Musical Birthday Notes – March 8th
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
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
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
Harold “Chuck” Willis – The King of the Stroll – R&B singer/songwriter – best known for hits – The Stroll –ย C. C. Rider –
Johnny Mercer – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/lyricist/record executive – songs include – Moon River – Days Of Wine And Roses – Autumnย Leaves – Hooray For
Robert Parker โ New Orleans R&B singer/musician โ best known for the 1966 hit โ Barefootinโ โ 2007 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – (10/14/1930
Marlena Shaw – jazz-R&B-blues-soul singer – songs include – Mercy, Mercy, Mercy – Yu-Ma/Go Away Little Boy – Don’t Ask To Stay Until Tomorrow –
โSpiderโ John Koerner โ blues guitarist/singer/songwriter/harmonica โ part of group โ Koerner, Ray & Glover – 1983 named Best Folk Group by the Minnesota Music