Ann Howard (restaurateur)

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Ann Grace Fellows Howard , née Ann Grace Fellows (born October 12, 1924 in Dodge County , Georgia - † January 16, 2007 in Macon , Georgia), also called Ann Johnson in many publications , was an American club owner from Macon , Georgia. She promoted the young career of Little Richards , who dedicated his chart hit Miss Ann to her.

Life

Ann Howard opened “Ann's Tic Toc Club” in Macon in 1951 with her husband Johnny. The white couple attached importance to an integrated audience and welcomed homosexual guests as well . Little Richard worked as an entertainer throughout the region at the beginning of the 1950s, but after his father's death had to earn extra money as a dishwasher despite first recordings for RCA Records and Peacock Records . Ann Howard hired the extroverted singer as a kitchen helper and allowed an hour-long performance every evening with Little Richard's live band The Upsetters . Little Richard also brought his later hit Tutti Frutti to hear at these appearances , which helped him to break through with Specialty Records in 1955 and whose success ended the business relationship with Ann Howard. A deeper, personal relationship between Howard and Little Richard was speculated in the environment of the two. In 1957 Little Richard dedicated his song Miss Ann to the club owner , which reached number 6 on the R&B charts and number 56 on the pop charts. In 1975 Howard had to close the club, which also hosted other local greats such as James Brown , due to illness. She died in 2007. 2001 opened a restaurant in the premises of her former club under the name "Tic Toc Toom".

Deviating traditions

Since at least 1970 there have been various reports that deviate from the obituaries: In an article in the Pottsdown Mercury, the owner of the Tic-Toc was called "Ann Johnson". In 1976 Langdon Winner named the couple "Johnson" in a much-cited encyclopedia entry. The last name can be found in many publications on Little Richard, in which there is talk of the Johnsons adopting Richard and promoting his schooling. 1983 Mike Clifford exchanged Johnny's first name for the first time and identified him as " Enotris Johnson ", the co-authors of Little Richard's songs Long Tall Sally and Jenny Jenny and the title Miss Ann, which is dedicated to his wife .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Ann Howard in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Dan Maley: Hometown pals recall rocker's excentric style. In: Winnipeg Free Press, September 29, 1990, p. 31
  3. ^ Charles White: The Life and Times of Little Richard. The Authorized Biography. Omnibus Press, London, New York, Paris, Sydney, Copenhagen, Berlin, Madrid, Tokyo 2003 (1984), ISBN 0-7119-9761-6 , Thinkin 'About My Mother, pp. 34-42.
  4. ↑ David Kirby: Little Richard. The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll. 1st edition. Continuum, New York 2009, p. 82 f.
  5. ↑ Joan Angel: First Rock Superstar Makes Blazing comeback . In: Pottstown Mercury June 5, 1970, p. 16
  6. ↑ Langdon Winner: Little Richard. In: Miller, Jim (Ed.): The Rolling Stone Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll. New York / NY: Rolling Stone Press / Random House 1976, p. 52.
  7. ^ Mike Clifford: The Harmony illustrated encyclopedia of rock, Harmony Books, 1983 (1977), 4th Edition, Pennsylvania State University, p. 132.
personal data
SURNAME Howard, Ann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fellows Howard, Ann Grace; Fellows, Ann Grace (maiden name); Johnson, Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American club owner
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Dodge County , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2007
Place of death Macon , Georgia