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Robert Parker born 14 October 1930
Robert Parker (October 14, 1930 – January 19, 2020) was an American R&B singer and musician, best known for his 1966 hit, "Barefootin'". Robert Parker Jr. was born in Mobile, Alabama to Robert and...
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Moe Wechsler born 15 October 1920
Morris "Moe" Wechsler (October 15, 1920 - February 18, 2016) was an American barrel house and jazz pianist.Moe came from a Jewish family and after a stint in the army worked with the big bands,...
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Sugar Pie DeSanto born 16 October 1935
Sugar Pie DeSanto (born Peylia Marsema Balinton, October 16, 1935) is an American rhythm-and-blues singer, whose career in music flourished in the 1950s and 1960s.DeSanto was born to an...
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Luiz Bonfá born 17 October 1922
Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. A musician of virtuosity, subtlety, and passion, guitarist Luiz Bonfá ranks among the key architects of...
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Marie Adams born 19 October 1925
Marie Adams (October 19, 1925 – February 23, 1998) was an American gospel and R&B singer, who became popular in the 1950s particularly for her work with Johnny Otis.She was born Ollie Marie Givens...
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Johnny Moore born 20 October 1906
Johnny Moore (October 20, 1906, Austin, Texas – January 6, 1969); was an Rhythm & Blues guitar player better known for his group Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, who were a popular African American...
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Julie Wilson born 21 October 1924
Julie May Wilson (October 21, 1924 – April 5, 2015) was an American singer and actress "widely regarded as the queen of cabaret". She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a...
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Owen Bradley born 21 October 1915
William Owen Bradley (October 21, 1915 – January 7, 1998) was an American musician and record producer who, along with Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson, Bill Porter, and Don Law, was one of the chief...
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Katie Lee born 23 October 1919
Katie Lee (October 23, 1919 – November 1, 2017) was an American folk singer, actress, writer, photographer and environmental activist. The folk singer Burl Ives once called her “the best cowboy singer...
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Bettye Swann born 24 October 1944
Betty Barton (born October 24, 1944), better known by the stage name Bettye Swann, is a retired American soul singer. She is best known for her 1967 hit song "Make Me Yours". For one with such a...
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Sam 'The Man' Taylor born 25 October 1934
Samuel Leroy Taylor, Jr. (July 12, 1916 – October 5, 1990), known as Sam "The Man" Taylor, was an American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist of the 1950’s who was a mainstay in studios throughout the...
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Mike Piano born 26 October 1944
Mike Piano (born October 26, 1944, Rochester, New York), Jim Brady (born August 24, 1944, Los Angeles) and Richard Shoff (born April 30, 1944, Seattle) were the founding members of The Sandpipers. This...
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George Wallington born 27 October 1924
George Wallington (October 27, 1924, – February 15, 1993) was an American jazz pianist and composer.Wallington was born Giacinto Figlia in Sicily, and then moved to the United States (New York) with...
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Bobbi Staff born 1946
Bobbi Staff (born 1946) is an American singer of pop and country songs in the 1960’s.Bobbi Staff was born Barbara Grindstaff in Cleveland Memorial Hospital Shelby NC. Her father Ervin M. Grindstaff...
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Vivian Ellis born 29 October 1904
Vivian John Herman Ellis, CBE (29 October 1903 – 19 June 1996) was an English musical comedy composer best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness" and the theme "Coronation Scot".Born at...
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Clifford Brown born 30 October 1930
Clifford Brown (October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956), aka "Brownie," was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. He died aged 25, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings....
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Illinois Jacquet born 31 October 1921
Jean-Baptiste "Illinois" Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B...
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Maxine Daniels born 2 November 1930
Maxine Daniels (2 November 1930 – 20 October 2003) was a popular, jazz-oriented singer whose name was widely known in cabaret and variety circles, yet who remained very much part of London's East End....
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Billy Mitchell born 3 November 1926
William Melvin Mitchell (November 3, 1926 – April 18, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He contrived an exciting and unusual combination of hard swing with bebop. This made him an ideal...
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Joe Sullivan born 4 October 1906
Michael Joseph O'Sullivan (November 4, 1906 – October 13, 1971) was an American jazz pianist.Sullivan was the ninth child of Irish immigrant parents. He studied classical piano for 12 years and at age...
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