BIRTHDAYS
1926     Peter Alexander (Neumayer), vocals, b. Austria
1968     Philip Anselmo, singer; b. New Orleans, LA, USA. Member groups: 'Viking Crown', 'Down', 'Necrophagia', 'Pantera'
1943     Florence Ballard, vocals, d. Feb. 22, 1993? Best recalled as member of 'The Supremes'
1908     Al Benson, label owner (Parrot)/DJ, b. Jackson, MS. USA
1946     Billy Brown, vocals, b. Perth Amboy, NJ, USA Member: 'Goodman, Ray & Brown'
1967     Peter 'Cammy' Camell, guitar; b. Liverpool, England, UK. Member: La's
1888     Bill Chitwood, C&W fiddler/vocals, b. Resaca, GA, USA, d. March 3, 1961. Age: 72. Member: "The Georgia Yellow Hammers,"
1951     Stanley Clarke, acoustic and electric bass, bass guitar, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA
1914     "Uncle" Joe Cooper, guitar, b. Yazoo City, MS. USA
1925     Wallace Davenport, Trumpet/Leader, b. New Orleans, LA, USA, d. March 18, 2004, New Orleans, LA. USA., Age: 78 né: Wallace Foster Davenport, At age 13, he was playing the trumpet with 'The Young Tuxedo Brass Band'. In 1941, he entered the U.S. Navy during WWII, and returned to music after his Service discharge. During the 1950s he toured USA and Europe with Lionel Hampton's orchestra, and, in the mid-1950s, he recorded in Paris with Mezz Mezzrow. From 1964 - 1966, Davenport played and recorded with Count Basie;s orchestra , and also toured with singers Ray Charles and Lloyd Price. In 1969, he returned to his hometown of New Orleans, and from 1971 - 1976 led his own groups and recorded some Trad Jazz for his own "My Jazz" label., During this time, he again toured Europe with George Wein in 1974, and in 1976 with Panama Francis and Arnett Cobb, That same year, he again played with Hampton and recorded with Earl "Fatha" Hines In the 1980s, Davenport was back in New Orleans playing with both traditional groups such as 'The Alliance Hall Dixieland Band', and with such gospel groups as 'The Zion Harmonizers' and 'Aline White', He not only backed the vocalists Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr., but also toured Asia and Europe, and once played expressly for the king Olav V of Norway. Davenport was a cultural icon of New Orleans, playing at various local venues and festivals. He received numerous awards and recognitions for his musical contributions from the city government and local arts groups. .
1969     Tom Drummond, bassist, Member: , 'Better Than Ezra'
1918     Stuart Foster, vocals, b. Binghamton NY, USA. Was featured on the Galen Drake Show
1992     Lynx and Lamb Gaede, singers, musicians. b. Fresno, California, USA. Member (White Nationalist band): 'Prussian Blue'. (fraternal twin girls: Lamb plays guitar and Lynx plays violin). In 2001, the girls both sang at a White nationalist festival called "Eurofest"., and also appeared on a VH1 special called' Inside Hate Rock'. In 2003, they were featured in a Louis Theroux BBC documentary, entitled Louis and the Nazis, on anti-semitism and white supremacy in the United States. In 2003, the two girls and their mother appeared in a low-budget 2003 horror film called 'Dark Walker'.
1951     Andr, Hazes, barkeeper/singer, b. Netherlands. (Hit song: "Wij houden van Oranje")
1925     Mort Herbert, bass, b. Somerville, NJ, USA, d. 1983
1931     Andrew Hill, Piano, b. Chicago, IL, USA, d. April 20, 2007, Jersey City, NJ, USA. (lung cancer). Born into a family of Caribbean origin, Hill began teaching himself (from age seven) to play the accordion. During his early teen years, he was busking on the streets of Chicago's South Side, and even trying to compose his own music writing on stray scraps of paper. By sheer chance, he was noticed by the German composer Paul Hindemith, then a refugee in America. Hindemith, impressed with the boy's talent and commitment, took to passing by regularly and giving him informal lessons in musical theory. Subsequently, Hill also taught himself to play the piano. His method was to follow the keys on the family's player-piano and copying their movements with his fingers. By his mid-teens he was a competent pianist and was sitting in with professional jazz musicians, and soon thereafter, he was working in Chicago clubs accompanying such singers as Johnny Hartman and Dakota Staton. In 1961 he moved to New York to work as accompanist to Dinah Washington. Hill had attended the University of Chicago's lab school and performed a novelty act in talent shows as a youth. In 1970, he worked as composer-in-residence at Colgate University, where he received his doctorate. Hill toured with the Smithsonian Heritage Program (1972-'75) and received a fellowship from that institution. He later taught in prisons and public schools in California while continuing to record.. Hill returned to New York in the early 1990s. Hill's final years were especially productive. He recorded "Dusk" (Pametto, 1999) and a two-CD set with his big band, "A Beautiful Day" (Palmetto, 2003). His 2006 " Time Lines" (Blue Note) received the 2006 DownBeat critics poll album of the year award.
