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Les McCann born 23 September 1935
Les McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to...
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Fats Navarro born 24 September 1923
Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 6, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. Widely acknowledged as one of the...
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Eric Taylor born 25 September 1949
Eric Taylor (September 25, 1949 – March 9, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter from Texas,known for his storytelling style, combining spoken word with anecdotal songs to create a theater-style...
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Vaughn De Leath born 26 September 1894
Vaughn De Leath (September 26, 1894 – May 28, 1943) was an American female singer who gained popularity in the 1920s, earning the sobriquets "The Original Radio Girl" and the "First Lady of Radio."...
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Harvey Scales born 27 September 1942
Harvey Scales (September 27, 1940 – February 11, 2019) was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and producer. Once called Milwaukee's "Godfather of Soul" by a local reporter, and described...
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Victor Jara born 29 September 1932
VÃctor Jara (September 28, 1932—September 16, 1973) was a Chilean folk singer, one of the pioneers of the nueva canción genre of politically charged popular songs. His political activism led to his...
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Freddie Bell born 29 September 1931
Ferdinando Dominick Bello, known as Freddie Bell, (September 29, 1931 – February 10, 2008) was an American musician, whose group, Freddie Bell and the Bellboys, were influential in the development of...
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Z.Z. Hill born 30 September 1935
Arzell J. "Z. Z." Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984) was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down...
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Albert Collins born 1 October 1932
Albert Gene Collins (October 1, 1932 – November 24, 1993) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer with a distinctive guitar style. He was noted for his powerful playing and his use of...
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Jo-El Sonnier born 2 October 1946
Jo-El Sonnier (born Joel Sonnier; October 2, 1946 – January 13, 2024) was an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performed country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury...
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Chubby Checker born 3 October 1941
Chubby Checker ( born October 3, 1941) is an American singer and dancer. He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard...
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Bennie Smith born 5 October 1933
Bennie Smith (October 5, 1933 – September 10) was an American, St. Louis blues guitarist, considered to be one of the city's patriarchs of electric blues. His sound was emblematic of a St. Louis blues...
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Colin Cooper born 7 October 1939
Colin Cooper (October 7 1939 - July 3 2008) was the founder and leader of the Climax Blues Band, the history of which covered four decades from 1968. Their most successful song was the sly, silky...
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Lonnie Pitchford born 8 October 1955
Lonnie Pitchford (October 8, 1955 – November 8, 1998) was an American blues musician and instrument maker from Lexington, Mississippi, United States. He was one of only a handful of young African...
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Yusef Lateef born 9 October 1920
Yusef Abdul Lateef (October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States. A man of many...
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Oscar Brown Jr born 10 October 1926
Oscar Brown Jr. (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. Brown discovered The Jackson 5. Aside from his career, Brown...
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Harmonica Frank Floyd born 11 October 1908
Frank Floyd, known as Harmonica Frank (October 11, 1908 – August 7, 1984) was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. He was his own best caricature. A hobo and refugee from the old...
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Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto born 12 October 1926
Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto (October 12, 1926 – February 29, 2000, Tokyo) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader. His contributions to the jazz industry of Japan were many and recognized by...
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My 500th show on Angel Radio
Hello music lovers, I have been so busy today that I just haven't got time to do a birthday profile, but I have just been sent a copy of my 500th show from the manager of Angel Radio, which I would...
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Joyce Bryant born 14 October 1927
Joyce Bryant (October 14, 1927 – November 20, 2022) was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer....
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