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Cathy Carroll born 26 December 1939
Carolyn Stern (December 26, 1939 – Dec. 13, 2022) better known by her stage name Cathy Carroll, was an American pop singer. Carolyn Stern was born in New Rochelle, New York The Wikipedia article on...
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Cootie Stark born 27 December 1927
Cootie Stark (December 27, 1927 – April 14, 2005) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter known as the King of the Piedmont Blues. He learned songs from the originators of...
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Pops Staples born 28 December 1914
 "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was an American gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 1970s", he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist...
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Ed Bruce born 29 December 1939
William Edwin Bruce Jr. (December 29, 1939 – January 8, 2021) was an American country music songwriter, singer, and actor. He was known for writing the 1975 song "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up...
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Melvin Goins born 30 December 1933
 Melvin Goins (December 30, 1933 - July 29, 2016) was an American bluegrass guitarist and singer, among the first generation of bluegrass stars. Melvin was born on Sinai Mountain near the coal mining...
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Gil Mellé (31 December 1931 – 28 October 2004) was an American artist, jazz musician and film composer. Gilbert John Mellé was born on the last day of 1931 in New York City where he was raised by a...
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Earl Wrightson born 1 January 1916
Earl Wrightson (January 1, 1916 – March 7, 1993) was an American singer and actor best known for musical theatre, concerts and television performances. His regular singing partner was the soprano Lois...
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Nick Fatool born 2 January 1915
Nick Fatool (January 2, 1915 – September 26, 2000) was a prolific American big band and dixieland drummer, variously with the orchestras of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Les Brown and Harry James. Also...
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Helen Carr born 1922
Helen Carr (1922* –  September 20, 1960) was a jazz vocalist in the 1940’s and 1950’s who performed with Charlie Barnet, Stan Kenton, Buddy Morrow, Charles Mingus, Donn Trenner and many others. She was...
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Frank Newton born 4 January 1908
Frankie Newton (January 4, 1908* – March 11, 1954) was one of jazz trumpet's most individualistic, dynamic stylists who has been consigned largely to the footnotes and margins of the music's...
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Elizabeth Cotten born 5 January 1895
Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but...
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Ricky Allen born 6 January 1935
Ricky Allen (January 6, 1935 – May 29, 2005) was an American blues, R&B and soul singer from Chicago who recorded in the amalgam style called soul-blues, but he did so in the early 60’s, long...
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Al Bowlly born 7 January 1899
Al Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a vocalist and jazz guitarist who was popular during the 1930s in Britain. He recorded more than 1,000 songs. He was born Albert Allick Bowlly in Lourenço...
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Spencer Wiggins born 8 January 1942
Spencer Wiggins Jr. (January 8, 1942 – February 13, 2023) was an American soul and gospel singer. He was an exponent of so-called "deep soul". Wiggins was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His parents had a...
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Scott Walker born 9 January 1943
Scott Walker (January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019), was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his unorthodox...
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Max Roach born 10 January 1924
Max Roach (January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007) was an American jazz drummer and composer. A pioneer of bebop, he worked in many other styles of music, and is generally considered one of the most...
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Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair born 11 January 1927
Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair (11 January 1927 – 13 February 1995) was a Jamaican-born jazz musician, whose primary instrument was the tenor saxophone. "Blue Bogey", "Kingston Bypass""Debra", and "Wilton...
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Johnny Laws born 12 January 1943
Johnny Laws (born January 12, 1943) is an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been a regular performer for over half a century in Chicago's South Side clubs.Laws was born in...
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Bobby Lester born 13 January 1930
Bobby Lester, (January 13, 1930 – October 15, 1980) was an American tenor rhythm & blues and soul vocalist best known as an original member of the group The Moonglows and was the lead singer on...
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Allen Toussaint born 14 January 1938
Allen Richard Toussaint (January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the...
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