Friday, December 31, 2004

Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame

Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame:

1978-2004

The Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame operated from 1978-2004. It was a non-profit organization based in North San Diego County in California. Here’s the full list of inductees and their years of induction.

See other Hall of Fames.


A

  • Cannonball Adderley (1985)
  • Toshiko Akiyoshi (2001)
  • Red Allen (1995), jazz trumpeter
  • Lil Hardin Armstrong (1986)
  • Louis Armstrong (1978)

B

  • Mildred Bailey (1989)
  • Chet Baker (1987)
  • Charlie Barnet (1984)
  • Count Basie (1981)
  • Sidney Bechet (1983)
  • Bix Beiderbecke (1979)
  • Louie Bellson (1993)
  • Tex Beneke (1996)
  • Tony Bennett (1997)
  • Bunny Berigan (1985)
  • Irving Berlin (2004)
  • Chuck Berry (1984)
  • Eubie Blake (1983)
  • Art Blakey (1982)
  • Jimmy Blanton (1994)
  • Buddy Bolden (1988)
  • Will Bradley (1998)
  • Bob Brookmeyer (2003)
  • Clifford Brown (1985)
  • Lawrence Brown (2001)
  • Les Brown (1999)
  • Ray Brown (1997)
  • Dave Brubeck (1986)
  • Kenny Burrell (1990)

C

  • Cab Calloway (1987)
  • Frankie Carle (1989)
  • Harry Carney (2000)
  • Benny Carter (1988)
  • Betty Carter (1994)
  • Ron Carter (2000)
  • Sid Catlett (1996)
  • Paul Chambers (1994)
  • Ray Charles (2004)
  • Doc Cheatham (1996)
  • Don Cherry (1995)
  • Charlie Christian (1981)
  • Kenny Clarke (1986)
  • Buck Clayton (1990)
  • Al Cohn (1996)
  • Nat “King” Cole (1993)
  • Ornette Coleman (1989)
  • John Coltrane (1980)
  • Perry Como (2004)
  • Eddie Condon (1983)
  • Bing Crosby (2002)

D

  • Tadd Dameron (2001)
  • Helen Oakley Dance (2004)
  • Stanley Dance (1999)
  • Miles Davis (1979)
  • Wild Bill Davison (1997)
  • Buddy DeFranco (2002)
  • Paul Desmond (1991)
  • Baby Dodds (1991)
  • Johnny Dodds (1988)
  • Eric Dolphy (1984)
  • Dorothy Donegan (1998)
  • Jimmy Dorsey (1983)
  • Tommy Dorsey (1981)

E

  • Bob Eberly (2003)
  • Billy Eckstine (1985)
  • Sweets Edison (1994)
  • Roy Eldridge (1985)
  • Duke Ellington (1978)
  • Bill Evans (1982)
  • Gil Evans (1986)

F

  • Tal Farlow (1996)
  • Art Farmer (2001)
  • Ella Fitzgerald (1978)
  • Tommy Flanagan (1999)
  • Helen Forrest (2001)
  • Pops Foster (1992)
  • Pete Fountain (1997)
  • Bud Freeman (1992)

G

  • Erroll Garner (1993)
  • Stan Getz (1983)
  • Terry Gibbs (2001)
  • Dizzy Gillespie (1982)
  • Paul Gonsalves (2004)
  • Benny Goodman (1978)
  • Dexter Gordon (1988)
  • Norman Granz (2003)
  • Stéphane Grappelli (1995)
  • Glen Gray/Casa Loma Orchestra (2002)
  • Freddie Green (2000)

H-I

  • Bobby Hackett (1997)
  • Jim Hall (2003)
  • Lionel Hampton (1986)
  • Herbie Hancock (1995)
  • W. C. Handy (1981)
  • Barry Harris (1999)
  • Johnny Hartman (1986)
  • Coleman Hawkins (1982)
  • Fletcher Henderson (1979)
  • Woody Herman (1981)
  • J. C. Higginbotham (2003)
  • Earl Hines (1980)
  • Milton Hinton (1996)
  • Art Hodes (1998)
  • Johnny Hodges (1990)
  • Billie Holiday (1979)
  • Claude Hopkins (1998)
  • Shirley Horn (2000)
  • Lena Horne (1991)
  • Freddie Hubbard (1994)
  • Alberta Hunter (1996)

