Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Alexis Korner – blues singer/songwriter/guitar/dobro/piano/broadcaster – associated acts include – Blues Incorporated – CCS – (4/19/1928 – 1/1/1984) Don Barbour – vocalist – original member
Nate Nelson โ doo-wop singer โ The Flamingos โ hits include โ I Only Have Eyes For You โ 2000 Vocal Group Hall of Fame
James “Jimmy” Dorsey – jazz clarinet/saxophone/composer/big band leader – (3/29/1904 – 6/12/1957) Donny Conn โ drummer โ The Playmates โ 1950โs hits include โ Jo-Ann
Harold Bradley โ multi-award winning Nashville guitarist – 2006 Country Music Hall of Fame โ 2007 Musicianโs Hall of Fame – (1/2/1926 – 1/31/2019) Frank
C. W. McCall (William Dale Fries Jr.) โ country singer/songwriter/activist/politician โ best known for 1975 trucker hit โ Convoy โ (11/15/1928 – 4/1/2022) Clyde McPhatter
Mahalia Jackson โ New Orleans gospel singer โ referred to as โThe Queen of Gospelโ โ (10/26/1911 – 1/27/1972) Neal Matthews, Jr. โ country singer
Sugar Pie DeSanto – (Peylia Marsema Balinton) – multi-award winning R&B singer/dancer – best known in the 50’s & 60’s – accolades include 2024 Blues
Barbara Jean Love – singer – The Friends of Distinction – group hits include – Grazing In The Grass – Love Or Let Me Be