These are today's Birthday people....born July 27 in the years
mentioned :
HENRY HAYNES (1920 Knoxville Tn)
Better known as "Homer" of the C&W comedy duo Homer & Jethro
BOB THIELE (1922 Brooklyn NYC NY)
Main producer Coral records later moved to ABC married Teresa Brewer
HARVEY FUQUA (1929 Louisville Ky)
Co Lead The Moonglows on Chance,Chess later solo in Go Johnny Go movie
NICK REYNOLDS (1933 San Francisco Ca)
Member Kingston Trio of Tom Dooley fame
MARY LOVE (1943 Sacramento Ca)
Did session work West Coast ca.1963 later rcd soul for Modern etc
BOBBIE GENTRY (1944 Chickasaw County Ms)
First rcd 1963 with Jody Reynolds #1 Ode To Billie Joe 1967
......and here are some folks who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day......
JIMMY RADCLIFFE (1973 Bronx NYC NY)
Sometime member of The Fascinators several solo 60's hits on Musicor
LIGHTNIN' SLIM (1974 Detroit Mi)
Great bluesman rcd mainly for Excello Rooster Blues,Hoo Doo Blues etc
MILT BUCKNER (1977 Chiacago Il)
Vcl/organist with Lionel Hampton in 40's rcd Capitol,Savoy in 50's
MORRIS PEJOE (1982 Detroit Mi)
Blues guitarist worked in Chicago rcd at Checker,United,Vee Jay etc
REV. C.L. FRANKLIN (1984 Detroit Mi)
Recorded gospel and sermons for Chess etc father of Aretha Franklin
LEROY HOLMES (1986 Los Angeles Ca)
Long time orch leader rcd for MGM biggest hit The High & The Mighty
HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON (1999 Columbus Oh)
Jazz trumpeter worked in Basie band later led own band rcd Verve etc
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
JULY 27 1940
On this day,one of my favorite movie cartoon characters makes his
official debut---when Bugs Bunny first appears on the silver screen in
"A Wild Hare." The wisecracking rabbit had evolved through several
earlier short films. As in many future episodes of Bugs Bunny
cartoons, "A Wild Hare" features Bugs as the would-be dinner for
frustrated hunter Elmer Fudd.
Elsewhere Billboard magazine starts regularly publi****ng its expanded
bestseller charts.
JULY 27 1942
Peggy Lee records her first hit record in New York City this day.
Singing with the Benny Goodman band Miss Lee records her version of
the Lil Green blues number "Why Don't You Do Right" for Columbia
Records
JULY 27 1955
Chuck Berry's "Maybellene" debuts on the R&B chart this day
JULY 27 1958
Fans of rock & roll music are warned today that tuning into music on
the car radio can cost them more money. Researchers from the Esso gas
company say the rhythm of rock & roll can cause the driver to be foot
heavy on the pedal, making them waste fuel
Sheb Wooley performs "The Purple People Eater" on "The Ed Sullivan
Show". Gisele McKenzie,Gordon MaCrae and Paul Hampton also guest
JULY 27 1959
Kathy Linden sings "You Don't Know Girls" on "American Bandstand"
JULY 27 1960
The Everly Brothers record "Stick With Me Baby" in Nashville this day.
Warner Bros will schedule the track as the flipside to the future
single "Temptation"
Barry Russett guests on "American Bandstand"
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago this day Vice
President Richard M. Nixon is nominated to contest Senator John F.
Kennedy for the Presidency in the coming election
JULY 27 1961
The Tokens record their future #1 hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Gene Vincent undertakes his second session at EMI's Abbey Road studio
in London producing the Capitol single "I'm Going Home"/"Love Of A
Man"
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Cathy Carroll sings "Jimmy Love" on "American Bandstand"
JULY 27 1962
Sam Cooke and The Upsetters begin a week long gig at the Regal Theatre
in Chicago
Linda Scott guest hosts "American Bandstand" and sings "Never In A
Million Years"
JULY 27 1963
Johnny Cash's "Ring Of Fire," takes over the #1 slot on the Billboard
C&W chart
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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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