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Jerry Byrne (other)
Jerry Byrne may refer to: *Jerry Byrne (baseball) (1907–1955), pitcher in Major League Baseball *Jerry Byrne (singer) (1941–2010), American rock and roll singer *Jerry Byrne MP, Hampden, Newfoundland and Labrador Hampden is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town has a population of 429. Two islands can be seen from the shore of Hampden, Granby Island and Millers Island. The latter is much closer to the town and is the host ... See also * Gerry Byrne (other) {{hndis, Byrne, Jerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Byrne (baseball)
Gerald Wilford Byrne (February 2, 1907 – August 11, 1955) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1929."Jerry Byrne Statistics and History" ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-29. References External links 1907 births 1955 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago White Sox players ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Byrne (singer)
Gerard Donald "Jerry" Byrne (February 2, 1941 – April 7, 2010) was an American rock and roll singer from New Orleans, best known for his 1958 single "Lights Out". The son of Charles and Mayme Byrne, he was born and raised in the Irish quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, and, like his cousin Mac Rebennack (later known as Dr. John), became strongly influenced by African-American rhythm and blues. He sang with Rebennack's band, the Loafers, who began performing in local bars and nightclubs. On one occasion in 1957, Byrne joined in with his hero Little Richard on stage in Slidell, Louisiana, and impressed Harold Battiste, then A&R man at Specialty Records, who signed him up soon afterwards to record. In February 1958, Byrne recorded the song "Lights Out" – a "blistering rocker" Biography by Jason A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hampden, Newfoundland And Labrador
Hampden is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town has a population of 429. Two islands can be seen from the shore of Hampden, Granby Island and Millers Island. The latter is much closer to the town and is the host of a tuberculosis grave-site. History Hampden was named after English politician John Hampden. Many communities were resettled into Hampden after the island was brought into Canadian Confederation on 31 March 1949, where the Joey Smallwood government pushed a resettlement plan that involved over 300 villages and 28,000 people. Hampden was and still is to this day a logging and lumber town. Over the years many companies cut logs for lumber mills and pulpwood for paper mills. Thousands of cords of wood was boomed to the Bottom(furthest point south in White Bay) at an early time (1920s - 1930s) it was debarked and loaded aboard ships for England for the International Paper Company of Newfoundland. Later (1940s - 1970s) it was loaded on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |