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Slim Gaillard born 4 January 1916
Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 4, 1916 – February 26, 1991), also known as McVouty, was an American jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone. Born Bulee...
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Ruth Wallis born 5 January 1920
Ruth Wallis (January 5, 1920 – December 22, 2007) was a novelty popular cabaret singer of the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s who was known as the Queen of the Party Song for the genteelly risqué numbers she...
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Bobby Lord born 6 January 1934
Robert Lester Lord (January 6, 1934 – February 16, 2008), better known as Bobby Lord, was an American country music artist popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Lord was born January 6, 1934 in Sanford,...
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Cactus Pryor born 7 January 1928
Richard "Cactus" Pryor (January 7, 1923 – August 30, 2011) was an American recording artist, broadcaster and humorist. Pryor was an Austin native whose grandfather helped build the Texas Capital....
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Bobby Tucker born 8 January 1923
Bobby Tucker (January 8, 1923 – April 12, 2008) was a pianist and arranger during the jazz era from the 1940s into the 1960s.Robert Nathaniel "Bobby" Tucker Jr. was born in Morristown, New Jersey. He...
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Roy Head born 9 January 1941
Roy Head (January 9, 1941 – September 21, 2020) was an American singer, best known for his hit record "Treat Her Right". Roy Head was born in Three Rivers, Texas, on January 9, 1941. In 1955, Head and...
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Buddy Johnson born 10 January 1915
Woodrow Wilson "Buddy" Johnson (January 10, 1915 – February 9, 1977) was an American jump blues pianist and bandleader active from the 1930s through the 1960s. His songs were often performed by his...
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Tommy Duncan born 11 January 1911
Thomas Elmer Duncan (January 11, 1911 – July 25, 1967), better known as Tommy Duncan, was a pioneering American Western swing vocalist and songwriter who gained fame in the 1930s as a founding member...
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Des O'Connor born 12 January 1932
Desmond Bernard O'Connor CBE (12 January 1932 – 14 November 2020) was an English comedian, singer and television presenter who went on to record 36 albums, perform in cabaret in Las Vegas, at Sydney...
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Carl Dobkins Jr. born 13 January 1941
Carl Edward Dobkins Jr. (January 13, 1941 – April 8, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter,and one of those rockabilly legends who wouldn’t quit, even decades after his last chart entry. From a...
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Billie Jo Spears born 14 January 1938
Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Joe Moore; January 14, 1938 – December 14, 2011) was an American country music singer. She reached the top 10 of the country music chart five times between 1969 and 1977,...
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Jerry Wald born 15 January 1918
Jerry Wald (January 15, 1918 – September 1, 1973) was an American clarinetist and band leader. Jervis Wald was born in Newark, New Jersey and started on soprano saxophone at the age of seven, later...
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Conny Vandenbos born 16 January 1937
Jacoba Adriana Hollestelle (16 January 1937 – 7 April 2002), known professionally as Conny Vandenbos, was a popular Dutch singer. She had her first radio hit in 1966 and continued to make hit...
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Irene Daye born 17 January 1918
Irene Daye (January 17, 1918 -November 1, 1971) was an American jazz singer. Born Irene Endyke in Lawrence, Massachusetts, singer Irene Daye landed her first professional singing job with orchestra...
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Johnny Costa born 18 January 1922
Johnny Costa (born John Costanza; January 18, 1922 – October 11, 1996) was an American jazz pianist. Given the title "The White Art Tatum" by jazz legend Art Tatum, Costa is best known for his work as...
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Shirley Ellis born 19 January 1929
Shirley Ellis (January 19, 1929 – October 5, 2005) was an American soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian heritage. Shirley Marie O'Garra was born to William H. and Petra (Smith) O'Garra. Her...
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Piney Brown born 20 January 1922
Columbus S. Perry (January 20, 1922 – February 5, 2009), better known as Piney Brown, was an American R&B and blues singer and songwriter, who has been described as a "fine, big-voiced shouter". He...
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Mac Davis born 21 January 1942
Scott Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Born in Lubbock, Texas, he was the son of Edith (nee Lankford) and Thomas “TJ”...
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Nolan Strong born 22 January 1934
Nolan Strong ( January 22, 1934 - February 21, 1977) was an American rhythm & blues singer and songwriter. Nolan Strong was born in Scottsboro, Alabama and moved to Detroit at a young age. He...
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Chita Rivera born 23 January 1933
Chita Rivera (born January 23, 1933 as Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero), is an American actress, singer and dancer best known for originating roles in Broadway musicals including Anita in West...
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