New York, NY, USA. Among his songs are A Cottage For Sale , Old Folks , Old
Toed Joe , Peaceful Valley , and Taint So, Honey, Taint So .
A songwriter and occasional performer of his own pastoral, semi-rural ballads,
Robison offered several standards to the classic American pop repertoire,
Cottage for Sale, Don't Smoke in Bed, 'Tain't So, Honey, 'Tain't So, Old
Folks, and
Peaceful Valley (the latter Paul Whiteman's theme song).
Born in Missouri,
America, summoning a similarly earthy philosophy as a pair of other classic
songwriters: Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer. His 1929 composition A Cottage
Sale (lyric by Larry Conley) became his best-known, with over 100 performances
major composition, Don't Smoke in Bed, was a hit for Peggy Lee in 1948, and he
wrote a book, -Willard Robison's Six Studies in Syncopation, for Piano. In 1962,
Teagarden recorded Think Well of Me, a full album of Willard Robison songs (it
second-to-last session), and six years later, Robison died in New York.
of 1967,
Las Vages, NV, USA. Working variously as a trombonist, vocalist and song writer,
most popular in the 1920's and '30's. At times he had his own orchestra and at
he was with the likes of Fred Rich, Paul Whiteman, Tommy Dorsey etc.
In 1932, he
her 'Swanee River Review' at the Steel Pier, in Atlantic City, NJ.
the time of his death in the early '70s, especially a wonderful repertory band
'50s, on the other hand, may have simply depressed the trombonist with its
rock roll, because he simply stopped playing completely -- representing the
Thomas was born in Kentucky but relocated to Chicago as a child, receiving his
Clarence Miller Orchestra circa 1923. Between 1927 and 1928 he worked with
Tate, allowing an entry into Louis Armstrong's legendary Hot Seven.
The
continued working with a wide range of classic jazz bandleaders, including
Freddie Keppard. Thomas tended to trickle in and out of groups such as that of
aforementioned Tate and Reuben Reeves, in one lineup and then out of the next.
1917.
The Honolulu Ad Club filed a patent for a musicial instrument they called
1927. The Columbia Broadcasting System was born (its rival, NBC, had been on the
some time). The Tiffany Network, as CBS was originally known, broadcast an
King's Henchman, as its first program.
A 27-year-old William S. Paley had
$250,000 and $450,000). Just one year later, he had a 2.
35 million dollar profit
1943. In America, most recording companies agreed to pay royalties into a union
all records released, thus ending a two-year union-led ban on instrumental
(The Victor and Columbia label held out against the agreement for another year.)
1947.
C W Country singers Ernest Tubb and Roy Acuff performed at New York City's
1966. Will Shade, harmonica/guitar, died in Memphis, TN, USA. Age: 72.
Best
1970. At age 27, Rock music legend, Jimi Hendrix died in London, England, UK of
overdose of sleeping pills. : (
1983.
Roy Milton, drums, died in Canoga Park, CA, USA. Age: 75
1992. John Handcox, vocals/songwriter, died in Washington, DC, USA.
Age: 88
1997. Jimmy Witherspoon, Blues/R B/Jazz vocalist, died in Los Angeles, CA, USA.
hit No.
1,
and stayed on the Billboard charts 34 weeks that year. It was one of the biggest
the era. 'Spoon went on to make at least 200 more albums, and was one of the few
remaining true giants of the post-war Blues boom.
His collaborators ranged from
Basie to Eric Burdon, Gerry Mulligan to Van Morrison, and T-Bone Walker to
Three little words, oh what I'd give for that wonderful phrase,
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely.
Three little words, eight little letters which simply mean I love you.
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