BIRTHDAYS
1938     Eddie Adcock, (Bluegrass) Banjo/Guitar, b. Scottsville, VA, USA. né: Edward Windsor Adcock. Team of 'Eddie and Martha Adcock', also Member 'The Country Gentlemen' and 'II Generation' groups.
1936     Martin Banks, trumpet, b. Austin, Texas, USA, d. Austin, Texas, USA ( heart-attack)
1945     Chris Britton, guitarist, songwriter, b. Watford, England, UK. né: Charles Christopher Britton. Member: The Troggs,
1919     Gower Champion, dancer. b. Geneva, IL, USA. d. August 1980 (rare Blood Cancer). He and Marge Bell (née: Belcher) formed a dance team in 1945, called 'Gower and Bell'. Upon their marriage in 1947, the name was changed to 'Marge and Gower Champion'. The team went on to great fame dancing in many musical plays and films.
1941     Mitty Collier, vocals, b. Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A. She is perhaps best recalled for the Soul Classic, 'I Had A Talk With My Man Last Night'
1914     Booker Collins, Bass, b. Roswell, NM, USA
1929     Jackie Coon, flügelhornist/(occasional) vocals, trumpet, cornet, alto horn, b. Beatrice, Nebraska, USA. After hearing Louis Armstrong's "West End Blues", he was inspired to play trumpet. He spent a few months with Jack Teagarden's band, and then gigged with the Charlie Barnet, Louis Prima, and Earl Hines orchestras. In 1957, he made his recording debut with Barney Bigard, playing the mellophone on the Red Nichols version of "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Though fame has eluded Jackie Coon, he continues to play regularly in local clubs, at jazz festivals, and has worked for nine years at California's Disneyland. Since 1991, he has recorded fairly often for the Arbors label.
1879     Henry Creamer, songwriter, b. Richmond, VA, USA, d. Oct. 14, 1930, New York, NY, USA. Worked with such men as Turner Layton, J.C. Johnson and Jimmy Johnson. Best known compositions "If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)", and "Way Down Yonder In New Orleans"
1944     Raymond Douglas Davies, singer-songwriter, b. London, England, UK Member: 'The Kinks'
1937     Donald Dean, Drums, b. Kansas City, MO, USA
1942     Eumir Deodato, percussion, keyboards, arranger, conductor, vocals, b. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. né: Eumir Deodato Almeida. (Some sources say b.June 21)
1959     Marcella Detroit, singer-songwriter , b. Detroit, Michigan, USA. née: Marcella Levy. Member: 'Shakespear's Sister '
1949     Christy Doran, guitar, b. Dublin, Ireland
1970     Reginald Dural, washboard, b. Lafayette, LA, USA. Worked with 'Buckwheat Zydeco'
1976     Mike Einziger, multi-instrumentalist, b. Los Angeles, California, USA. Member groups: 'Incubus' and 'Time Lapse Consortium' né: Michael Aaron Einziger
1909     Elgin Evans, drums, née: Elga Edmonds
1948     Leon Everette, C&W vocals/guitar, b. Aiken, SC, USA.
1924     Wally Fawkes, Clarinet/cartoonist, b. Vancouver, BC, Canada
1981     Brandon Flowers, vocal, keyboards, b. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Member: 'The Killers'
1958     Maggie Galloway, vocals
1936     Dave Godin, Music Critic, label and record-shop owner, b. June 21, 1936, Lambeth (raised in Peckham), England, UK, d. October 15, 2004, (Lung cancer) Age: 68. Godin often took the blame for introducing the joys of 'Black' music to a boy who was a few years below him at grammar school, - Mick Jagger (whose mother disliked Blues music intensely). During his career, Godin founded the record label, 'Soul City', coining the phrase "deep soul" for the more adult-sounding and grittier examples of that genre, and that became the name of his second label, before gracing a series of various artist CDs that drew huge critical acclaim. His career began when he started work in an advertising agency. Interestingly, though his father had once been a professional soldier, Dave was a committed pacifist, and refused to do National Military Service. In 1957, he travelled to Canada, and then made his way into the United States where he saw such stars as Lavern Baker, Fats Domino and Clyde McPhatter. Back in England, Godin began to champion the record labels formed by the Detroit entrepreneur Berry Gordy Jr and took the name of two of the labels to name the new 'Tamla Motown Appreciation Society'. It was the first time anyone had linked the two names and it later became the name of an EMI label, under which the company issued its product in the UK. In 1964, Godin had been invited to Detroit by Gordy, where he met Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and 'Martha and the Vandellas'. He later recalled that 'The Supremes' were not originally invited to meet him because they were not considered important enough. In 1967, he opened the first exclusively soul music record shop in Britain, Soul City, in Deptford, South East London before moving to Monmouth Street, where he launched the now collectable 'Soul City' and 'Deep Soul' record labels. He also began writing for soul music magazines and developed a loyal following. Eventually the business and the labels failed, and he went back into record promotion. In the late 1970s, he gave it all up to take a degree in film history at Sheffield Polytechnic. He continued to occasionally write and make public appearances. In 1997, he masterminded the series "Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Taken from the Vaults", which started appearing on the Harlesden-based 'Kent' label, and also oversaw a series of CDs called 'The Birth of Soul' for the same label. Godin, who never married, was aged 68 when he died.