J

  • Chubby Jackson (2000)
  • Milt Jackson (1989)
  • Illinois Jacquet (1985)
  • Harry James (1983)
  • Budd Johnson (1993)
  • Bunk Johnson (1986)
  • J. J. Johnson (1988)
  • James P. Johnson (1980)
  • Hank Jones (2000)
  • Isham Jones (1989)
  • Jo Jones (1990)
  • Jonah Jones (1999)
  • Quincy Jones (1988)
  • Thad Jones (1995)
  • Scott Joplin (1987)
  • Louis Jordan (1998)

K

  • Sammy Kaye (1992)
  • Wynton Kelly (1994)
  • Hal Kemp (1992)
  • Stan Kenton (1982)
  • Freddie Keppard (1997)
  • Barney Kessel (1999)
  • B. B. King (2003)
  • John Kirby (1993)
  • Andy Kirk (1991)
  • Gene Krupa (1983)

L

  • Scott LaFaro (2003)
  • Eddie Lang (1986)
  • Yank Lawson (1998)
  • Peggy Lee (1992)
  • John Lewis (2001)
  • Meade Lux Lewis (1993)
  • Guy Lombardo (1992)
  • Mundell Lowe (2004)
  • Jimmie Lunceford (1987)

M

  • Shelly Manne (2002)
  • Wynton Marsalis (1996)
  • Billy May (1988)
  • Howard McGhee (2003)
  • William McKinney (2004)
  • Jimmy McPartland (1992)
  • Marian McPartland (1999)
  • Carmen McRae (1984)
  • Jay McShann (1985)
  • Eddie Miller (1998)
  • Glenn Miller (1978)
  • Lucky Millinder (1996)
  • Charles Mingus (1982)
  • Thelonious Monk (1980)
  • Wes Montgomery (1983)
  • James Moody (1993)
  • Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton (1982)
  • Bennie Moten (1987)
  • Gerry Mulligan (1984)

N

  • Ray Nance (2003)
  • Fats Navarro (1984)
  • Sammy Nestico (2004)
  • Red Nichols (1986)
  • Ray Noble (1987)
  • Jimmie Noone (1987)
  • Red Norvo (1991)

O

  • King Oliver (1984)
  • Sy Oliver (2000)
  • Kid Ory (1986)

P-Q

  • Charlie Parker (1979)
  • Joe Pass (1995)
  • Les Paul (1990)
  • Art Pepper (2002)
  • Oscar Peterson (1995)
  • Oscar Pettiford (1992)
  • Ben Pollack (1992)
  • Bud Powell (1991)
  • Mel Powell (1997)
  • Specs Powell (2004)
  • Louis Prima (1993)
  • Tito Puente (1995)

R

  • Sun Ra (1987)
  • Ma Rainey (1983)
  • Don Redman (1990)
  • Django Reinhardt (1984)
  • Buddy Rich (1981)
  • Max Roach (1991)
  • Shorty Rogers (1989)
  • Adrian Rollini (1998)
  • Sonny Rollins (1999)
  • Jimmy Rowles (2001)
  • Jimmy Rushing (1988)
  • Pee Wee Russell (1987)

S

  • Eddie Sauter (2003)
  • Raymond Scott (1994)
  • Charlie Shavers (1997)
  • Artie Shaw (1990)
  • Wayne Shorter (1998)
  • Horace Silver (1991)
  • George Simon (2002)
  • Nina Simone (2002)
  • Zoot Sims (1992)
  • Frank Sinatra (1980)
  • Bessie Smith (1981)
  • Stuff Smith (1994)
  • Willie Smith (1987)
  • Muggsy Spanier (1997)
  • Jess Stacy (1996)
  • Jo Stafford (2003)
  • Rex Stewart (1994)
  • Sonny Stitt (1989)
  • Billy Strayhorn (1981)
  • Maxine Sullivan (1998)
  • Ralph Sutton (2002)

