BIRDY
ADMINISTRATRICE
Nombre de messages : 41735
Date de naissance : 05/12/1964
Age : 59
Localisation : Aux portes des Monts d'Arées
emploi : Forumeuse
Date d'inscription : 10/03/2006
 |  Sujet: Ephéméride du Mercredi 23 Janvier 2008 Mer 23 Jan 2008, 09:49 | |
| Aujourd'hui Mercredi 23 Janvier,
nous fêtons les Barnard.
Prénoms fêtés autrefois :
Raymond.
Fêtes et prénoms bretons :
Laouenan.
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Dictons du Jour
« Saint Barnard ensoleillé
rend les vignerons gai. »
« S’il gèle à la Saint Raymond,
L’hiver est encore long. »
« Sécheresse de janvier,
Richesse de fermier. »
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Proverbe du Jour
« Les bons maîtres font les bons valets. »
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Journée internationale
Journée internationale de la douane et sur l'éthique
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Que c’est-il passé ce jour ?  1911 - Fields Ward 1911~1987, fiddler, born in Buck Mountain, Virginia. Fields was the son of fiddler Davy Crockett Ward, and recorded with his band in the late 1920's and later for the Library of Congress as a member of the Bog Trotters.
1920 - Herman Barrier 1920~1988, of the Barrier Brothers, a Bluegrass Band was born in Harden County, Tennessee. 1930 Georges Rémy, dit Hergé, publie pour la première fois les aventures de "Quick et Flupke" dans le journal belge "le Petit vingtième".1932 - The first dressing room was constructed backstage at the Ryman Auditorium.
1937 - Polly Lewis Copsey, of “The Lewis Family” was born in Lincoln County, Georgia.
1940 - Johnny Russell 1940~2001, singer, songwriter, guitarist and TV actor, born in Sunflower County, Mississippi, and raised in Fresno, California. Johnny became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1985. He was billed as “The Biggest Act in Country Music.” He recorded for RCA Victor and Mercury, and charted 28 country single hits on Billboard’s Country Chart.
1940 - Joe Dowell, recording artist, born in Bloomington, Indiana.
1947 - Merle Travis recorded “Steel Guitar Rag.”
1949 - Ernest Tubb recorded the Vaughn Horton penned "Till The End Of The World" and the Troy Martin-Ernest Tubb penned "Daddy, When is Mommy Coming Home" at Castle Studios, in Nashville. Paul Cohen produced the session, which required adding a second day (January 24th) to complete the project. The session personnel included Ernest Tubb~Vocals; Jack Drake~Bass; Bill Drake~Rhythm guitar; Hal Smith~Fiddle; Don Davis~Steel guitar; Tommy Paige~Lead guitar; Banjo Murphy~Banjo. Till The End Of The World charted in March, topped out at #4, and remained on the chart for 9 weeks. This was Ernest's 20th chart hit. Daddy, When is Mommy Coming Home charted in May, topped out at #15, and was on the chart for 1 week. This was Ernest's 23 chart hit.
1957 - Gerald Cline, Patsy Cline’s first husband, filed for divorce.
1959 - Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens, and Dion began their ill-fated “Winter Dance Party” tour. Less than two weeks later (February 3, 1959) all but Dion would be dead, the result of a plane crash.
1969 - Elvis Presley recorded “Suspicious Minds” in Memphis at the American Studios, for his album “From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis.” The two record album hit the Billboard Country Album chart in December, and topped out at #5.
1972 - T. Texas Tyler 1916~1971, age 55, a.k.a. David Luke Myrick died from cancer in Springfield, Missouri. Tyler was known as “The Man with a Million Friends.”
1986 - Elvis Presley was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at their first ever ceremony.
1990 - Texas Jim Lewis 1909~1990, singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor, leader of the “Lone Star Cowboys” died at the age of 80.
1993 - Thomas A. Dorsey, age 93, writer of “Take My Hand Precious Lord” and “Peace In The Valley” died in Chicago from Alzheimer’s disease.
2005 - Bill Simmons, age 80, keyboardist with the Light Crust Doughboys died in Texas. Inducted Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, Texas Western Swing Hall of Fame, and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.
2005 - Johnny Carson, age 79, host of NBC’s Tonight Show died in a California hospital from emphysema.
2005 - Art Stamper former fiddle player for Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys died in a Louisville, Kentucky hospital.Insolites
2001 A Bethlelem, USA, William Bartron, employé du bâtiment, manipule une scie électrique dans un sous-sol quand par accident, il se tranche une main. Sous le coup de la douleur, le malheureux essaie de se donner la mort à l'aide d'un pistoilet pneumatique et se tire plusieurs clous dans la tête ! | |
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