Maurice Sigler
Maurice Sigler
( November 30, 1901 – February 6, 1961) was an American banjoist and songwriter.
Sigler was born in New York City but moved to Birmingham, Alabama at an early age and received his musical tuition there.
In the 1920s Sigler was a member of the Birmingham- based band of reedman Jack Linx, which made a series of field trip recordings in Atlanta for Okeh Records from 1924 to 1927.
At the first of these sessions Sigler also recorded as the nominal leader of a band called" Sigler's Birmingham Merrymakers", probably a pick- up group.
From the 1930s onwards
Sigler focused more on work as a song lyricist, contributing lyrics to songs such as" I Saw Stars Everything's In Rhythm With My HeartEverything Stops For Tea"( all three with Al Goodhart and Al Hoffman)," Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day"( with Al Hoffman and Mabel Wayne) and" Lolly Lolly Loo"( with David Mann).
He spent the years 1934 to 1937 in England, contributing lyrics to stage shows and films, including several songs for the 1935 Jack Hylton feature" She Shall Have Music".
Sigler died in Flushing, Queens in 1961.
Mark Day (actor)
Mark Day( born October 4, 1978) is a Canadian actor and producer.
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day
"Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day" or "Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day)" is a modern classical vocal music song, written by Mabel Wayne, Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler.
It has been recorded by multiple artists form various musical genres.
The tune is written about a lullaby both in theme and mood.
It was first recorded by Elsie Carlisle with orchestral accompaniment on May 18, 1934 and released for Decca Records (F. 3990) in 1934.
"
Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day" became a hit song as it was covered by four major artists the same year.
These cover versions were by artists including Emil Coleman, Isham Jones, Paul Robeson, Al Bowlly with the Ray Noble Orchestra and the Pickens Sisters, who made the song popular in the United States.
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The song was later covered by Perry Como (1958), Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie (1961), Dakota Staton (1972), Monica Borrfors (1994) as well as Connee Boswell and Art Tatum.
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set
"The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56)" issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009.
In 2016, the British Rock musician Eric Clapton released his take on the song for his twenty-second studio album "
I Still Do" and brought the song to new young generation and into a completely different musical genre.
Once You've Had the Best
" Once You've Had the Best" is a ballad written and originally recorded by Johnny Paycheck.
It is best remembered for the rendition recorded by George Jones, who scored a# 3 hit with it in late 1973.
" Once You've Had the Best" originally appeared on Paycheck's 1973 album" Mr. Lovemaker".
The Jones version, which contains a more optimistic tone, became the singer's second Top 5 solo hit with Epic Records.
Paycheck's first big break came when he was hired as the bass player for Jones' backing band the Jones Boys in the mid 1960s before beginning his own successful solo career a few years later.
The pair would also record a duet album," Double Trouble", in 1980.
" Once You've Had the Best" became a live staple for Jones, who almost always performed the song after the show opener as a gesture to his audience.
Jean Day
Jean Day( born in 1954), is an American poet.
Elsie Carlisle
Elsie Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was a popular English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, showcased in her nickname of Britain's "Radio Sweetheart Number One."
Originally from Manchester, Carlisle recorded hundreds of solo records, and also recorded with many of the big dance bands of the time, including the famous Ambrose Orchestra.
She sang solo with Ambrose's Orchestra and also performed duets with Sam Browne, being hailed as one of its best singers
Her performance of "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses" with the orchestra may have helped to popularise the term.
Her other most well-known song may be "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"; she also performed with the Jack Hylton Orchestra.
She made a number of appearances in film shorts and on television in the 1930s; two Pathé films are available on YouTube, a 1931 short with her singing "
Alone and Afraid" and
"My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes", and an entire reel of "Radio Parade" (1933).
Carlisle recorded very little after the beginning of the Second World War, and retired from the entertainment industry in about 1950.
Carlisle's business interests after retirement from show business included ballroom dancing venues in south London, a company manufacturing bar accessories in Putney, London, a pub in Mayfair, central London and a hotel/pub in Wokingham in Berkshire.
Carlisle lived from 1937 until her death in September 1977 in her house in Mayfair in central London.
Two songs performed by Elsie Carlisle (accompanied by Ambrose) were featured in the Dennis Potter television series "Pennies From Heaven" (1978).
"You've Got Me Crying Again" and "The Clouds Will Soon Roll By" were featured in the episode "The Sweetest Thing", with "Clouds" also heard in "Down Sunnyside Lane".
Dalton Day
Dalton Day( born August 2, 1991) is an American actor and singer.
Tony Day
Tony Day( born 14 April 1965) is a British swimmer.
Little Man (Cheyenne Arrow Keeper)
Little Man was the son of Stone Forehead's sister and thus the cousin of Black Hairy Dog.
At the latter's death, circa. 1883, Little Man succeeded him as Keeper.
His father Turtle Following His Wife and his mother Running Face along with his brother White Beaver.
Like his family of the arrows he too possessed Spirit Lodge power to an unusual degree.
Little Man, Keeper of the Arrows reigned during a time when the Cheyenne was in build.
He was considered a traditionalist, and opposed the Indian Agent on a regular basis.
In 1901, the agent threatened to cut off rations if Little Man did not send the children to the Indian schools.
In 1914, he attempted to turn the Keeper's responsibility over to Old Crow.
The transfer was refused by the Chiefs, the Arrow priest and the leaders of the military societies.
They held fast to Sweet Medicine's rule that the Arrow Keeper must be Tsistsistas, but on request Little Man permitted peyote to be placed in the Sacred Arrow Bundle, soon died in 1917.
Thus silencing decades of loyalty, generations of guardianship and centuries of keepers of his royal bloodline.
Guardians and Priests of the Arrows soon shifted to a new Keeper, but an unlikely era.
Little Man's sons to young to take leadership, soon taken away by the white man.
Morris Day
Morris E. Day( born December 13, 1956) is an American musician, composer, and actor.
He is best known as the lead singer of The Time.

Question: What is the place of birth of the performer of song Little Man, You'Ve Had A Busy Day?
Answer: Manchester