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Bernie Lowe born 22 November 1917

Bernie Lowe (November 22, 1917 - September 1, 1993) was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, pianist and bandleader.Born Bernard Lowenthal, Mr. Lowe graduated from Central High School and...

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Jack Marshall born 23 November 1921

Jack Wilton Marshall (November 23, 1921 – September 20, 1973) was an American guitarist, composer, arranger, and conductor. He was the father of producer-director Frank Marshall and composer Phil...

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Scott Joplin born 24 November 1868

Scott Joplin (November 24, 1868 – April 1, 1917) was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved fame for his ragtime compositions and was dubbed the "King of Ragtime”. During his brief...

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Dick Wellstood born 25 November 1927

Richard MacQueen "Dick" Wellstood (November 25, 1927 – July 24, 1987) was an American jazz pianist.He was one of the two great stride pianists (along with Ralph Sutton) to emerge during the 1940s when...

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Arthur & George McFarland born 26 November 1906

Arthur & George C. McFarland  (born 26 November 1906) were twin saxophonists active during the late 20’s through to the mid 40’s.Born in Long Island, New York, Art and George played with the Fred...

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Eddie South born 27 November 1904

Eddie South (Louisiana, Missouri, November 27, 1904 – April 25, 1962) was one of the top American jazz violinists and band leaders of the pre-bop era. He was a brilliant technician who, were it not for...

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Michel Berger born 28 November 1947

Michel Berger (born Michel Jean Hamburger; 28 November 1947 – 2 August 1992) was a French singer and songwriter. He was a figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer and as a...

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Bobbi Martin born 29 November 1943

Bobbi Martin (November 29, 1943 – May 2, 2000) was an American country and pop music singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Born Barbara Anne Martin in Brooklyn on November 29, 1938, but grew up and began...

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Mary Martin born 1 December 1913

Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990) was an American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles over her career...

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Jesse Crawford born 2 December 1895

Jesse Crawford (December 2, 1895 – May 28, 1962), known as "The Poet of the Organ" was an American pianist and organist. He was well known in the 1920s as a theatre organist for silent films and as a...

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Francois Deguelt born 4 December 1932

François Deguelt (born Louis Deghelt, 4 December 1932 – 22 January 2014) was a French singer, best known for his participation on behalf of Monaco in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1960 and 1962.Born...

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Luis Arcaraz born 5 December 1910

Luis Arcaráz Torrás  (December 5, 1910, Mexico City, MX - December 15, 1963 near San Luis Potosí, MX ) Luis Arcaráz led the most popular orchestra in Mexico during the 1940s and 1950s. Shying away from...

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Steve Alaimo born 6 December 1939

Steve Alaimo (born December 6, 1939) is an American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. He later became record producer and label owner, but he is perhaps best known for hosting and...

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Louis Prima born 7 December 1910

Louis Prima (December 7, 1910 – August 24, 1978) was an Italian American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. He was referred to as the King of the Swingers. Prima was born into a...

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Floyd Tillman born 8 December 1914

 Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky-tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the...

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Jessie Hill born 9 December 1932

Jessie Hill (December 9, 1932 – September 17, 1996) was an American R&B and Louisiana blues singer and songwriter, best remembered for the classic song "Ooh Poo Pah Doo".Hill was born in New...

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Yodelin' Slim Clark born 11 December 1917

Raymond LeRoy Clark (December 11, 1917 - July 5, 2000) known professionally as Yodelin' Slim Clark was an American musician known for his yodeling.He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of...

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Hal Dickinson born 12 December 1913

Harold H. Dickinson Jr., (December 12, 1913 in Buffalo, New York - November 18, 1970) was composer, songwriter, producer and singer with the orchestras of Paul Whiteman, Fred Waring, Charlie Barnet,...

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Wayne Walker born 13 December 1925

Wayne Paul Walker, (December 13, 1925 - January 2, 1979) was a prolific songwriter, with no less than 526 titles in the BMI database, 23 of which have won BMI awards. He was less successful as a...

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Buddy Cole born 15 December 1916

Edwin LeMar "Buddy" Cole (December 15, 1916 – November 5, 1964), was a jazz pianist and orchestra leader. He played behind a number of pop singers, including Rosemary Clooney, Jill Corey, Johnnie Ray...

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