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Effie Smith born 10 April 1914
Effie Smith (April 10, 1914 – February 11, 1977) was an American blues and jazz singer and comedian, best known for "Dial That Telephone", a song she first recorded in 1953 which became an R&B hit...
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Anita Gravine born 11 April 1946
Anita Gravine (born April 11, 1946) is an American jazz singer and music teacher An elegant interpreter of ballads anda voice with an elegant and professional cut, who too likes to discover songs not...
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Johnny Dodds born 12 April 1892
Johnny Dodds ( April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was an American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist based in New Orleans, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those...
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John LaPorta born 13 April 1920
John Daniel LaPorta (April 13, 1920 – May 12, 2004) was a jazz clarinetist and composer. Born in Philadelphia, he was something of a clarinet prodigy, playing with local bands at ages 10 and 13, and...
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Jimmy Namaro born 14 April 1913
Jimmy Namaro (14Apr 1913 – 25 April 1998) was a vibraphonist, marimbist, percussionist, composer, and painter. James Namaro was born either in La Rosita, Mexico or Columbus, Michigan. His family moved...
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Jerry Williams born 15 April 1942
Erik Sven Fernström (15 April 1942 – 25 March 2018), known by his stage name Jerry Williams, was a Swedish singer and actor. He began his career as the lead singer of The Violents, before launching a...
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Dickie Bishop born 16 April 1935
Dickie Bishop (April 16, 1935 - January 25, 2018) was a British jazz guitarist, banjoist and vocalist. Dickie was born Richard William Bishop in West Ealing, London. As a boy he was introduced to music...
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Calvin Owens born 23 April 1929
Calvin Owens (April 23, 1929 – February 21, 2008) was an inventive and creative trumpeter, bandleader, and composer/arranger, who spent many years as musical director with B.B. King's various touring...
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Joe Henderson born 24 April 1937
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day...
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Jeff Healey born 25 April 1966
Norman Jeffrey Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz singer, guitarist, and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Toronto, Ontario,...
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Teddy Edwards born 26 April 1924
Theodore Marcus Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.Theodore Marcus "Teddy" Edwards was born in Jackson, Mississippi to a musical family. His grandfather,...
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Hop Wilson born 27 April 1921
Harding "Hop" Wilson (April 27, 1921* – August 27, 1975) was an American Texas blues steel guitar player. He was  Harding Wilson was born on a farm in Houston County between Grapeland and Crockett and...
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The Fantastic Johnny C born 28 April 1943
Johnny Corley (born April 28, 1943), better known as The Fantastic Johnny C, is an American soul singer who had four US Hot 100 hits, including the 1967 top ten hit "Boogaloo Down Broadway". Born in...
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Toots Thielemans born 29 April 1922
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans (29 April 1922 – 22 August 2016), known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. Thielemans was born in Brussels. His parents...
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Buddy Arnold born 30 April 1926
Arnold Buddy Grishaver (April 30, 1926 – November 9, 2003), known professionally as Buddy Arnold, was an American jazz saxophonist. Bronx born Buddy Arnold took up the sax at age nine and turned pro...
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Richard "Groove" Holmes born 2 May 1931
Richard Arnold "Groove" Holmes (May 2, 1931 – June 29, 1991) was an American jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of "Misty". Revered...
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Gary Miller born 3 May 1924
Gary Miller (3 May 1924 – 15 June 1968) was an English popular music singer and actor of the 1950s and 1960s. His career spanned only 15 years before he died of a heart attack in 1968. He released 24...
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Hoagy Lands born 4 May 1936
Victor I. Hoagland Sr. (May 4, 1936 – January 12, 2002), known professionally as Hoagy Lands, was an American soul singer whose recording career spanned from the late 1950s on into the mid-1970s, Best...
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Joy Chinery (of The Beverley Sisters) born 5 May 1924
The Beverley Sisters (MBE) were an English female close harmony pop vocal and light entertainment trio, consisting of three siblings from London. They were most popular during the 1950s and 1960s, and...
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