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Frankie Carle born 25 March 1903
Frankie Carle (March 25, 1903 – March 7, 2001) was an American pianist and bandleader. As a very popular bandleader in the 1940s and 1950s, Carle was nicknamed "The Wizard of the Keyboard". "Sunrise...
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Teddy Pendergrass born 26 March 1950
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was a smooth Philadelphia soul and R&B star. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he initially rose to musical fame as the...
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Ben Webster born 27 March 1909
Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973), a.k.a. "The Brute" or "Frog," was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was considered one of the three most important...
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Jimmy Work born 29 March 1924
Jimmy Work (March 29, 1924 – December 22, 2018) was an American country musician and songwriter who isn't a name that most country music fans are familiar with, even though he was responsible for...
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Randy VanWarmer born 30 March 1955
Randy VanWarmer (March 30, 1955 – January 12, 2004) was an American songwriter and guitarist best remembered for his 1979 pop smash, "Just When I Needed You Most." Randy VanWarmer was born Randall Van...
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Lowell Fulson born 31 March 1921
Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was an American blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. He also recorded for contractual reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell...
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Ace Harris born 1 April 1910
Asa "Ace" Harris* (April 1, 1910 – June 11, 1964) was an American jazz pianist, singer , arranger and band leader in the field of rhythm & blues and jazz. Ace with the Sunset Royal SerenadersBorn...
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Marvin Gaye born 2 April 1939
Marvin Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later...
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Jimmy Nolen born 3 April 1934
Jimmy Nolen (April 3, 1934 – December 18, 1983) was an American guitarist, known for his distinctive "chicken scratch" lead guitar playing in James Brown's bands. In its survey of "The 100 Greatest...
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Marion Harris born 4 April 1896
Marion Harris (April 4, 1896? – April 23, 1944) became famous as a white vaudeville singer and recording artist who was influenced by contemporary black jazz which helped to usher in the Jazz Age...
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Jack Clement born 5 April 1931
Jack Henderson Clement (April 5, 1931 – August 8, 2013) was an American singer, songwriter, and record and film producer. Raised and educated in Memphis, Clement was performing at an early age, playing...
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Beverly "Guitar" Watkins born 6 April 1939
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins (April 6, 1939 – October 1, 2019) was an American blues guitarist. She performed in relative obscurity for many years, but she made up for lost time after recording her first...
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Nick Perito born 7 April 1924
Nicholas Perito (April 7, 1924 – August 4, 2005) was an American Hollywood composer and arranger and, for 40 years, the closest collaborator of singer Perry Como. Born in Denver, Perito's start in...
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Jennell Hawkins born 8 April 1938
Jennell Ruth Hawkins (née Grimes, April 8, 1938 – October 13, 2006) was an American R&B singer and musician who recorded in the 1950s and early 1960s and had a Top 50 chart hit in 1961 with...
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Julian Dash born 9 April 1916
Julian Dash (9 April 1916 – 25 February 1974) was an American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist born in Charleston, South Carolina, probably better known for his work with Erskine Hawkins and Buck...
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John Brim born 10 April 1922
John Charles Brim (April 10, 1922 – October 1, 2003 was an American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter, and singer. Although not often credited as a big name of the post-war Chicago blues, John Brim...
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Nicoletta born 11 April 1944
Nicoletta (born 11 April 1944) is a French pop singer. Becoming very popular on French radio and television, where she had a number of hits in the 1960s and the 1970s, she was considered as part of...
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Ernie Lee born 12 April 1916
Ernie Lee (12 April 1916 – 23 May 1991) was a Country music singer and radio performer. He was a talented artist who despite having enjoyed regional popularity never got the break (or hit record!) to...
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Col Joye born 13 Aprtil 1936
Colin Frederick Jacobsen AM (born 13 April 1937), better known by his stage name Col Joye, is an Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur (he has also recorded various other...
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Bill Harris born 14 April 1925
Bill Harris (April 14, 1925 – December 6, 1988.) was an American guitarist who played R&B and jazz. Bill "Willie" Harris was born in Nashville, North Carolina. He had a thick background in bebop...
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