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Lu Ann Simms born 11 July 1932
Lu Ann Simms (July 11, 1932 – September 21, 2003) was an American singer well-known in the 1950s. A performer since the age of three, she became an over-night star in 1952 after winning first place on...
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Sammy Lawhorn born 12 July 1935
Sammy Lawhorn (July 12, 1935 – April 29, 1990) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, best known as a member of Muddy Waters's band. He also accompanied many other blues musicians, including Otis...
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Ike Cole born 13 July 1927
Isaac "Ike" Cole (July 13, 1927 – April 22, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Taller, heavier and younger than Nat King Cole, Ike Cole was often likened in his quiet manner, keyboard...
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James Royal born 14 July 1941
James Royal (born 14 July 1941)* is a British born soul singer who was known as the “King of British Blue Eyed Soul”. In a lot of ways the story of James Royal is mirrored that of many an artist in the...
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Hal Willis born 15 July 1933
Hal Willis (July 15, 1933 – September 4, 2015) was a Canadian country singer who lived in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.He was born Leonald Francois Joseph Guy Gauthier in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec the...
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Cal Tjader born 16 July 1925
Cal Tjader (July 16, 1925 – May 5, 1982) was an American Latin jazz musician who crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly...
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Mimi Hines born 17 July 1933
Mimi Hines (born July 17, 1933) is a Canadian singer and comedian best known for her appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show and her work on Broadway. She succeeded Barbra Streisand in...
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Johnny Funches born 18 July 1935
Johnny Funches (Born 18 July 1935 - 23 January 1998) was the original lead singer of The Dells, an R&B vocal group from 1953 to 1961. The Dells were formed in 1953 in Harvey, Ilinois, where all the...
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Preston Epps born 19 July 1930
Preston Eugene Epps (July 19, 1930 – May 9, 2019) was an American percussionist. Epps was born in Mangum, Oklahoma. He attended grade school in Tulsa and moved as a teenager to Oakland, where he...
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Laura Lee Perkins born 20 July 1939
Laura Lee Perkins (July 20, 1939 – April 6, 2018) was a rockabilly musician who was once billed as "the female Jerry Lee Lewis." Laura Lee Perkins was born Alice Faye Perkins, and she grew up in a coal...
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Terry Parker born 21 July 1933
Terry Parker (born July 21, 1933) is something of a “Mystery Lady” in Canadian country music. She earned the title of “Canada’s Yodeling Sweetheart,” and was the inspiration for many Canadian female...
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Bobby Sherman born 22 July 1943
Bobby Sherman (born July 22, 1943), is an American singer, actor and occasional songwriter who became a teen idol in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Robert Cabot 'Bobby' Sherman, Jr was born in Santa...
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Tony Joe White born 23 July 1943
Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit "Polk Salad Annie" and for "Rainy Night in...
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Max D. Barnes born 24 July 1936
Max Duane Barnes (July 24, 1935 – January 11, 2004) was an American country singer and songwriter who may not have released many records, but he left an important mark on contemporary country music. As...
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Don Ellis born 25 July 1934
Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in...
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Brenton Wood born 26 July 1941
Alfred Jesse Smith (born July 26, 1941), better known as Brenton Wood, is an American singer and songwriter known for his two 1967 hit singles, "The Oogum Boogum Song" and "Gimme Little Sign". Wood was...
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Moses Rascoe born 27 July 1917
Moses Rascoe (27 July 1917 - 6 March 1994) was an American blues singer and guitarist.Moses Lee Rascoe was born in Windsor, North Carolina. His father played harmonica and his mother piano. He got his...
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Jim Galloway born 28 July 1936
James Braidie Galloway (28 July 1936 – 30 December 2014) was a jazz clarinet and saxophone player. He based his career in Canada after emigrating from Scotland in the mid-1960s. Fifty years in Canada...
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Michael Burks born 30 July 1957
Michael Burks (July 30, 1957 – May 6, 2012) was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his tracks, "Everybody's Got Their Hand Out", "I Smell...
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Chuck Wilson born 31 July 1948
Charles Dee “Hurl” Wilson (July 31, 1948 – October 16, 2018) was an American jazz alto saxophonist.Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Wilson began playing saxophone at age 11, and led his own trio while...
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