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Tony 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...
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J.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...
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Jim 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...
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Gene 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...
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Delbert 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...
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Bob 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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Willie James Lyons born 5 December 1938
Willie James Lyons (December 5, 1938 – December 26, 1980) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He worked primarily in the West Side of Chicago from the late 1950s up to his...
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George Williams born 6 December 1935
George Williams (6 December 1935 - 28 July 2004) was an American soul singer and songwriter, best known as the longtime lead vocalist for the Philly soul group the Tymes. George Reginald Williams Jr.,...
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Ron Hynes born 7 December 1950
Ron Hynes (December 7, 1950 – November 19, 2015) was a folk singer-songwriter from Newfoundland and Labrador. Commonly refered to as The Man of a Thousand Songs, he was especially known for his...
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George Baker born 8 December 1944
Johannes "Hans" Bouwens (born 8 December 1944), known as George Baker, is a Dutch singer and songwriter who, with his band George Baker Selection, scored three international hits; "Little Green Bag"...
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Morton Gould born 10 December 1913
Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist. Morton Gould was born in Richmond Hill, New York, United States. He was recognized early...
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Beegie Adair born 11 December 1937
Bobbe Gorin "Beegie" Adair (née Long, December 11, 1937 – January 23, 2022) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader, and a revered figure in Nashville's jazz scene, whose career spanned more than...
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Bob Dorough born 12 December 1923
Bob Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz vocalist, pianist, and composer. He became famous as the composer and performer of songs...
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Lou Adler born 13 December 1933
Lester Louis Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of...
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Judy Roderick born 14 December 1942
Judith Allen Roderick (December 14, 1942 – January 22, 1992) was an American folk and blues singer and songwriter, described by Allmusic as: "One of the finest white folk/blues singers of the early to...
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Jeff Carson born 16 December 1963
Jeffrey Lee Herndon (December 16, 1963 – March 26, 2022), known professionally as Jeff Carson, was an American country music artist. Jeffrey Lee Herndon was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in...
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Frankie Miller born 17 December 1931
Frankie Miller (born December 17, 1931, Victoria, Texas) is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter. Born in Victoria, Texas, neither of his parents were musicians but there was plenty of...
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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson born 18 December 1917
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed...
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Alvin Lee born 19 December 1944
Alvin Lee (19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Born Graham...
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Pat Hare born 20 December 1930
Auburn "Pat" Hare (December 20, 1930 – September 26, 1980) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. His heavily distorted, power chord–driven electric guitar performances in the early 1950s...
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Carl Wilson born 21 December 1946
Carl Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the...
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Mo Foster born 22 December 1944
Michael Ralph "Mo" Foster (22 December 1944 – 3 July 2023) was an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker. Born in Woking, Surrey, to Ethel...
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Frank Morgan born 23 December 1933
Frank Morgan (December 23, 1933 – December 14, 2007) was a jazz saxophonist with a career spanning more than 50 years. He mainly played alto saxophone but also played soprano saxophone. He was known as...
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Cab Calloway born 25 December 1907
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of...
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