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Betty Blake born 9 April 1937
Betty Blake (April 9, 1937 - September 19, 2001) American vocalist, made one fine recording for Bethlehem Records in 1960, Betty Blake Sings in a Tender Mood. On the strength of it, she deserved more...
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Claude Bolling born 10 April 1930
Claude Bolling (born 10 April 1930), is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor. He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child...
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Debroy Somers born 11 April 1890
William Henry (Debroy) Somers (1890-1952) was a British lyricist, composer, musical arranger and band leader.Multi-instrumentalist and bandleader William Henry Somers was born in Dublin, Ireland, on...
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Billy Vaughn born 12 April 1919
William Richard "Billy" Vaughn (April 12, 1919 – September 26, 1991) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records. He was born in Glasgow, Kentucky,...
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Jerry Mengo born 17 April 1911
Jerry Mengo , born Joseph Gaëton Menegozzi (17 April 1911 - 23 April 1979 Paris) was a French jazz drummer, guitarist, bandleader, composer and arranger. Also known as Giuseppe Mengozzi.Jerry Mengo...
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Ruby Johnson born 19 April 1936
Ruby Johnson (19 April 1936 – 4 July 1999) was an American soul singer, best known for her recordings on the Volt label in the late 1960s.She was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and was raised...
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Lionel Hampton born 20 April 1908
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. One of the all-time great jazz musicians, Lionel Hampton first...
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Edna Savage born 21 April 1936
Edna Savage (21 April 1936 - 31 December 2000) was a traditional pop singer in the United Kingdom who achieved massive success in the 1950s. Soon after pop charts came into vogue the soft-voiced...
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Mel Carter born 22 April 1943
Mel Carter (born April 22, 1943*, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million selling recording, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me". Mel Carter began his career...
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Janet Blair born 23 April 1921
Janet Blair (April 23, 1921 – February 19, 2007) was a big band singer who went on to become a popular American film and television actress. Born Martha Janet Lafferty in Altoona, Pennsylvania (she...
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Robert Knight born 24 April 1945
Robert Knight (born Robert Peebles April 24, 1945) is an American singer best known for the 1967 recording of the song "Everlasting Love" which endures among the finest soul records of its era. Born in...
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Wizz Jones born 25 April 1939
Raymond Ronald Jones (born 25 April 1939, Thornton Heath, Croydon, Surrey) better-known as Wizz Jones is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been performing since the late...
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Mabel Scott born 30 April 1915
Mabel Scott (30 April 1915, Richmond, Virginia – 19 July 2000, Los Angeles), was an American gospel music and R&B vocalist. One of the least regarded, but arguably the most talented of the many...
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Link Wray born 2 April 1929
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929* – November 5, 2005) was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s.Wray was noted for pioneering a new...
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Jerry Samuels born 3 May 1938
Jerry Samuels (born Jerrold Samuels on May 3, 1938), known by the stage name Napoleon XIV, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He achieved one-hit wonder status with the Top 5 hit...
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Dick Dale born 4 May 1937
Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour on May 4, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a surf-rock guitarist, known as "The King of the Surf Guitar". He experimented with reverberation and made use of...
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Sonny Parker born 5 May 1925
Sonny Parker (May 5, 1925, Youngstown, Ohio – February 7, 1957, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer.Raised in Chicago by the vaudeville act Butterbeans...
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Freddy Randall born 6 May 1921
Frederick James 'Freddy' Randall (6 May 1921 – 18 May 1999) was an English jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Clapton, East London.One of England's top mainstream trumpeters, Freddy Randall has...
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Jimmy Ruffin born 7 May 1936
Jimmy Ruffin (born Jimmy Lee Ruffin, May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations.He had several hit records between the 1960s and...
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John Fred born 8 May 1941
John Fred (born as John Fred Gourrier; May 8, 1941 – April 14, 2005) was a blue-eyed soul, Cajun swamp pop and bubble-gum pop performer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for the song, "Judy in...
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