These are today's Birthday people....born August 7 in the years
mentioned :
DAVE KAPP (1904 Chicago Il)
Bro to Jack Kapp of Decca later went on to run his own Kapp label
FREDDIE SLACK (1910 Westby Wi)
Boogie woogie pianist led own band biggest hit House Of Blue Lights
MOSE VINSON (1917 Holly Springs Ms)
Barrelhouse pianist rcd for Sun backed James Cotton,Joe Hill Louis etc
FRANK "FLOORSHOW" CULLEY (1918 Salisbury Md)
R&B ten sax player led own band on some of Atlantic's earliest issues
WARREN COVINGTON (1921 Philadelphia Pa)
When Tommy Dorsey died became band leader Tea For Two Cha Cha etc
FELICE BRYANT (1925 Milwaukee Wi)
With hubby Boudleaux cowrote many Everlys hits inc Bye Bye Love
STAN FREBERG (1926 Pasadena Ca)
Comedy satirist on Capitol #1 St George & Dragonet 1953
DON BRADLEY (1936 St Louis Mo)
Bass with Jayhawks of Stranded In The Jungle fame later The Vibrations
ROLAND KIRK (1936 Columbus Oh)
Aka Rahsaan Roland Kirk jazz sax player rcd Mercury We Free Kings etc
CHARLES POPE (1936 Atlanta Ga)
Lead The Tams first rcd 1962 UK #1 hit Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 1971
RON HOLDEN (1939 Seattle Wa)
Formerly with R&B group Playboys big solo hit Love You So 1960
......and here are some folks who said their last goodbyes to us on
this day......
BIX BEIDERBECKE (1931 Queens NYC NY)
Influential jazz cornet player Jazz Me Blues used in Blackboard Jungle
OLIVER NORVELL HARDY (1957 North Hollywood Ca)
One half of the best movie comedy duo there ever was!
HENRY HAYNES (1971 Hammond In)
Aka "Homer" of Homer & Jethro C&W parody duo Battle Of Koogamonga etc
HARMONICA FRANK (1984 Cincinatti Oh)
Extraordinary artist rcd by Sam Phillips releases on Chess,Sun etc
LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS (1984 Torrence Ca)
Rcd with Johnny Otis as "Little Esther" several huge R&B hits
LARRY ADLER (2001 London UK)
Harmonica virtuso best known for 50's hit theme to Genevieve movie
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
AUGUST 7 1937
One of the classics of the Swing Era is recorded this day when Bunny
Berigan & His Orchestra wax "I Can't Get Started" for Victor
AUGUST 7 1948
Hank Williams joins the Louisiana Hayride this day---after six months
of proving to management that he could stay sober.
AUGUST 7 1954
Billboard reviews the very first record release by an aspiring new
young singer this day with this wite up in their country & western
section :- "Presley is a potent new chanter who can sock over a tune
for either the country or the r. & b. markets. On this new disk he
comes thru with a solid performance on an r. & b.-type tune and then
on the flip side does another fine job with a country ditty. A strong
new talent." (Billboard reviewing "That's All Right"/"Blue Moon Of
Kentucky" by Elvis Presley on Sun 209)
Meanwhile on the national Billboard charts The Crew Cuts steal the #1
spot from Kitty Kallen ("Little Things Mean A Lot") when they take
their pop cover of the Chords' "Sh-Boom" to #1 on the best sellers
list (becoming the fastest act to date to make it to #1--accompli****ng
the feat in just three weeks.A record that will stand until the rise
to fame of Elvis)
Also on this day Ferlin Husky joins the Grand Ole Opry
AUGUST 7 1955
In his show broadcast this night from the American Shakespeare
Festival Theater in Stratford, Connecticut Ed Sullivan introduces Bill
Haley & His Comets who play "Rock Around The Clock". Other musical
guests are Mindy Carson and Britain's own Max Bygraves
AUGUST 7 1957
Paul Anka makes his TV debut on "American Bandstand" this day singing
"Diana"
Meantime an ocean away in the UK The Quarry Men make their debut at
Liverpool's Cavern Club without Paul McCartney who was away on a Scout
trip
AUGUST 7 1958
After what seems an eternity of trying for a huge solo hit Atlantic's
persistence finally pays off this day as Clyde McPhatter records "A
Lover's Question" and the flip "I Can't Stand Up Alone".His version of
"Lovey Dovey" is also recorded at this session and filed away for
future use
Dion & The Belmonts ("No One Knows") and the Poni-Tails ("Born Too
Late") guest on "American Bandstand"
AUGUST 7 1959
In Chicago,Jimmy Reed records the classic "Baby What You Want Me To
Do" that will become a Vee Jay single as will "Going By The River"
Dave "Baby" Cortez along with Skip & Flip (with "It Was I") guest on
"American Bandstand"
AUGUST 7 1960
Jackie Wilson's "A Woman,A Lover,A Friend" becomes the new Billboard
#1 R&B record this day,replacing Dinah Wa****ngton and "This Bitter
Earth" in the top spot
Earl Grant guests on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
AUGUST 7 1961
Patsy Cline's "I Fall To Pieces" becomes the new #1 C&W single this
day
The Jarmels sing "A Little Bit Of Soap" on "American Bandstand"
In Cincinnati, Charles Brown records six tracks for the King LP
"Charles Brown Sings Christmas Songs"
AUGUST 7 1962
Neil Sedaka arrives in Britain to promote "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
AUGUST 7 1963
The movie "Beach Party" with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello
opens this day
Jo Ann Campbell guest hosts "American Bandstand"
The top 5 albums here in the UK this day are :-
1. Please Please Me - The Beatles
2. Greatest Hits - The Shadows
3. Cliff's Hit Album - Cliff Richard
4. West Side Story - Soundtrack
5. It Happened At The World Fair- Elvis Presley
AUGUST 7 1996
A federal appeals court in New York rules that two former members of
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers have waited too long to claim that
they were cowriters of the group’s legendary 1956 hit "Why Do Fools
Fall in Love". A previous court ruling had cleared the way for
royalties to go to Jimmy Merchant and Herman Santiago for writing the
song with lead singer Frankie Lymon (he died of a overdose of heroin
on Feb 28, 1968).
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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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