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Little Anthony born 8 January 1940
"Little Anthony" (born Jerome Anthony Gourdine, 8 January 1940 Brooklyn, New York) is better known as the lead singer with The Imperials and noted for his high-pitched voice.Gourdines’ parents were...
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Mary Kaye born 9 January 1924
Mary Kaye (January 9, 1924 Detroit, Michigan – February 17, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada) was a guitarist and phenomenal singer who was active from the 1940s through 1960s. She was known as the “First Lady...
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Goldie Hill born 11 January 1933
Goldie Hill (January 11, 1933 – February 24, 2005), born Argolda Voncile Hill, was an American country music singer. She was one of the first women in country music, and became one of the first women...
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Tex Ritter born 12 January 1905
Tex Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was an American country music singer and actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John and...
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Sophie Tucker born 13 January 1886
Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1886* – February 9, 1966) was a Ukrainian-born American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was...
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Jack Jones born 14 January 1938
John Allan Jones (born January 14, 1938) known professionally as Jack Jones, is an American actor and jazz and pop singer, popular during the 1960s. He is the son of actor/singer Allan Jones and...
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Barbara Lynn born 16 January 1942
Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby 16 January 1942 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American rhythm and blues guitarist and singer. Affectionately known as The Empress Of Gulf...
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Shelley Fabares born 19 January 1944
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares born January 19, 1944) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Donna Reed's daughter Mary Stone on The Donna Reed Show (1958–63) and...
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Slim Whitman born 20 January 1924
Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr (January 20, 1923 – June 19, 2013), professionally known by stage name Slim Whitman, was an American country music, western music and folk music artist singer-songwriter and...
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Bibi Johns born 21 January 1929
Bibi Johns (born Gun Birgit Jonsson, January 21, 1929 in Arboga, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, film actress and artist.Bibi Johns, the daughter of a haulage contractor, who grew up in the small Swedish...
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Eugene Church born 23 January 1938
Eugene Church (January 22, 1938 – April 3, 1993) was an American R&B singer.Eugene R. Church was born in St. Louis, but was raised in Los Angeles, where his father was pastor at a church at 5th...
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Tuts Washington born 24 January 1921
Isidore "Tuts" Washington (January 24, 1907 – August 5, 1984) was an American blues pianist from New Orleans, Louisiana who was a primary influence on later Crescent City players spanning from...
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Ziggy Talent born 25 January 1912
Ziggy Talent (January 25, 1912 - June 25, 1997) ** was a saxophonist and novelty vocalist who performed with Vaughn Monroe's big band from 1940 to 1953. On stage he'd often go on with just the band's...
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Stephane Grappelli born 26 January 1908
Stéphane Grappelli (26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist who founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt. It was one of the first (and arguably...
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Bobby "Blue" Bland born 27 January 1930
Robert Calvin Bland (né Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with...
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Phil Flowers born 28 February 1934
Phil Flowers (28 January 1934 - 22 January 2001)was a Washington area singer and composer who performed in the United States and abroad since the 1950's. He was sometimes described as "The Black Elvis"...
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Felice Taylor born 29 January 1944
Felice Taylor (born Florain Corella Flanagan, January 29, 1944 – June 12, 2017) was an American soul and pop singer, best known for her recordings in the late 1960s.Born in Richmond, California, United...
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Bernie Leighton born 30 January 1921
Bernie Leighton (January 30, 1921 – September 16, 1994) was an American jazz pianist. He was a very active studio musician and a sideman to many great stars.Bernie Leighton was born in West Haven,...
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Roosevelt Sykes born 31 January 1906
Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as "The Honeydripper".Sykes was born in Elmar, Arkansas, and grew up near Helena. At age 15, he went on the...
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Jack Huddle born 1 February 1928
Jack Huddle (1 February 1928–3 January 1973) was an American rockabilly musician and songwriter. He performed and recorded with Buddy Holly early in Holly's career.Huddle was born in Paris, Texas into...
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