T-U

  • Paul Tanner (2004)
  • Buddy Tate (1988)
  • Art Tatum (1985)
  • Billy Taylor (1999)
  • Jack Teagarden (1985)
  • Clark Terry (1994)
  • Claude Thornhill (1984)
  • Martha Tilton (2004)
  • Mel Tormé (1990)
  • Dave Tough (2000)
  • Lennie Tristano (2001)
  • McCoy Tyner (2000)

V

  • Sarah Vaughan (1982)
  • Joe Venuti (2000)

W-X

  • T-Bone Walker (2002)
  • Fats Waller (1989)
  • Dinah Washington (1987)
  • Chick Webb (1984)
  • Ben Webster (1983)
  • Ted Weems (2003)
  • Lawrence Welk (1989)
  • Paul Whiteman (1993)
  • Clarence Williams (1991)
  • Cootie Williams (1993)
  • Joe Williams (1995)
  • Mary Lou Williams (1985)
  • Tony Williams (1997)
  • Gerald Wilson (2001)
  • Nancy Wilson (1999)
  • Teddy Wilson (1993)

Y-Z

  • Lester Young (1980)
  • Trummy Young (2004)

Resources/Related Links:

  • Dave’s Music Database: “Hall of Fames
  • NNDB (Partial list. Includes birth, death, year of induction, what musician is known for, and links to brief bio pages.)
  • Wikipedia (lists inductees by year)


First posted 12/31/2004; last updated 5/6/2023.

Saturday, December 18, 2004

50 years ago: “Earth Angel” flew on to charts

Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)

The Penguins

Writer(s): Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin, and Gaynel Hodge (see lyrics here)


Released: October 19, 1954


First Charted: December 18, 1954


Peak: 8 US, 3 CB, 7 HR, 13 RB, 1 DF (Click for codes to charts.)


Sales (in millions): 4.0 US, -- UK, 10.0 world (includes US + UK)


Airplay/Streaming (in millions): 2.0 radio, 43.89 video, 51.7 streaming

Awards:

Click on award for more details.

About the Song:

In the 1950s, it was common practice to refashion an R&B hit as a “sanitized, big-label cover.” RS500 The intent was to craft a version of the song which would be more palatable to mainstream white audiences and subsequently have a better shot at success on the pop charts. While the remake generally lacked the grit and soul of its source material, it would often outperform the original.

“Earth Angel” was no exception – at least in terms of chart success. The Crew-Cuts, a “schmaltzy white group” RS500 from Canada, took the song to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the first version, by the Penguins, peaked at #8. Regardless of what the charts said, however, the Penguins’ take on the song became the more celebrated. The original outsold the remake and outperformed it on jukeboxes. DM In fact, when measured by appeal over time, Billboard called this “the top R&B record of all time.” NRR

The Penguins were a vocal group of high-school friends who formed in Los Angeles in 1954. They recorded the song in a garage; producer Walter Williams recalls redoing takes because he had to quiet the barking dog next door. TB Their “artless, unaffected vocals…defined the street-corner elegance of doo-wop” RS500 and “Earth Angel” is “one of the finest examples” TB the genre has to offer. A 1997 listener poll done by New York’s WCBS ranked “Earth Angel” the scone best doo-wop song of all time, only behind the Five Satins’ “In the Still of the Night.” SS

“Like many doo-wop ballads, [it] was structured on the chord changes of Rodgers & Hart’s ‘Blue Moon.’” TY2 “Earth Angel” is the song that cemented that chord progression. AH It has “virtually all the qualities cherished by doo-wop lovers: melodic beauty, a shimmering and earnest lead vocal, stripped-to-the-bone simplicity, and a pristine romantic innocence.” SS The idealized teen romance AH as well as the melody is similar to “Dream Girl,” a song the Penguins’ Jesse Belvin took to #2 on the R&B chart in 1952. SS The arrangement is from “I Know” by the Hollywood Flames, a band which featured Penguins’ members Curtis Williams and Gaynel Hodge. AH

“Earth Angel” was originally intended as the B-side RS500 for “Hey Senorita,” AH released through DooTone, a black-owned and operated label. NRR It bore the distinction of being the first song from an independent R&B label to hit the Billboard pop charts. DM Even more significantly, it was one of the first crossover records NRR and “a pivotal record in rock & roll’s early development.” RS500


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Last updated 3/23/2023.

