Thanks to diverging opinions on the true date of his birth, we get to celebrate Little Junior Parker again (following a birthday party in March). We do know for certain that Peggy Lee was born on the 26th, and we celebrate her here as well.
On today’s show, I was able to get in about 35 tunes. How? By not talking as much! I’d had so many interviews the last few shows, I decided to stop all the grinning, and just keep spinning from 3p to 6p with non-stop blues.
Birthdays-in-Blue for Five-Count ‘Em-Five RECORDMEN—Emile Berliner, inventor of the flat disc(records as we know ‘em): RALPHPEER, pioneering AR Man who discovered both Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family in the ‘Big Bang’, of Country Music, MILTGABLER, founder of Commodore Records-one of the first independent labels-and later producer of both Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Bill Haley and many others for DECCA; Henry Glover of KING and CHESS infamy; and BUMPSBLACKWELL of Specialty Records.
We celebrate their legacy with a number of tunes from the recent BEARFAMILY release ONEMORERECORD. Other Birthdays-in-Blue include Unsung Motown Hero SHORTYLONG, FATSWALLER, ARTIESHAW and Our Own BOBDYLAN who turns 67 on Saturday. And, of course, it’s NATIONALBICYCLEWEEK. Look out for RUSTY J……
