Musical Birthday Notes – March 14th
Les Baxter – piano/saxophone/vocalist/composer/arranger – early work with swing bands led him to develop his own style of easy listening music know as exotica –
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Les Baxter – piano/saxophone/vocalist/composer/arranger – early work with swing bands led him to develop his own style of easy listening music know as exotica –
Roy “Snap Crackle” Haynes โ jazz drummer โ 1999 Modern Drummer Hall of Fame – (3/13/1925 – 11/12/2024) Jan Howard (Lula Grace Johnson) โ country
Lew DeWitt โ singer/songwriter/guitarist โ founder and original tenor of โ The Statler Brothers – writer of one of the groups biggest hits – Flowers
Flaco Jimรฉnez – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/accordionist – session musician/solo artist – associated acts include – Texas Tornados – Los Super Seven – (3/11/1929 – 7/31/2025)
Dean Torrence โ multi-award winning singer/songwriter โ surf music โ Jan & Dean โ pioneers of the California sound and vocal surf music โ 2008
Lloyd Price – New Orleans R&B singer – “Mr. Personality” – hits include – Stagger Lee – Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Personality – accolades include
Mississippi John Hurt โ country-blues singer/guitarist โ (3/8 possibly 3/3/1892 – 11/2/1966) Johnny Dollar โ country-rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist โ (3/8/1922 – 4/13/1986) Ralph Ellis – British
Hamilton Bohannon – drums/percussion/vocals/songwriter/arranger/producer – worked with many Motown artist in the 60’sย and a prominent figure in 70’s disco – (3/7/1942 – 4/24/2020) Christopher