Chris Connor born 8 November 1927
Chris Connor (November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009) was an American jazz singer. She helped enhance the "Cool Jazz" style during the 1950's and 1960's, enjoying a career that spanned five decades. Her...
View ArticleSally Kelly born 11 November 1937
Sally Kelly (born 11 November 1937) was one of very few girls managed by the UK rock and roll pioneering manager Larry Parnes.Born in Dublin, Sally came into show business the hard way, starting in...
View ArticleJanet Lawson born 13 November 1940
Janet Lawson (born Janet Polun; November 13, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a jazz singer and educator.Lawson was born in Baltimore to a Jewish father and Catholic mother from Eastern Europe. Her...
View ArticleBillo Frometa born 15 November 1915
Billo Frómeta (b. November 15, 1915 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Caracas May 5, 1988) was a Dominican Republic orchestra conductor, arranger and composer who lived and worked most of his...
View ArticleEddie Condon born 16 November 1905
Albert Edwin Condon (November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader. A leading figure in Chicago jazz, he also played piano and sang.Condon was born in...
View ArticleJohnny Mercer born 18 November 1909
John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He was also a record label executive, who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry...
View ArticleJamie Coe born 19 November 1935
Jamie Coe (born George Colovas, 19 November 1935, Dearborn, Michigan - 27 January 2007, near Garden City, Michigan) was a musician and entertainer who fronted the Gigolos, the most popular...
View ArticleJune Christy born 20 November 1925
June Christy (born Shirley Luster; November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990) was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began...
View ArticleManuel de Falla born 23 November 1876
Manuel de Falla, (born November 23, 1876, Cádiz, Spain—died November 14, 1946, Alta Gracia, Argentina), the most distinguished Spanish composer of the early 20th century. In his music he achieved a...
View ArticlePercy Sledge born 25 November 1940
Percy Tyrone Sledge (November 25, 1940 – April 14, 2015) was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. Sledge was born on November 25, 1940, in Leighton, Alabama. He worked in a series of...
View ArticleDavy Graham born 26 November 1940
David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham (originally spelled Davy Graham) (26 November 1940 – 15 December 2008) was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk...
View ArticleSandy Nelson born 1 December 1938
Sander L. Nelson (born December 1, 1938) is an American drummer. Nelson, one of the best-known rock drummers of the early 1960s, had several solo instrumental Top 40 hits and was a session drummer on...
View ArticleErnie Carson born 4 December 1937
Everett “Ernie” Carson III (December 4, 1937 – January 9, 2012) was an American Dixieland jazz revival cornetist, pianist, and singer who became a legendary Icon of Traditional Jazz who was known...
View ArticleJerry Butler born 8 December 1939
Jerry Butler, Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer and songwriter. He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the famed R&B vocal group the Impressions, as well as a...
View ArticleDavid Houston born 9 December 1935
Charles David Houston (December 9, 1935 – November 30, 1993) was an American country music singer. His peak in popularity came between the mid-1960s through the early 1970s. Houston was born in Bossier...
View ArticleGuitar Slim born 10 December 1926
Eddie Lee Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song "The Things That I...
View ArticleSonny Fisher born 13 December 1930
Therman "Sonny" Fisher (Nov 13, 1930 – Oct 8, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Chandler (Texas). Nicknamed the "Wild Man from Texas", Fisher cut a distinctive figure...
View ArticleAbbe Lane born 14 December 1932
Abbe Lane (born Abigail Francine Lassman; December 14, 1932) is an American singer and actress.Dubbed "the swingingest sexpot in show business" in a 1963 magazine profile, va-va-voom pop singer Abbe...
View ArticleJohnny "Hammond" Smith born 16 December 1933
John Robert Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) also known as Johnny "Hammond" Smith, was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he was a renowned player of the...
View ArticlePee Wee Crayton born 18 December 1914
Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985), known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer.Although he was certainly inexorably influenced by the...
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