Saturday, December 11, 2004

U2’s How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb debuted at #1 in US

How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

U2


Released: November 23, 2004


Charted: December 11, 2004


Peak: 11 US, 13 UK, 11 CN, 11 AU


Sales (in millions): 3.3 US, 1.2 UK, 11.6 world (includes US and UK)


Genre: rock


Tracks:

Song Title [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to singles charts.

  1. Vertigo [3:14] (10/3/04, 31 US, 33 RR, 9 A40, 1 AA, 3 AR, 1 MR, 1 UK, 2 CN, 5 AU)
  2. Miracle Drug [3:59]
  3. Sometimes You Can’t Make It on Your Own [5:08] (2/7/05, 97 US, 48 RR, 15 A40, 1 AA, 29 MR, 1 UK, 1 CN, 19 AU)
  4. Love and Peace or Else [4:50]
  5. City of Blinding Lights [5:47] (6/6/05, 40 A40, 3 AA, 2 UK, 2 CN, 31 AU)
  6. All Because of You [3:39] (12/5/04, 1 AA, 20 AR, 6 MR, 4 UK, 1 CN, 23 AU)
  7. A Man and a Woman [4:30]
  8. Crumbs from Your Table [5:03]
  9. One Step Closer [3:51]
  10. Original of the Species [4:41]
  11. Yahweh [4:21]
Songs written by U2.


Total Running Time: 49:03


The Players:

  • Bono (vocals, guitar)
  • The Edge (guitar, backing vocals, piano, bass)
  • Adam Clayton (bass)
  • Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums, percussion)

Rating:

4.032 out of 5.00 (average of 32 ratings)


Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

In the 1980s, U2 gradually built their audience from college rock to the culmination of “biggest band in the world” with 1987’s The Joshua Tree. Four years later, the band had another monstrous success with Achtung Baby, a conscious attempt to modernize their sound with dance and electronica elements.

The new millennium found the Irish quartet “returning to the big, earnest sound and sensibility of their classic ‘80s wor.” AMG with All That You Can’t Leave Behind. “It was a confident, cinematic album that played to their strengths, winning back the allegiance of wary fans and critics” AMG who’d somewhat soured from 1993’s Zooropa and the “rocktronica fusion” AMG 1997’s Pop.

U2’s follow-up, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, continued to “erase their wild flirtation with dance clubs and postmodernism so they can return to the time they were the social conscience of rock music. Gone are the heavy dance beats, gone are the multiple synthesizers, gone are the dense soundscapes that marked their ‘90s albums.” AMG Instead, there is “a clean, sharp production, gilded in guitars and anchored with straight-ahead, unhurried rhythms.” AMG This is “U2 at their simplest, playing direct, straight-ahead rock with little subtlety and shading in the production, performance, or lyrics.” AMG

That can evoke criticism that the band are “scaling back their sound so far that they have shed the murky sense of mystery that gave The Unforgettable Fire and The Joshua Tree an otherworldly allure.” AMG The album “feels too constrained and calculated, too concerned with finding purpose in the past instead of bravely heading into the future.” AMG

Still, “the stark production can also be an advantage, since the band still sounds large and powerful. U2 still are expert craftsmen, capable of creating records with huge melodic and sonic hooks.” AMG There are “songs as reassuring as the slyly soulful Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own and the soaring City of Blinding Lights, or the pile-driving All Because of You.” AMG


Notes: “Fast Cars” was added as a bonus track in UK, Ireland, and Japan.

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First posted 2/22/2009; last updated 5/1/2022.