These are today's Birthday people....born July 31 in the years
mentioned :
ROY MILTON (1907 Wynnewood Ok)
Led R&B combo on Speciality debuted 1940's biggest hit R.M Blues
GEORGE LIBERACE (1911 Menasha Ws)
Musician,violinist,conductor & bro of pianist Liberace
AHMET ERTEGUN (1923 Istabul Turkey)
Co founder Atlantic Records the supreme R&B label of the 50's
KENNY BURRELL (1931 Detroit Mi)
Respected jazz guitarist debuted on record 1951 w Dizzy Gillespie
BONNIE BROWN (1937 Sparkman Ar)
Member of the Browns trio rcd for RCA #1 hit The Three Bells 1959
......and here are some folks who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day......
JIM REEVES (1964 Brentwood Tx)
Top C&W singer biggest hit He'll Have To Go 1960 died plane crash
BOOKER ERVIN (1970 New York City NY)
Jazz tenor sax player worked with Charlie Mingus
ENOCH LIGHT (1978 New York City NY)
MOR musak orchestra leader kept 2 labels alive Grand Award & Command
BULL MOOSE JACKSON (1989 Cleveland Oh)
R&B vocalist/tenor sax best known for the risque Big Ten Inch Record
ANNE SHELTON (1994 London UK)
British singer popular in 40's #1 hit Lay Down Your Arms 1956
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
JULY 31 1928
MGM's famous Leo the lion roars for the first time this day. He
introduces the company's first talking picture "White Shadows On The
South Seas"
JULY 31 1942
One of the more memorable songs of the Big Band era is recorded this
day when Harry James and his band lay down the classic "I've Heard
That Song Before" for Columbia Records. Helen Forrest handles the
vocals
JULY 31 1950
On this day in 1950, Josh White, during a visit to England, records a
session for Decca Records in London.
JUY 31 1955
Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town" show hosts the 2nd Annual "Tops In
Blues" talent show featuring members of the US Air Force and including
the amateur R&B vocal group The Harmonettes
JULY 31 1959
Neil Sedaka records "Oh, Carol" on this day
Romance Watson guests on "American Bandstand"
JULY 31 1960
Dinah Wa****ngton scores her first solo Billboard #1 R&B hit since 1949
when "This Bitter Earth" on Mercury dethrones Bobby Marchan's "There's
Something On Your Mind"
Jane Morgan,Gordon MaCrae and Harry James & His Band all guest on "The
Ed Sullivan Show"
JULY 31 1962
The Coasters only 1962 session in New York City produces the Atco
single "The Climb, Parts 1 & 2" (original titled "The Slime" and
rejected by Jerry Wexler). Also recorded at this session is the
future flipside "The Bull Tick Waltz"
Jack Scott guests on "American Bandstand"
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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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