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Texas Jim Lewis born 15 October 1909
Texas Jim Lewis (October 15, 1909 - January 23, 1990) was a country and western singer, bass player, film actor and radio and television performer. Born James lewis Jr. in Meigs, Georgia, USA, his...
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Sathima Bea Benjamin born 17 October 1936
Beatrice "Sathima Bea" Benjamin (17 October 1936 – 20 August 2013) was a South African vocalist and composer, based for nearly 45 years in New York City. Beatrice Benjamin was born in Johannesburg, but...
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Chuck Berry born 18 October 1926
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and...
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Jerry Jaye born 19 October 1937
Jerry Jaye (born October 19, 1937) is an American country and rockabilly singer. Gerald Jaye Hatley was born in Manila, Arkensas and grew up on a sharecropper's farm. He sold garden seeds to buy his...
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Grandpa Jones born 20 October 1913
Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and "old time" country and gospel music singer. He is a member of the...
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Andy Starr born 21 October 1932
Andy Starr (October 21, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was a rockabilly musician once described by Billboard as "one of the more noteworthy Presley disciples."Born Franklin Delano Gulledge near Combs,...
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Georges Brassens born 22 October 1921
Georges Brassens, 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981), was a French singer-songwriter and poet, known for accompanying himself with his acoustic guitar. He wrote some extremely controversial, yet poetic...
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Marvin Phillips born 23 October 1931
Marvin Phillips (born October 23, 1931) is a rhythm & blues singer and saxophonist who is best remembered as one half of the R&B/doowop duo Marvin and Johnny and for his superb rocker "Have...
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Gilbert Bécaud born 24 October 1927
Gilbert Bécaud (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001) was a French singer, composer and actor, known as Monsieur 100,000 Volts for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et...
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Barbara Cook born 25 October 1927
Barbara Cook (October 25, 1927 – August 8, 2017) was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in Broadway musicals from which she won a Tony Award. She...
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Beto Villa born 26 October 1915
Beto Villa ( 26 October, 1915 – 1 November, 1986) was a saxophonist and "father" of the Orquesta Tejana. Beto was born in Falfurrias, Texas. His father Alberto, Sr., was both a tailor and a musician...
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Babs Gonzales born 27 October 1919
Babs Gonzales (October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980), born Lee Brown, was an American bebop vocalist, poet, and self-published author. His high-speed jazz, heartbreaking ballads, and honest, humorous...
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Charlie Daniels born 28 October 1936
Charles Edward Daniels (October 28, 1936 – July 6, 2020) was an American singer, musician, and songwriter. His music encompassed multiple genres in a career spanning five decades, including southern...
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Chas Burchell born 29 October 1925
Chas Burchell (30 October 1925 - 3 June 1986) was a British saxophonist and composer. Charles Burchell was born in in London, England. Originally a George Formby fan, Burchell began to learn the...
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Tommy Ridgley born 30 October 1925
Thomas Herman Ridgley (October 30, 1925 – August 11, 1999) was an American R&B singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader.Tommy Ridgley was born in the Shrewsbury district of New Orleans , the...
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Sumter Bruton born 31 October 1944
Sumter Bruton (Oct. 31, 1944 – Sept. 30, 2022) was considered by many to be one of the top interpreters of the T-Bone Walker guitar style as well as an authority on blues and rhythm and blues, he was...
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Franz Jackson (November 1, 1912 – May 6, 2008) was an American saxophonist and clarinetist of the Chicago jazz school and was credited by many as being one of the last survivors of a long-vanished era...
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Bruce Welch born 2 November 1941
Bruce Welch OBE (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Welch's parents (Stan Cripps...
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Mel Walker born 3 November 1929
Mel Wallker (November 3, 1929 – April 23, 1964) was an American R&B singer best known for his recordings in the early 1950s as lead male singer with the Johnny Otis Orchestra. Born Malvin Lightsey...
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Bobby Breen born 4 November 1928
Bobby Breen (November 4, 1927 – September 19, 2016), was a Canadian-born American actor and singer. He was a popular male child singer during the 1930s and reached major popularity with film and radio...
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