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Vivian Dandridge born 22 April 1921
Vivian Alferetta Dandridge (April 22, 1921 – October 26, 1991) was an American singer, actress and dancer. Acclaimed as the black Marilyn Monroe, Vivian Dandridge's younger sister, Dorothy, was the...
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Jacqueline Boyer born 24 April 1941
Jacqueline Boyer (born 23 April 1941) is a French singer and actress.The daughter of top French performers Lucienne Boyer and Jacques Pills and stepdaughter of Edith Piaf, Boyer was born Jacqueline...
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St. Clair Lee born 24 April 1944
St. Clair Lee (April 24, 1944 – March 8, 2011) was an American Rhythm and Blues vocalist and one of the founder members of The Hues Corporation, which had a top ten record on the R&B and pop music...
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Albert King born 25 April 1923
Albert Nelson (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992), known by his stage name Albert King, was an American blues guitarist and singer whose playing influenced many others He is one of the three...
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Anita Darian born 26 April 1927
Anita Darian (April 26, 1927 – February 1, 2015) was an American soprano and actress whose four-octave voice earned her the nickname "The Armenian Yma Sumac" and spawned an eclectic 50-year career that...
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Lydia (Tuinenburg) born 27 April 1940
Lydia Tuinenburg (April 27, 1940 - September 23, 2016) was an Indonesian-Dutch rock singer from Amersfoort, Holland, active at the end of the 1950s and early 1960s.Lydia Tuinenburg was born on April...
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Dale Potter born 28 April 1929
Dale Potter, (28 April 1929* - 14 March 1996) was once called “the greatest fiddle player who ever lived”. His Nashville studio work tended to prove that: Fondly known as “Mr. Double Stop,” he was one...
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Big Jay McNeely born 29 April 1927
Cecil James McNeely (April 29, 1927 – September 16, 2018), better known as Big Jay McNeely, was an American rhythm and blues saxophonist. He was credited with being the most flamboyant performer out of...
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Bobby Marchan born 30 April 1930
Bobby Marchan (April 30, 1930 – December 5, 1999) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, bandleader, MC, and female impersonator.Marchan was born Oscar James Gibson in...
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Big Maybelle born 1 May 1924
Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer. Her mountainous stature matching the sheer soulful power of her massive vocal...
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Joe "Mr. Piano" Henderson born 2 May 1920
Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson (2 May 1920 – 4 May 1980) was a British pianist, composer, performer and a successful music publisher of Henderson Music Limited, who was most noteworthy during the 1950s.Born...
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Dave Dudley born 3 May 1928
Dave Dudley (May 3, 1928 – December 12, 2003) was an American country music singer best known for his truck-driving country anthems of the 1960s and 1970s and his semi-slurred bass.Born David Darwin...
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Tyrone Davis born 4 May 1938
Tyrone Davis (May 4, 1938* – February 9, 2005), born Tyrone Fettson, was a leading American soul singer with a distinctive style, recording a long list of hit records over a period of more than 20...
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Tammy Wynette born 5 May 1942
Tammy Wynette (May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of country music's best-known artists and biggest-selling female singers.Like her country sisters,...
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Marguerite Piazza born 6 May 1920
Marguerite Piazza (May 6, 1920* – August 2, 2012) was an American soprano, entertainer and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana.Marguerite Piazza had a voice that could pack a concert hall and a...
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Curtis Hobock born 7 May 1926
Curtis Hobock (May 7, 1926 – September 29, 1988 ) was an American country and rockabilly musician.Curtis Edgar Hobock, Jr. was born in Hatchie, Tennessee, a small community outside Mercer, in Haywood...
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Felicity Lott born 8 May 1947
Dame Felicity Ann Emwhyla Lott, DBE, FRAM, FRCM (born 8 May 1947) is an English soprano.Lott was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. From her earliest years she was musical, having started studying...
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Danny Rapp born 9 May 1941
Daniel Joseph "Danny" Rapp (May 9, 1941 – April 5, 1983) was an American musician and the front man for the group Danny & the Juniors. The group is best known for their 1957 hit "At the Hop". He...
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Jimmy Ponder born 10 May 1946
Jimmy Ponder (May 10, 1946 – September 16, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist who was well known to serious jazz lovers for his recordings during his long career, over 80 as a sideman and 15 as a...
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Johnny Devlin born 11 May 1938
John Lockett Devlin MNZM (born 11 May 1938), generally known as Johnny Devlin, is an influential New Zealand singer, songwriter and rock musician, known as "New Zealand's answer to Elvis Presley".Born...
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