BIRTHDAYS
1922   Paul Acket, (Jazz) piano/publisher/festival organizer, d. Oct. 5, 1992 at 69.
1911   Bill Joe Austin, tenor sax, b. Smithfield, NC, USA.
1885   Achille (Joseph) Baquet, Clarinet/Sax, b. New Orleans, LA, USA. d. Nov. 20, 1956. Brother of clarinetist George Baquet.
1932   Petula Clark, Vocalist. The American Disk Jockey William B. Williams always pronounced her name as "Petchula Clark". He thought that was correct "English" pronounciation.
1911   Mann Curtis, songwriter, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA. né: Emanuel Manny Kurtz.
1957   Kevin Eubanks, Guitar, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA
1928   William Fries, ("Trucker") vocals, b. Audubon, IA, USA. aka: C. W. McCall. While working (as an advertising executive trained in graphic design) on a bakery ad campaign, Fries invented his "trucker" persona that he used in a group of 1970s novelty tunes, like "Crispy Critters" and "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck". Fries/McCall has described his delivery as a "walkin', talkin' singin' style,", and his emphasis is always on his "deadpan" wit.
1918   Dickie Harris, trombone, b. Birmingham, AL, USA. Worked with Lucky Millinder
1949   Michael Harrison, R&R bass guitar, b. Brampton, ONT, Canada. Member group: McKenna Mendelson Mainline.
1925   Edward Thomas "Eddie" Harvey, Trombone/composer/piano, b. Blackpool, England, Mother piano/sang; while studying, he met Geo. Webb and they founded 'Webb's Dixielanders', Britain's first traditionalist revival band.
1943   Ali Haurand, Bass, b. Viersen, Germany
1929   Joe Hinton, vocals, b. Evansville, IN, USA.
1970   Jack Ingram, C&W vocals, b. Houston, TX, USA.
1937   "Little Willie" John, vocals, b. Cullendale, AR, USA.
1915   Conrad Johnson, alto sax, b. Victoria, TX, USA.
1913   Gus Johnson, Drums, b. Tyler, Texas, USA, d. Feb. 6, 2000, age 86
1924   Sonny Lester, Trumpet, producer, label owner (LRC Records), b. Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1927   Clayton Love, piano, b. Mattson, MS, USA. Worked with Ike Turner
1919   Curtis Sylvester Lowe, Sr., Bari-alto-tenor Sax, b. Chicago, IL, USA. with Erskine Hawkins for 20 years
1905   Mantovani, leader, b. Venice, Italy. d. March 30, 1995, Tunbridge Wells, Eng. UK. né: Annunzio Paolo Mantovani.
1928   C. W. McCall [William Fries], singer/songwriter. In 1976, his single "Convoy" charted No.1 in the US and No.2 in the UK.
1933   Clyde McPhatter, vocals. né: Clyde Lensey McPhatter. Member of 'The Drifters' and 'Billy Ward and His Dominoes' vocal groups
1965   Gary Potter, mandolin. Member: 'Cumberland Gap', a Bluegrass group comprised of Chuck Kibler (Guitar), Eldon Adkins (Banjo), Gary Potter (Mandolin), and Dee Adkins (Upright Bass). (Gary, Eldon, and Dee) were either born, raised, or spent part of their lives in Kentucky. The remaining member (Chuck) was born and raised in Virginia.
CAUTION: There are several other Gary Potters.
1). There is a Gary Potter from Liverpool, England, who first made his name on the Country scene with an awesome picking technique, and then took that technique to his new love, the music of the "Gypsy Jazz" guitar. (a la Django Reinhardt)
2.) There is another Gary D. Potter, born in the Ozarks, in a musical family, His mother played piano and his uncle was a fiddle player, who taught him to play Bluegrass music. In the early 1970's, he began a career on the faculty of Texas A&M University.
1928   Selden Powell, baritone-tenor sax/flute, b. Lawrenceille, VA, USA. d. Jan 25, 1997. - Grad. Juilliard '55
1920   Jerome Richardson, Tenor-Alto-soprano-baritone Sax/clarinet/flute, b. Sealy, Texas, USA. d. June 23, 2000, age 79
1914   Rita Rio, bandleader, b. Miami, FL, USA. d. June 20, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, USA. né: Rita Novella. A vivacious Bandleader and later leading lady in films.
1948   Richard "Dobie" Strange, drums, b. Red Cliff, CO, USA. Member: 'Little Charlie & the Nightcats', a band co-founded in 1976 by "Little" Charlie Baty (guitar) and Rick Estrin (harmonica, lead vocals). At the time, Charlie Baty was attending U.C.-Berkeley and studying mathematics. Both he and Estrin (Oct 5, 1949 in San Francisco, CA) were harmonica players and singers, but Baty could also play guitar, and he made the switch permanently when Estrin established himself as the stronger of the two. When they were joined by bassist Jay Peterson and drummer Dobie Strange, the band moved to Sacramento where they soon became one of the hardest-working "barroom" Blues bands on the West Coast
1955   Neil Swainson, bass, b. Victoria, BC, Canada. George Shearing's bassist.
1928   Jerry Toth, alto sax/clarinet/flute, d.1999
1915   Jack Towers, recording engineer
1940   Hank Wangford, c&w singer.
1935   Pete Welding, writer/producer (for Testament Records), d. 1995
1936   Aleksey Nikolayevich Zubov, Tenor Sax, b. Moscow, Russia
          Notable Events on this date include:
1954.    Charley Jordan, guitar, died in St. Louis, MO, NJ, USA. Age: 64
1977.    Albert E. Brumley, gospel songwriter, died. Age: 72.
1978.    "Mississippi Matilda", vocals, died in Chicago, IL, NJ, USA. Age: 64. (née: Matilda Whiterspoon. b. 1914, Hattiesburg, MS, USA. Her husband was pianist Richard "Hacksaw" Harney. In 1936 she married (Sonny Boy Nelson). She enjoyed a brief career as a Bluessinger, then became a gospel singer.
1981.    Wallace "Cheese" Read, violin, died in Eunice, LA, NJ, USA. Age: 57
1986.    Harold C. Burnside, arranger, died in Cherry Hill, NJ, USA. Age: 44. Worked for Stax label.
2000.    Paranoid schizophrenic Michael Abram, who had attempted to murder ex-Beatle George Harrison and his wife, was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
          Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
     1940      "Down Argentine Way", Leo Reisman orch.
     1945      "I Can't Begin To Tell You", Bing Crosby
     1945      "Honeydripper, The", Jimmie Lunceford
     1945      "Waitin' For The Train To Come In", Peggy Lee
     1945      "Waitin' For The Train To Come In", Harry James
     1945      "Holiday For Strings", Spike Jones,
     1946      "Ole Buttermilk Sky", Helen Carroll
     1969      "Holly Holy", Neil Diamond
     1969      "Someday We'll Be Together", Supremes
     1975      "I Love Music (Part 1)", O'Jays
     1980      "Every Woman In The World", Air Supply
     1980      "It's My Turn", Ross, Diana
     1980      "Guilty", Streisand, Barbra
     1986      "Notorious", Duran Duran
     1986      "Land Of Confusion", Genesis
     1986      "C'est La Vie", Nevil, Robbie
     1986      "Is This Love", Survivor