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Ron Holden born 7 August 1939
Rolan Webster Holden (August 7, 1939 – January 22, 1997) was an American pop and rhythm and blues singer from Seattle, Washington. Ron appeared on The Lloyd Thaxton Show, Mike Douglas Show, American...
View ArticleEnd of an era - The Lord of The Boot Sale is now gone.
It is with sad news that a that Forgotten Vinyl also fondly known as "Lord Of The Boot Sale" that has lasted six years and had over 5,000 posts has now been took down due to copyright infringements...
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Benny Carter born 8 August 1907
Bennett Lester "Benny" Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. He was a major figure in jazz from the...
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Merle Kilgore born 9 August 1934
Wyatt Merle Kilgore (August 9, 1934 – February 6, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and manager.Merle Kilgore had a multi-tiered career in country music as a singer, songwriter, deejay and as...
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Geraldo born 10 August 1904
Gerald Walcan Bright, better known as Geraldo (10 August 1904 – 4 May 1974) was an English bandleader. He adopted the name "Geraldo" in 1930, and became one of the most popular British dance band...
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David Box born 11 August 1943
Harold David Box (August 11, 1943 – October 23, 1964) was an American rock musician in the early 1960s. Question : which singer-songwriter-guitarist from Lubbock, Texas, was tragically killed in an...
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Howard Tate born 13 August 1939
Howard Tate (August 13, 1939 – December 2, 2011) was an American soul singer and songwriter. The sublime tenor voice of the American soul singer Howard Tate, who has died aged 72, lit up a string of...
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Eddie Costa born 14 August 1930
Edwin James "Eddie" Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger. In 1957 he was chosen as Down Beat jazz critics' new star on piano and...
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Johnny Thunder born 15 August 1932
Johnny Thunder is the professional stage name of Gil Hamilton (born August 15, 1932). He is an American R&B and pop singer, whose biggest hit was "Loop De Loop" in 1963.Gil Hamilton was born in...
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Ernie Freeman born 16 August 1922
Ernest Aaron "Ernie" Freeman (August 16, 1922 – May 16, 1981) was an American pianist, organist, bandleader and arranger. He was responsible for arranging many successful rhythm and blues and pop...
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Larry Clinton born 17 August 1909
Larry Clinton (August 17, 1909 – May 2, 1985) was a versatile composer, arranger, and bandleader whose swing band was one of the dominant forces in pop music in the late '30s, specifically in the...
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Molly Bee born 18 August 1939
Molly Bee (August 18, 1939 – February 7, 2009), born Mollie Gene Beachboard, was an American country music singer famous for her 1952 recording of the early perennial, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa...
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Lyle Spud Murphy born 19 August 1908
Lyle Stephanovic (August 19, 1908 – August 5, 2005), better known as Spud Murphy, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, and arranger. An unsung musical hero who played a major...
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Justin Tubb born 20 August 1935
Justin Wayne Tubb (August 20, 1935–January 24, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born in San Antonio, Texas. Justin Tubb was born into country music, being the eldest son of...
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Jackie DeShannon born 21 August 1944
Jackie DeShannon, real name Sharon Lee Myers, (born August 21, 1944) is an American singer/songwriter with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards. She was one of the first female singer...
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Carl Mann born 22 August 1942
Carl Mann (born August 22, 1942, Huntingdon, Tennessee) is an American rockabilly singer and pianist. Carl Mann was born in Huntingdon, TN, on August 22, 1942. He grew up in a strongly rural area,...
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Rudy Lewis born 23 August 1935
Rudy Lewis (born Charles Rudolph Harrell; August 23, 1936 – May 20, 1964) was an American rhythm and blues singer known for his work with the Drifters. In 1988, he was posthumously inducted into the...
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Claude Hopkins born 24 August 1903
Claude Driskett Hopkins (August 24, 1903 – February 19, 1984) was an American jazz stride pianist and bandleader. Claude Hopkins was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1903. Historians differ in respect...
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Carrie Smith born 25 August 1925
Carrie Louise Smith (August 25, 1925 – May 20, 2012) was an American blues diva and distinctive jazz singer who straddled both worlds with commendable aplomb. Although her early career was largely...
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Lester Lanin born 26 August 1907
Nathaniel Lester Lanin (August 26, 1907 – October 27, 2004) was an American jazz and pop music bandleader. He was famous for long, smoothly arranged medleys, at a consistent rhythm and tempo, which...
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