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Slam Stewart born 21 September 1914
Leroy Eliot "Slam" Stewart (September 21, 1914 – December 10, 1987) was an American jazz double bass player whose trademark style was his ability to bow the bass and simultaneously hum or sing an...
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Carlos José born 22 September 1934
Carlos José Ramos dos Santos (September 22, 1934 – May 9, 2020), better known as simply Carlos José, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter of the genre seresta.Carlos José was born in São Paulo, Brazil as...
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Norma Winstone born 23 September 1941
Norma Ann Winstone MBE (born 23 September 1941) is an English jazz singer and lyricist. In a career spanning more than 50 years she is best known for her wordless improvisations although she is...
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Jack Costanzo born 24 September 1919
Jack Costanzo (September 24, 1919 – August 18, 2018) was an American percussionist. A composer, conductor and drummer, Costanzo is best known for having been a bongo player, and was nicknamed "Mr....
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Wade Flemons born 25 September 1940
Wade Herbert Flemons (September 25, 1940 – October 13, 1993) was a splendid but underrated American R&B/soul singer and pianist, who made a brief impact on record charts in the late 1950s and early...
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René Hall born 26 September 1912
René Hall (September 26, 1912 ‒ February 11, 1988) was an American guitarist and arranger. Like so many session musicians, Rene Hall recorded only a limited tracks under his own name. But his swinging,...
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Sammy Benskin born 27 September 1923
Samuel Benskin (September 27, 1922 – August 26, 1992) was an American pianist and bandleader, considered one of the finest of accompanists for vocalists, to the point where he spent parts of his...
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Shirley Gunter born 29 September 1934
Shirley M. Gunter (September 29, 1934 – December 1, 2015) frequently misspelled "Gunther"was an American singer and songwriter who led one of the earliest female doo-wop groups, Shirley Gunter and the...
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Héctor Lavoe born 30 September 1946
Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (30 September 1946 – 29 June 1993), better known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. Lavoe is considered to be possibly the best and most important singer and...
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Donny Hathaway born 1 October 1945
Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway has been described as a "soul legend" by Rolling Stone. He was...
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Wally Rose born 2 October 1913
Wally Rose (October 2, 1913 – January 12, 1997, Walnut Creek, California) was an American jazz and ragtime pianist. Wally Rose was born in Oakland, California, but lived in Honolulu, his family’s...
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Violeta Rivas born 4 October 1937
Ana María Francisca Adinolfi (known by her stage name, Violeta Rivas; 4 October 1937 – 23 June 2018) was an Argentine singer and actress. In the sixties she was the most famous and popular singer of...
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Johnny Duncan born 5 October 1938
Johnny Richard Duncan (October 5, 1938 – August 14, 2006) was an American country music singer, best known for a string of hits in the mid- to late 1970s. In his career, he released 14 studio albums,...
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Mel Brown born 7 October 1939
Mel Brown (October 7, 1939 – March 20, 2009) was an American-born blues guitarist and singer. He is best remembered for his decade long backing of Bobby Bland, although in his own right, Brown recorded...
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Buzz Clifford born 8 October 1941
Reese Francis Clifford III (October 8, 1941 – January 26, 2018), known professionally as Buzz Clifford, was an American pop singer and songwriter. His biggest success came with his recording of "Baby...
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Mezz Mezzrow born 9 October 1899
Milton Mesirow (November 9, 1899 – August 5, 1972), better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois who occupies an odd and unique place in jazz...
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Roy Kral born 10 October 1921
Roy Kral (October 10, 1921 – August 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist, born in Cicero, Illinois. Known for his partnership with his wife Jackie Cain as the team Jackie and Roy, he was...
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Art Blakey born 11 October 1919
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was briefly known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late...
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James "Sugar Boy" Crawford born 12 October 1934
James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, Jr. (October 12, 1934 – September 15, 2012) was an American R&B musician based in New Orleans. He was the author of "Jock-A-Mo" (1954), which was later rerecorded as...
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Garry Mills born 13 October 1941
Garry Mills (also Gary Mills) (born 13 October 1941 in West Wickham, Kent, England), is a British pop singer. Gary made his first public appearance at a charity concert in Rotherhithe when he was...
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