BIRTHDAYS
1939     Liz Anderson, singer/songwriter. b. Roseau, Minnesota. USA. né: Elizabeth Jane Haaby Anderson. She is the mother of singer Lynn Anderson.
1931     George Arvanitas, Piano, b. Marseilles, France, d. Sept. 24, 2005, (near) Paris, France. Age: 74. Arvanitas had played with many of the best musicians when they appeared in France. He played on albums by Dexter Gordon, Ted Curson, Sonny Criss, Ben Webster among many others. Arvanitas had settled in the United States for a couple of years in 1964, where he had been part of the Yusef Lateef group. With Lateef he had recorded the Impulse album 'Psychecemotus'. The trio he formed with bassist Jacky Samson and drummer Charles Saudrais was a mainstay of the French Jazz scene.
1952     Clarence Banks, trombone
1910     Eddie Beal, Piano, b. Redlands, CA, USA. d. 1984.
1919     Phil Bodner, Woodwinds, b. Waterbury, CT, USA.
1976     Jason Brown, vocals. b. UK. Member group: 'Five'
1942     James Carr, vocals, b. MS, USA
1933     Buddy Catlett, Bass, b. Long Beach, CA, USA. (some sources say b. May 13th)
1905     "Doc" Cheatham, Trumpet/leader, b. Nashville, TN. USA d. June 2, 1997, Washington, D.C., USA. Age 91 (Stroke). né: Adolphus Anthony Cheatham. Curiously, though one of Jazz's best-known figures, Cheatham didn't enjoy wide fame until he was in his 70s. In the 1920s, he was a sideman in several big bands and was still playing into the 1960s. In 1980, Cheatham's 'star' finally rose and he began appearing at music festivals and releasing new recordings, including 'The 87 Years of Doc Cheatham' and 'Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton'. Cheatham deserves more praise than we can give him here.
1960     Adam Clayton, Rock bassist. Member group: U2
1970     Rivers Cuomo, guitarist, vocalist, b. New York, NY, USA. Member: Weezer.
1947     Harold Danko, piano
1963     Paul De Lisle, bassist, b. Exeter, Ontario, Canada. Member: Smash Mouth
1954     Robert Donaldson, musician, b. USA.
1927     Slim Dusty, C&W Vocals/Guitar, b. Kempsey, New Wales, Australia, d. Sept 19, 2003, Sydney, Australia. né: David Gordon Kirpatrick. Without a doubt, "Slim Dusty" was Australia's most prolific and biggest-selling recording artist. In a domestic market of 20 million people, over five million of his recordings were sold. In 2000, the 73-year-old Australian music legend released his 100th album.
1942     Martin Van Duynhoven, Drums, b. Boxmeer, Netherlands
1885     Charlie Elgar, Violin, b. New Orleans, LA. USA, d. August, 1973.
1940     Bobby Freeman, vocals, b. San Francisco, CA, USA Member: 'The Romancers'
1903     Jack Fulton, vocalist, composer, b. Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, d. Nov. 13, 1993, San Diego, California, USA. After graduating from High School, he first found fame singing with the Paul Whiteman orchestra, remaining with Whiteman for eight years. He subsequently worked - for 22 years - with the CBS Radio Network. While he is today best recalled as a singer, he also composed over 100 tunes (mostly as lyricist), - none of which achieved any great fame. In 1943, he joined ASCAP, and among his princpal musical collaborators were Lois Steele Roberts, Edward D. Ballantine, Moe Jaffe, Frank "Porky" Panico, and Rolf Erickson. Among his better known compositions are "Blue Sails", "If You Are But A Dream", "Quien Sabe", "Please Mr Mailman", "Swinging On A Moonbeam", "True Blue Sue", and a 100 others.
1968     David Gray, singer/songwriter, b. Sale, Cheshire, England, UK.
1926     Alvin H. Greenberg, clarinet, d. July 6, 2002, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. (Pancreatic cancer). Played with The Glenn Miller Orch.
1886     Art Hickman, drums/leader/composer, d. Jan 15, 1930
1932     Jan Howard, C&W vocals.
1908     Clarence Hutchenrider, Clarinet, saxophone, b. Waco, TX, USA. d. August 18, 1991. In late 1920s with Ross Gorman band (ex Whiteman), then clar w/Paul Whiteman. Then with Austin Wylie band; 31 -43 w/Casa Loma. In 70s-80s played with 'Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks'; 'David Ostwald's Gully Low Jazz Band'. New York City "DJ", Rich Conaty, introduced him to Les Paul (at 'Fat Teusday's' club) where Clarence played "Smoke Rings" & "Rosetta".
1892     Richard M. ("Myknee") Jones, Piano, b. Barton, LA, USA. d. Dec. 8, 1945.
1930     Curley Lambert, (Bluegrass) mandolin/background vocals. Played with Lester Flatt &. Earl Scruggs, among many others.
1951     Howard Lees, keyboard/guitar. Member group: 'Spirit', also 'Heart'.
1948     Dennis Locorriere, guitar/vocals. Member group: Dr. Hook.
1976     Kimberley Gail "Kym" Marsh, vocals. b. UK. Member group: 'Hear'Say'. In August 2002, she married Jack Ryder.
1918     "Wild Bill" Moore, tenor sax, b. Greenville, TX, USA, d. 1983, USA. Among the stars with whom he worked are "Big Joe" Turner, Paul 'Hucklebuck' Williams, and Jack McVea.