1938     Chris Hinze, Flute, b. Hilversum, Netherlands.
1936     Doyle Holley, C&W bassist, b. Perkins, OK, USA.
1917     Lena Horne, Vocals, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA. Her parents divorced while she was still a toddler. Her mother found work as an actress, leaving Lena in care of grandparents. At age 7, her mother returned and the two traveled the state where she was enrolled in numerous schools. At times, Lena was, also attended in schools in Florida, Georgia, and Ohio, later returning to Brooklyn. At age 14, she quit school and at age 16 got her first stage job, dancing, and later singing, at the famed Cotton Club in Harlem. At the Cotton Club she was helped by Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington. At age 21, after a few appearances on Broadway, Lena played in her first film on the silver screen 'The Duke is Tops'; four years later she appeared in another, playing a nightclub singer in the MGM film 'Panama Hattie'. (Her scenes were often cut when the films were shown in the South due to Southern prejudices of the time.) In 1943, MGM loaned her to Fox Studios for the role of Selina Rogers in the all-black musical hit, 'Stormy Weather'. Her recording of the title song made the top charts, and is still one of her 'signature' tunes today. Lena's 1943 role in 'Cabin in the Sky', is regarded as the finest performance of her career. She played Georgia Brown opposite Ethel Waters and Eddie Anderson in the all-black production. Not only did Lena and Miss Waters not get along well together, but other cast members were also sniping at one another. Following this hit, she had minor roles in films such as 'Boogie-Woogie Dream', 'Words and Music', and 'Mantan Messes Up'. Due to the idiotic prejudices of the day, she was often denied rooms at the very hotels in which she sang! She appeared in the 1956 film 'Meet Me in Las Vegas'. and in the role of Claire Quintana in 1969s film 'Death of a Gunfighter'. Nine years later, in 1978, she played Glinda the Good on the big screen all-black musical 'The Wiz'. In 1994, she made two TV appearances in "A Century of Women" and "That's Entertainment! III". If Lena had never made a movie, her recording career alone would have made her a legend in the entertainment industry. Her films were the "icing on the cake"; -talented, beautiful, and still singing! (9/2000)
1953     Hal Lindes, guitarist, b. , Monterey, California, USA. Member: , 'Dire Straits' (in 1980)., Lindes has composed a tv scores such as 'Between the Lines' (BBC) and 'Band of Gold' (ITV)
1908     Jewell Long, piano/guitar/bass, b. Sealy, TX. USA
1908     Jean (or Gene) Malin, Female Impersonator/singer, b. Brooklyn, NY, USA. d. August 10th, 1933, Los Angeles , CA, USA. né: Victor Eugene James Malin. Strictly speaking, Malin was a 'Gay" female impersonator, but is listed here because he did sing in his nightclub acts. He was the son of Polish Lithuanian immigrants. Some sources claim that the family had three boys and two sisters. Gene became a Gay female impersonator, one son became a policeman, and the other son became a sugar refinery worker. However, in private correspondence, Mailin's grand niece, Ms. Carol Hamza, has disputed this. Malin married Lucille Malin, also a Brooklyn born girl, before he relocated to Hollywood. He died when he accidentally drove his car off the Venice Pier in Los Angeles, and drowned. Comedic actress Patsy Kelly was a passenger, but she managed to escape. Malin was 24 at the time.
