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Johnny Grande born 14 January 1930
John A. "Johnny" Grande (January 14, 1930 – June 3, 2006) was a founder member of Bill Haley and the Comets, playing piano on a string of singles that, if they were not actually the first rock'n'roll...
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Thelma Carpenter born 15 January 1920
Thelma Carpenter (January 15, 1922 – May 14, 1997) was a jazz singer and actress, best known as "Miss One", the Good Witch of the North in the movie The Wiz.As a child, the Harlem-born Thelma sang in...
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Mac Curtis born 16 January 1939
Wesley Erwin "Mac" Curtis, Jr. (January 16, 1939 – September 16, 2013) was an American rockabilly musician. Rockabilly legend Mac Curtis was born in Fort Worth, TX, on January 16, 1939. He grew up...
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Harry Reser born 17 January 1896
Harry F. Reser (January 17, 1896 – September 27, 1965) was an American banjo player and bandleader. Born in Piqua, Ohio, Reser was best known as the leader of The Clicquot Club Eskimos. He was regarded...
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Bobby Edwards born 18 January 1926
Bobby Edwards (born Robert Edward Moncrief (January 18, 1926 – July 31, 2012) was an American country music singer who recorded between 1958 and 1968. At the beginning of his career he performed and...
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Ray Anthony born 20 January 1922
Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini, January 20, 1922, in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania) is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor.A popular swing-era trumpeter, Ray Anthony built upon his...
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Richie Havens born 21 January 1941
Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He is best known...
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Marty Paich born 23 January 1925
Martin Louis "Marty" Paich (January 23, 1925, Oakland, California – August 12, 1995, Santa Ynez, California) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, producer, music director and conductor. His...
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Avery Parish born 24 January 1917
James Avery Parrish (January 24, 1917 – December 10, 1959) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote and recorded "After Hours". Injuries from a bar fight in 1943 ended his career...
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David Seville born 27 january 1919
Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), otherwise known by his stage name David Seville, was an American pianist, musician, actor, voice actor, and record producer of Armenian...
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Harlow Wilcox born 28 January 1943
Harlow Wilcox (January 28, 1943 – August 26, 2002) was an American session musician from Norman, Oklahoma. Harlow Wilcox recorded “Groovy Grubworm” in 1969 for the tiny Impel label. Somehow the song...
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Claudine Longet born 29 January 1942
Claudine Georgette Longet (born 29 January 1941) is a French singer, actress, dancer and recording artist who was popular during the 1960s and 1970s.Born in Paris, France, her father was an...
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Isham Jones born 31 January 1894
Isham Edgar Jones (January 31, 1894 – October 19, 1956) was an American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter.While his name may have begun to slip from public consciousness, many of the...
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson born 3 February 1935
John Watson Jr. (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996), known professionally as Johnny "Guitar" Watson, was an American blues, soul, and funk musician and singer-songwriter. A flamboyant showman and...
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Wade Legge born 4 February 1934
Wade Legge (February 4, 1934, Huntington, West Virginia – August 29, 1963, Buffalo, New York) was an American jazz pianist and bassist.Wade lived less than 30 years, his short career an impressive...
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Claude King born 5 February 1923
Claude King (February 5, 1923 – March 7, 2013) was an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for his million selling 1962 hit, "Wolverton Mountain".King was born in Keithville in...
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King Curtis born 7 February 1934
Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), who performed under the stage name King Curtis, was an American saxophonist known for rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, blues, funk and soul...
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Lonnie Johnson born 8 February 1899
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized...
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Cauby Peixoto born 10 February 1931
Cauby Peixoto (10 February 1931 – 15 May 2016) was a Brazilian singer, whose career lasted from the late 1940s until his death in 2016. Since 1951, he has recorded over 61 78 rpm, 51 LPs, and 20 CDs,...
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Bobby 'Borris' Pickett born 11 February 1940
Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), known by the pen name Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer, best known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hit novelty song...
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