[78-L] HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[Ray Kilcoyne]

Wow, two great sites.  The second one is a bit suspicious as it omits the 
Bell Sisters and Bobby Wayne and the Four Flames.
But the first one omits some too, Arthur Prysock, the Beverly Sisters and 
Mickey Katz.
Between the two there's a lot of info.
I'll probably be surfing around them for hours.
Thanks.
RayK
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From: David Lennick
The ASCAP site lists artists who recorded it but no dates. Johnny Hartman 
might
be the first...August 6, 1951. Sunny Gale is just shown in Lord as "late 
1951".
The WonkyPackia article about The Cardinals is full of inconsistencies
(Abramson discovering the group in 1951, then having them come to NY in 
1950,
releasing the song in February 1951 etc).

Sorry Johnny, you've been displaced by Al Costello. Who!?
http://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/89387/all

Yep. Al Costello, on Crescendo.
http://www.originals.be/en/originals.php?id=6838
Ray Kilcoyne wrote:
> Happy 92nd Birthday to Kay Starr.
> Over on Facebook a question has arisen.
> It is agreed that Kay was not the first to record WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
> But who was?
> Sunny Gale?
> Johnny Hartman?
> The Cardinals?
> Does anyone have dates for these?