Willie King born 18 March 1943
Willie King (March 18, 1943 – March 8, 2009) was an American blues guitarist and singer, known for shunning fame and playing at a local bar in Mississippi. King was born in Prairie Point, Mississippi....
View ArticleBuster Bennett born 19 March 1914
Buster Bennett (March 19, 1914 – July 3, 1980) was an American blues saxophonist and blues shouter. His nickname was "Leap Frog". At various times in his career, he played the soprano saxophone, the...
View ArticleMarva Wright born 20 March 1948
Marva Wright (March 20, 1948 – March 23, 2010) was an American blues singer. Down in Louisiana, Marva Wright was called the Blues Queen. Fans of her energy-filled performances, both live and recorded,...
View ArticleBrian Cassar born 21 March 1936
Brian Cassar (21 March 1936 – 25 December 2022) was a British singer and guitarist known as Casey Jones. He led the first notable beat group in Liverpool, Cass and the Cassanovas, who were early rivals...
View ArticleCecil Campbell born 22 March 1911
Cecil Campbell (March 22, 1911 – June 18, 1989) was an American bluegrass bandleader & musician, most famed as a steel guitarist for the Tennessee Ramblers during the 1930s and '40s, although he...
View ArticleKaren Young born 23 March 1951
Karen Young (March 23, 1951 — January 26, 1991) was an American disco singer known for her 1978 hit song "Hot Shot". Young grew up in a Northeast Philadelphia rowhouse. She began as a singer of jingles...
View ArticleDavid Dee born 24 March 1938
David Dee (24 March 1938 – 22, March 2023) was an influential East St. Louis soul singer, guitarist and bandleader. His music career spanned more than five decades, during which he thrived as a...
View ArticleMina Mazzini born 25 March 1940
Mina Anna Maria Mazzini OMRI (born 25 March 1940) known mononymously as Mina, is an Italian singer and actress. She was a staple of television variety shows and a dominant figure in Italian pop music...
View ArticleJames Moody born 26 March 1925
James Moody (March 26, 1925 – December 9, 2010) was an American jazz saxophone and flute player and very occasional vocalist, playing predominantly in the bebop and hard bop styles. The annual James...
View ArticleWilson Miranda born 27 March 1940
Wilson Miranda (March 27, 1940 - June 20, 1986) was a Brazilian singer of samba, rock and jazz, and music producer who early on, was identified with the "jovem guarda" a teen-oriented rock'n'roll sound...
View ArticleGermaine Bazzle born 28 March 1932
Germaine Bazzle (born March 28, 1932) is a jazz vocalist from New Orleans. Her musical influences include Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billy Eckstein. Bazzle was born in New Orleans, Los...
View ArticleVan Broussard born 29 March 1937
Van Broussard (March 29, 1937 - November 17, 2020) was an American swamp pop musician from Louisiana. Van Buren Broussard Jr. was born in Prairieville, Louisiana. The oldest of 12 siblings, Broussard...
View ArticleBobby Wright born 30 March 1942
John Robert "Bobby" Wright (born March 30, 1942) is an American country music singer. He is the son of country singers Kitty Wells and Johnny Wright, and brother of Ruby Wright and Carol Sue Wright,...
View ArticleGene Puerling born 31 March 1929
Gene Puerling (March 31, 1929 – March 25, 2008) was a vocal performer and vocal arranger who created and led the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited. There certainly is no more...
View ArticleEmi and Yumi Ito born 1st April 1941
The Peanuts were a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi Ito (April 1, 1941 - June 15, 2012) and Yumi Itō (April 1, 1941 - May 18, 2016). They were born as Hideyo and Tsukiko Ito in...
View ArticleAlan Burn born circa 1944
Alan Burn (born c.1944) was based in Kittery, Maine and released a number of singles in the mid to late 60s, either as Alan Burn or with a backing band credited, or simply as Alan. Most artists from...
View ArticleHarold Vick born 3 April 1936
Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was one of America’s great unsung saxophonists and flautistwho gained prominence in the 1960s with his bluesy blend of soul-jazz and hard bop. Harold...
View ArticleKris Jensen born 4 April 1942
Kris Jensen (born April 4, 1942) is an American singer, bassist, and guitarist whose sole chart entry was the 1962 US Top 20 success, ‘Torture’. Peter Kristian Jensen was born of Danish-Finnish descent...
View ArticleBill Clifton born 5 April 1931
Bill Clifton (born William August Marburg; April 5, 1931) is an American bluegrass musician and singer who is credited with having organized one of the first bluegrass festivals in the United States in...
View ArticleBill Hardman born 6 April 1933
Bill Hardman (April 6, 1933 – December 6, 1990) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist who chiefly played hard bop. He figures by and large among the top ranks of hardbop titans of the time,...
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