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Ben Pollack born 23 June 1903

Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903 – June 7, 1971) was a drummer and bandleader from the mid 1920s through the swing era. His eye for talent led him to either discover or employ, at one time or another,...

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Kenneth McKellar born 23 June 1927

Kenneth McKellar (23 June 1927 – 9 April 2010) was a lyric tenor and among the most popular of Scotland's singers, recording both classical and popular music.Kenneth McKellar was born on June 23 1927...

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Millie Kirkham born 24 June 1923

Millie Kirkham (born Mildred Eakes; June 24, 1923 – December 14, 2014) was an American singer who was featured on many classic hit recordings from the mid 1950s through the 1980s. Millie was known as...

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Johnny Smith born 25 June 1922

Johnny Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. He was universally adored by Jazz guitarists and although he reappeared on the Jazz scene...

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Big Bill Broonzy born 26 June 1903

Big Bill Broonzy ( June 26, 1903 – August 14, 1958) was an American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist.Big Bill Broonzy was born William Lee Conley Broonzy in Jefferson County, Arkansas. During his...

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Rosalie Allen born 27 June 1924

Rosalie Allen (born Julie Marlene Bedra; June 27, 1924 – September 23, 2003) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, columnist and television and radio host who was noted for her...

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Cathy Carr born 28 June 1936

Angelina Helen Catherine Cordovano (June 28, 1936 – November 22, 1988), known professionally as Cathy Carr, was an American pop singer.She was born in The Bronx and as a young girl, Cordovano made her...

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Leo Diamond born 29 June 1915

Leo Diamond (June 29, 1915 – September 15, 1966) was an American harmonica player, songwriter, composer, orchestra leader and arranger.. Regarded as a virtuoso of the instrument, and employed on...

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Tony Dallara born 30 June 1936

Antonio Lardera (born 30 June 1936), better known by his stage name Tony Dallara, is an Italian former singer, actor and television personality who was one of Italy's top vocalists of the late '50s and...

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Roberta Sherwood born 1 July 1913

Roberta Sherwood (July 1, 1913i – July 5, 1999) was an American singer, notable in part for her sudden rise to fame at the age of 43. She recorded many albums, appeared frequently on television, and...

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Jack Hylton born 2 July 1892

Jack Hylton (2 July 1892, Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire – 29 January 1965, London) was an English pianist,composer, band leader and impresario.Hylton rose to prominence during the British dance band...

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Rhoda Scott born 3 July 1938

Rhoda Scott (born July 3, 1938) is one of the greatest American hard bop and soul jazz organist. Her technical mastery and virtuosity combined with a perfect knowledge of the sonic possibilities of the...

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Fritz Schulz-Reichel born 4 July 1912

Fritz Schulz-Reichel (July 4, 1912 – February 14, 1990) was a German jazz and pop pianist and composer.Fritz Schulz-Reichel was born in Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany. His father was a classical...

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Tommy "Snuff" Garrett born 5 July 1939

Snuff Garrett (July 5, 1938 – December 16, 2015) was an American record producer whose most famous work was during the 1960s and 1970s.Thomas Lesslie Garrett was born in Dallas on July 5, 1938. His...

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Bill Haley born 6 July 1925

William John Clifton Haley (July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was a pioneering American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with...

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Tiny Grimes born 7 July 1916

Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes (July 7, 1916 – March 4, 1989) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He was a member of the Art Tatum Trio from 1943 to 1944, was a backing musician on recording sessions, and...

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Gertrude Niesen born 8 July 1911

Gertrude Niesen* (July 8, 1911 – March 27, 1975) was an American torch singer, actress, comedian, and songwriter who achieved popular success in musicals and films in the 1930s and 1940s.Niesen was...

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Lee Hazlewood born 9 July 1929

Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007), was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late fifties...

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Marcel Azzola born 10 July 1929

Marcel Azzola (10 July 1927 – 21 January 2019) was a French accordionist, credited with using his rare technical mastery of one of France’s most emblematic instruments to adapt it to the world of...

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John Holt born 11 July 1947

John Holt CD (11 July 1947 – 19 October 2014) was one of Jamaica’s best-loved singers. Though chiefly known for romantic ballads and reggae renditions of pop and soul tunes, Holt was also an...

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