1906     Harry Goodman, bass, d. 1997
1904     Mack Gordon, Lyricist, b. Warsaw, Poland, d. Feb. 28, 1959, New York, NY, USA. né: Morris Gittler. Gordon worked with Harry Revel 1931-'39; with Harry Warren '39-50. His family emigrated to New York, NY, ca 1908. Mack first started acting in vaudeville and then turned lyricist. He teamed with the UK emigre pianist Harry Revel writing music for the 1931 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies, and the team was then signed by Paramount Pictures. He divorced his first wife - Rose - in 1936, and remarried Elizabeth Cook (1939-'48)
1929     Abdel Halim Hafez, singer and actor, b. El-Hilwat, Egypt, d. March 30, 1977, London, England, UK..( in King's College Hospital,, -complications due to Bilharzia - a parasitic water-born (painful ) disease ). né: Abdel Halim Isma'el Shabana. . Today (2007) he is still the most famous and popular singer in the Arab world. He starred in 16 films, including "Dalilah" ( Egypt's first full color motion picture.). Among the 260 songs that he recorded.are such hits as Gana El Hawa ("Love came to us"), El Massih ("The Christ"), Sawah ("Wanderer"), Ahwak ("I love you"), Khosara ("A pity"), Zay el Hawa ("It feels like love"), and his last, and perhaps most famous song, Qariat el-Fingan ("The fortune-teller"), featured lyrics by Nizar Qabbani and music by Mohammed Al-Mougy.
1936     Clay Hammond, singer-songwriter, b. Fort Worth, TX, USA
1944     Jon Hiseman, Drums, b. London, England
1964     Porter Howell, Country vocals, b. Longview, TX, USA. Member group: "Little Texas"
1946     Brenda Holloway, sing-songwriter, b. Atascadero, CA, USA. Brenda's family moved to L.A. when she was age two. In High school, she was a member of a school group with Walter and Wallace Scott, later of The Whispers. Brenda was also a member of the group 'The Watesians' who backed 'Johnny Rivers' and 'Ike & Tina Turner' whenever they performed in their local area. Brenda is also a classically trained violinist.
1900     Dewey Jackson, Trumpet, cornet, b. St.Louis, MO, USA, d. 1994
1902     "Skip" James, guitar/piano, b.Yazoo City, MS, USA, d. Oct. 3, 1969, Philadelphia PA, USA.
1950     Joey Kramer, percussionist, b. New York (The Bronx), NY, USA. né: Joseph Michael Kramer . Member: Aerosmith
1953     Nils Lofgren, Keyboards, Accordion, and Guitar, b . Chicago, Illinois, USA.
1947     Joey Molland, guitarist, b. Liverpool, England, UK. né: Joseph Charles Molland. Member: 'Badfinger'
1959     Kathy Mattea, C&W vocals, b. Cross Lanes, WV, USA.
1972     Allison Moorer, Country singer-songwriter, b. Mobile, AL, USA.
1932     Jamil Nasser, Bass, b. Memphis, TN, USA.   né: George Joyner
1959     Vasilis Papakonstantinou, singer, b. Arcadia, Greece.
1964     James Price, Country/Western voc., member 'The Clinch Mountain Boys'
1970     Eric Reed, piano.
1970     Pete Rock, disc jockey and record producer, b. New York ( The Bronx ), NY, USA. , né: Peter Phillips
1943     "Salomé", singer b. Barcelona, Spain. née: Maria Rosa Marco. 1969 'Eurovision Song Contest' winner, She sang "Vivo Cantando", ( m: Maria José Cerato, w: Aniano Alcalde. The song shared first place that year -along with the entries from Netherlands, United Kingdom, and France).
