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Marc Bolan born 30 September 1947
Marc Bolan (30 September 1947* – 16 September 1977) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. He is best known as the founder, front man, lead singer & guitarist for T. Rex, but also a...
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Pat Thomas born 31 July 1938
Pat Thomas (31 July 1938 – 24 March 1992) was an American jazz singer from Chicago who had a hit with "Desafinado". Surprisingly she is virtually forgotten even as part of the scene of which she was,...
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André Gagnon born 2 August 1936
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James Tyler born 3 August 1940
James Tyler (August 3, 1940 – November 23, 2010) was a 20th-century American lutenist, banjoist, guitarist, composer, musicologist and author, who helped pioneer an early music revival. As a dynamic...
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Bobby Howes born 4 August 1895
Bobby Howes (4 August 1895 – 27 April 1972) was a British entertainer who was a leading musical comedy performer in London's West End theatres in the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in Battersea, Surrey,...
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T.N.T. Tribble born 5 August 1921
Thomas E. Tribble (5 August 1921 – 27 March 2017) was a rhythm & blues singer, drummer, band leader and songwriter, nicknamed T.N.T. Tribble. Thomas Edward Tribble was born in Canon, Georgia to Lee...
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Buddy Collette born 6 August 1921
William Marcel "Buddy" Collette (August 6, 1921 – September 19, 2010) was an American jazz flutist, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He was a founding member of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. He played with...
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Roland Kirk born 7 August 1936
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977), known earlier in his career simply as Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute, and many other...
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Tommy Jennings born 8 August 1938
Tommy Jennings (8 August 1938 – 26 September 2018) was a songwriter, publisher, record producer and country music artist, but is perhaps best known as the younger brother of Waylon and bass player for...
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Robert Shaw born 9 August 1908
Robert "Fud" Shaw (August 9, 1908 – May 18, 1985) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, best known for his 1963 album, The Ma Grinder. Shaw was born in Stafford, Texas, the son of farm...
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Rhonda Fleming born 10 August 1923
Rhonda Fleming (August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of...
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Rod Bernard born 12 August 1940
Rod Bernard (August 12, 1940 – July 12, 2020) was an American singer who helped to pioneer the musical genre known as "swamp pop", which combined New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and...
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Joe Puma born 13 August 1927
Joe Puma (August 13, 1927 – May 31, 2000) was an American jazz guitarist who had a steady if low-profile career, uplifting many sessions without getting famous himself. Joseph J. Puma was born in the...
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Sam Lazar born 1933
Sam Lazar (born 1933) was an American pianist and Hammond organist originally from St. Louis, Missouri, United States. A mysterious figure who disappeared from the music scene in the early 1960s, he is...
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Gail Reese born 15 August 1917
Gail Reese (August 15, 1917 – April 13, 1998) was a big band vocalist during the 1930’s who although singing with some of the well known band leaders, never reached the popularity, fame or fortune as...
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Jim Dale born 16 August 1935
Jim Dale MBE (born James Smith; 15 August 1935) is an English actor, composer, director, narrator, singer and songwriter who is best known for his roles in the Carry On films and as the narrator of the...
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Duke Pearson born 17 August 1932
Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop...
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Hank Penny born 18 August 1918
Herbert Clayton Penny (August 18, 1918* – April 17, 1992) was an accomplished banjo player and one of the foremost practitioners of the Western swing sound. Born Herbert Clayton Penny on September 18,...
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Doc Bagby born 19 August 1929
Harry "Doc" Bagby (19 August 1917* – 3 September 1970 Manhattan) also known as Hank Bagly was an American studio musician who played piano and organ, and backed many artists in pop and jazz. He played...
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Jack Teagarden born 20 August 1905
Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden (August 20, 1905–January 15, 1964) was an influential jazz trombonist and vocalist. One of the classic giants of jazz, Jack Teagarden was not only the top pre-bop trombonist...
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