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Luther Vandross born 20 April 1951
Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Luther Vandross was born in New York in 1951, the baby of four children. His father,...
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Ray Griff born 22 April 1940
John Raymond David "Ray" Griff (April 22, 1940 – March 9, 2016) was a Canadian country music singer and songwriter, born in Vancouver and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His songwritering credits...
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Jimmie Noone born 23 April 1895
Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. After beginning his career in New Orleans he led Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, an influential...
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Duane Eddy born 26 April 1938
Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is an American guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood. The legendary simple "twangy" guitar sound of...
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April Stevens born 29 April 1936
April Stevens (born Carol LoTempio, April 29, 1936, Niagara Falls, New York) is an American singer. She has recorded since she was 15 years old. Her most popular solo recording was her RCA Victor...
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Jerry Lordan born 30 April 1934
Jeremiah Patrick "Jerry" Lordan (30 April 1934 — 24 July 1995) was an English songwriter, composer and singer. Born in Paddington, Lordan started in music while still a child, teaching himself to play...
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Al Dexter born 4 May 1905
Al Dexter (May 4, 1905 in Jacksonville, Texas - January 28, 1984 in Lewisville, Texas) was an American country musician and songwriter. He is best known for "Pistol Packin' Mama", a 1942 hit that was...
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Eddie C. Campbell born 6 May 1939
Eddie C. Campbell (born May 6, 1939, Duncan, Mississippi) is an American blues guitarist and singer active in the Chicago blues scene. His parents, sharecroppers, moved to the Windy City when Eddie C....
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Johnny Maestro born 7 May 1939
Johnny Maestro (May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2010) was the lead singer of one of the first mixed-race vocal groups to achieve success in the US charts. The Crests — a group that consisted of three singers...
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Toni Tennille born 8 May 1943
Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille (born May 8, 1940) is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former husband Daryl...
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Don Messer born 9 May 1905
Donald Charles Frederick (Don) Messer (May 9, 1909 - March 26, 1973) was a Canadian musician and defining icon of folk music during the 1960s. Born in Tweedside, New Brunswick, Messer began playing the...
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Jackie Lomax born 10 May 1944
John Richard "Jackie" Lomax (10 May 1944 – 15 September 2013) was an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his association with George Harrison, who produced Lomax's recordings...
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Bob Atcher born 11 May 1914
James Robert Owen "Bob" Atcher (May 11, 1914 – October 31, 1993) was an American country musician. Bob Atcher was one of the most popular country music entertainers of the post-World War II era,...
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Maxine Sullivan born 13 May 1911
Maxine Sullivan (May 13, 1911 – April 7, 1987), born Marietta Williams in Homestead, Pennsylvania, was an American jazz vocalist and performer.As a vocalist, Maxine Sullivan was active for half a...
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Troy Shondell born 14 May 1940
Gary Wayne Schelton (May 14, 1939 – January 7, 2016), known by his stage name Troy Shondell, was an American vocalist, who achieved a modicum of fame and recognition in the early 1960s. He became a...
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Norrie Paramor born 15 May 1914
Norrie Paramor (15 May 1914 – 9 September 1979) was a British pianist, orchestrator, arranger and orchestral conductor. As musical director for EMI/Columbia from 1952, Paramor produced albums in varied...
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Gil Garfield born 20 May 1933
Gil Garfield (May 20, 1933 - Jan 01, 2011) was a singer, songwriter, producer and a former member of the 1950s vocal group The Cheers. Gilbert I. Garfield was born May 20, 1933, in Los Angeles to...
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Horace Heidt born 21 May 1901
Horace Heidt (May 21, 1901–December 1, 1986) was an American pianist, big band leader, and radio and television personality. His band, Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights, toured vaudeville and...
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Libby Holman born 23 May 1904
Elizabeth Lloyd Holzman, best known as Libby Holman (May 23, 1904 – June 18, 1971), was an American torch singer and stage actress who also achieved notoriety for her complex and unconventional...
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Sylvester Ahola born 24 May 1902
Sylvester Ahola (May 24, 1902 – February 13, 1995) was a classic jazz trumpeter and cornetist born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He became most popular in England rather than the United State. He has...
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