1939 | With Jack Leonard as the feature vocalist, Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra recorded "All the Things You Are" for Victor Records.
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1949 | (Crying) Sam Collins, an early blues singer and guitarist, born in Louisiana and raised in McComb, MS passed away on this day at the age of 62. At different times he was also known as Jim Foster, Jelly Roll Hunter, Big Boy Woods, Bunny Carter, and Salty Dog Sam. His best known recording was "The Jail House Blues". He died in Chicago.
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1955 | One of the most popular of the Harry Belafonte hits, "Day-O" was recorded for RCA Victor on this day.
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1958 | Marksville, Louisiana native and blues singer, 'Little' Walter (Marion Walter Jacobs) hit the Billboard R&B charts on this day with his hit 'Key To The Highway'.
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1960 | Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy record an Avant Garde version of Mingus' "What Love".
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1962 | Arthur Derbigny, traditional jazz trumpeter and saxophonist from New Orleans, Louisiana died on this day. He was born in 1906 and played with the 'Young Superior Band' in the 1920's. He then switched to saxophone and played with Bebe Ridgley's 'Original Tuxedo Orchestra'. Arthur died in his hometown of New Orleans.
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1962 | "The Monster Mash" hit the top of the charts. The original recording was made by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers.
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1965 | The Beatles received a gold record for their single "Yesterday".
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1973 | "Angie" by 'The Rolling Stones' hit #1 on the Billboard charts on this day.
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1979 | Herb Alpert found himself at #1 on the pop charts with his hit "Rise" on this day.
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1980 | Albert Waters, traditional jazz trumpeter from New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day. He was born in 1905, and began his musical career in 1929. During his career, he played with Albert Jiles, 'The Crescent City Serenaders' and the George Williams Brass Band. Albert died in New Orleans.
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1980 | Byers 'Buzzy' Williams, traditional jazz pianist from Birmingham, Alabama passed away on this day. He was born in 1892, and was popular in dance bands. He played with 'Stalebread' Lacoume in Charlie Fishbein's Orchestra. He also worked with New Orleans legends, Johnny Wiggs and Emmitt Hardy in his later years. 'Buzzy' died in Mobile, Alabama.
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1989 | Alice L. Walton Byrd, the widow of one of the best known if not the best known of all New Orleans pianists, Professor Longhair, Henry Roeland Byrd passed away on this day at the age of 68. she was instrumental in helping create Piano Night during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a remembrance of her husband. |
1990 | James Ingram reached #1 on the Billboard pop charts on this day with his hit "I Don't Have A Heart".
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1992 | Werner Torkanowsky, a Berlin, Germany native passed away on this day at the age of 66. He was a successful conductor in concert hall and opera house. From 1963 to 1977, he was Music Director and Chief Conductor of the New Orleans Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, with whom he made an album for Orion in December 1971. This was not his first and was not his last conducting and director's position. Werner is the father of David Torkanowsky, a well-known New Orleans jazz musician.
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2011 | Billy Diamond, a bassist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day at 95. He was given a trumpet by Louis Armstrong as a teenager that he never learned to play. Instead he opted to come under the mentorship of Oscar "Papa" Celestin he became a Dixieland bass player. In the summer of 1947, the pianist, Antoine Domino, impressed him enough that he asked Domino to play in his combo, the Solid Senders. He nicknamed the kid "Fats" because Domino reminded him of renowned pianists Fats Waller and Fats Pichon. He became Domino's road manager in the early 1950s. In the 1950s and 60s, Diamond promoted other artists, including Shirley and Lee, Huey "Piano" Smith, James Booker and Solomon Burke.
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2013 | Southern Louisiana rockers Potliquor were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame on this day. |