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Josh Graves born 27 September 1927
Josh Graves (September 27, 1927 Tellico Plains, Monroe County, Tennessee – September 30, 2006), was an American bluegrass musician. Also known by the nicknames "Buck," and "Uncle Josh," he is credited...
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Loyal Garner born 28 September 1946
Loyal Garner (September 28, 1946 – November 15, 2001) was a Hawaiian musician and de facto leader of the Hawaiian singing group Local Divas. She was one of the most popular contemporary Hawaiian...
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Tommy Tate born 29 September 1944
Tommy Tate (September 29, 1945 – January 20, 2017), was an American soul singer and songwriter, who had three hits on the R&B chart in the 1970s. Born Thomas Lee Tate in Homestead, Florida, 1945,...
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Kenny Baker born 30 September 1912
Kenny Baker (September 30, 1912 – August 10, 1985) was an American singer and actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on radio's The Jack Benny Program during the 1930s. His signature song...
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Wild Child Butler born 1 October 1936
George "Wild Child" Butler (October 1, 1936 – March 1, 2005) was an American blues harmonica player, and vocalist with a full, rich-toned voice whose songs arose from his long experience in the Blues....
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Chris LeDoux born 2 October 1948
Chris LeDoux (October 2, 1948 – March 9, 2005) was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor, and hall of fame rodeo champion. During his career, LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many...
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Marilyn Duke born 3 October 1916
Marilyn (Marylin) Duke (October 3, 1916 – August 7, 1995) was an American singer from the swing era of the mid to late 1930s and early 1940s. Born Manfrey Lecta Duke in Jackson, Georgia, she learned to...
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Mark Levine born 4 October 1938
Mark Levine (October 4, 1938 – January 27, 2022) was an American jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, author and educator. Mark Jay Levine was born on Oct. 4, 1938, in Concord, New Hampshire. His...
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John "Dizzy" Moore born 5 October 1938
John Arlington "Dizzy" Moore OD (5 October 1938 - 16 August 2008) was one of Jamaica's most renowned trumpeters. As a founding member of the Skatalites, Jamaica's premier session band of the early...
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Cees Veerman born 6 October 1943
Cees Veerman (6 October 1943 – 15 March 2014) was a Dutch musician. He was a singer, composer and guitarist for the rock band The Cats. He was born in Volendam in the province of North Holland.The...
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John Hickman born 7 October 1942
John Hickman (October 7, 1942 – May 11, 2021) was an American five-string banjo player. Hickman was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He bought his first banjo in 1957 and after listening intently to...
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Marion James born 8 October 1934
Marion James (October 8, 1934 – December 31, 2015) was an American blues singer and songwriter. She was considered Nashville's "Queen of the Blues." Her career spanned 60 years, and she had a hit with...
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Johnnie Bassett born 9 October 1935
Johnnie Alexander Bassett (October 9, 1935 – August 4, 2012) was a Detroit-based American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Working for decades primarily as a session musician, by the...
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Eddie Layton born 10 October 1925
Edward M. Layton (October 10, 1925 – December 26, 2004) was an American stadium organist who played at old Yankee Stadium for nearly 40 years, earning him membership in the New York Sports Hall of...
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Curtis Amy born 11 October 1929
 Curtis Edward Amy (October 11, 1929 – June 5, 2002) was an American jazz saxophonist. Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably heard Curtis Amy. If you listened to pop music and pop radio from...
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Guitar Gabriel born 12 October 1925
Robert Lewis Jones (October 12, 1925 – April 2, 1996), known as both Guitar Gabriel and Nyles Jones, was an American blues musician. Gabriel's unique style of guitar playing, which he referred to as...
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Johnny Lytle born 13 October 1932
Johnny Dillard Lytle (October 13, 1932 – December 15, 1995) was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist. Lytle grew up in Springfield, Ohio in a family of musicians, the son of a trumpeter father and...
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Red McKenzie born 14 October 1899
William 'Red' McKenzie (October 14, 1899 – February 7, 1948) was an American jazz vocalist and musician who played a comb as an instrument. He played the comb-and-paper by placing paper, sometimes...
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Herman Chittison born 15 October 1908
Herman "Ivory" Chittison (October 15, 1908 – March 8, 1967 )was an American jazz pianist. Herman Chittison was born in Flemingsburg, KY, on October 15, 1908, to Charles and Sarrah Jame Chittison....
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Nico born 16 October 1938
Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, actress and model. Nico was born Christa Päffgen in Cologne to Wilhelm and Margarete...
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