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Todays Date

Todays Date
10-14-2025

Birthday Wishes

Yearbirthday
1880Spencer Williams, Traditional jazz pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was raised by the most notorious of the madam's of Storyville, Lulu White. In his early years, he worked as a Storyville Professor, but is best know as the composer of 'Basin Street Blues', 'Mahogany Hall Stomp', and others. Spencer died in New York in 1965. (145)
1895Edna Hicks (Edna Landreaux), She was a blues singer and native of New Orleans, Louisiana. Her older half-sister was well-known singer Lizzie Miles. During her brief recording career, she made records for the Victor, Brunswick, Gennett, Vocalion, Ajax, and Columbia labels, with the bulk of the recording taking place in New York City and Chicago. She died in an accident at age 29 in Chicago in August 1925. (130)
1907Jewell (Babe) Stovall, He was a Mississippi Blues guitarist from Tylertown, MS. In the mid 1960s he went to New Orleans, where he entertained folks as a street musician of the French Quarter, until his death of natural causes in 1974 at the age of 66. (118)
1915Leonard 'Boojie' Centobie, Traditional jazz clarinetist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He made his name in the bands of Sharkey Bonano, Wingy Manone and Johnny Wiggs in the 1930's. (110)
1926Bill Justis, Saxophonist, arranger and producer who created "Raunchy", one of the classic rock 'n' roll instrumentals (and, coincidentally, the first song that George Harrison learned to play). He died July 15, 1982, in Nashville, Tennessee. (99)
1930Robert Parker, Born in New Orleans in 1930, Parker was a seasoned live and studio musician by the time he hit the charts. It wasn’t until he hooked up with NOLA Records in 1966 that he would cement his place in Soul history. Working with master New Orleans producer/arranger Wardell Quezerque, Parker would record eleven 45’s and one LP (the only LP release by the label) from 1966 to 1968. His first, ‘Barefootin’ b/w ‘Let’s Go Baby (Where the Action Is)’ (Nola 721) was a huge hit by any standard (especially in New Orleans) making it to #2 R&B and #7 pop in the summer of 1966. (95)
1938Melba Montgomery, A successful singer in her own right, Melba Montgomery is perhaps best remembered in tandem with her string of duet recordings with the likes of George Jones, Charlie Louvin, and Gene Pitney. "Angel In The Morning". (87)
1940Cliff Richard, Britain's answer to Elvis Presley, he (born Harry Webb) dominated the pre-Beatles British pop scene in the late '50s and early '60s. An accomplished singer with a genuine feel for the music, Richard's artistic legacy is nonetheless meager, as he was quickly steered toward a middle-of-the-road pop direction. Several of his late '50s recordings, however, were genuinely exciting Presley-esque rockers -- especially his first hit, "Move It" (1958). Also know for his recording of "Devil Woman". (85)
1946Justin Hayward, guitarist, singer for the 70's and 80's rock group "The Moody Blues". (79)
1953Kazume Watanabe, Fusion guitarist. (72)
1957Kenny Neal, He is a blues guitar player and singer who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but raised in Baton Rouge. He learned from Slim Harpo, Buddy Guy and his father, the harmonica player, Raful Neal. Neal has played with blues stars including Lucky Peterson and Lazy Lester, and was at one time a member of The Downchild Blues Band. (68)
1962Chris Thomas King, He is a blues guitarist and actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His father is the great blues musician Tabby Thomas. He has won awards including "Album of the Year" for both Grammy Award and Country Music Award, and sold more than 10 million records in the US. (63)

Todays_Events

YearMusical_Fact
1938 Bob Crosby and the Bobcats recorded one of the great songs of the big band era, "Big Noise from Winnetka", on this day.
1957 "Wake Up Little Suzie" by 'The Everly Brothers' hit #1 on the Billboard charts on this day.
1957New Orleans, Louisiana native, Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong and Oscar Peterson recorded That Old Feeling, Let’s Fall In Love and other songs for the album Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson on this day.
1971 John and Yoko appeared on the Dick Cavett show. They were promoting the release of John's new album Imagine.
1972 Michael Jackson reached the #1 pop spot with his hit "Ben" on this day.
1989 Eric Gable, New Orleans native singer, entered the R&B charts on this day with 'Love Has Got To Wait'.
1990 Leonard Bernstein dies in New York.