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Frankie Ervin born 27 March 1926
Frank Miller "Frankie" Ervin (March 27, 1926 – February 1, 2009) was an American R&B singer who recorded both solo and with vocal groups including Johnny Moore's Three Blazers ("Dragnet Blues",...
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Randy Brooks born 28 March 1917
Randolph E. “Randy” Brooks (15 Mar 1919 - 21 Mar 1967) was an excellent American swing based trumpeter and band leader, known as "The Golden Trumpet." In 1947, Brooks' version of "Tenderly," became the...
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Googie René born 30 March 1927
Rafael Leon René (March 30, 1927 – November 25, 2007), known as Googie René, was an American musician, bandleader, and songwriter.Googie Rene is one of those unjustly overlooked musical figures from...
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Kathy Stobart born 1 April 1925
Florence Kathleen "Kathy" Stobart (1 April 1925 – 5 July 2014) was an English jazz saxophonist primarily known for playing the tenor sax. Arguably the first outstanding British female sax player Kathy...
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Stan Freeman born 3 April 1920
Stanley Freeman (April 3, 1920 – January 13, 2001) was an American composer, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and studio musician.Although he only released a handful of recordings of his own,...
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Eddy Duchin born 4 April 1909
Edwin Frank Duchin (April 1, 1909 – February 9, 1951) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader during the 1930s and 1940s.Duchin was born on April 1, 1909 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Bessarabian...
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Gerry Mulligan born 6 April 1927
Gerald Joseph Mulligan (April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger.Born in New York, the most famous and probably greatest jazz baritonist of...
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Tito Guizar born 8 April 1908
Federico Arturo Guízar Tolentino (April 8, 1908 - December 24, 1999) was a Mexican born American singer and actor who performed under the name of Tito Guízar. He paved the way in Hollywood for Mexican...
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Sharkey Bonano born 9 April 1904
Joseph Gustaf "Sharkey" Bonano (April 9, 1904 – March 27, 1972), also known as Sharkey Banana or Sharkey Bananas, was a jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist. His musical abilities were sometimes...
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Martin Denny born 10 April 1911
Martin Denny (April 10, 1911 ‒ March 2, 2005) was an American piano-player and composer best known as the "father of exotica."Denny was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles. He studied...
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Jimmy Sabater born 11 April 1936
Jimmy Sabater (April 11, 1936 – February 8, 2012) was an American musician of Puerto Rican ancestry. A three-time winner of the ACE Awards, he was a singer and timbales player. He gained international...
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Shani Wallis born 14 April 1933
Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is an English-born American actress and singer of theatre, television and film, in both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. She is perhaps best known...
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Frank Frost born 15 April 1936
Frank Otis Frost (April 15, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was one of the foremost American Delta blues harmonica players of his generation.Most sources state that Frost was born in 1936 in Auvergne,...
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Edie Adams born 16 April 1927
Edie Adams (born Edith Elizabeth Enke, April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008) was an American comedienne, actress, singer and businesswoman. She was an Emmy Award and Tony Award winner.Born Elizabeth...
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Johnny St. Cyr born 17 April 1890
Johnny St. Cyr (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist.Born in New Orleans, John A. St. Cyr started his musical career in the early 1900’s. Johnny St. Cyr was one...
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Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown born 18 April 1924
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 – September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas known for his work as a blues musician, as well as other styles of music. He spent his...
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Ray Barretto born 19 April 1929
Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was a Puerto Rican conga drummer and bandleader born in New York. He is credited for being the first U.S.-born percussionist to integrate the...
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Aurora Miranda born 20 April 1915
Aurora Miranda da Cunha Richaid (20 April 1915 – 22 December 2005) was a Brazilian singer and actress. Her sisters were Carmen Miranda and Cecilia Miranda. She began her career at the age of 18 in...
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Bobby McClure born 21 April 1942
Bobby McClure (April 21, 1942 – November 13, 1992) was an American soul singer.Soul singer Bobby McClure was born in Chicago, IL. By the time of his second birthday, his family had relocated to St....
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Bull Moose Jackson born 22 April 1919
Benjamin Clarence "Bull Moose" Jackson (April 22, 1919 – July 31, 1989) was an American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist, who was most successful in the late 1940s. He is considered a...
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