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Mickie Most born 20 June 1938
Michael Peter Hayes (20 June 1938 – 30 May 2003), known as Mickie Most, was an English pop singer and record producer. Born in Aldershot, the son of a regimental sergeant-major, Most left school at 15...
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Nick Noble born 21 June 1926
Nick Noble (June 21, 1926 – March 24, 2012) was an American pop singer, who was best known for his recordings of "The Tip of My Fingers" and "Moonlight Swim". Born Nicholas Valkan in Chicago, Illinois,...
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Cal Green born 22 June 1937
Cal Green (June 22, 1935 - July 04, 2004) was a talented and versatile Texan guitarist who started out imitating his favourite local Blues players, then got a gig playing with one of the biggest...
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Rosetta Hightower born 23 June 1944
Rosetta Jeanette Hightower (23 June 1944 – 2 August 2014) was an American singer, and the lead singer of the 1960s girl group The Orlons. She was born in Philadelphia.Her primary fame derived from...
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Tommy Scott born 24 June 1917
Ramblin' Tommy Scott (June 24, 1917 – September 30, 2013), aka "Doc" Tommy Scott, was an American country and rockabilly musician. He recorded consistently from the 1930s-2000s and released a number of...
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Bill Russo born 25 June 1928
Bill Russo (June 25, 1928 – January 11, 2003) was an American composer, arranger, and musician from Chicago, Illinois, United States. He composed more than 200 pieces for jazz orchestra, and there were...
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Harry "The Hipster" Gibson born 27 June 1915
Harry "The Hipster" Gibson (June 27, 1915 – May 3, 1991), born Harry Raab, was an American jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter. Gibson was Jewish. He came from a musical family that operated a player...
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Pete Candoli born 28 June 1923
Pete Candoli (born Walter Joseph Candoli; June 28, 1923 – January 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter and the brother of trumpeter Conte Candoli. He played with the big bands of Woody Herman and...
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Bobby Gordon born 29 June 1941
Bobby Gordon (June 29, 1941- December 31, 2013) was an American clarinetist.Robert Cameron Gordon was born in Manhasset, New York, in 1941. Happily for him, his father worked for RCA and sold Tommy...
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Florence Ballard born 30 June 1943
Florence Glenda Chapman (née Ballard; June 30, 1943 – February 22, 1976) was an American singer and a founding member of the Motown vocal female group the Supremes. She sang on 16 top 40 singles with...
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Syl Johnson born 1 July 1936
Sylvester Johnson (born Sylvester Thompson; July 1, 1936 – February 6, 2022) was an American blues and soul singer, musician, songwriter and record producer. His most successful records included...
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Turner Layton born 2 July 1894
Turner Layton (July 2, 1894 – February 6, 1978), born John Turner Layton, Jr., was an American songwriter, singer and pianist. He frequently worked with Henry Creamer.Born in Washington, D.C., United...
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Lavelle White born 3 July 1929
Lillia Lavell "Lavelle" White (born July 3, 1929) is an American Texas blues and soul blues singer and songwriter. After performing most of her adult lifetime, White released three albums, the first of...
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Rita Moss born 4 July 1918
Rita Moss (born Loreta L. Waynesboro; July 4, 1918 – July 16, 2015) was an American jazz and ballad singer, notable for her four-octave vocal range.Lorita Waynesboro was in Cabin Creek, Kanawha, West...
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Arthur Blythe born 5 July 1940
Arthur Murray Blythe (May 7, 1940 – March 27, 2017) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer. He was described by critic Chris Kelsey as displaying "one of the most easily recognizable alto...
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Dorothy Kirsten born 6 July 1910
Dorothy Kirsten (July 6*, 1910 – November 18, 1992) was an American operatic soprano.Like her fellow soprano Eileen Farrell, Kirsten started in radio and throughout her career, sang both popular music...
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Willie Wright born 7 July 1939
William C. Gathright (July 7, 1939 – June 29, 2020), known professionally as Willie Wright, was an American soul singer and songwriter, best known for his "rediscovered" 1977 album, Telling the...
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Earl Van Dyke born 8 July 1930
Earl Van Dyke (July 8, 1930 – September 18, 1992) was an American soul musician, most notable as the main keyboardist for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the late 1960s and early...
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Buddy Bregman born 9 July 1930
Louis Isidore "Buddy" Bregman (July 9, 1930 – January 8, 2017) was an American arranger and conductor.Bregman was born in Chicago. His father was an executive in the steel industry. His uncle was...
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Mavis Staples born 10 July 1939
Mavis Staples, (born July 10, 1939, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American gospel and soul singer who was an integral part of the Staple Singers as well as a successful solo artist.Staples was born in...
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