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Shirley Temple Black born 23 April 1928
Shirley Temple Black, nee Shirley “Jane” Temple (born April 23, 1928, Santa Monica, California, U.S.—died February 10, 2014, Woodside, California), was an American actress and public official She was...
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Dick Rivers born 24 April 1945
Dick Rivers (born Hervé Forneri, 24 April 1945 – 24 April 2019) was a French singer and actor who began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in...
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Huey Long born 25 April 1904
Huey Long (April 25, 1904 – June 10, 2009) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist and singer who was a member of The Ink Spots. Long's career began in the 1920's as a banjoist before moving to...
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Ruth Price born 27 April 1938
Ruth Price (born Edithea Brinton, April 27, 1938) is an American jazz singer and Artistic Director of the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, California. A talented singer Ruth Price has made relatively few...
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Francine Barker born 28 April 1947
Francine "Peaches" Hurd Barker (April 28, 1947 – August 13, 2005), was the original "Peaches" of the American vocalist duo Peaches and Herb.Born in Washington, DC, in 1947, Francine Hurd earned the...
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Willie Nelson born 30 April 1933
Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.), is an American songwriter and guitarist who is one of the most popular country music singers of the late 20th century.Nelson learned...
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Kate Smith born 1 May 1909
Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986), known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio, was an American singer, a contralto, well known for her rendition of Irving...
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Frankie Valli born 3 May 1934
Frankie Valli (born May 3, 1934) is an American popular singer, most famous as front man of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is well known for his unusually powerful falsetto voice. Frankie has...
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Sharon Jones born 4 May 1956
Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New...
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Ruth Gaylor born 5 May 1918
Ruth Gaylor (1918 – 1972) was an American big band vocalist active from 1935 – 1945.Vocalist Ruth Gaylor, who was born in Brooklyn, sang and recorded with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra from 1935 to...
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Cliff Carlisle born 6 May 1903
Cliff Carlisle (May 6, 1903* – April 5, 1983) was an American country and blues musician, singer and songwriter.White country bluesman Cliff Carlisle was among the most prolific recording artists of...
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Gale Robbins born 7 May 1921
Gale Robbins (born May 7, 1921 – February 18, 1980) was an American actress and singer. She was a knockout-looking hazel-eyed redhead who made a modest dent in post-war Hollywood films.Born Betty Gale...
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Papa Bue born 8 May 1930
Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen (8 May 1930 – 2 November 2011), known as Papa Bue, was a Danish trombonist and bandleader, chiefly associated with the Dixieland jazz revival style of which he was considered an...
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Hank Snow born 9 May 1914
Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 – December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85...
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Tutti Camarata born 11 May 1913
Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (May 11, 1913 – April 13, 2005) played an important role in American popular music as an arranger, conductor, musical director and record company executive; his career...
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Gerald Wiggins born 12 May 1922
Gerald Foster Wiggins (born May 12, 1922 in New York City died July 13, 2008 in Los Angeles) was a jazz pianist and organist. He studied classical, but switched to jazz in his teens. He began as a...
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Teddy Randazzo born 13 May 1935
Alessandro Carmelo "Teddy" Randazzo (May 13, 1935 – November 21, 2003) was an American pop songwriter, singer, arranger and producer, who composed hit songs such as "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna...
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Foy Willing born 14 May 1914
Foy Willing (May 14, 1914 – July 14, 1978) was a singer, songwriter, musician, and bandleader who performed Western music and appeared in Western movies. He formed the Western band Riders of the Purple...
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Trini Lopez born 15 May 1937
Trinidad "Trini" López III (born May 15, 1937) is a American singer and actor who had 16 Top 40 songs on the charts from 1963 through 1968.Trini Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, son of Trinidad Lopez...
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Marlowe Morris born 16 May 1915
Marlowe Morris (May 16, 1915 – May 28, 1978) was an American jazz pianist and organist. He was a distant relative of Fats Waller also the nephew of Thomas Morris, a cornet player and bandleader.Marlowe...
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