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George Melachrino born 1 May 1909
George Melachrino (born George Miltiades; 1 May 1909 – 18 June 1965) was a musician, movie composer, and musical director who was English born of Greek and Italian descent. He was an accomplished...
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Denise Lor born 3 May 1929
Denise Lor (May 3, 1929 – September 27, 2015) was an American popular singer and actress. She was a featured artist on The Garry Moore Show. In 1951, she appeared in the short-lived variety show Seven...
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Barbara Randolph born 5 May 1942
Barbara Randolph (5 May 1942 – 15 July 2002), also known as Barbara Ann Sanders, was an American singer and actress who recorded for Motown Records in the 1960s. She was born in Detroit and was adopted...
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Jean Chapel born 6 May 1925
Opal Jean Amburgey (March 6, 1925 – August 19, 1995), known professionally as Jean Chapel, was an American country singer and songwriter. She recorded for several record labels and wrote over 400...
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Fernandel born 8 May 1903
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor, singer and comedian whose visual trademarks were comic facial contortions and a wide,...
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Wayne Cochran born 10 May 1939
Talvin Wayne Cochran (May 10, 1939 – November 21, 2017) was an American soul singer, known for his outlandish outfits and white pompadour hairstyle. He was sometimes referred to as The White Knight of...
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Walter Wanderley born 12 May 1932
Walter Wanderley (born Walter Jose Wanderley Mendonça, 12 May 1932 – 4 September 1986) was a Brazilian organist and pianist, best known for his lounge and bossa nova music and for his instrumental...
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Ginny Simms born 13 May 1913
Virginia Ellen Simms (May 13, 1913 – April 4, 1994) was an American popular singer and film actress. Simms sang with big bands and labelled with Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford,...
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Norman Luboff born 14 May 1917
Norman Luboff (May 14, 1917 - September 22, 1987) was an American music arranger, music publisher, and choir director. Norman Luboff was born Norman Kador Luboff in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Julius...
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Betty Carter born 16 May 1929
Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that...
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Jimmy Blythe born 20 May 1901
Jimmy Blythe (May 20, 1901 – June 14, 1931) was an influential American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist. Considering how many fine recording sessions he was on in Chicago in the 1920s (particularly...
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Mac Wiseman born 23 May 1925
Malcolm B. Wiseman (born May 23, 1925), better known as Mac Wiseman, is an American bluegrass singer, nicknamed The Voice with a Heart. The bearded singer is one of the cult figures of bluegrass. Famed...
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Roland Shaw born 26 May 1920
Roland Shaw (26 May 1920 – 11 May 2012) was an English composer, musical arranger, and orchestra leader. He was born Roland Edgar Shaw-Tomkins in Leicester on May 26 1920. An early hankering to play...
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Kenny Price born 27 May 1931
James Kenneth "Kenny" Price (May 27, 1931 - August 4, 1987) was a singer, songwriter, and actor. Kenny recorded for the Boone and RCA Victor, MRC and Dimension record labels, charting thirty-four...
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Andy Kirk born 28 May 1898
Andrew Dewey Kirk (May 28, 1898 in Newport, Kentucky – December 11, 1992 in New York City) was a jazz bass saxophonist and tubist best known as a bandleader. He started his musical career playing with...
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Whispering Jack Smith born 31 May 1898
Jack Smith (31 May 1898, The Bronx, New York City – 13 May 1950, New York City) was known as "Whispering" Jack Smith and was a popular baritone singer in the 1920s and 1930s who made a brief come-back...
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Bob Wallis born 3 June 1934
Robert Wallis (3 June 1934 – 10 January 1991) was a British jazz musician, who had a handful of chart success in the early 1960s, during the UK traditional jazz boom. Wallis was born in Bridlington,...
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Gordon Waller born 4 June 1945
Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (4 June 1945 – 17 July 2009) was a British singer–songwriter–guitarist, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the No. 1...
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Lloyd Lindroth born 6 June 1931
Lloyd Edward Lindroth (June 6, 1931 – June 9, 1994) was an American harpist. Originally from Seattle, Washington, Lloyd began his study of the harp at age 14, and was quickly recognized for his unique...
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Jackie Wilson born 9 June 1936
Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American soul singer and performer. A tenor with a four-octave vocal range, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", and was important...
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