Musical Birthday Notes – February 22nd
Del Wood โ country-rag time pianist โ (2/22/1920 – 10/3/1989) Ernie K-Doe โ New Orleans R&B singer โ best known for the 1961 hit โ
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Del Wood โ country-rag time pianist โ (2/22/1920 – 10/3/1989) Ernie K-Doe โ New Orleans R&B singer โ best known for the 1961 hit โ
Kenny “Klook” Clarke – jazz drummer – associated acts include – Dizzy Gillespie – Miles Davis – Thelonious Monk – The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big
Samuel “Buck” Ram – songwriter/producer/arranger – associated acts include – The Drifters – The Coasters – Ike & Tina Turner – Ella Fitzgerald – (11/21/1907
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
Al Duncan โ studio blues drummer โ recorded with many of the early blues greats including โ John Lee Hooker โ Little Walter โ Jimmy
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
Rose Maddox โ country singer/songwriter/fiddler โ fronted the Maddox Brothers & Rose band called โThe Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America โ solo artist –
Louis Armstrongย – nicknames – Satchmo – Satch – Pops โ multi-award winning jazz/swing/Dixielandย trumpet/cornet/singer โ songs include – What A Wonderful World – St