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Gery Scott born 5 October 1923
Gery Scott (5 October 1923 – 14 December 2005) was a jazz and cabaret entertainer and teacher, whose performing career spanned 26 countries and over 60 years. Born Diana Geraldine Whitburn in Bombay,...
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Susan Raye born 8 October 1944
Susan Raye (born October 8, 1944, Eugene, Oregon) is an American country music singer. She enjoyed great popularity during the early and mid-1970s and chalked up seven top 10 and nineteen top 40...
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Bebo Valdes born 9 October 1918
Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro (October 9, 1918 – March 22, 2013), better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of...
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Johnny Gregory born 12 October 1924
John Gregory (born John Gregori, 12 October 1924) was a British bandleader, arranger and composer. John Gregory, known to all his friends as Johnny, was born in High Street Camden Town in London on...
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Chris Farlowe born 13 October 1940
Chris Farlowe, born 13 October 1940 in Islington, North London is an English rock, blues and soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time", which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in...
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Allan Jones born 14 October 1926
Allan Jones (October 14, 1907 – June 27, 1992) was an American actor and tenor. For many years he was married to actress Irene Hervey; their son is American pop singer Jack Jones. Allan Jones was born...
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Robert Ward born 15 October 1938
Robert Ward (October 15, 1938 – December 25, 2008) was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players. He...
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Barney Kessel born 17 October 1923
Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Noted in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was...
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Annette Hanshaw born 18 October 1901
Catherine Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 – March 13, 1985) was one of the first popular female jazz singers. In the late 1920s she ranked alongside Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith and the Boswell...
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Dickie Pride born 21 October 1941
Dickie Pride (21 October 1941 — 26 March 1969), was a British rock and roll singer. He was one of Larry Parnes' stable of pop music stars, who did not enjoy as successful a career as most of his...
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Annette Funicello born 22 October 1942
Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. She was Walt Disney's most popular cast member of The Mickey Mouse Club, and went on to appear in a...
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Betty Bennett born 23 October 1921
Betty Bennett (born October 23, 1921) is an American jazz singer. Betty Bennett was born 23 October 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a child, she hoped to become an opera singer, studying voice and...
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Kai Warner born 27 October 1926
Kai Warner was the stage name of Werner Last (27 October 1926 – 9 July 1982), a German bandleader and musician, and the brother of James Last and Robert Last.Born in Bremen, Warner took piano lessons...
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Conny Froboess born 28 October 1943
Cornelia Froboess (born 28 October 1943, Wriezen) was the first child singing star in Germany's history and subsequently became a teen idol during the late '50s and early '60s. During that time,...
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Patsy Montana born 30 October 1908
Ruby Rose Blevins (October 30, 1908 – May 3, 1996), known professionally as Patsy Montana, was an American country music singer-songwriter and the first female country performer to have a...
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Sabby Lewis born 1 November 1914
William Sebastian "Sabby" Lewis (November 1, 1914 in Middleburgh, North Carolina – July 9, 1994) was a jazz pianist, band leader, and arranger. Lewis was born in Middleburgh, North Carolina, but was...
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Frances Faye born 4 November 1912
Frances Faye (November 4, 1912 – November 8, 1991) was a United States cabaret and show tune singer, Songwriter, Actress and pianist. She was born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York...
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Mats Olsson born 3 November 1929
Mats Olsson (3 November 1929 – 11 September 2013) was a Swedish musician, prominent arranger and conductor of popular music. He was the musical director for the Swedish national final of the Eurovision...
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Ike Turner born 5 November 1931
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner, Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. An early pioneer of fifties rock and...
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Bill Snyder born 7 November 1916
Bill Snyder also known as William P. Snyder (November 7, 1916 – Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, May 11, 2011) was an American pianist, bandleader and songwriter of the 1950s.Bill Snyder, "America's most...
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