Freddy Cole born October 15, 1931
Lionel Frederick Cole (October 15, 1931 – June 27, 2020) was an American jazz singer and pianist whose recording career spanned almost 70 years. He was the brother of musicians Nat King Cole, Eddie...
View ArticleEdna Hicks born October 14, 1895
Edna Hicks (October 14, 1895 – August 16, 1925) was an American classic blues singer and vaudeville performer.Edna Hicks was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Victor Landreaux and Rena...
View ArticlePete Loconto born October 13, 1924
Pete Loconto (October 13, 1924 - August 22, 1998) was the eldest of a fraternal trio from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who, as The Lane Brothers, were a pristinely polished and consistently...
View ArticleMargie Singleton born 12 October 1935
Margie Singleton (born 12 October 1935)* is an American country music singer and songwriter.She was born Margaret Louis Ebey in Coushatta, Louisiana, United States, a tiny town bordering the Red River....
View ArticleTony Kinsey born 11 October 1927
Tony Kinsey (11 October 1927 – 9 February 2025) was an English jazz drummer and composer.Born Cyril Anthony Kinsey in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, his father, Harry, ran the family jewellery...
View ArticleJohn Prine born October 10 1946
John Prine, (October 10 1946 - April 7, 2020) was a singer and songwriter whose folksy songs cut to the quick of quotidian American life with their themes of human frailty, loneliness and...
View ArticleBig Bo McGee born October 9, 1928
Big Bo McGee (October 9, 1928 - March 3, 2002) was a blues performer, songwriter, and harmonica player. Never as well-known as some of his contemporaries, he nevertheless benefitted from a resurgence...
View ArticleJohnny Puleo born October 7, 1907
Johnny Puleo (October 7, 1907 – May 3, 1983) was an American musician and actor who specialized in playing the harmonica.John D. Puleo was born a dwarf (he stood 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) as an adult) in...
View ArticleLarry Young born October 7, 1940
Larry Young (October 7, 1940 – March 30, 1978) was an American jazz organist and occasional pianist. Young's early work was strongly influenced by the soul jazz of Jimmy Smith, but he later pioneered a...
View ArticleFrank Hubbell born October 6, 1931
Frank Hubbell (October 6, 1931 - November 10, 2018) was an American jazz trumpet player best known for his work in dixieland, folk-jazz, and big band pop genres during the mid-20th century.Following...
View ArticleRoy Book Binder born October 5, 1943
Roy Alan Bookbinder (October 5, 1943 – March 3, 2026), known professionally as Roy Book Binder, was an American blues guitarist, singer-songwriter and storyteller. A student and friend of the Reverend...
View ArticlePirkle Lee Moses, Jr. born October 4, 1937
Pirkle Lee Moses, Jr.(October 4, 1937 - December 26, 2000) was a R&B singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer for 'The El Dorados'.The El Dorados were an American doo-wop group, formed...
View ArticleJim Brewer born October 3, 1920
James Brewer (October 3, 1920 – June 3, 1988), also known as Blind Jim Brewer was an American blues singer and guitarist.Unless you were a blues collector in the 1960's and 70's it's a safe bet that...
View ArticlePony Sherrell born circa 1924
Pony Sherrell (born circa 1924 - December 8, 1990) was an American lyricist, songwriter, singer, and performer best remembered for her work in mid-20th-century radio, film soundtracks, and Las Vegas...
View ArticleGrady Chapman born October 1, 1929
Grady Chapman (October 1, 1929 – January 4, 2011) was best known as the American lead singer of doo wop group The Robins.Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Chapman joined The Robins in 1952, singing...
View ArticleWillie Hightower born 30 September 1940
Willie Hightower (born 30 September 1940*) is an American rhythm and blues, soul and funk singer.Willie Hightower was born in Gadsden, Alabama. At six years old, he began singing in the church. By the...
View ArticleClarence Ashley born September 29, 1895
Clarence "Tom" Ashley (September 29, 1895 – June 2, 1967) was an American musician and singer, who played the clawhammer banjo and the guitar. He began performing at medicine shows in the Southern...
View ArticleJim Diamond born 28 September 1951
Jim Diamond (28 September 1951 – 8 October 2015) was a Scottish singer-songwriter, best known for his three top 5 hits: "I Won't Let You Down" (1982), as the lead singer of PhD; and his solo...
View ArticleGuido Basso born 27 September 1937
Guido Basso CM (27 September 1937 – 13 February 2023) was a Canadian jazz musician who was a member of Rob McConnell's Boss Brass big band. He was a trumpeter, flugelhornist, arranger, composer, and...
View ArticleTed Greene born September 26, 1946
Theodore Greene (September 26, 1946 – July 23, 2005) was an American fingerstyle guitarist, columnist, session musician and educator based in Encino, California.Ted was born in Los Angeles, Calif. on...
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