1942     Andy Marsala, alto sax, clarinet, flute, oboe, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA.
1948     Murray McLauchlan, singer/songwriter/leader (Rock-Fusion), b. Paisley, Scotland.
1927     Roger King Mozian, trumpet
1963     Dwayne Keith O'Brien, C&W singer, b. Ada, OK, USA. Member: "Little Texas", a vocal sextet formed in 1988, and comprised of Tim Rushlow (Timothy Ray Rushlow), Dwayne O’Brien (Dwayne Keith O'Brien), Porter Howell, Duane Propes, Brady Seals, Del Gray, and Jeff Huskins.
1943     Eddie Rambeau, vocals, b. USA
1926     Dean Reilly, Bass, b. Auburn, WA, USA.
1949     Andy Scott, guitarist, b. Wrexham, Wales, UK. Member: ' Sweet '
1899     Harry Shields, Clarinet/Baritone Sax, b. New Orleans, LA, USA. d. 1971.
1944     Glenn Shorrock ,singer-songwriter, b. Chatham, Kent, UK Member: 'Little River Band'. Shorrock currently lives in Sydney with his wife Jo.
1940     Mark Spoelstra, guitar, b. Kansas City, MO. USA
1983     Cheryl Ann Tweedy, vocals, b. , Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK. Member: 'Girls Aloud'
1930     June Valli, vocals, b. New York (Bronx) NY, USA. Also appeared on the Lucky Strike Cigarettes "Your Hit Parade" Radio show.
1936     Dave Van Ronk, guitar, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY. USA
1947     Jasper van't Hof, Piano, Keyboards, Composer, b. Enschede, Netherlands. His father was a trumpet player and very well known Bandleader in pre-WWII Holland and Belgium, while his mother was a classical singer, leading to the youngster taking piano lessons at age 5.
1908     Grady Watts, Trumpet, b. Texarkana, TX, USA d. Grady will always be remembered for his work with the Casa Loma Orchestra.
1947     Adrian Wright,, synthesizer, actor, b. Maidenhead, England, UK. Member: ' The Human League'
         Notable Events occuring this date include:
1954.    R. W. Blackwood and Bill Lyles, of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet, died in a plane crash in Clanton, AL, USA.
1983.    Roger Alexander Jones Jr., trumpet, died in Chicago, IL, USA, Age: 70
1992.    Jim Alaimo, vocals, died in Rochester, NY, USA
1995.    Phyliss Hyman, vocals, died in New York, NY, USA, Age: 44
1999.    Black Jack Wayne, C&W singer/guitarist, died. (b. Feb. 8, 1923, Oklahoma)
2001.    Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins, age 77, died in Nashville, TN, USA.
2001.    Joe Henderson, tenor saxophonist, died in San Francisco, CA, USA. (emphysema. b. April 24, 1937 in Lima, Ohio, USA). (CAUTION: Do not confuse with vocalist Joe Henderson, who died Oct. 23, 1964. in Nashville, TN, USA. Age: 27)
         Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
1931   "That's My Desire", - Nick Lucas voc. (The Crooning Troubador)
1931   "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain", - Nick Lucas voc. (Kate Smith's Theme song)
1932   "Tea For Two", - Don Redman Orch.
1936   "These Foolish Things", - Teddy Wilson Orch. (Billie Holiday voc)
1936   "I Cried For You", - Teddy Wilson Orch, (Billie Holiday voc.)
1937   "They Can't Take That Away From Me", - Count Basie Orch. (Billie Holiday voc.)
1939   "Danger In The Dark", - Eddy Duchin Orch.
1950   "Goodnight Irene", - Gordon Jenkins Orch. and Vocal chorus.
1954   "Sh-Boom", - Crew-Cuts
1958   "One Summer Night", - Danleers
1958   "Splish Splash", - Bobby Darin
1958   "When", - Kalin Twins
1958   "Left Right Out Of Your Heart", - Patti Page
1958   "Willie And The Hand Jive", - Johnny Otis
1958   "Hard Headed Woman", - Elvis Presley
1962   "Speedy Gonzales", - Pat Boone
1962   "Sealed With A Kiss", - Brian Hyland
1962   "Monster Mash", - Bobby Pickett (Boris)
1979   "Sad Eyes", - Robert John
1984   "If Ever You're In My Arms Again", - Peabo Bryson
1984   "State Of Shock", - Jacksons
1984   "Ghostbusters", - Ray Parker Jr.
1990   "Hanky Panky", - Madonna