Musical Birthday Notes – August 25th
Wayne Shorter โ multi-award winning jazz saxophonist โ co-founder of – Weather Report โ associated acts include – Miles Davis – (8/25/1933 – 3/2/2023) Walter
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Wayne Shorter โ multi-award winning jazz saxophonist โ co-founder of – Weather Report โ associated acts include – Miles Davis – (8/25/1933 – 3/2/2023) Walter
Ruby Smith โ blues singer โsongs include – Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Blues – Backwater Blues – (8/24/1903 – 3/24/1977) Arthur “Big Boy”
Tex Williams โ country singer โ best know for 1947 hit โ Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette โ (8/23/1917 – 10/11/1985) Jack Earls – country-rockabilly
John Lee Hooker โ multi-award winning Mississippi Delta blues guitarist/singer/songwriter โ some of his best known songs include โ Boogie Chillen โ Crawling King Snake
Count Basie โ swing era pianist/organist/band leader/composer โ Count Basie Orchestra – (8/21/1904 – 4/26/1984) Kenny Rogers โ multi-award winning singer/songwriter/guitar/bass/harmonica/actor โ The New Christy
Jim Reeves โ smooth country balladeer โ hits include – He’ll Have To Go – Am I Losing You – Welcome To My World –
Ginger Baker โ English drummer/songwriter/bandleader – co-founder of โ Cream โ associated acts include – Blind Faith – Ginger Baker’s Air Force – 1993 Rock
Sonny Til (Earlington Carl Tilghman) – doo-wop singer – lead vocalist of – The Orioles – 1995 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated