BIRTHDAYS
1962     Karrin Allyson, vocals, piano, b. Great Bend, KS, USA.
1962     Michael Ball, vocals.
1964     Rex Brown, bass, Member: Pantera
1942     Robert Arthur Thornbury Campbell, Journalist/musician, d. Sept. 29, 1997
1956     Duncan Cameron, C&W guitar, b. Utica, NY, USA. Member: "Sawyer Brown"
1967     Stacy Dean Campbell, C&W singer/songwriter, b. Carlsbad, NM, USA.
1953     Suzi Carr, vocals/author. Member group: Will To Power.
1956     Deirdre Cartwright, Guitar, b. London, England.
1925     Annie Lou Dill, C&W vocals, b. Skull Bone, TN, USA. Member: "Grand Ole Opry".
1957     Bill Engvall, C&W comedian, b. Galveston, TX, USA.
1929     Harvey Fuqua, R&B vocals/producer, b. Louisville, KY, USA. Member group: 'Moonglows'. (best release: "Sincerely")
1944     Bobbie Gentry, C&W singer/songwriter. b. Chickasaw County, MS, USA. née: Roberta Streeter. She won a Grammy Award in 1967. Among her hit songs were "Ode To Billie Joe" (1967 No.1 single in the US), and her 1969 single "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (No.1 in the UK.)
1944     Carl Grubbs, Alto-oprano sax, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA.
1967     Juliana Hatfield, singer/songwriter, b. USA, Her 1993 single "My Sister", hit No.71 in the UK.
1920     Henry D. "Homer" Haynes, (Hillbilly) guitar, b. Knoxville, TN, USA. d. 1971. Team of: "Homer & Jethro". ("Jethro": mandolin and banjo, was born Kenneth D. Burns, b. March 10, 1923, Knoxville, TN, USA.). The team was tagged: "The Thinking Man's Hillbillys"
1895     Revella Hughes, vocals, b. Huntington, W. VA, USA. (Recorded on 'Black Swan Records')
1930     Einar Iversen, Piano/Flute, b. Mandal, Norway
1937     Charles "Chuck" Jackson, vocals, b. Latta, SC, USA. Best recalled release: "Any Day Now".
1896     Clark W. Kessinger, C&W fiddler, b. South Hills, WV, USA. Member: "The Kessinger Brothers.
1922     Julius "Papa Cairo" Lamperez, (Cajun) vocals, b. New Orleans, LA, USA.
1943     Mary Love, vocals, b. Sacramento, CA, USA.
1949     Maureen McGovern, vocals, b. Youngstown, OH, USA. Her 1973 single "The Morning After" hit NO. 1 in the USA.
1927     Bob Morse, vocalist. Member singing group: "The Hi-Lo's"
1963     Karl Mueller, Rock Bassist. Member group: "Soul Asylum"
1933     Nick Reynolds, folksinger
1923     Charlie Queener, Piano, b. Pineville, KY, USA. d. 1997. (Some sources claim b. 1921)
1943     Al Ramsey, guitar (with 'Gary Lewis & The Playboys')
1917     Moses Rascoe, Blues Singer, b. Windsor, NC, USA. d. March 6, 1994.
1933     Nick Reynolds, Guitar/vocals. member: 'The Kingston Trio'
1959     Michael Sagmeister, Guitar, b. Frankfurt a.M, Germany.
1924     Velma Williams Smith, C&W singer/country comedy/bassist/session guitarist, b. Logan County, KY, USA.
1937     Charlie Shoemake, Vibes/Leader, b. Houston, TX, USA.
1922     Bob Thiele, record producer/owner/songwriter/leader, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA, d. Jan. 30, 1996, age 73. As a teenager growing up in New York City, Thiele was already active in the Greenwich Village area jazz and blues scene. He was also running Sunday afternoon 'Jam' sessions at Kelly's Stable, a famous club on New York's 52nd Street, and even produced his own magazine called 'Jazz'. In 1952, he was placed in charge of Decca's subsidiary, Coral Records. He convinced the label to release Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day" (Holly's first hit). He also produced hit releases for the McGuire Sisters, Lawrence Welk, and for his future wife, Teresa Brewer, whom he married in 1972. As a songwriter, his collaborators included Milton DeLugg, Ruth Roberts, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Buddy Kaye, and Teresa Brewer. As a producer, he is perhaps best known for his association with John Coltrane. They first met at the 'Village Vanguard' (a club in the Greenwich Village area of New York City). Thiele worked with Coltrane on several projects, including 'AL ove Supreme'. Other artists with whom Thiele worked include Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Jackie Wilson, Quincy Jones, Charles Mingus, Jack Kerouac, McCoy Tyner, and Sonny Rollins. In the mid-80's, working at MCA, he released an album "Blues for Coltrane", that won a Grammy. As a record label owner, his labels included Flying Dutchman, Doctor Jazz and Red Baron. He died at age 73.
