These are today's Birthday people....born August 5 in the years
mentioned :
JERI SOUTHERN (1926 Royal Nb)
Jazz based torch singer biggest hit An Occasional Man 1955
DAMITA JO (1930 Austin Tx)
Biggest hit I'll Be There answer record to Ben E King Stand By Me
......and here are some folks who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day......
JOE HILL LOUIS (1957 Memphis Tn)
Legendary blues one man band vocalist rcd many labels inc Sun
MARILYN MONROE (1962 Brentwood Ca)
Most famous femme movie icon ever--made several 50's records
LUTHER PERKINS (1968 Nashville Tn)
Guitarist to Johnny Cash on his earlier records died in house fire
TUTS WA****NGTON (1984 New Orleans La)
Great NO pianist worked with Smiley Lewis on DeLuxe,early Imperial
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
AUGUST 5 1955
Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash appear together at the Overton Park
Shell in Memphis this day
Big John Greer records four tracks in New York City. The most
im****tant of these is an answer to the current Chuck Berry hit titled
"Come Back Maybellene" subsequently released on Groove coupled with an
one of two instrumentals rfrom this same session "Night Crawlin'". The
other instrumental "Blam" is released at year end whilst "Can't Stand
It Any Longer" has to wait until the 90's to finally see release on
Bear Family
AUGUST 5 1957
"American Bandstand" debuts on national network TV this day courtesy
of ABC.Guests are Billy Williams ("I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write
Myself A Latter") and the Chordettes ("Just Between You And Me").
Art Rupe of Specialty Records announces the hiring of a new Hollywood
artist and repertoire man. His name is Sonny Bono
AUGUST 5 1958
The Coasters sing "Yakety Yak" and Jerry Wallace does "How The Time
Flies" on the first anniversary show of "American Bandstand"
AUGUST 5 1959
On Bandstand's 2nd Anniversary Show the guests include Annette
Funicello (singing "Lonely Guitar") and Phil Phillips (with "Sea Of
Love")
Continuing his marathon 4 day recording session in Hollywood Gene
Vincent this day waxes "Big Fat Saturday Night" and "Hot Dollar" for
the forthcoming "Crazy Times" LP while "Wild Cat" and "Right Here On
Earth" will feature back to back as Gene's newest single later in the
year
AUGUST 5 1961
In the UK charts,in an all-British affair new 14 year old thrush Helen
Shapiro takes the #1 spot when her "You Don't Know" replaces Eden Kane
and "Well I Ask You"
Elsewhere Chuck Berry's son Charles Edward Anderson Berry Jr is born
this day
AUGUST 5 1963
Eddie Hodges guest hosts "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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