Johnny Carisi born 23 February 1922
John E. Carisi (February 23, 1922 ā October 3, 1992) was an American trumpeter and composer.Ā Johnny Carisi was born Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey. A self taught musician he began his career in the bands...
View ArticleHouston Wells born 25 February 1932
Houston Wells (25 February 1932 - 28 December 2013) was a British country singer.Ā He was born Andrew Smith in 1932 in East Woodburn, a small village 40 miles north of Newcastle upon Tyne. His motherās...
View ArticleGloria Scott born 26 February 1946
Gloria Scott (born February 26, 1946) is an American soul singer.Ā Gloria Scott was born in Port Arthur, Texas, but was raised in the city of Houston, before moving with her family to northern...
View ArticleMarty Grosz (born February 28, 1930)
Marty Grosz (born February 28, 1930) is an American jazz guitarist, banjoist, vocalist, composer and one of jazz music's great comedians (his spontaneous monologues are often hilarious). His chordal...
View ArticleLittle Joe Washington born 1 March 1939
Little Joe Washington (March 1, 1939 - November 12, 2014) was an American blues guitarist & vocalist. He was one of Third Wardās legendary blues guitarists, comprising Albert Collins, Johnny Clyde...
View ArticlePaul Clayton born 3 March 1933
Paul Clayton (March 3, 1931 ā March 30, 1967) was an American folksinger, guitarist, dulcimer player, author and folk music collector who was prominent in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s....
View ArticleAnn Burton born 4 March 1933
Ann Burton (March 4, 1933 ā November 29, 1989) was a Dutch jazz singer.Ā In about 1930 the mother of Ann Burton (pseudonym of Johanna Rafalowicz) immigrated from Poland to the Netherlands. Ann was born...
View ArticleGene Rodgers born 5 March 1910
Gene Rodgers (March 5, 1910 ā October 23, 1987) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who had a long career although he never became famous. He is best known for being the pianist on...
View ArticlePhilippe Clay born 7 March 1927
Philippe Clay (March 7, 1927 ā December 13, 2007) was a French mime artist, singer and actor. Perhaps because he was not so much of a caricature Frenchman as his boyhood hero Maurice Chevalier, he did...
View ArticleRichard FariƱa born 8 March 1937
Richard George FariƱa Ā (March 8, 1937 ā April 30, 1966) was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist.Ā FariƱa was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, the son of an Irish mother,...
View ArticleMickey Gilley born 9 March 1936
Mickey Leroy Gilley (born March 9, 1936) is an American country music singer and songwriter.Ā Mickey Gilley was born in Natchez, Mississippi. Gilley spent most of his childhood in Ferriday, Louisiana,...
View ArticleDavid Maxwell born 10 March 1943
David Maxwell (March 10, 1943 ā February 13, 2015) was an American blues pianist, songwriter, and singer. He has been acknowledged as one of the finest blues pianists in his lifetime for the many...
View ArticleDavid Wiffen born 11 March 1942
David Wiffen (born 11 March 1942) is an English-Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Two of his songs, "Driving Wheel" and "More Often Than Not", have become cover standards.Ā Wiffen was born in Redhill,...
View ArticleDon Drummond
Don Drummond (12 March 1932 ā 6 May 1969) was a Jamaican ska trombonist .He was among the seminal figures behind the evolution of ska and a founding member of the legendary Skatalites. He was the...
View ArticleMarjie Hendrix born 13 March 1935
Marjorie "Margie" Hendrix (sometimes Hendricks) (March 13, 1935 ā July 14, 1973) was an American rhythm and blues singer and founding member of the Raelettes, who were the backing singers for Ray...
View ArticleMark Murphy born 14 March 1948
Mark Howe Murphy (March 14, 1932 ā October 22, 2015) was an American jazz singer based at various times in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and San Francisco. He recorded 51 albums under his own...
View ArticleBob Wilber born 15 March 1928
Ā Robert Sage Wilber (March 15, 1928 ā August 4, 2019) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and band leader.Ā Born in New York, he was the younger child of Allen Wilber, an academic publisher....
View ArticleRuby Braff born 16 March 1927
Reuben "Ruby" Braff (March 16, 1927 ā February 9, 2003) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Garry Moore television show and described Ruby as...
View ArticleEddy Giles born 17 March 1938
Eddie Giles (, March 17, 1938 - February 5, 2019) was an American southern soul and gospel singer, songwriter and guitarist.Ā Eddy Giles was born Elbert Wiggins Giles in Frierson, Louisiana, near...
View ArticleSmiley Burnette born 18 March 1911
Lester Alvin Burnett (March 18, 1911 ā February 16, 1967), better known as Smiley Burnette, was an American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing...
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