Musical Birthday Notes – March 15th
Sam John โLightnin’โ Hopkins โ blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist โ 1980 Blues Hall of Fame โ (3/15/1912 – 1/30/1982) Carl Smith โ country-rockabilly singer/songwriter โ known as
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Sam John โLightnin’โ Hopkins โ blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist โ 1980 Blues Hall of Fame โ (3/15/1912 – 1/30/1982) Carl Smith โ country-rockabilly singer/songwriter โ known as
Nina Simone โ award winning singer/songwriter/musician/arranger/composer/activist โ (2/21/1933 – 4/21/2003) Jerry Harrison โ keyboards/guitar/songwriter/producer โ The Talking Heads โ 2002 Rock & Roll Hall of
Owen Bradley โ legendary Nashville producer โ known for his work with โ Patsy Cline โ Conway Twitty โ Loretta Lynn โ and many others
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
Jimmie Davis โ singer/songwriter/former Louisiana governor โ best known for the 1940 hit โ You Are My Sunshine โ awards include – 1971 Nashville Songwriters
Jimmie Rodgers (James Charles Rodgers) – country-singer/yodeler/guitarist –ย known as โThe Singing Brakemanโ- โThe Blue Yodelerโ- โThe Father of Country Musicโ โ from Meridian, MS
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
Ramblinโ Jack Elliott โ award winning folk singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica – 1931 Paddy Moloney – multi-award winning traditional Irish music multi-instrumentalist – co-founder and band lead of