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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson born 18 December 1917
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (born Edward L. Vinson Jr.; December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed...
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Alvin Lee born 19 December 1944
Alvin Lee (19 December 1944 – 6 March 2013) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the blues rock band Ten Years After. Born Graham...
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Pat Hare born 20 December 1930
Auburn "Pat" Hare (December 20, 1930 – September 26, 1980) was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. His heavily distorted, power chord–driven electric guitar performances in the early 1950s...
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Carl Wilson born 21 December 1946
Carl Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the...
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Mo Foster born 22 December 1944
Michael Ralph "Mo" Foster (22 December 1944 – 3 July 2023) was an English multi-instrumentalist, record producer, composer, solo artist, author, and public speaker. Born in Woking, Surrey, to Ethel...
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Frank Morgan born 23 December 1933
Frank Morgan (December 23, 1933 – December 14, 2007) was a jazz saxophonist with a career spanning more than 50 years. He mainly played alto saxophone but also played soprano saxophone. He was known as...
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Cab Calloway born 25 December 1907
Cabell Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of...
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Herb Johnson born 26 December 1935
Herb Johnson (December 26th, 1935 - January 19th, 2004) was an American rhythm & blues, soul and funk vocalist. Philadelphia soul legend Herb Johnson was born Herbert Earshell Johnson Jr. in...
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Peter Sinfield born 27 December 1943
Peter John Sinfield (27 December 1943 – 14 November 2024) was an English poet and songwriter. He was best known as a co-founder and lyricist of King Crimson. Their debut album In the Court of the...
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Nichelle Nichols born 28 December 1932
Nichelle Nichols (December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American...
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Joaquin Murphey born 30 December 1923
Earl James "Joaquin" Murphey (often spelled "Murphy) (30 December 1923 – 25 October 1999) was an American steel guitarist who was the cutting edge lap steel guitarist of his time due to his clean...
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Evelyn Knight born 31 December 1917
Evelyn Knight (December 31, 1917 – September 28, 2007) was an American singer of the 1940s and 1950s. Born Evelyn Davis in Reedville, Virginia, her father was "head of a geodetic survey for the...
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Benny Barnes born 1 January 1936
Benny Barnes (January 1, 1936 – August 15, 1987) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known for his 1956 hit "Poor Man's Riches". Barnes also owned various...
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Doris Drew born circa 1925
Doris Drew (born c. 1925) was an American pop and jazz singer in the late 1940s and 1950s. She was born in San Antonio, Texas. Not much is known about her earlier life until 1949 when she was the...
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Victor Borge born 3 January 1909
Victor Borge (January 3, 1909 – December 23, 2000) was a Danish-American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. His blend...
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Tommy McClennan born 4 January 1905
Tommy McClennan (January 4, 1905 – May 9, 1961) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist. McClennan was born in Durant, Mississippi, and grew up in the town. He is shown with his mother Cassie...
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Wild Bill Davison born 5 January 1906
Wild Bill Davison (Jan. 5, 1906 —Nov. 14, 1989) was an American jazz cornet player who recorded some 800 songs and traveled extensively in his 70-year career. William Edward Davison was born in the...
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Buddy Weed born 6 January 1918
Buddy Weed (January 6, 1918- May 25, 1997) was a prominent American jazz pianist, singer and arranger. Born Harold Eugene Weed in Ossining, New York, Eugene Harold Weed’s natural dexterity of the...
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Bobo Jenkins born 7 January 1916
Bobo Jenkins (January 7, 1916 – August 14, 1984) was an American Detroit blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He also built and set up his own recording studio and record label in...
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