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Pha Terrell born 25 May 1910
Elmer "Pha" Terrell (May 25, 1910 in Kansas City, Missouri - October 14, 1945 in Los Angeles) was an American jazz singer with a smooth, mellow baritone, but was also capable of singing in falsetto, a...
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Diz Disley born 27 May 1931
William Charles "Diz" Disley (27 May 1931 – 22 March 2010) was an Anglo-Canadian jazz guitarist, entertainer, and graphic designer. At various times he was a banjoist in traditional jazz bands, a...
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Gary Stewart born 28 May 1944
Gary Ronnie Stewart (May 28, 1944 – December 16, 2003) was a country musician and songwriter known for his distinctive vibrato voice and his southern rock influenced, outlaw country sound. During the...
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Jackie Lee born 29 May 1936
Jackie Lee (born Jacqueline Norah Flood, 29 May 1936, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish popular music singer, who has recorded under various names.Lee was a musical child prodigy. She won a...
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Clora Bryant born 30 May 1927
Clora Bryant (born May 30, 1927, in Denison, Texas) is an American jazz trumpeter who remains a sadly under-recognized musical pioneer. The lone female trumpeter to collaborate with Charlie Parker and...
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Dave McKenna born 31 May 1930
Dave McKenna (30 May 1930 – 18 October 2008, Woonsocket, Rhode Island) was an American jazz pianist. Known primarily as a solo pianist and for his distinctive "three-handed" swing style, he was a...
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Marie Knight born 1 June 1925
Marie Knight (June 1, 1925 – August 30, 2009) was an American gospel and R&B singer.She was born Marie Roach was born June 1, 1925, in Brooklyn, N.Y. and raised in Newark, N.J. When she was 5, her...
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Diahann Carroll born 17 June 1935
Diahann Carroll (born July 17, 1935 in New York, New York) is an American actress and singer.Having appeared some of the earliest major studio films to feature African-American casts such as Carmen...
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Tommy Hunt born 18 June 1933
Tommy Hunt (born Charles James Hunt, June 18, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American soul/northern soul singer, and a 2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as a member of...
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Al Wilson born 19 June 1939
Allen LaMar "Al" Wilson (June 19, 1939 – April 21, 2008) was an American soul singer known for the million-selling #1 hit, "Show and Tell". He is also remembered for his Northern soul anthem, "The...
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T. Texas Tyler born 20 June 1916
David Luke Myrick (June 20, 1916 – January 28, 1972), known professionally as T. Texas Tyler, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was a successful figure from the late '40s through...
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O.C. Smith born 21 June 1932
O.C. Smith (June 21, 1932 – November 23, 2001) was an American musician. His recording of "Little Green Apples", went to number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968, and sold over one million records....
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Ella Johnson born 22 June 1923
Ella Johnson (June 22, 1919 – February 16, 2004) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues vocalist who spent her entire professional career of almost two decades as a featured singer with the...
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Dave King born 23 June 1929
Dave King (23 June 1929 – 15 April 2002) had one of the most remarkable careers in show business. Quite apart from his brief, but enviable, chart career with pop records, he was a successful comedian...
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Connie Hall born 24 June 1929
Connie Hall (b. June 24, 1929 in Walden, Kentucky) is an American country music singer, who had brief success as a country music artist in the late 1950s and 1960s. She is also a songwriter. Connie...
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Arthur Tracy born 25 June 1899
Arthur Tracy (25 June 1899 – 5 October 1997) was an American vocalist, billed as The Street Singer. His performances in theatre, films and radio, along with his recordings, brought him international...
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Vicki Young born 26 June 1925
Vicki Young (26, June 1925 – 5,January 2007) was an American R&B, rock 'n roll and pop singer and songwriter. Vicki Young was born Wanda Cleo Stegall on June 26, 1925, in Vinson, Oklahoma, the...
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Virginia Lee born 27 June 1927
Virginia Lee (June 27, 1927 - January 6, 1990) was a South African singer of light music. She was especially famous for hits like Goodbye my love (her biggest hit), I'll Never Forget You and You're My...
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Frank Loesser born 29 June 1910
Frank Henry Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote numerous songs for films and Tin Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five...
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