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Little Sonny (Willis) born 6 October 1932
Little Sonny (born Aaron Willis; October 6, 1932, in Greensboro, Alabama) is an American electric blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. Willis was born in 1932 and raised solely by his mother....
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Uncle Dave Macon born 7 October 1870
David Harrison Macon (October 7, 1870 – March 22, 1952), known professionally as Uncle Dave Macon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Known as "The Dixie Dewdrop",...
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Harry McClintock born 8 October 1882
Harry Kirby McClintock (October 8, 1884 – April 24, 1957), also known as "Haywire Mac”, “Radio Mac” and “ Strawlegs Martin” was an American railroad man, radio personality, actor, singer, songwriter,...
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Ronnie Barron born 9 October1943
Ronnie Barron (October 9, 1943 – March 20, 1997) was an American actor, musician, and blue-eyed soul singer during the 1970s. Little known in his country, this singer and pianist nevertheless reached a...
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Salome Bey born 10 October 1933
Salome Bey CM (October 10, 1933 – August 8, 2020) was an American-born, Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and actress who, after emigrating to Toronto in 1964, became known as “Canada’s first lady...
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Billy Higgins born 11 October 1936
Billy Higgins (October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001) was reportedly the most recorded American jazz drummer in history, and certainly one of the most beloved. He played mainly free jazz and hard bop and...
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Sam Moore born 12 October 1935
Samuel David Moore (October 12, 1935 – January 10, 2025) was an American singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He was a member of the Rock...
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Lee Konitz born 13 October1927
Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. Leon Konitz was born October 13, 1927 in Chicago, the third of three sons to Jewish immigrants...
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Brian Knight born 14 October 1939
Brian Knight (October 14, 1939 - September 25, 2001) was a wonderful guitarist, blues singer and harmonica player who came from that late-1950s repertory company of musicians who provided the cast for...
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Victoria Spivey born 15 October 1906
Victoria Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976), was an American blues singer, songwriter, and record company founder. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s,...
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Emile Ford born 16 October 1937
Michael Emile Telford Miller (16 October 1937 – 11 April 2016), known professionally as Emile Ford, was a musician and singer born in Saint Lucia, British Windward Islands. He was popular in the United...
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Jim Seals born 17 October 1941
James Eugene "Jim" Seals (October 17, 1942 - June 6, 2022) was an American folk musician. He was one half of the folk duo Seals and Crofts with Dash Crofts whose cluster of hits in the first half of...
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Laura Nyro born 18 October 1947
Laura Nyro October (18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer. She was praised for her emotive three-octave mezzo-soprano voice. Laura Nyro was born Laura Nigro in the Bronx...
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Two week break
Hello music lovers, It’s that time of year when I have to recharge the old batteries, so I’m off on a cruise up North hopefully to see the Northern lights. Will be back in about two weeks time. Bye...
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Rosemary June born 3 November 1928
Rosemary June (November 3, 1928 - November 4, 2016) was an American studio pop music singer and actress. Born Rose Marie Jun in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she studied Classical Voice at Coe College and...
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Billy Hancock born 4 November 1946
William C. Hancock Jr. (November 4, 1946 – January 22, 2018) was an American singer, guitarist, bassist and multi-instrumental recording artist. He has made numerous recordings, primarily in the...
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Roy Rogers born 5 November 1911
Roy Rogers (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American singer, actor, television host, and rodeo performer. He starred in some 90 motion pictures and over 100...
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Pete Sayers born 6 November 1942
Pete Sayers (November 6, 1942 - February 11, 2005) was a UK country singer and musician. Not for want of trying, no English performers have become stars in American country music, but Pete Sayers got...
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Bill Brandon born 7 November 1943
Bill Brandon (born October 7, 1943) is one of Southern Soul’s most criminally underrated and unsung heroes, who cut some of the genre’s finest singles for a host of labels in the late ’60s and early...
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Minnie Riperton born 8 November 1947
Minnie Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1974 single "Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of...
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Pete Brown born 9 November 1906
Pete Brown (November 9, 1906 - September 20, 1963,) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader.James Ostend "Pete" Brown was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, who came to the U.S. from...
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Screaming Lord Sutch born 10 November 1940
Screaming Lord Sutch (10 November 1940 – 16 June 1999) was an English musician and perennial parliamentary candidate. Sutch was born in north London. His father, a war reserve policeman, was killed in...
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LaVern Baker born 11 November 1929
Delores LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer who had several hit records on the pop charts in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was born Delores...
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Al Hendrix born 12 November 1934
Clyde Allen Hendrix (November 12, 1934 – July 23, 2021), also known as Al Hendrix, was an American rockabilly singer and songwriter. Hendrix was born November 12, 1934 in Miami Florida. When he was 13...
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Hampton Hawes born 13 November 1928
Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975....
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