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Terry Morel born 29 January 1925

Terry Morel ( January 29,1925 – June, 24, 2005) was an American West coast jazz singer active in the 1950s and early 60s. Born Florence Cohen, in Philadelphia on January 29, 1925, Terry Morel was a...

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Frank Weir born 30 January 1911

Frank Weir (30 January 1911 – 12 May 1981) was a British jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader.Frank Weir was born in Ton Pentre, Wales as Frederick Weir Willats. He served as an Army musician...

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Finis Tasby born 1 February 1939

Finis Tasby (February 1, 1939 – November 2, 2014)* was a Los Angeles based blues singer and front man for the group The Mannish Boys. Although he recorded his first nationally distributed full-length...

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Dorris Henderson born 2 February 1933

Dorris Henderson (February 2, 1933 – March 3, 2005) was an American-born, United Kingdom-based folk music singer and autoharp player. Born in Lakeland, Florida but raised in Los Angeles, she was the...

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Patsy Ann Noble born 3 February 1944

Patricia Ann Ruth Noble (3 February 1944 – 23 January 2021) was an Australian singer and actress who enjoyed performing careers in Australia and England before turning to acting in the late '60s....

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Bob Gaddy born 4 February 1924

Bob Gaddy (February 4, 1924 – July 24, 1997) was an American East Coast blues and rhythm-and-blues pianist, singer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his recordings of "Operator" and "Rip and...

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Pete Terrace born 6 February 1927

Pete Terrace (born February 6 , 1927 ) is a composer, arranger, vibraphonist, drummer and percussionist of Latin jazz and Afro-Cuban jazz who has made numerous Latin arrangements of titles by other...

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Dean Hudson born 7 February 1913

Dean Hudson (Feb. 7, 1913 - Dec. 5, 1991) was an American trumpeter, singer, and big band swing leader. Born Marion Elsworth Brown in Lake Worth, Florida, his father was a trumpeter and symphonic band...

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Wilbur Sweatman born 8 February 1882

Wilbur Coleman Sweatman (February 7, 1882 – March 9, 1961) was an American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader and clarinetist. Sweatman was one of the first African-American musicians to...

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Red Lane born 9 February 1939

Red Lane (February 9, 1939 – July 1, 2015), was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist who was a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1993). He has credits as composer...

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Bertini born 10 February 1887

Bertram Gutsell (February 10, 1887 - June 10, 1952), better known as Bertini, was a British dance band leader and composer.Bertram Harry Gutsell was born in Southwark, London, England within the sound...

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Jules Ruben born 11 February 1912

Jules Ruben (February 11th 1912 - July 6th 2006) was a British jazz pianist, composer, recording artist, inventor and mentalist! Jules with his fatherJules was born at Stoke Newington, the youngest of...

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Elliot Lawrence born 14 February 1925

Elliott Lawrence Broza (February 14, 1925 – July 2, 2021), known professionally as Elliott Lawrence, was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. Elliot Lawrence Broza was born in Philadelphia. His...

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Ted Taylor born 15 February 1934

Theodore Taylor (February 16, 1934 – October 23, 1987) was an American R&B and soul singer. Born Theodore Austin Taylor in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, he moved to California in 1952. He became a member of...

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Cast King born 16 February 1926

Joseph D. "Cast" King (February 16, 1926 – December 13, 2007) was a country musician and songwriter. Cast showed musical interest when he was young and taught himself to play guitar when he was a 10...

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Johnny Bush born 17 February 1935

John Bush Shinn III (February 17, 1935 – October 16, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician, nicknamed the "Country Caruso”. He was especially popular in his native Texas....

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Boško Petrović born 18 February 1935

Boško Petrović (18 February 1935 - 10 January 2011) was a Croatian vibraphonist, composer, band leader, producer , promoter, discographer and jazz educator. Bosko was born in Zagreb, Croatia,  and in...

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Gayle Caldwell born 20 February 1941

Gayle Caldwell (20 February 1941 - 14 April 2009) was an American singer musician and songwriter. The first of six daughters, Judith Gayle Geddes was born in Eugene, Oregon to Paul and Esther Geddes...

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Scrapper Blackwell born 21 February 1903

Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer, best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late...

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Mick Green born 22 February 1944

Michael Robert Green (22 February 1944 – 11 January 2010) was an English rock and roll guitarist who played with The Pirates (with and without Johnny Kidd), Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and Cliff...

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