1960     Pat Thomas, keyboards.
1944     Barbara Thompson, Saxophone/flute, b. Oxford, England.
1957     Jean Toussaint, Tenor Sax, b.1957 or 1960, Aruba, or St.Thomas, Lesser Antilles
1950     Michael Vaughn, Guitar Member group: 'Paperlace'
1955     Edward Wilkerson, Jr., alto and tenor sax, clarinet, percussion, b. Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
1916     Elbert "Skippy" Williams, Tenor Sax, b. Tuscaloosa, AL, USA. d. Feb. 28, 1994.
         Notable Events on this date include:
1940.    Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts.
1968.    Tedd Browne, gospel vocals, died in Cleveland Heights, OH, USA. Age: 45
1973.    Jimmy Radcliffe, singer-songwriter, died in New York (Bronx), NY, USA. Age: 36
1974.    "Lightnin' Slim", guitar, died in Detroit, MI, USA. Age: 61. (né: Otis V. Hicks)
1974.    Vocalist Dinah Shore's 23 year long association with the NBC (the'Peacock Network') ended when NBC TV removed 'Dinah's Place' from its daytime programming roster.
1976.    John Lennon's request for permanent residency in the United States finally approved.
1977.    Milt Buckner, piano/organ, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 62
1982.    Morris Pejoe, guitar, died in Detroit, MI, USA. Age: 58
1984.    Rev. C. l. Franklin, preacher, died in Detroit, MI, USA. Age: 69. Recorded with Chess Records.
1986.    Leroy Holmes, orchestra leader for the 'Tonight Show' (1956-57), died. Age: 72.
1990.    Bobby Day, vocals, died in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Age: 60
1990.    Harry Lim, label owner (Lenox/Famous Door) died in New York, NY, USA. Age: 71
1991.    J. D. Nicholson, piano, died in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Age: 74
1999.    Harry "Sweets" Edison, trumpeter with Count Basie Orch., died in Columbus, Ohio, USA. (b. Oct 10, 1915, Columbus, Ohio, USA)
2001.    Harold Land, tenor sax, died in Los Angeles, California, USA. (b. Dec 18, 1928, Houston, Texas, USA. né: Harold de Vance Land)
2005.    Dom Um Romäo, percussion died (on the morning of Tuesday, July 27 ) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (he suffered a stroke on July 24 during a recording session). Age: 79.
         Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
1920   "Girl of My Dreams", - John Steele vocal.
1927   "Thou Swell", - The Broadway Nitelites. (Ben Selvin Orch.)
1927   "Willie The Weeper", - Louis Armstrong Hot Five.
1927   "If I Didn't Know Your Husband, and You Didn't Know My Wife", - Al Lentz Orch.
1927   "Sam The Old Accordion Man", - Al Lentz Orch.
1928   "That Old Sweetheart of Mine", - The Columbians.
1928   "Doing The New Low Down", - Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang.
1928   "Diga Diga Do", - Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang.
1928   "Don't Mess Around With Me", - Mills Hotsy Totsy Gang.
1928   "Royal Garden Blues", - The Original Wolverines.
1930   "If You Were Only Mine", - Enrique Madriguera Orch.
1930   ""Please Handle It With Care", - Enrique Madriguera Orch.
1931   "River Stay 'Way From My Door", - Jimmy Noone's Apex Club Orch.
1932   "I'll Never Be The Same", - Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians.
1939   "Blue Orchids", - Horace Heidt's Musical Knights.
1939   "South Of The Border", - Horace Heidt's Musical Knights.
1939   "Tobacco Auctioneer", - Raymond Scott's New Music.
1940   "When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano", - The Ink Spots
1940   "Frenesi", - Artie Shaw
1940   "Make Believe Island", - Jan Savitt
1942   "Why Don't You Do Right", - Benny Goodman Orch., with Peggy Lee vocal (her first big hit. Rec'd New York city)
1942   "Six Flats Unfurnished", - Benny Goodman Orch.
1944   "Time Waits For No One", - Helen Forrest
1944   "I'll Walk Alone", - "Liltin'" Martha Tilton
1963   "Denise", - Randy & The Rainbows
1963   "More", - Kai Winding
1968   "People Got To Be Free", - The Rascals
1974   "Having My Baby, (You're)", - Paul Anka
1974   "I'm Leaving It All Up To You", - Donny Osmond
1985   "Invincible", - Benatar, Pat
1985   "Don't Lose My Number", - Collins, Phil
1985   "Cherish", - Kool & The Gang
1991   "Time, Love And Tenderness", - Bolton, Michael
1991   "Things That Make You Go Hmmmm...", - C&C Music Factory
1991   "Too Many Walls", - Dennis, Cathy
1991   "Motown Song, The", - Stewart, Rod