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Walter Brown born 17 August 1917
Walter Brown (August 17, 1917 – June 1956) was an American blues shouter who sang with Jay McShann's band in the 1940s and co-wrote their biggest hit, "Confessin' the Blues".Brown was born in Dallas,...
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Enoch Light born 18 August 1905
Enoch Henry Light (18 August 1905, in Canton, Ohio – 31 July 1978, in New York City) was a classically trained violinist, dance band leader, and recording engineer. Enoch Light was born and raised in...
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Jimmy Rowles born 19 August 1918
James George Hunter (August 19, 1918 – May 28, 1996), known professionally as Jimmy Rowles, was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer. As a bandleader and accompanist, he explored various...
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Sir Lattimore Brown born 20 August 1931
Sir Lattimore Brown (20th August, 1931 - 25th March, 2011) was a singer, songwriter and band leader active on the "chitlin' circuit" of the eastern and southern United States between the 1950s and...
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Art Farmer born 21 August 1928
Arthur Stewart (Art) Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999), was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player. He also played flumpet, a trumpet/flugelhorn combination designed for him by David...
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Tex Williams born 23 August 1917
Sollie Paul Williams (August 23, 1917 – October 11, 1985), known professionally as Tex Williams, was an American Western swing musician from Ramsey, Illinois.Although not nearly as well-known as...
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Ruby Smith born 24 August 1903
Ruby Smith (August 24, 1903 – March 24, 1977) was an American classic female blues singer. She was a niece, by marriage, of the better-known Bessie Smith, who discouraged Ruby from pursuing a recording...
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Sándor Benkó born 25 August 1940
Sándor Benkó (25 August 1940 – 15 December 2015) was a renowned Hungarian clarinet player, founder of the world-famous Benkó Dixieland Band. The Kossuth and Liszt Ferenc Prize-winning musician’s career...
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Francis Wayne born 26 August 1924
Frances Wayne (born Chiarina Francesca Bertocci, August 26, 1924 – February 6, 1978) was an American jazz vocalist. She was best known for her recording of ''Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Joe.Wayne...
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Ernie Fields born 28 August 1904
Ernest Lawrence "Ernie" Fields (August 28, 1904 – May 11, 1997) was an African-American trombonist, pianist, arranger and bandleader.Texas-born Ernie Fields was raised in Taft, Oklahoma, studied to...
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Tex Morton born 30 August 1916
Tex Morton (born Robert William Lane in Nelson, New Zealand, also credited as Robert Tex Morton; (30 August 1916 – 23 July 1983) was a pioneer of New Zealand and Australian country and western music,...
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Dean Beard born 31 August 1935
Dean Beard (August 31, 1935 - April 4, 1989) was an American pianist and rockabilly pioneer sometimes called the "West Texas Wild Man" because of his frantic stage presence and piano-playing...
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Boxcar Willie born 1 September 1931
Lecil Travis Martin (September 1, 1931 – April 12, 1999), whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter and Air Force personnel sergeant, who sang in the "old-time...
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Johnnie Lee Wills born 2 September 1912
Johnnie Lee Wills (September 2, 1912–October 25, 1984) was an American Western swing fiddler popular in the 1930s and 1940s.Wills was born in Hall County, Texas. He grew up loving and playing music. As...
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Ford Leary born 5 September 1908
Ford Leary (September 5, 1908 - June 4, 1949) was a gifted trombonist and singer who gained fame in the 1930s and 1940’s.Ford was born in Lockport, New York. He was married to Bernice Harlow and had a...
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Tommy Dean born 6 September 1909
Thomas Dean (September 6, 1909 – January 1965) was a pianist and bandleader who was popular on the Chicago scene in the 1940’s.Tommy Dean was born in Franklin, Louisiana, in 1909. His early years were...
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Johnny Duncan born 7 September 1932
John Franklin Duncan (September 7, 1932 – July 15, 2000) was an American bluegrass and skiffle musician. He became popular in Britain in 1957 with "Last Train to San Fernando", which reached number two...
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Peter Sellers born 8 September 1935
Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer. He performed in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a...
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Otis Redding born 9 September 1941
Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history...
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Nelly Omar born 10 September 1911
Nelly Omar (10 September 1911 – 20 December 2013), was an Argentine actress and singer during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. She was successful as a tango singer, performing on numerous radio...
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