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Ibrahim Ferrer born 20 February 1927
Ibrahim Ferrer (February 20, 1927 – August 6, 2005) was a popular Afro-Cuban singer and musician in Cuba. He performed with many musical groups including the Conjunto Sorpresa, Orquesta Chepin-Choven...
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Eddie Higgins born 21 February 1932
Edward Haydn Higgins (February 21, 1932 - August 31, 2009) was a jazz pianist, composer, and orchestrator.Born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Higgins initially studied privately with his...
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Billy Merrin born 22 February 1900
Billy Merrin (22February 1900 – 24 July 1980) was a British orchestra leader, composer and arranger.William Herbert Merrin was born at Nottingham. In his early years he studied the banjo, mandolin,...
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Isabel Bigley born 23 February 1926
Isabel Bigley (February 23, 1926 – September 30, 2006) was an American actress, perhaps best remembered for originating the partof Sarah Brown in Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls.Bigley was born in New...
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Driftin' Slim born 24 February 1919
Driftin' Slim (February 24, 1919 – September 15, 1977) was an African American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. Born Elmon Mickle, he learned at a young age the guitar and the harmonica,...
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Fred Katz born 25 February 1919
Frederick Katz (February 25, 1919 – September 7, 2013) was an American cellist and composer. He was among the earliest jazz musicians to establish the cello as a viable improvising solo instrument....
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Harry Gold born 26 February 1907
Harry Gold (26 February 1907 – 13 November 2005), was a British dixieland jazz saxophonist and bandleader and a driving force behind Britain's postwar Dixieland revival, spreading the gospel of...
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Elisabeth Welch born 27 February 1904
Elisabeth Margaret Welch (February 27, 1904 – July 15, 2003) was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were "Stormy Weather", "Love for...
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Willie Mitchell born 1 March 1928
William Lawrence Mitchell (March 1, 1928 – January 5, 2010)* was an American trumpeter, bandleader, soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger who ran Royal Studios in...
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Red Saunders born 2 March 1912
Theodore Dudley "Red" Saunders (March 2, 1912 – March 5, 1981) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He also played vibraphone and timpani. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and after his...
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Herb Hardesty born 3 March 1925
Herbert Hardesty (March 3, 1925 – December 3, 2016) was an American musician who played tenor saxophone and trumpet. He is best known for his association with the New Orleans pianist Fats Domino and...
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Paul Mauriat born 4 March 1932
Paul Mauriat (Marseille, 4 March 1925 – 3 November 2006 in Perpignan) was a French orchestra leader, specializing in light music. He is best known in the United States for his remake of André Popp's...
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Johnny Jenkins born 5 March 1935
Johnny Edward Jenkins (March 5, 1939 – June 26, 2006) was an American left-handed blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who helped launch the career of Otis Redding. His flamboyant style of guitar...
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Sam Donahue born 8 March 1918
Sam Donahue (18 March 1918 – 22 March 1974) was an American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist, trumpeter and musical arranger. Born in Detroit, Michigan as Samuel Koontz Donahue, he began his musical...
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Hi fellow music lovers. You may note that I have posting sporadically of late, but the main reason is due to compiling scripts for my shows on Angel Radio. I have 2 shows per week which can be heard...
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Ike Carpenter born 11 March 1920
Isaac M. "Ike" Carpenter (1920–1998) was a popular American Jazz bandleader and pianist active in the 1940s and 1950s, most noted for his success in nightclubs on the West Coast during the post-World...
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Sammy Kaye born 13 March 1910
Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr., 13 March 1910, Lakewood, Ohio – died 2 June 1987, Ridgewood, New Jersey) was a U.S. bandleader and songwriter. 'Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye'' is probably the...
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Les Baxter born 14 March 1922
Leslie Thompson "Les" Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician and composer. After becoming well known as an arranger and composer for swing bands in the 1940s, he developed...
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Harry James born 15 March 1916
Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was a popular American musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. One of the most popular bandleaders of the wartime era, Harry James...
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Beryl Davis born 16 March 1924
Beryl Davis (16 March 1924 – 28 October 2011) was a vocalist who sang with British and American big bands. Her younger sister is Lisa Davis Waltz, a teen actress in the 1950s and 1960s and later, the...
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