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Todays Date 10-06-2025
Birthday Wishes
| Year | birthday |
|---|---|
| 1908 | Sammy Price, Had a long and productive career as a flexible blues and boogie-woogie-based pianist. He died in 1992 in New York, NY. (117) |
| 1921 | 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. she was instrumental in helping create Piano Night during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a remembrance of her husband. (104) |
| 1938 | Walter (Shane) Kimble, A tenor saxophonist mostly known for his association with Fat's Domino. Walter died in 1988 at the age of 49. (87) |
| 1946 | Millie Small, Born Millicent Small in Clarendon, she was the daughter of an overseer on a sugar plantation and she was one of the very few female singers in the early Ska era in Clarendon. She's famous for her recording of "My Boy Lollipop" in the 60's. (79) |
| 1950 | Thomas McClary, Guitarist for the 70's and 80's popular group "The Commodores". (75) |
| 1951 | Kevin Cronin, Singer and guitarist for the popular rock group of the 70's "REO Speedwagon". (74) |
Todays_Events
| Year | Musical_Fact |
|---|---|
| 1917 | The word "Jazz" was introduced to the American Public on this day. The "Literary Digest" suggested it was akin to jumping mania. |
| 1941 | Claude Thornhill and his orchestra recorded "Autumn Serenade" on Columbia Records. |
| 1956 | New Orleans native and 50's hit machine, Antoine 'Fats' Domino made it to the Billboard R&B charts on this day with the song 'Blueberry Hill'. The tune eventually hit #1 on the charts. |
| 1973 | Cher's hit "Half-Breed" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top 40 charts on this day. |
| 1990 | "Close To You" by Maxi Priest went to the top of the Billboard Top 40 charts on this day. |
| 1996 | Theron Eugene (Ted) Daffan, a native of Merryville, Louisiana in Beauregard Parish passed away on this day at the age of 84. He was a country musician, most well-known as the composer of "Truck Driver's Blues" and the much covered Country anthem "Born to Lose". He formed his own band, The Texans, and recorded a string of hits, including "Worried Mind", "Born to Lose", "Those Blue Eyes Are Not Shining Anymore", "She Goes The Other Way" and "No Letter Today". |
