, b. Brooklyn, NY, USA. d. Nov.,15,1997, Los Angeles,CA, USA. né: Saul Kaplan. Died of injuries from a fall. This songwriter/arranger/producer is now best recalled for his work for Hollywood films from the 1930s to the 1980s. He was nominated for an Academy Award twice: Kiss Me Kate (1953) and High Society (1956), and won the Academy Award (Best Music) for An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and West Side Story (1961).
1943     Lou Christie, vocals. b. Glen Willard, PA, USA. né: Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco. Among his Top-40 hits were The Gypsy Cried - (#24) 1963, Two Faces Have I - (#6) 1963, Lightning Strikes - (#1) 1966, Rhapsody In The Rain - (#16) 1966, I'm Gonna Make You Mine - (#10) 1969
1946     Paul Dean, guitar, b: Vancouver, Canada. member: Rock group 'Loverboy'
1897     Johnny Dunn, trumpet, b. Memphis, TN, USA. d. Aug. 20, 1937 (Tuberculosis). In 1917, Johnny traveled to New York city where he became a member of W.C.Handy's orchestra. He later played with Mamie Smith and Perry Bradford. Then, in 1921, he led his own band - The Original Jazz Hounds. (When Mamie Smith appeared with the group - on the TOBA, the same band was also called Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds.) Then with Carroll Dickerson's band in Chicago, IL. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was with Noble Sissle's Plantation Orchestra touring Europe. Dunn would spend much of his later life in Europe playing in such bands as the Noble Sissle Orchestra, Sidney Bechet, Dave Payton's group, and the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. In 1928, he was back in New York City, often working with Fats Waller, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and Jelly Roll Morton. He again returned to Europe, this time with Noble Sissle's band, then moved to Holland, Denmark, and in 1937, died in Paris, France. He is well recalled today as being one of the first trumpet players to effect the "Wa Wa" style of playing.
1936     Bob Engemann, vocals, member: 'The Lettermen' vocal group.
1957     Falco, singer-songwriter. b. Vienna, Austria. né: Johann Hizel. Among his compositions are "Rock Me Amadeus", and "The Sound of Musik"
1949     Patrick Ford, drums, b. Woodlake, CA, USA. Member: 'Charles Ford Band'
1903     Clarence Hall, tenor-alto sax/clarinet/piano/vocal, b. New Orleans, LA, USA. d. Sept. 29, 1969, New Orleans, LA, USA.
1928     Joe Hampson, vocals, b: Indianapolis, IN, USA. member: Travellers, - a wonderful Canadian singing group.
1949     Eddie Harden, vocals, b. USA. Member group: 'Hardin and York'
1948     Tony Iommi, guitar, b. Birmingham, England [W. Midland). Member group: 'Black Sabbath'
1960     William 'Holly' Johnson, vocals, b. Khartoum, Sudan (raised in Liverpool, England). Member group: 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood', a group formed in Liverpool, UK in 1980, and comprised of Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (vocals, keyboards - b. Dec. 8, 1959), Brian Nash (guitar - b. May 20, 1963), Peter Gill (drums - b. March 8, 1964) and Mark O'Toole (bass - b. Jan. 6, 1964). 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood' greatly dominated the 1980 British music scene. They disbanded in Liverpool, after a disastrous 1986 effort.
1948     Lee King, drums, b. Oakland, CA, USA.
1926     György Kurtág, composer, b. Lugoj, Transylvania, Romania. (Studied and currently (2006) resides in Budapest, Hungary.)
1899     Louis 'Kid Shots' Madison, cornetist, b. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. Sept. 1948 "Kid Shots" was one of the great old New Orleans Dixielanders. He played, and recorded with such musicians as Baby Dodds (drums), George Lewis (clarinet), Lawrence Marrero (banjo), Jim Robinson (trombone), Alcide 'Slow Drag' Pavageau (bass), Bunk Johnson (trumpet), Wooden Joe Nicholas, and George Lewis, among others.
1938     "Dutch" Mason, (Blues) singer/guitar, b. Lunenburg, NS, Canada. 'Dutchie' - the "Prime Minister of the Blues" -is a living legend in the Canadian blues scene.
1944     Ron Matthewson, Bass, b. Lerwick, Scotland
1955     David Murray, Tenor Sax/bass clarinet, b. Berkeley, CA, USA.
1936     Sam Myers, vocals/harmonica, b. Laurel, MS, USA. d. Dallas, Texas, USA (throat cancer). Myers attended the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago on a scholarship, but he got more of an education hanging out in Chicago clubs, where he played with such men as Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and Little Walter among others. He played drums and recorded with James until 1961. In 1957, he cut his own single for Ace Records: "Sleeping in the Ground"/"My Love Is Here to Stay," the A-side of which was covered by the Eric Clapton-Ginger Baker-Steve Winwood-Rick Grech supergroup 'Blind Faith' for its eponymous 1969 release. Robert Cray also performed the song on his 1980 debut "Who's Been Talkin‘". He was also a member of "Anson Funderburgh And The Rockets Featuring Sam Myers". In 1986, Anson Funderburgh met Myers and their partnership continued for 20 years, during which they accrued nine prestigious W.C. Handy Awards, including ones for Band of the Year and Traditional Album of the Year.