1932     Lalo Schifrin, Piano/Composer, b. Buenos Aires, Argentina né: Boris Claudio Schifrin
1928     Clifford Scott, alto/Tenor sax, b. San Antonio, TX, USA. d. April 19, 1993, San Antonio TX, USA. In 1946, at just age 14, while playing his first professional job at the Keyhole Club in San Antonio, he was "discovered" by Lionel Hampton. From 1948-'50, he worked in Hamp's band. In 1954, he left Hampton, and relocated to New York City where he studied arranging. From 1956 - '61, he was a member of Bill Doggett's group. (During this time Scott composed his best-remembered hit tune, "Honky Tonk".) After leaving Doggett, he relocated to Los Angeles, CA, where he freelanced for the local recording studios. Between 1966 and 1973, he toured - on and off- with famed blind vocalist Ray Charles. After Charles, he again returned to Los Angeles and found work at the 'Parisian Room'. In 1976, he returned to his hometown of San Antonio, remaining there for the rest of his career.
1921     Frank Scott, Piano, b. Fargo ND, USA. Featured with Lawrence Welk Orch.
1957     Rob Schneiderman, piano
1932     "O. C." Smith, vocals, b. Mansfield, Louisiana, USA. . .d. Nov. 23 or 24, 2001 né: Ocie Lee Smith. He is perhaps best recalled as member of The Count Basie Orchestra.
1906     Harold Spina, Lyricist/composer, b. New York, New York, USA , d. July 18,, 1997, Working with lyricist Johnny Burke, Spina adapted the Mexican song "La Cucaracha" from a 6/8-meter song to 4/4 making It a worldwide hit On the published sheet music, they used the names of " Juan y D'lorah ", -"Juan" for "Johnny" Burke, and "D'lorah" for Harold --spelled backwards.
1962     Viktor Tsoi, vocalist , b. Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia), d. August 15, 1990 (auto accident), né: Viktor Robertovich Tsoi Leader of the rock group: "Kino" ( He was one of the pioneers of Russian rock. )
1961     Kip Winger, bassist, vocalist, b. Denver, Colorado, USA. né: Charles Frederick Kip Winger. Member: Winger
1912     "Big" Jim Wynn, tenor & baritone saxes, b. El Paso, TX, USA. d. 1977
         Notable Events occurring this date include:
1923.    Bessie Smith recorded "If You Don't, I Know Who Will."
1931.    Jimmy Blythe, piano, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Age: 30
1941.    Wayne King orchestra recorded "Time Was" with Buddy Clark vocal. (Victor Records)
1945.    Mike Jackson, piano/songwriter, died in New York, NY, USA. Age: 56
1958.    Ford T. Dabney, piano, died in New York, NY, USA. Age: 75
1962.    Maceo Pinkard songwriter, died in New York, New York, USA. (b. June 27, 1897, Bluefield, West Virginia, USA)
1976.    Herbert Newman, label owner (Era), died in Hollywood, CA, USA.
1977.    C. E. Moody, C&W guitar/mandolin, member oif the "The Georgia Yellow Hammers," died. Age: 87
1982.    Frank Hovington, guitar, died in Felton, DE, USA. Age: 63
1986.    Eddie Thomas, vocals, died in Chicago, IL, USA. Member: 'The Daylighters'
1990.    June Christy, vocal, died in Sherman Oaks, CA USA, (b. Nov. 20, 1925, Springfield, IL, USAée: Shirley Luster )
1991.    Kate Hall, vocals, died in New York (Manhattan), NY, USA. Age: 82. Member: 'Hall Johnson Choir'
1997.    Arthur Prysocl, vocal, died in Hamilton, Bermuda. (b. Jan. 2, 1929, Spartanburg, SC, USA. ).
2001.    John Lee Hooker, Blues vocalist, died in Los Altos, California. Age: 83
2002.    Gwen Cleveland, vocal, died. ( Some sources claim d. June 7, 2002)
2002.    Matt Dennis, vocals, piano, composer, died in , Riverside, California, USA.. (b. Feb 11, 1914, Seattle, Washington, USA. )
         Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
1934   "Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong", - The Boswell Sisters voc.
1945   "Chopin's Polonaise", - Carmen Cavallaro Orch.
1945   "Sentimental Journey", - The Merry Macs
1969   "Ballad Of John And Yoko, The", - Beatles
1969   "Baby, I Love You", - Kim, Andy
1969   "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)", - Walker, Jr. & The All Stars
1969   "My Cherie Amour", - Wonder, Stevie
1975   "Rhinestone Cowboy", - Campbell, Glen
1975   "Please Mr. Please", - Newton-John, Olivia
1975   "Rockford Files, The", - Post, Mike
1975   "Rockin' Chair", - McCrae, Gwen
1986   "Glory Of Love", - Cetera, Peter
1986   "Mad About You", - Carlisle, Belinda
1986   "Modern Woman", - Joel, Billy
1986   "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)", - Pet Shop Boys