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Joe Hill Louis born 23 September 1921
Joe Hill Louis (September 23, 1921 – August 5, 1957), born Lester Hill, was an American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band. He was one of a small number of one-man blues bands (along...
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James "Shep" Sheppard born 24 September 1935
James "Shep" Sheppard (September 24, 1935 – January 24, 1970) was an American R&B and Doo-Wop singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of the vocal groups The Heartbeats and Shep & The...
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The Grim Reaper has appeared.
Hi Music Lovers, Sadly after 14 years without a hitch, someone has reported my blog for illegal downloads. I bought the album in question from a charity shop in a bundle of 3 albums for £1 (legal)...
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Kathi McDonald born 25 September 1948
Kathryn Marie "Kathi" McDonald (September 25, 1948 – October 3, 2012) was an American blues and rock singer and songwriter. Kathi McDonald's voice was so riveting, people took notice even when she...
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Lynn Hope born 26 September 1926
Lynn Hope, also known as El Hajj Abdullah Rasheed Ahmad, (September 26, 1926 – February 24, 1993) was an American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist noted for his instrumental remakes of established...
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Morris Nanton born 28 September 1929
Morris Nanton (September 28, 1929 - November 15, 2009) was an American Jazz pianist. Nanton was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and lived there all his life. He served in the US Armed Forces during the...
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Tommy Boyce born 29 September 1939
Sidney Thomas "Tommy" Boyce (September 29, 1939 – November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman; February 18, 1939) were a prolific American duo of singer-songwriters. In addition to...
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Oscar Pettiford born 30 September 1922
Oscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom. Pettiford was born...
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Harry Lookofsky born 1st October 1913
Harry Lookofsky (1 October 1913 – 8 June 1998) was an American jazz violinist who bridged the technical rigors of classical music with the phrasing and rhythms of bebop to create Stringsville, one of...
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Lolly Vegas born 2 October 1939
Lolly Vegas (October 2, 1939 – March 4, 2010) was a Native American-Mexican musician. He played in numerous ensembles alongside his brother Pat, including Pat & Lolly Vegas, the surf group The...
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George Wein born 3 October 1925
George Wein (pronounced Ween) (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. He was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer...
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Bridget St. John born 4 October 1946
Bridget St John (born 4 October 1946 in Surrey, England) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel's Dandelion...
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Marie Laforêt born 5 October 1939
Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Doumenach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. Known as “the...
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Norman Simmons born 6 October 1929
Norman Simmons (October 6, 1929 – May 13, 2021) was an American pianist, composer, arranger and educator whose multidimensional jazz career featured a series of high-profile associations with singers...
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Irma Curry born 7 October 1928
Irma Curry (born October 7, 1928) is not exactly a household name; in fact I would be surprised if very many people are aware that she was a singer of more than average ability. She aspired to be a...
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Pepper Adams born 8 October 1930
Park Frederick "Pepper" Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986) was an American jazz baritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28...
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Goebel Reeves born 9 October 1899
Goebel Leon Reeves (October 9, 1899 – January 26, 1959) was an American folk singer. His most famous song is "Hobo's Lullaby," which has been covered by numerous singers, notably Woody Guthrie, his son...
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Thelonius Monk born 10 October 1917
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz...
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Jerry Jericho born 11 October 1918
Jerry Jericho (October 11,1918 – October 2, 1998) also known as “Smilin” Jerry Jericho was one of the most enduring regional stars of the 1940’s and 1950’s, working out of the country music hotbed of...
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James Dewar born 12 October 1942
James Dewar (12 October 1942 – 16 May 2002) was a Scottish musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for Robin Trower and Stone the Crows, the latter having its beginnings as “Power,” the...
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