1938     Allen Murphy, Drums/Vocal, b. Atlanta, GA, USA.
1959     Greg Norton, vocals. Member group: 'Husker Du'
1941     Esther Ofarim, vocals, b. Israel
1918     Tessie O'Shea vocalist/actress. d. 1995
1955     Elvira Plenar, piano, synthesizer. Elvira Plenar studied piano in Zagreb, Croatia, and Graz, Austria. She toured widely in Europe. From 1980 she has lived in Frankfurt, Germany, where she has played with Marilyn Mazur's 'Future Song' and also led her own Quartet and Trio.
1905     Leslie Riddles, guitar, b. Burnsville, NC, USA
1959     Ronnie Rogers, guitarist. Member group: 'T'Pau'
1880     Vincent Rose, leader/composer, d. 1944, USA
1930     Rudi Sehring, Drums, b. Langen, Germany
1933     Mike Stoller, (ref: Jerry Leiber). composer/record producer. b. Belle Harbor, NY, USA. Best recalled as member of songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller.
1937     Frank Strozier, Alto Sax/Flute/clarinet/piano, b. June 13, 1937, Memphis, TN, USA
1906     Edwin Swayze, Trumpet, b. Marshall, TX, USA. d. Jan. 31, 1935
1941     Marvin Tarplin, guitar/songwriter, b. Atlanta, GA, USA. Member: 'The Miracles'
1928     Lafayette "Thing" Thomas, guitar, b. Shreveport, LA, USA
1931     Howard Vokes, C&W singer-songwriter/music publisher/label owner/promoter, b. Clearfield, PA, USA.
1970     Ronald Westray, trombone
1909     Garland Wilson, piano, b. Martinsburg, WV, USA. d. May 31, 1954, Paris, France
1949     Donald York, vocals.
1917     Sy Zentner, Trombone/leader, b. New York, NY, USA, d. Jan. 31, 2000, Las Vegas, NV, USA. (Leukemia). né: Simon H. Zentner Sy gained fame with his 1961 recording of "Up A Lazy River", and went on to record 100s of tunes for Liberty Records. He played with the Les Brown and Jimmy Dorsey bands before settling in Los Angeles, CA as a "sessions" musician. Sy recorded a revised version of "Up A Lazy River" which he described as "the first big band record you could twist to" (it won a Grammy Award), and then went on to record (for Liberty Records) revisions of well known Contemporary tunes in a "traditional" big band style for the older listener market. During the James Bond movie craze, he recorded many movie themes, while during the Beatles craze he even recorded a swing version of "I Want To Hold Your Hand".
1927     Attila Zoller, Guitar, b. Visegrad, Hungary, d. January 25, 1998, Townshend, VT, USA (colon cancer). During the 1950s and '60s, Zoller topped various Jazz polls in Europe, and, in 1964 and 1973, he earned 'DownBeat international' critics poll awards for "talent deserving wider recognition". He emigrated to New York City where he worked with such leading jazzmen as Stan Getz, Benny Goodman, Chico Hamilton, and Herbie Mann, among others. He has over 20 albums to his credit. He is the recipient of the German Oscar in film scoring for "The Bread of Our Early Years" (1962).
         Notable Events occuring this date include:
1908.    "Blind Tom" (né: Thomas Green Bethune), piano, died in Hoboken, NJ, USA. Age: 59
1939.    Cab Calloway recorded "Jumpin' Jive".
1972.    Clyde McPhatter, vocals, died in New York (Bronx), NY, USA. (Heart attack) Age: 39. Member: 'Drifters'
1979.    "Sunshine Sue" Workman, C&W died. Age: 67 Member: 'The Old Dominion Barn Dance'
1981.    Ira Pettiford, trumpet, died in Minneapolis, MN, USA. Age: 66
1983.    Norm Pierce, label owner: (Cavalier), died in Utah, CA, USA. Age: 78
1986.    Benny Goodman, clarinet/leader, died in New York (Manhattan), NY, USA. Age: 77. Tag: "The King of Swing"
1993.    John Campbell, guitar, died in New York, NY, USA. Age: 41
2001.    Makanda Ken McIntyre, alto & tenor saxes, oboe, bassoon, bass, clarinet, flute died in New York City , Age: 70. (some sources say died July 4th). né: Kenneth Arthur McIntyre. (b. Sept. 7, 1931, Boston, MA, USA. )
2003.    Harold Ashby, tenor saxohpone died in New York, NY, USA. Age: 78, He was one of the last surviving members of Duke Ellington's orchestra. (b. Mar 27, 1925, Kansas City, MO, USA)
         Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
1929   "A Little Love - A Little Kiss", - (Benny) Carter's Orch.
1929   "Three O'Clock In The Morning", - (Benny) Carter's Orch.
1932   "Indiana", - The Casa Loma Orch.
1933   "The Gold Diggers", - Dorsey Brothers Orch., with The Boswell Sisters voc.
1946   "They Say It's Wonderful", - Perry Como
1946   "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", - Dinah Shore
1947   "That's My Desire", - Sammy Kaye
1952   "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart", - Vera Lynn
1953   "No Other Love", - Perry Como
1953   "Vaya Con Dios", - Les Paul
1960   "Alley-Oop", - Hollywood Argyles
1960   "Mule Skinner Blues", - Fendermen
1960   "Please Help Me, I'm Falling", - Hank Locklin
1964   "No Particular Place To Go", - Chuck Berry
1964   "Bad To Me", - Billy J. Kramer
1964   "Memphis", - Johnny Rivers
1981   "Hearts", - Marty Balin
1981   "Boy From New York City, The", - Manhattan Transfer
1981   "Theme From Greatest American Hero", - Scarbury, Joey
1981   "I Don't Need You", - Kenny Rogers
1987   "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You", - Miami Sound Machine