1902     Eddie Peabody, banjo, b. Reading, MA, USA, d. Nov. 7, 1970 in Covington, KY, USA, age 68. Known as "The Banjo King".
1950     Andy Powell, guitar, b. Devon, UK. Member group: 'Wishbone Ash'
1960     "Prince Markie D", vocals, né: Mark Morales. Member group: 'Fat Boys'
1965     Kate Radley, keyboard/vocals, b. U.K. Member group: 'Spiritualized'
1940     "Smokey" Robinson, vocals/guitar, b. Detroit, MI, USA. né: William Robinson, Jr. Member group: 'The Miracles'
1940     Bobby Rogers, singer/songwriter, b. Detroit, MI, USA. Member group: 'The Miracles', a 'Motown' group.
CAUTION: Do not confuse with another Bobby Rogers, (b. Oahu, Hawaii, lead vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, keyboard, Member group: "Coconut Joe".
1963     Seal Henry Samuel, (soul) vocals, b. Paddington, London, England, UK. (Parents were Nigerian and Brazilian.)
1946     Pierre Van Den Linden, drums, b. Amsterdam, Holland. Member group: 'Focus', formed 1969 in Amsterdam, Holland, by Thijs van Leer (vocals/keyboard/flute), Martin Dresden (bass), and Hans Cleuver (drums). With the subsequent addition of Jan Akkerman (guitar). Dresden and Cleuver were soon replaced by Cyril Havermanns (bass), and Pierre Van der Linden (drums).
1937     Fred Van Hove, Piano, accordion, b. Antwerp, Belgium
1957     Dave Wakeling, vocals, b. Birmingham, England. Member group: 'The Beat'
1931     Jolly "Little Whitt" Wells, R&B vocals/guitar, b. Ralph, AL, USA. Member: 'Little Whitt & Big Bo' (Bo McGee, R&B Harmonica, b. Oct. 9, 1928, Emelle, AL, USA. d. Mar. 3, 2002)
         Notable Events occuring this date include:
1878.    Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (he called it a 'speaking machine'). Today, we call it a Phonograph.
1942.    Tommy Dorsey Orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah" (Victor).
1961.    Douglas Furber, songwriter, died in London, UK75. Furber, who was born May 13, 1885, 1984 London, England, UK, d. London, England, UK, is perhaps best recalled for the tune "Limehouse Blues" (Lyrics: Douglas Furber Music: Phillip Braham) In 1987, Furber was posthumously nominated for two Tony Awards, one for 'Best Score' for "Me and My Girl", and for his lyrics with music by Noel Gay, (and other lyrics by 'L. Arthur Rose"). (Noel Gay, b. July 15, 1898, Wakefield, England, UK, d. March 4, 1954, London, England, UK.
1972.    Lee Morgan,trumpet, died in New York, NY, USA, Age: 34
1974.    Bob Reisner, founder of the Institute Of Jazz Studies, died in New York, NY, USA, Age: 52
1979.    Cart T. Sprague, Cowboy singer, died. Age: 83
1981.    Rudolph K. Pernell, guitar, died in Chicago, IL, USA
1984.    Claude Hopkins, piano/leader, died in New York (Manhattan), NY, USA, Age: 80
1984.    Lillian Mason, vocals, died in Chicago, IL, USA, Age: 60
1988.    Richard Mcdougall, piano, died in Detroit, MI, USA.
1992.    Ian Armit, piano, died in Zurich, Switzerland (b. March 11, 1929, Kirckaldy, Fife, Scotland)
1993.    Fred Norman, arranger/producer/trombone, died in New York (Manhattan), NY, USA, Age: 82
         Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
1941    "Sun Valley Jump", - Glenn Miller Orch.
1942    "I'll Take Tallulah", - Tommy Dorsey & his orchestra recorded
   "Symphony", - Freddy Martin Orchestra (vocal: Clyde Rogers)
1953    "Oh! My Pa-Pa", - Eddie Fisher
1953    "Secret Love", - Doris Day
1955    "How Important Can It Be?", Joni James
1962    "Duke of Earl", Gene Chandler
1962    "The Wanderer", - Dion
1966    "Ballad Of The Green Berets, The", SSgt Barry Sadler
1972    "Jungle Fever", Chakachas
1972    "Mother And Child Reunion", Paul Simon
1977    "Maybe I'm Amazed", Paul McCartney
1977    "Don't Give Up On Us", David Soul
1978    "Dont Break the Heart that Loves You", - Margo Smith
1986    "Makin Up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers Song)", - Crystal Gayle & Gary Morris