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Todays Date
10-04-2026

Birthday Wishes

Yearbirthday
1921Crawford J. Vincent, He played drums, guitar and fiddle and performed vocals from Gueydan, Louisiana. He began his musical career at the age of 18, playing with the Hackberry Ramblers. He played for Leo Soileau, Harry Choates and others, and is a member of the Louisiana Hall of Fame. He died at 83 in August 2005. (105)
1922Stan Hasselgard, He was an ill-fated Swedish clarinetist who focused on swing in the late '30s and '40s, but started exploring bebop toward the end of his life. He was a sideman to Benny Goodman and Barney Kessel. He died in and auto accident in 1948. (104)
1929Leroy Van Dyke, Singer and songwriter best known for penning the country novelty standard "The Auctioneer" and the country-pop smash "Walk on By," his biggest hit. (97)
1937Leone Thomas, He made his mark in 1969, singing "The Creator Has a Master Plan" with Pharoah Sanders and showing that even avant-garde jazz can become popular under some circumstances. A fairly conventional singer, the most unusual aspect to Thomas was that he often broke out into yodelling in the middle of a vocal, a device since utilized occasionally by James Moody. Thomas died of heart failure on May 8, 1999. (89)
1940Steve Swallow, Bassist who's played with a variety of jazz superstars including Gary Burton, Arts Farmer, Carla Bley and John Scofield just to name a few. (86)
1944Eddie Gomez, He came to fame during his long period with the Bill Evans Trio (1966-1977). He has since worked in a countless number of settings, including filling in for Charles Mingus (1978) and with Steps Ahead (1979-1984), Benny Wallace, Joanne Brackeen, Jack DeJohnette, Chick Corea, and in commercial settings as a studio musician. (82)
1947James Fielder, Bassist for 'Buffalo Springfield' and 'Mothers Of Invention'. (79)

Todays_Events

YearMusical_Fact
1928 Jerome 'Pill' Coycault, traditional jazz clarinetist from Violet, Louisiana died on this day. His stay in New Orleans was short, but he played with Buddy Petit, 'New Orleans Creaole Jazz Band' with Amos White and with Peter Lacaze. Jerome died in Cleveland, Ohio.
1933 Charles McCurdy, traditional jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from New Orleans, Louisiana passed away on this day. He was born in 1865, and was a leading musician in the city for fifty years. During his long career, he was a charter member of the Robichaux Orchestra. Around 1905 he co-led the Perrless Orchestra with Bab Frank, and marched with the Excelsior Brass Band. He later worked with the Piron Orchestra, then on the riverboat, SS Capitol with Fate Marable. In his later years, he went on the road working a tent show and was in circus bands. Charles died in New Orleans.
1942Natchitoches, Louisiana native, drummer and pianist, Marshall M. Jones, was born on this day in 1942. Jones is best known for his work with R&B ans Soul musician Ike Turner. He passed away in 1984 at the age of 43.
1947 Kentwood, Louisiana native pianist, singer and bandleader, Paul Gayten, hit the R&B charts on this day with 'Since I Fell For You'. The singer was Annie Laurie, and the tune is almost impossible to find now.
1950Gospel star New Orleans, Louisiana native and legendary Gospel vocalist, Mahalia Jackson makes her Carnegie Hall debut in New York on this day.
1952 New Orleans native and hitmaker, Antoine 'Fats' Domino hit the Billboard R&B charts on this day with the tune 'Poor Poor Me'.
1961New Orleans, Louisiana native, (Champion) Jack Dupree spent the 2nd of two days recording tracks for Storyville Records on this day. The album when released was named "Trouble Trouble".
1980 'Queen' climbed to #1 on the pop charts on this day with "Another One Bites The Dust".
1990 Stephane Grappelli, famous violinist, performs in Tokyo at the age of 82.