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Genya Ravan born 19 April 1940
Genya Ravan, Â (born April 19, 1940), is an American rock singer and producer. Being part of the first successful all-girl band, Goldie and the Gingerbreads, she paved the way for bands like Fanny, The...
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Eddie Ware born 20 April 1931
Eddie Ware (20 April, 1931 – 6 December,1978 ) was a Chicago blues pianist, singer and bandleader. Eddie W. Ware was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Son of Gin Ware and Johnnie Lee Daniels. Nothing is...
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Carl Belew born 21 April 1931
Carl Robert Belew (April 21, 1931 – October 31, 1990) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Belew recorded for Decca, RCA Victor, and MCA in the 1950s through 1970s, charting 11 times on...
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Jeff St. John born 22 April 1946
Jeff St John (born Jeffrey Leo Newton; 22 April 1946 – 6 March 2018), was an Australian musician, singer and songwriter. St John was born Jeffrey Leo Newton on 22 April 1946, in Newtown, Sydney,...
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Nancy Norman born 23 April 1925
Nancy Norman (born Florence Berman on April 23, 1925) was a big band singer in the early 1940s and had a string of hits with the Sammy Kaye Orchestra. Norman was born in Los Angeles, California and...
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Johnny Griffin born 24 April 1928
John Arnold Griffin III (April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Nicknamed "the Little Giant" for his short stature and forceful playing.He was born in Chicago and...
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Willis "Gator" Jackson born 25 April 1932
Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Jackson was born in 1932 Miami. He began studying the piano at age ten, then added the clarinet, and...
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Carol Burnett born 26 April 1933
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, and writer. Her groundbreaking comedy variety show The Carol Burnett Show, which originally aired on CBS, was...
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Sista Monica born 27 April 1956
Sista Monica Parker (born Monica C. Parker, April 27, 1956 – October 9, 2014) was an American electric blues, blues rock, gospel and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Gary, Indiana,...
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Mickey Tucker born 28 April 1941
Mickey Tucker (born April 28, 1941 is one of many to suffer from a lack of name recognition and critical acclaim, this jazz pianist is a supremely talented mainstream player who also happens to be an...
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Otis Rush born 29 April 1934
Otis Rush Jr. (April 29, 1934 – September 29, 2018) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities...
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Marva Whitney born 1 May 1944
Marva Whitney (May 1, 1944 – December 22, 2012) was an American funk singer commonly referred to by her honorary title, Soul Sister #1. Whitney was considered by many funk enthusiasts to be one of the...
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Glenn Honeycutt born 2 May 1933
Glenn Honeycutt  (born 2 May 1933) is a singer/guitarist who came to Memphis from Mississippi, the same route as a younger contemporary of his named Elvis Presley, who also happened to be a cousin of...
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John Lewis born 3 May 1920
John Lewis (May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. John Aaron Lewis was born in...
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Don Friedman born 4 May 1935
Don Friedman (May 4, 1935 – June 30, 2016) was an excellent if underrated American jazz pianist. He began playing in Los Angeles and moved to New York in 1958. In the 1960s, he played with both modern...
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Bobby Austin born 5 May 1933
Bobby Austin (May 4, 1933 – January 6, 2002) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician. Born Robert Allen Austin in Wenatchee, Washington. Influenced by country artists such as Hank...
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Mary MacGregor born 6 May 1948
Mary MacGregor (born May 6, 1948) is an American singer. She is best known for singing the 1976 song "Torn Between Two Lovers", which topped the Billboard charts for two weeks. MacGregor was born in...
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Terry Allen born 7 May 1943
Terry Allen (born May 7, 1943) is an American musician and artist from Lubbock, Texas. Allen's musical career as a singer-songwriter has spanned many Texas country and outlaw country albums, and his...
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Robert Johnson born 8 May 1911
Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting...
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Constance Demby born 9 May 1939
Constance Mary Demby (née Eggers; May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021) was an American musician, composer, painter, sculptor, and multimedia producer. Her music fell into several categories, most notably new...
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