End Records

Kay Starr (July 21, 1922 – November 3, 2016) This record was #1 for 10 weeks in the US.

Helen Merrill was born on this day in 1929. She was one of the best jazz singers of the period. What a lovely voice.

Billy “The Kid” Emerson — Move Baby Move / When It Rains It PoursLabel: Sun RecordsCatalog: Sun 214Issued: January 8, 1955Genre: Memphis R&B / Early Rock & RollFormat: 78rpm Shellac

Sun 214 sits at the crossroads of Memphis R&B and the emerging rock & roll sound. Emerson’s songwriting and performance style influenced later Sun artists and contributed to the label’s shift toward more rhythm‑driven material.

Digitized and available at:

https://youtube.com/@mamlishblues?si=nwN5Pd1r7LiNrkI_

Mercury Records

From the movie Teacher’s Pet.

Buddy Knox (July 20, 1933 – February 14, 1999) went to #1 with this song.

Cindy Walker (July 20, 1917 – March 23, 2006) wrote a lot of famous songs including "Blue Canadian Rockies", "Distant Drums" and this one. This is the original version. Eddy Arnold co-wrote it as well.

Mort Garson (20 July 1924 – 4 January 2008 co-wrote this early hit for Brenda Lee. She was only 12 when she recorded it!

Mercury Records

No, not those Sandpipers

George Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) reached #6 on the charts with this record.

Liberty / Imperial Records / Edited videofan with original audio.

Dion DiMucci was born on this day in 1939.

Wikipedia articles:
“A video of the song was done in "Toon TV", the twelfth episode of the third season of [Tiny Toon Adventures](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Toon_Adventures), set in the Bronx in 1958 and featuring Plucky Duck, who has been ordered by his father to take out the trash and do the laundry.[[14]”](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakety_Yak#cite_note-14)

“In 1987, the Coasters became the first group inducted into the [Rock and Roll Hall of Fame](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_Roll_Hall_of_Fame), crediting the members of the 1958 configuration (except for guitarist Adolph Jacobs): Carl Gardner, Cornell Gunter, Billy Guy, and Will "Dub" Jones.[[5]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters#cite_note-R&RHOF-5) The Coasters also joined the [Vocal Group Hall of Fame](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_Group_Hall_of_Fame) in 1999.
…
[Leon Hughes](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Hughes), the last surviving member of the original Coasters, died of natural causes on March 1, 2023, at the age of 92.[[7]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters#cite_note-:0-7) Prior to his death, he performed with his own group.

Several former members of the band met untimely ends. Saxophonist [King Curtis](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Curtis), known as the "Fifth Coaster," was fatally stabbed by two [drug addicts](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse) outside his apartment building in 1971.[[8]](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters#cite_note-8) Cornelius Gunter was murdered in a Las Vegas parking garage in 1990.[[9]”](app://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coasters#cite_note-9)

Swan Records

​Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins was an imposing figure (standing 6'6") with a rich, booming baritone voice. He was a staple of early postwar honky-tonk and country music, performing heavily on the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree before joining the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.

​Tragically, his life and career were cut short in March 1963 when he died in the same infamous plane crash that took the lives of Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. Ironically, his biggest career hit, "Lonesome 7-7203", reached number one on the country charts just days after his passing.