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Herbie Cox born 6 May 1939
Herbie Cox (May 6, 1938 - December 7, 2019) was the lead singer of the doo-wop group The Cleftones. Born Herbert Alexander Cox in Cincinnati, Ohio, he moved to NY as a young teenager, first to Harlem...
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Vic Berton born 7 May 1899
Vic Berton (May 7, 1896 - December 26, 1951), was an American jazz drummer. Berton was born, Victor Cohen, in Chicago came from a musically talented family and is said to have played in a pit orchestra...
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Benny Edward Martin (May 8, 1928 – March 13, 2001), was an American bluegrass fiddler who invented the eight-string fiddle. Throughout his musical career he performed with artists such as the Bluegrass...
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Big Slim The Lone Cowboy
Big Slim, The Lone Cowboy (May 9, 1901 - October 13, 1966) was an important contributor to country music, with a strong, deep singing voice. He was a good representation of the Cowboy...
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Mary Small born 10 May 1922
Mary Small (May 10, 1922 – February 27, 2007) was a prominent singing personality during the Golden Age of Radio and hosted her own broadcasts for 14 consecutive years across all major networks. She...
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Freddie Roach born 11 May 1931
Freddie Roach (May 11, 1931 – October 3, 1980) was an American jazz Hammond B3 organist and one of the more underrated soul-jazz organists of the '60s. He recorded a series of seven albums for Blue...
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Klaus Doldinger born 12 May 1936
Klaus Doldinger (born 12 May 1936) is a German saxophonist known for his work in jazz and as a film music composer. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards. Klaus Doldinger was born and...
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Red Garland born 13 May 1923
William McKinley "Red" Garland, Jr. (May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984) was an American modern jazz pianist. Known for his work as a bandleader and during the 1950s with Miles Davis, Garland helped...
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Jenks "Tex" Carman born 14 May 1903
Jenkins "Tex" Carman (May 14, 1903 – February 2, 1968) was a truly eccentric country music entertainer active from the 1920s to the 1960s, of questionable ability, but boundless energy, known for...
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K.T. Oslin born 15 May 1942
K. T. Oslin (born Kay Toinette Oslin; May 15, 1942 – December 21, 2020) was an American country music singer–songwriter. Oslin had several years of major commercial success in the late 1980s after...
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Lucy Ann Polk born 16 May 1927
Lucy Ann Polk (May 16, 1928 – October 10, 2011) was an American jazz singer who performed with Les Brown's orchestra in the 1950s. She also sang and recorded with Bob Crosby, Kay Kyser, Tommy Dorsey,...
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Red Smiley born 17 May 1925
Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley (May 17, 1925 – January 2, 1972) was an American bluegrass and country musician, best known for his guitar playing with Don Reno under the name Reno and Smiley. Born Arthur Lee...
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Tommy Tucker born 18 May 1903
Gerald L. Duppler (May 18, 1903* – July 11, 1989), better known under his stage name Tommy Tucker, was an American bandleader. The Tommy Tucker Orchestra entertained many listeners as a big band in the...
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Bobby Bryant born 19 May 1934
Bobby Bryant (May 19, 1934 – June 10, 1998) was an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. A fine trumpeter with a wide range who primarily performed with big bands (often playing lead), Bobby...
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Joe Cocker born 20 May 1944
John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer known for his gritty voice and dynamic stage performances that featured spasmodic body movements.Joe (right) age 6...
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April Ames born 21 May 1933
April Ames (born 21 May 1933) was a big band and Vegas singer.April was born April Stahl in Orange, California. She started singing professionally at the radio station KOY in Pheonix, Arizona whist...
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Faye Adams born 22 May 1923
Faye Adams (May 22, 1923- November 2, 2016?)* was an American singer who recorded and performed rhythm and blues and gospel from the late 1940s until the early 1960s. Dubbed "the little gal with the...
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Valerie Capers born 24 May 1935
Valerie Capers (born May 24, 1935) is an American pianist and composer. Although her 1995 Columbia recording Come on Home was released in a Legendary Pioneers of Jazz series, Valerie Capers is much too...
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Norman Petty born 25 May 1927
Norman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician and record producer who is best known for his association with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, who recorded in his studio. Petty was...
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Miles Davis born 26 May 1926
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and...
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