musical excerpts, fyi. randye
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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:20:58 -0500
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Subject: 1215 - Today in Black History - December 15
1939 - Cindy Birdsong is born. She will become a singer with Patti
LaBelle and the Bluebells and Diana Ross and the Supremes.
1941 - Lena Horne records the torch classic for Victor Records, that will
become her signature song: "Stormy Weather."
1943 - Thomas W. "Fats" Waller joins the ancestors, outside Kansas City,
Missouri at the age of 39, from pneumonia. The self-taught piano
player began recording as a teenager and became one of a small
group of African American pianists to make piano rolls for the
growing player piano industry. Waller's first solo recording in
1926 led to his own radio show and three tours of France. Waller
was known for such popular songs as "Ain't Misbehavin'," "I'm Gonna
Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," and "Honeysuckle Rose."
He also wrote music for the stage and the movies, most notably
"Stormy Weather."
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