These are today's Birthday people....born July 25 in the years
mentioned :
WALTER BRENNAN (1894 Swampscott Ma)
Character actor several records for Dot & Liberty hit Old Rivers 1962
JOHNNY HODGES (1907 Cambridge Ma)
Alto sax Elllington Band later led own group big hit Castle Rock 1951
GENE PHILLIPS (1915 St Louis Mo)
R&B guitarist on many Modern records late 40's early 50's
ANNIE ROSS (1930 Mitcham London UK)
Joined Lambert Hendricks & Ross jazz vocal trio in 1958
SMOKEY JOE BAUGH (1932 Helena Ar)
Member Clyde Leoppard Band pianist at Sun cut Signifying Monkey 1964
RUDY WEST (1932 New****t News Va)
Lead Five Keys on Aladdin and Capitol
......and here are some folks who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day......
WILLIE MAE THORNTON (1984 Los Angeles Ca)
Rcd for Peacock rcd original version Hound Dog many other R&B records
PIANO RED (1985 Atlanta Ga)
Aka Willie Perryman "Rockin' With Red" etc later rcd as Dr Feelgood
VINCENTE MINELLI (1986 Los Angeles Ca)
Director m. Judy Garland pa to Liza Minelli dir. Meet Me In St Louis
CHARLIE RICH (1995 Hammond La)
Rcd for Sun Lonely Weekends etc long career biggest hits 70's on Epic
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
JULY 25 1927
What Johnny Cash famously referred to as "the most im****tant recording
sessions ever held in Country Music history" begin today as Ralph
Peer's historic Bristol sessions commence at 8:30 AM----kicking off
with Ernest Stoneman,Kahle Brewer, and Ralph Mooney, recording "Tell
Mother I Love Her," and "Dying Girl's Farewell."
JULY 25 1942
Capitol Records' first Top 10 hit is released this day----"Cow Cow
Boogie" by Freddie Slack & His Orchestra with vocal from Ella Mae
Morse will put the new company on the map
JULY 25 1946
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a team this
night.... at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The two met while
performing - separately - at the Glass Hat in New York City and
decided to try an ad-lib act together. The duo went from earning $350
a week to pocketing $5,000 a week in just under eight months.
JULY 25 1950
Columbia Records fire the starting pistol on a new long C&W singing
career this day as Lefty Frizzell undertakes his first recording
session for the label
JULY 25 1952
One of the greatest ever R&B records of the 50's----"Have Mercy Baby"
by The Dominoes finally has its reign as #1 R&B record on the
Billboard charted ended.Taking its place is another of the greatest
ever R&B records of the decade---Billboard's new #1 R&B hit is "Lawdy
Miss Clawdy" by Lloyd Price
Elsewhere the Western cinema classic "High Noon" starring Gary Cooper
and newcomer actress Grace Kelly, premieres in New York City on this
date. Cooper later receives the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the
film also wins for Best Film Editing and two Best Music Awards: one
for Best Song (amongst the greatest and most memorable movie theme
songs in history) and the other for Best Scoring
JULY 25 1954
Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show this night is given over to a
"Tops in Blues" Air Force talent show, broadcast from Mitchel Field
in Uniondale, New York with performers selected from U.S. Air Force
bases throughout the world.
JULY 25 1955
Columbia signs The Collins Kids this day
In Los Angeles Amos Milburn records his next two singles for
Aladdin---"All Is Well"/"My Happiness Depends On You" and "House
Party"/"I Guess I'll Go"
Meantime Piano Red has two sessions on this day---all eight tracks see
release---"Goodbye"/"Six O'Clock Bounce","Gordy's Rock"/"Red's Blues"
plus "Jumpin' With Daddy" all on the Groove label. "Peachtree Parade"
appears on RCA in 1957 whilst the other two tracks, "Real Good Thing"
and "Please Tell Me Baby" end up on different Groove EPs
In New York City The Sparks Of Rhythm record two singles--"Don't
Love You Anymore"/"Woman, Woman, Woman" and "Hurry Home"/
"Stars Are In the Sky" The lead singer on all four tracks is a guy
named Jimmy Jones
JULY 25 1956
En route back to New York City Mike Stoller survives the collision in
the Atlantic this of the Italian luxury liner "Andrea Doria" with the
MV "Stockholm" (the "Andria Doria" capsizes and eventually sinks) that
kills 51 persons (the movie star Ruth Roman is another survivor of the
disaster).After his rescue and on his safe return to New York City an
agitated Jerry Leiber awaits him on the dock---not just with worry
about the accident but also with the exciting news that their song
"Hound Dog" has been newly recorded and is about to zoom up the
charts in a new version by this hotter than hot new kid Elvis Presley
Elsewhere this day,Little Willie John is dethroned at #1 in the
Billboard R&B chart as Little Richard assumes the top position with
his double sided "Rip It Up"/"Ready Teddy"
JULY 25 1958
Fats Domino records "Lazy Woman" in New Orleans for Imperial---
originally planned as a future single,the track is shelved for five
years---finally appearing on the "Walking To New Orleans" LP in 1963
Johnny Prophet and Bobo Hathaway guest on "American Bandstand"
JULY 25 1959
The Falcons sing "You're So Fine" on Dick Clark's Saturday Night
Beechnut TV Show. Other guests are Annette Funicello ("Lonely
Guitar"),Stonewall Jackson ("Waterloo"),Eddie and Betty ("Sweet
Someone") and Carl Mann ("Mona Lisa")
JULY 25 1960
Connie Francis is at Radio Recorders in Hollywood to record "My Heart
Has A Mind Of Its Own" for MGM which will become her second # 1 hit of
1960.
The Smoothies guest on "American Bandstand"
JULY 25 1961
Bill Haley & His Comets have their only session for the Gone label in
New York City resulting in two singles : "Spanish Twist"/"My Kind Of
Woman" and the instrumental "Riviera"/"War Paint"
Earl King in New Orleans records "You Better Know" and "Mama and Papa"
for his next single on Imperial.Also recorded are "It's Wrong" and
"Case Of Love", which will remain in the can for over four decades
until "The Complete Imperial Recordings" in 2003
Dion guests on "American Bandstand"
JULY 25 1962
Dion guest hosts "American Bandstand" and performs "Lovers Who Wander"
Gene Pitney headlines the Galaxy of Stars tour that opens this night
in Syracuse, New York
JULY 25 1963
At Capitol Tower in Hollywood Bobby Darin records a massive 37 titles
between July 25 and July 31. Most of these recordings end up on the
Capitol LP's "Oh! Look At Me Now","Earthy!" and "Golden Folk Hits"
Brian Hyland guest hosts "American Bandstand" and sings "I'm Afraid To
Go Home"
Spotted by George Martin at a Gerry & The Pacemakers gig in Liverpool
a nervous young Cilla Black undergoes a recording test for EMI this
day
JULY 25 2000
This day an Air France Concorde en route to New York crashes shortly
after takeoff near Paris killing all 109 passengers and crew as well
as four people on the ground. By coincidence this writer is in the air
himself at the time of the accident---also en route to New York (but
from London) ---and only learns of the disaster on arrival at JFK
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Acknowledgement for recording session info used goes to Dik de Heer's
"In The Can" website. For more info see
http://members.home.nl/henk.gorter/Itcindex.html
ROGER FORD
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