Russell Malone born 8 November 1963
Russell Lamar Malone (November 8, 1963 – August 23, 2024) was an American jazz guitarist. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988 and went on to work with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall throughout...
View ArticleBrother Joe May born 9 November 1912
Brother Joe May (November 9, 1912 – July 14, 1972) was an American gospel singer dubbed "The Thunderbolt of the Middle West" by his mentor, the legendary Willie Mae Ford Smith, Brother Joe May was...
View ArticleBuddy Ace born 11 November 1936
Buddy Ace (November 11, 1936 – December 25, 1994), was an American Texas blues singer, billed as the "Silver Fox of the Blues". Born James Lee Land in Jasper, Texas, he grew up in Baytown, Texas, and...
View ArticleSam Jones born 12 November 1924
Sam Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981) was an American jazz composer, cellist and double bassist, with an impeccable technique, who could also swing and groove with the best of them. Most...
View ArticleOdia Coates born 13 November 1941
Odia Coates (November 13, 1941 – May 19, 1991) was an African-American singer, best known for her high-profile hits with Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Anka. The daughter of an evangelical minister,...
View ArticleMeg Myles born 14 November 1934
Meg Myles (November 14, 1934 – November 12, 2019) was an American pin-up model, singer, and actress on stage and screen, active mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. She was born Billie Jean Jones in Seattle,...
View ArticleSeldon Powell born 15 November 1928
Seldon Powell (15 November 1928 – 25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. A veteran tenor saxophonist and flutist,...
View ArticleW.C. Clark born 16 November 1939
W.C. Clark (November 16, 1939 – March 2, 2024) was an American blues musician. He is known as the "Godfather of Austin Blues" for his influence on the Austin, Texas blues scene since the late 1960s....
View ArticleIain Sutherland born 17 November 1948
Iain Sutherland (17 November 1948 - 25 November 2019) and his brother Gavin Sutherland (born 6 October 1951) were a Scottish folk and soft rock duo. Iain George Sutherland was born in Ellon maternity...
View ArticleAlain Barrière born 18 November 1935
Alain Barrière (18 November 1935 – 18 December 2019) was a French singer, who was active from the 1950s until his death and was known for participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963. He became...
View ArticleJ.D. Sumner born 19 November 1924
J.D. Sumner (November 19, 1924 – November 16, 1998) was an American gospel singer, songwriter, and music promoter noted for his bass voice, and his innovation in the Christian and Gospel music fields....
View ArticleDr. John born 20 November 1941
Dr. John. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk. Dr John’s real name was Malcolm John...
View ArticleNorville Dollar born 21 November 1936
Norville Dollar (21 November 1936 – 25 August 2021) was a country western artist and a prolific song writer. Norville Paul Dollar was born in Hematite, Missouri, the third of Robert and Celeste Vinyard...
View ArticleLittle Al Thomas born 22 November 1930
Little Al Thomas (22 November 1930 – 18 February 2020) was a Chicago blues singer and a veteran of the local club scene. Cook County HospitalAlbert Thomas came from a southern family. His parents were...
View ArticleRita Corita born 24 November 1917
Hendrika Sturm, best known as Rita Corita (24 November 1917 – 24 December 1998) was a Dutch singer, actress and comedian. Hendrika (Rita) Sturm was born in Amsterdam, the eldest of three: she had a...
View ArticleGus Bivona born 25 November 1915
Gus Bivona (November 25, 1915 – January 5, 1996) was an American reed player, (covering a range of clarinets, saxophones and flute) at the height of the big band era. He was never a household-name...
View ArticleRocky Sharpe born 26 November 1952
Rocky Sharpe (26 November 1952 – 5 December 2019), was the lead singer of the English doo-wop/rock and roll revival group Rocky Sharpe and the Replays, who first found fame in the late 1970s. The usual...
View ArticleBuzz Cason born 27 November 1939
James Elmore "Buzz" Cason (November 27, 1939 – June 16, 2024) was an American rock singer, songwriter, record producer and author. James Elmore Cason was born in Nashville, Tennessee on November 27,...
View ArticleLittle Sammy Davis born 28 November 1928
Little Sammy Davis (November 28, 1928 – February 16, 2018) was an American blues musician based in New York's Hudson Valley. His music career began in the 1940s, but he was not widely known until the...
View ArticleTony Coe born 29 November 1934
Anthony George Coe (29 November 1934 – 16 March 2023) was an English jazz musician who played clarinet, bass clarinet, and flute as well as soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. As a clarinetist in his...
View ArticleJ.J. Barnes born 30 November 1943
James Jay Barnes (November 30, 1943 – December 10, 2022) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who was active for well over 50 years. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and had seven brothers and one...
View ArticleJim Nesbitt born 1 December 1931
Jim Nesbitt (December 1, 1931 – November 29, 2007) was an American South Carolina deejay who had a flair for tongue-in-cheek humor. This talent put his name on the Country charts thirteen times between...
View ArticleGene Russell born 2 December 1932
Gene Russell (December 2, 1932 – May 5, 1981), was an American pop, jazz, and soul keyboardist who played acoustic and Fender Rhodes and is best known as the founder of the legendary '70s Oakland funk...
View ArticleDelbert Barker born 3 December 1932
Delbert Barker (3 December 1932 – 5 March 2024) was an American Rockabilly singer known within the industry as “The King of the Covers.” Delbert D. Barker was an East Kentucky Appalachian born in...
View ArticleBob Mosley born 4 December 1942
Bob Mosley (born James Robert Mosley, December 4, 1942, in Paradise Valley, California) is principally known as the bass player and one of the songwriters and vocalists for the band Moby Grape. Mosley...
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