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John Patton born 12 July 1935
John Patton (July 12, 1935 – March 19, 2002) was an American jazz, blues and R&B pianist and organist, often known by his nickname, Big John Patton.John Patton, born in Kansas City, Missouri, on...
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Claude and Cliff Trenier born 14 July 1919
Claude & Cliff Trenier (14 July 1919 - 17 November 2003 & 2 March 1983) were identical twins who led the American R&B and jump blues musical group The Treniers. They were originally billed...
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Cordell Jackson born 15 July 1923
Cordell Jackson (July 15, 1923 – October 14, 2004) was an American guitarist thought to be the first woman to produce, engineer, arrange and promote music on her own rock and roll music label.She was...
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Johnny Brandon born 16 July 1925
Johnny Brandon (16 July 1925 – 26 July 2017) was an English singer and songwriter, popular during the 1950s, as well as a critically praised Off-Broadway composer.Born John Brandon in Stoke Newington,...
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Joe Morello born 17 July 1928
Joseph Albert Morello (July 17, 1928 – March 12, 2011) was a legendary jazz drummer whose virtuosity and command of odd time signatures made him an integral part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet on such...
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Don Bagley born 18 July 1927
Donald Neff "Don" Bagley (July 18, 1927 – July 26, 2012) was an American jazz bassist.Don Bagley was born in Salt Lake City the youngest son of Lewis Loraine and Laurance Elaine Bagley. He received...
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George Hamiltom IV born 19 July 1937
George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early...
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Lola Albright born 20 July 1924
Lola Jean Albright (July 20, 1924 – March 23, 2017) was an American singer and actress who appeared on screen in more than 40 films from the late 1940s. She was best known for playing the sultry singer...
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Sonny Clark born 21 July 1931
Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was a pianist who was a wonderful accompanist and gifted writer, admired especially for his amazing right-hand lines and incredible...
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Don Patterson born 22 July 1936
Don Patterson (July 22, 1936, – February 10, 1988 was an American jazz organist known for very quick bebop lines, which, rumour has it, he played using just three fingers on his right hand. Patterson...
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Champion Jack Dupree born 23 July 1909
William Thomas "Champion Jack" Dupree (July 23, 1909 or July 4, 1910 – January 21, 1992) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer. His nickname was derived from his early career as a...
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Annie Ross born 25 July 1930
Annabelle Allan Short (25 July 1930 – 21 July 2020), known professionally as Annie Ross, was a British-American singer and actress, best known as a member of the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks...
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Patti Bown born 26 July 1931
Patti Bown (July 26, 1931 - March 21, 2008) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and singer. She was a childhood friend and musical partner of the great Quincy Jones, a long-time member of Gene...
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Tony Capstick born 27 July 1944
Tony Capstick (27 July 1944 – 23 October 2003) was an English comedian, actor, musician and broadcaster whose abundant star quality was undermined by the personal frailties that drove him to...
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Ray Ellis born 28 July 1923
Ray Ellis (July 28, 1923 – October 27, 2008) was an American record producer, arranger and conductor. During a career that spanned almost 65 years, the Philadelphia native also arranged for acts...
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Ed Wilson born 29 July 1945
Ed Wilson (July 29, 1945 – October 3, 2010), was a Brazilian rock singer-songwriter, composer, director and co-founder of the musical group Renato & His Blue Caps.Edson Vieira de Barros, known...
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Kenny Burrell born 31 July 1931
Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on the Blue Note label. He is one of the leading exponents of straight-ahead jazz guitar, Kenny Burrell is a...
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Walter Scharf born 1 August 1910
Walter Scharf (August 1, 1910 – February 24, 2003) was an American film composer.Born in Manhattan, he was the son of Yiddish theatre comic Bessie Zwerling. While in his 20s, he was one of the...
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Andrew Gold born 2 August 1951
Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) influenced much of the sound of Los Angeles-dominated pop rock in the 1970’s. Best known for his solo hits Never Let Her Slip Away and Lonely Boy, he...
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Carol Deene born 3 August 1944
Carol Deene (born3 August 1944) is an English former pop singer.She was born Carole Carver in Thurnscoe, near Doncaster in Yorkshire, on 3 August 1944. She left school at 15 to work in a draper’s...
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