Talk:Sonny Dunham

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howard smith the drummer on staff at cbs in new york city from around 1947 until about 1961. he played with Sonny Dunham early in  his  career.Smith was the drummer on the ED SULLIVAN SHOW and about twenty other shows per week on CBS. Looks ok - can anyone do anything with it?--Technopat (talk) 09:59, 11 September 2009 (UTC) smith had  to  teach  pat  boone  how  to  clap  on  two  on  four  before an  ed  sullivan  appearence==boone  only knew  how  to  clap  on  one  and  three  like  most  novice  people=== smith leaned  over  and  could not  get  back  up  about  two  hours  before  one  ed  sullivan  show==they   had  to  rush  in  a  sub  at  the  last  minute== he was  a  hard  drinking  shot  and  a  beer guy  with  as  foul  a  mouth  as  anyone  on  earth== he was  adopted,lived  in  poverty  up  in  the  katskill  montains,and  shared  the  mountain with  one  other  family  ---a  black  family== he had  hooping  cough  as  a  child== and then  he  found  himself,  after  not  finishing  highschool,  in  nycities  music  scene===he  slept  on  park  benches   and  played  with  the  paul  whitemen   band===smith  fell  off  the  bandstand  once  and  broke  his  arm  and  the  show  was so  rough  that  they  could  not find  another  drummer  and  smith  had  to  play  the  job  with  a  broken  arm==== he turned  down  the  new  york  phil====he  had  been   offered  first  snare  drum  but  the  job  did  not  pay  that  much. he toured  with  the  russian  circus  when their  drummer    became  sick===  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.25.183 (talk) 14:53, 28 February 2010 (UTC)