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Terry Callier born 24 May 1945
Terrence Orlando "Terry" Callier (May 24, 1945 – October 27, 2012) was an American soul, folk and jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter. Callier was born in the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, and was...
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Beverly Sills born 25 May 1929
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Mamie Smith born 26 May 1891
Mamie Smith (May 26, 1891 – October 23, 1946) was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first...
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Midge Williams born 27 May 1915
Virginia Louise "Midge" Williams (May 27, 1915 – January 9, 1952) was an African-American swing and jazz vocalist during the 1930s and 1940s. Largely forgotten today, and although not as famous as...
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Claudio Roditi born 28 May 1946
Claudio Roditi (May 28, 1946 – January 17, 2020) was a Brazilian jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer. In 1966 Claudio was named a trumpet finalist at the International Jazz Competition in...
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Beatrice Lillie born 29 May 1894
Beatrice Gladys Lillie, Lady Peel (29 May 1894 – 20 January 1989) was a Canadian-born actress, singer, comedy performer and star of British and American revues, perhaps the foremost theatrical...
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Andy Tielman born 30 May 1936
Andy Tielman (30 May 1936 – 10 November 2011) was an influential Indo (Eurasian) artist, recognised as the "godfather" of Indorock, the style of rock and roll played by Indo artists in the 1950s and...
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E.T. Mensah born 31 May 1919
Emmanuel Tettey Mensah (31 May 1919 – 19 July 1996), was a Ghanaian musician who was respectfully known as "the father of modern highlife," Mensah played a vital role in the evolution of Ghana's...
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Jimmy Borges born 1 June 1935
Jimmy Borges (September 1, 1935 - May 30, 2016) was one of Hawaii's premier jazz musicians, performing for 60 years. A magnetic presence, Borges thrived on stage where he could connect personally with...
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Joyce Cobb born 2 June 1945
Joyce Renee Cobb (born June 2, 1945) is an American singer specializing in jazz and R&B. She is closely associated with traditional blues and jazz in the style of Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith,...
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Edwin "Buster" Pickens born 3 June 1916
Edwin "Buster" Goodwin Pickens (June 3, 1916 – November 24, 1964) was an American pianist. Pickens is best known for his work accompanying Alger "Texas" Alexander and Lightnin' Hopkins. He also...
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Dennis Weaver born 4 June 1924
Billy Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, best known for his work in television and films from the early 1950s until just...
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Adolphus Bell born 5 June 1944
Adolphus Bell (June 5, 1944 – October 28, 2013) was an American electric blues musician, best known as a one-man band. He performed in a professional capacity for five decades and released two albums...
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Billie Jean Horton born 6 June 1933
Billie Jean Horton (born June 6, 1933) is an American former country-music singer-songwriter and music promoter. She had high-profile marriages, briefly, until his death, to country musician and...
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Anthony Ortega born 7 June 1928
Anthony Robert "Tony" Ortega (June 7, 1928 – October 30, 2022) was a jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist who is one of only a handful of Mexican-Americans who became prominent jazz musicians....
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Vernon Oxford born 8 June 1941
Vernon Oxford (June 8, 1941 – August 18, 2023) was an American country music singer and guitarist with unlucky timing, coming up during an era when traditional country simply wasn't counting for much...
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Skip James born 9 June 1902
"Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Nehemiah Curtis James was born on June 9, 1902, in a segregated hospital near...
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Arelean Brown born 1924
Arelean Brown (10 June 1924 – 27 April 1981) was a blues singer and songwriter who who started her career in Detroit in the late 1940s. She enjoyed local hit with her witty I'm a streaker in 1974. I...
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Shelly Manne born 11 June 1920
Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number...
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Geri Allen born 12 June 1957
Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator who was dedicated to the advancement of women in jazz. She taught at the University of...
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Bob McGrath born 13 June 1932
Robert Emmett McGrath (June 13, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the...
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Junior Walker born 14 June 1931
Junior Walker (June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995), was an American multi-instrumentalist (primarily saxophonist) and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the 1960s. He also performed as a session...
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Tex Owens born 15 June 1892
Tex Owens (June 15, 1892 – September 9, 1962) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best remembered today for writing the Eddy Arnold hit Cattle Call. Tex Owens was born Doie Hensley...
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Sing Miller born 17 June 1914
James Edward "Sing" Miller (June 17, 1914* – May 18, 1990) was an American jazz pianist and a member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, however, as Miller’s childhood nickname indicates, it would be...
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Sara Martin born 18 June 1884
Sara Martin (June 18, 1884 – May 24, 1955) was an American blues singer, in her time one of the most popular of the classic blues singers. She was billed as "The Famous Moanin' Mama" and "The Colored...
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