Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Willie Bryant โ jazz band leader/musician/singer/disc jockey โ New Orleans native โ (8/30/1908 – 2/9/1964) Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason) โ country singer/songwriter โ Country Music
Charlie โBirdโ Parker โ multi-award winning jazz saxophonist/band leader/composer โ (8/29/1920 – 3/12/1955) Dinah Washington โ R&B/blues singer/pianist โ 1986 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Leon Theremin โ Russian inventor of one of the first electronic music instruments โ The Theremin โ and the first to be mass produced โ
Lester Willis โPresโ Young โ jazz saxophonist/clarinetist – known for his hip, introverted style -โ associated acts include – Count Basie Orchestra – Oscar Peterson
Jimmy Rushing โ blues-jazz singer โ 1935-48 sang with Count Basie โ (8/26/1901 – 6/8/1972) Jet Black โ English drummer โ founding member of punk-new
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