Story goes a high school teacher berated David Newman for pretending to read from sheet music when the music was upside down and called him a Fathead -- the name stuck. Today, we remember David Fathead Newman on his birthday (Feb 24, 1933 – Jan 20, 2009). Most notably known for his association with Ray Charles, he joined Charles' band in 1954 as a baritone saxophone player, but later switched to tenor and became the principal saxophone soloist. Many of Charles's seminal recordings during the 195
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