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Ernest Ashworth born 15 December 1928
Ernest Bert Ashworth (December 15, 1928 – March 2, 2009) was an American country music singer, broadcaster, and longtime Grand Ole Opry star. Signed to the Hickory label, he recorded two studio albums...
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Edna McGriff born 16 December 1935
Edna McGriff (December 16, 1935 – March 1980) was an American rhythm and blues singer and pianist. She recorded mainly in the 1950s. She was a true "one-hit wonder". Although she had a fine voice and...
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Larry Darnell born 17 December 1928
Larry Darnell (December 17, 1928, Columbus, Ohio – July 3, 1983, Columbus) was a successful American singer who was instrumental in the formation of the New Orleans style of R&B in the late 1940s...
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Barry Galbraith born 18 December 1919
Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist, considered as one of the finest studio musicians in the world. He was a first call player for jazz recording...
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Phil Ochs born 19 December 1940
Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humour, earnest...
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Lillian Leach born 20 December 1936
Lillian Leach (December 20, 1936 – April 26, 2013), also known by her married name, Lillian Leach Boyd, was an American singer who performed lead vocals with the Bronx-based doo-wop group the Mellows....
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Freddie Hart born 21 December 1926
Frederick Segrest (December 21, 1926 – October 27, 2018), known professionally as Freddie Hart, was an American country musician and songwriter best known for his chart-topping country song and lone...
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Felix Slatkin born 22 December 1915
Felix Slatkin (December 22, 1915 – February 8, 1963) was an American violinist and conductor. He was active in Hollywood during the 40's, 50's and early 60's. During his career he won wide acclaim and...
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Harold Dorman born 23 December 1931
Harold Kenneth Dorman (December 23, 1931 – October 8, 1988) was an American rock and roll singer and songwriter. Harold Dorman was one of many one-hit wonders during the first wave of rock and roll....
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Harry Warren born 24 December 1893
Harry Warren (December 24, 1893 – September 22, 1981) was an American composer and lyricist. Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy...
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Chris Kenner born 25 December1929
Christophe Kenner (December 25, 1929 – January 25, 1976) was an American, New Orleans-based R&B singer and songwriter, best known for two hit singles in the early 1960s, "I Like It Like That" and...
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Steve Allen born 26 December 1921
Steve Allen (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, and an advocate of scientific scepticism....
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Johnny Frigo born 27 December 1916
Johnny Frigo (December 27, 1916 – July 4, 2007) was an American jazz violinist and bassist. He appeared in the 1940s as a violinist before working as a bassist. He returned to the violin in the 1980s...
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Joe Diffie born 28 December 1958
Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 2004, Joe Diffie was one of the most commercially successful artists in...
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Clyde McCoy born 29 December 1903
Clyde Lee McCoy (December 29, 1903 – June 11, 1990), was an American jazz trumpeter whose popularity spanned seven decades. He came from a family that was among the best known in the country, possibly...
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Nancy LaMott born 30 December 1951
Nancy LaMott (December 30, 1951–December 13, 1995) was an American singer, popular on the New York City cabaret circuit in the 1980s and breaking out into radio and the national and international scene...
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Goree Carter born21 December 1930
Goree Chester Carter or Christer Carter (December 31, 1930* – December 29, 1990), known as Goree Carter, was an American singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and soldier. He was also credited with...
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Bill Darnel born 1 January 1920
Bill Darnel (aka Darnell) (January 1st, 1920 - ?) was one of the busiest session singers whose recordings span from the late-1930's to the late 50’s, yet hardly any mention of him on the internet....
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James Melton born 2 January 1904
James Melton (January 2, 1904 – April 21, 1961), was a tenor whose voice was known to millions of radio, television, opera and concert fans. Popular in the 1920s and early 1930s, later began a career...
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Leon McAuliffe born 3 January 1917
William Leon McAuliffe (January 3, 1917 – August 20, 1988) was an American Western swing guitarist who was a member of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys during the 1930s and was nicknamed “The World's...
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