On this day in Blues history for March 13th
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(upbeat music) - Hello and welcome to On This Day in Blues History for March 13th. I'm your host, P.W. Fenton. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - On This Day in 1928, Johnny Dunn and his band recorded Buffalo Blues for Columbia Records in New York City. Sitting in on piano was Jelly Roll Morton. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) - On This Day in 1933, Mike Stoller, the piano playing half of the songwriting team Lieber and Stoller was born. These two guys wrote at least half of the music you know. And because Stoller was such a creative piano player, he was often responsible for creating the instrumental hooks that helped make their songs such popular hits. See if you recognize this hook. (upbeat music) ♪ They say with me on nights on my home all the way ♪ ♪ They say there's always magic in the day ♪ - Happy birthday, Mike. This is P.W. Fenton asking you to come back tomorrow when I'll return with another installment of On This Day in Blues History. (upbeat music) ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
Today’s show features music performed by Johnny Dunn, Jelly Roll Morton, and George Benson