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Sonny Knight born 17 May 1934
Joseph Coleman Smith (17 May 1934 – 5 September 1998), who performed and recorded under the name Sonny Knight, was an American singer, songwriter and author. His biggest hit was "Confidential", which...
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Fran Jeffries born 18 May 1937
Fran Jeffries (born Frances Ann Makris; May 18, 1937 – December 15, 2016) was an American multi-talented singer, dancer, actress, and model.Jeffries & HaymesShe was born Frances Ann Makris in...
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Georgie Auld born 19 May 1919
Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. His saxophone shows up on some of the greatest sides of the Big Band Era. Be it small group...
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Betty Glamann born 21 May 1923
Betty Glamann Voorhees (May 21, 1923 – September 3, 1990) was an American jazz and classical harpist who was born in Wellington, Kansas and began learning harp at the age of ten.When Betty Glamann was...
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Helen Carroll born 23 May 1914
Helen Carroll was the stage name of Helen Kress (né Fulk) (May 23, 1914, Bloomington, Indiana – February 21, 2011, Rye, New Hampshire.)She began her singing career as a teenager on radio in Memphis,...
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Ziggy Elman born 26 May 1914
Harry Aaron Finkelman (May 26, 1914 – June 26, 1968), better known by the stage name Ziggy Elman, was an American jazz trumpeter most associated with Benny Goodman, though he also led his own Ziggy...
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Don Williams born 27 May 1939
Donald Ray Williams (May 27, 1939 – September 8, 2017) was an American country singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular...
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Little Jack Little born 30 May 1899
Jack Little (born John Leonard; May 30, 1899* – April 9, 1956), sometimes credited Little Jack Little, was a British-born American composer, singer, pianist, actor, and songwriter whose songs were...
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Gayle Shepherd born 31 May 1936
Gayle Shepherd (born Joyce Gayle Shepherd, May 31, 1936 – May 7, 2018) was a singer and member of the vocal quartet the Shepherd Sisters, best known for the 1957 hit “Alone (Why Must I Be Alone),”The...
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Nelson Riddle born 1 June 1921
Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was a well-known American bandleader and arranger whose career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1980s. Riddle is perhaps best known...
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Otis Williams born 2 June 1936
Otis Williams (born June 2, 1936, Cincinnati, Ohio), was the lead vocalist of the Charms, an R&B group that had its greatest success in the years 1954-1957. Along with the Cadets/Jacks, they were...
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Jimmy Rogers born 3 June 1924
Jimmy Rogers (June 3, 1924 – December 19, 1997) was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, best known for his work as a member of Muddy Waters's band in the early 1950s. He also had...
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Asher Sizemore born 6 June 1906
Asher Sizemore (b. 6 June 1906, Manchester, Kentucky, USA, d. 24 November 1975, De Queen, Arkansas, USA) and his eldest son Jimmy (b. 29 January 1928, Paintsville, Kentucky, USA) were very popular...
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Toni Harper born 8 June 1937
Toni Harper (born June 8, 1937, Los Angeles, California) (aka Toni Dunlap) is a former child singer, who retired from performing at the age of 29.Toni Harper's childhood was made of the magic any...
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Les Paul born 9 June 1915
Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the...
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Howlin' Wolf born 10 June 1910
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), known as Howlin' Wolf, was a Chicago blues singer, guitarist, and harmonica player, originally from Mississippi.Howlin’ Wolf ranks among the...
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Wilma Burgess born 11 June 1939
Wilma Burgess (born Wilma Charlene Burgess; June 11, 1939 – August 26, 2003) was an American country music singer. She rose to fame in the mid-1960s and charted fifteen singles on the Billboard C&W...
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Bill Kenny born 12 June 1914
William Francis Kenny Jr. (June 12, 1914 – March 23, 1978), known professionally as Bill Kenny, was a pioneering African American tenor vocalist with a wide vocal range, spanning four octaves. Often...
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Burl Ives born 14 June 1909
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 – 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed folk music singer and author. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in...
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Mickey Katz born 15 June 1909
Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 – April 30, 1985) was an American comedian and musician who specialized in Jewish humour. He was the father of actor Joel Grey and grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey.Katz...
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