These are today's Birthday people....born July 26 in the years
mentioned :
BUDDY CLARK (1912 Dorchester Ma)
Popular singer late 40's rcd #1 hit Linda died in plane crash
ERSKINE HAWKINS (1914 Birmingham Al)
Bluesy jazz trumpet player had #1 R&B record Don't Cry Baby in 40's
LOUIS BELLSON (1924 Rock Falls Il)
Jazz drummer played in Goodman,Dorsey,James,Ellington orchestras
CURTIS GORDON (1928 Moultrie Ga)
Second string C&W rcd for RCA .Mercury etc several RAB releases
FRED FOSTER (1931 Rutherford County NC)
President Monument Records oversaw the long run of Roy Orbison hits
DARLENE LOVE (1938 Los Angeles Ca)
Of Blossoms sang on Crystals & other Spector records several solo hits
BOBBY HEBB (1941 Nashville Tn)
Sang Night Train To Memphis and was on the Opry long before Sunny
BRENTON WOOD (1941 Shreve****t La)
First rcd 1958 as Little Freddy & The Rockets later had solo hits
DOBIE GRAY (1942 Brook****e Tx)
First rcd 1960 later hits The In Crowd, and the great Drift Away etc
MICK JAGGER (1943 Dartford,Kent UK)
Lead singer Rolling Stones first record Come On for Decca 1963
......and here are some folks who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day......
FRANK LOESSER (1969 New York City NY)
Composer/lyricist wrote songs for Guys & Dolls,The Most Happy Fella
JOE LIGGINS (1987 Lynwood Ca)
R&B bandleader debuted 40's big hits Honeydripper,Pink Champagne etc
MARY WELLS (1992 Los Angeles Ca)
Many hits on Motown starting in 1960 incl the #1 My Guy 1964
FLOYD DIXON (2006 Los Angeles Ca)
Blues voc/pno rcd Modern,Aladdin etc Telephone Blues,Hey Bartender etc
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
JULY 26 1953
Rosemary Clooney guests on Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show
JULY 26 1957
The Clovers have one of their last sessions for Atlantic, in New
York City. They do a re-recording of "Down In The Alley" (first
recorded in 1953), which is scheduled as a single by the label.The
other three tracks recorded on this day are "Wi****ng For Your Love",
"All About You" and "There's No Tomorrow"
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Fats Domino stars on Alan Freed's weekly ABC-TV show
JULY 26 1958
Connie Francis sings "Stupid Cupid" and "Carolina Moon" on Dick
Clark's Saturday Night Beechnut TV Show. Other guests include The
Olympics ("Western Movies") and Tony & Joe ("The Freeze").Fabian may
have also appeared in this show
JULY 26 1959
Eartha Kitt and Roger Williams guest on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
JULY 26 1960
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters lay down four tracks at the King studio
in Cincinnati. "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" is chosen for the next
single whilst "Keep On Dancing" is also released as a King single but
not until August 1961. The other two tracks, "I'm Sick Of You" and
"Goodbye So Long" end up on the LP "Spotlight on Hank Ballard"
JULY 26 1961
Gary (U.S) Bonds sings "School Is Out" on "American Bandstand".Frank
Gari also guests
JULY 16 1962
Jimmy Dean guest hosts "American Bandstand" and sings "Steel Men"
JULY 26 1963
The New****t Folk Festival opens this day featuring Bob Dylan,Peter
Paul & Mary,Tom Paxton,Joan Baez,Pete Seeger and others
Jimmy Clanton guest hosts "American Bandstand"
JULY 26 1969
After an eight year hiatus Elvis Presley returns to the stage live in
Las Vegas
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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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