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Billy "Crash" Craddock born 16 June 1939

Billy Wayne "Crash" Craddock (born June 16, 1939) is an American country and rockabilly singer. He first gained popularity in Australia in the 1950s with a string of rockabilly hits, including the...

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Ray McKinley born 18 June 1910

Ray McKinley (June 18, 1910 –May 7, 1995) was an American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader.Ray McKinley was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He entertained himself at an early age by "drumming" on...

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Shirley Goodman born 19 June 1936

Shirley Goodman (born Shirley Mae Goodman, 19 June 1936  - 5 July 2005) was an American R&B singer known best for Shirley and Lee, a 1950s R&B duo. Later in her career, she had a resurgence...

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Chet Atkins born 20 June 1924

Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician, occasional vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, who along with...

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Ray Drusky born 22 June 1930

Roy Frank Drusky Jr., (June 22, 1930 – September 23, 2004) was an American country music singer popular from the 1960s through the early 1970s. Known for his baritone voice, he was known for...

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Helen Humes born 23 June 1913

Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 - September 9, 1981) was an American jazz and blues singer. The versatile Humes was successively a teenaged blues singer, band vocalist with Count Basie, saucy R&B diva...

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Joey Castle born 24 June 1942

Joey Castle  (24 June 1942 – 15 Dec 1978) was like a lot of the kids who came up in the wake of Elvis Presley, trying to sound like him and not making it, but with a difference -- Castle left behind a...

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Clifton Chenier born 25 June 1925

Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 – December 12, 1987), a Louisiana French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was a Singer, guitarist, and harmonica and accordion player and known as the King of...

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Doc Williams born 26 June 1914

Doc Williams (June 26, 1914 – January 31, 2011) was an influential American country music band leader and vocalist who became the longest performing member (61 years) of W.W.V.A’s “Wheeling...

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Nelson Eddy born 29 June 1901

Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer and movie star who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage,...

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Stuart Foster born 30 June 1918

Stuart Foster (born Tamer Aswad, born June 30, 1918 in Binghamton , New York , † January 8, 1968 ) was an American big band singer with a magnificent baritone voice. Once called the “greatest unsung...

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Eddie Bond born 1 July 1933

Eddie Bond (July 1, 1933 – March 20, 2013) was an American rockabilly singer and guitarist. Despite never becoming a major national figure, Eddie Bond carved out a place as a rockabilly and country...

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Line Renaud born 2 July 1928

Line Renaud (born July 2, 1928) is a popular French singer, actress and AIDS activist.She was born Jacqueline Ente in Pont-de-Nieppe on 2 July 1928. Her mother Simone was a shorthand typist; her father...

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Hello Music Lovers, don't worry if I post sporadically. The reason being is at present I only have a limited to period to edit and post about music celebrities who have birthdays on the day of their...

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Betty Smith born 6 July 1929

Betty Smith (6 July 1929 – 21 January 2011) was an English saxophonist and singer.The presence of female instrumentalists in jazz ensembles is no longer a matter for comment, but half a century ago it...

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Billy Mure born 7 July 1917

Billy Mure (born Sebastian Muré.; July 7, 1915 – September 25, 2013) was an American guitarist who recorded several albums in the 1950s and 1960s in a variety of styles, including surf, Hawaiian music,...

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Louis Jordan born 8 July 1908

Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American musician, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", his...

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Milt Buckner born 10 July 1915

Milton Brent Buckner (July 10, 1915 – July 27, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and organist, who in the early 1950s popularized the Hammond organ. He pioneered the parallel chords style that...

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Danny Flores born 11 July 1929

Danny Flores (born Daniel Flores; July 11, 1929 – September 19, 2006), also known by his stage name Chuck Rio, was an American rock and roll saxophonist. He is best remembered for his self-penned song...

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Tom King born 13 July 1942

Thomas R. King (July 13, 1942 – April 23, 2011) was an American songwriter, guitarist, and arranger. He founded the 1960s rock band The Outsiders, and co-wrote the band's biggest hit song, "Time Won't...

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