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Birthday Wishes
| Year | birthday |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Albert Jiles, Traditional jazz drummer from Thibodaux, Louisiana. He was the nephew of the great bass drummer, Clay Jiles. Albert got his start with Chris Kelly. In the 1920's, he gigged with Lawrence Toca and in the thirties with Kid Howard and Isaiah Morgan. The 1940's brought him to Papa Celestin and Kid Clayton, and recordings with Wooden Joe Nicholas. He died in New Orleans on September 3, 1964. (120) |
| 1917 | Howard Rumsey, Bassist who played with Stan Kenton's big band. He most well-know as the organizer of the Lighthouse All-Stars and manager of the Lighthouse. (108) |
| 1922 | Al Hirt, Traditional jazz trumpeter from New Orleans, Louisiana. Hirt was internationally famous and originally trained in the symphony. He was also considered a virtuoso, and known for his physical presence. He played sparingly with Pete Fountain, and was a member of the WWL-Big 870 house band in the early days called the 'Dawnbusters'. For a time he owned a club and performed on Bourbon Street. Hirt's brother Gerald 'Slick' Hirt was a tombonist and played in New Orleans with Al for a time in the 1960's. He passed away in 1999 at the age of 76. (103) |
| 1937 | Mary Travers, Singer for the popular group, "Peter, Paul and Mary". (88) |
| 1937 | Alvin Batiste, An avant garde clarinetist who taught music at Southern University in Baton Rouge, where he created the Batiste Jazz Institute and currently at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts where served as lead teacher in jazz instrumental music.
Several well-known musicians studied under Batiste while at Southern University: Randy Jackson, Donald Harrison, Henry Butler, Kent Jordan, Michael Ward, Herlin Riley, Cameo and Brandford Marsalis. Batiste toured with Ray Charles in 1958, but was considered an obscure legend until he made three albums with Clarinet Summit in the 1980s -- a quartet also including John Carter, David Murray, and Jimmy Hamilton. Batiste died in May 2007. (88) |
| 1937 | Camille (Lil) Bob, He was an R&B and Swamp pop singer and drummer and a native of Arnaudville, Louisiana. He led his own band Lil Bob & the Lollipops and recorded for Carol Ranchou's La Louisianne label in Lafayette, pumping out 5 stellar tracks including "Nobody But You" along with its B-Side, "I Got Loaded." (88) |
| 1938 | Dee Clark, He was one of the most successful R&B singers of the late 1950s and early 1960s - "Just Keep It Up". He died in 1990. (87) |
| 1942 | Johnny Rivers, Was one of the most successful acts of the 1960s. He was a one-time Baton Rouge, Louisiana resident, and performed on the Louisiana Hayride. He had a lengthy series of rock favorites which together sold over 30 million copies. - "Secret Agent Man". He was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. (83) |
| 1943 | Joni Mitchell, One of the most important songwriters of the later 20th century. Her music evolved from folk stylings into pop, jazz and avant-garde. (82) |
| 1949 | David S. Ware, Saxophonist who New York's collective jazz press crowned the "King of Free Jazz" on the basis of his energetic quartet albums from the mid-'90s. (76) |
| 1965 | Kevin Menard, A drummer and a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, he is most well-known for his associations with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha-Cha's and Buckwheat Zydeco. (60) |
Todays_Events
| Year | Musical_Fact |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Pianist Mary Lou Williams records with Andy Kirk's Twelve Clouds of Joy in Kansas City. |
| 1929 | Cajun musicians Oscar 'Slim' Doucet and Alius Soileau recorded "When I Met You at the Gate", "Oh Baby!", "Bayou Courtebleau" and "Slim's Blues" for Victor Records in New Orleans, Louisianaon on this day. |
| 1930 | Wayne King recorded "The Waltz You Save For Me" on Victor Records. |
| 1956 | "Love Me" by Elvis Presly hit the charts on this day. |
| 1964 | Erroll Garner (pianist) appears at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. |
| 1964 | Ponchatoula, Louisiana native singer Irma Thomas (Irma Lee) known to most as "The Soul Queen of New Orleans made it to the Billboard R&B charts on this day with the tune "Times Have Changed". |
| 1965 | Koko Taylor recorded "Wang Dang Doodle" for Checker in Chicago on this day. |
| 1970 | Chicago released "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is" on Columbia Records. The song hit #7 on the charts. |
| 1970 | 'Yes We Can - Part 1', by New Orleans singer, Lee Dorsey hit the Billboard R&B charts on this day. |
| 1981 | The hit "Private Eyes" by Daryl Hall & John Oates made it to #1 on the pop charts on this day. |
| 1983 | With the return of their spirtual leader, Jon Anderson, Yes released the highly successful "90125". However, lineup changes continue with new guitarist, Trevor Rabin. |
| 1987 | Tiffany broke into the #1 position on the Billboard charts on this day with 'I Think We're Alone Now'. |
| 1996 | George 'Kid Sheik' Colar, a traditional jazz trumpeter from New Orleans passed away on this day at the age of 88. He was the pupil of Wooden Joe Nicholas and led small dance bands for many years. He performed with Kid Rena's marching band and later worked with the Eureka Brass Band. As late as 1982, he was a regular at Preservation Hall. In his later years, he was married to pianist Sadie Goodson. |
| 2000 | Garth Brooks filed for divorce from his wife Sandra on this day. |
| 2009 | Al Hirt was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame on this day. |
| 2010 | Harold Battiste, James "Sugarboy" Crawford, Kidd Jordan & Wardell Quezergue were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame on this day. |
