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Cornell Dupree born 19 December 1942
Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist who worked on over 2,500 recording sessions. He played R&B and blues, but he was equally at home...
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Kim Weston born 20 December 1939
Kim Weston (born December 20, 1939) is an American soul singer, and Motown alumna. In the 1960s, Weston scored hits with the songs "Love Me All the Way" and "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little...
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Betty Wright born 21 December 1953
Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist who occupied a...
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Mary McCaslin born 22 December 1946
Mary McCaslin (December 22, 1946 – October 2, 2022) was an American folk singer was one of the most appealing contemporary folk performers of the 1970s. Since the country-folk singer worked totally...
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Wee Willie Walker born 23 December 1941
Willie Earl Walker (December 21, 1941 – November 19, 2019), also known as Wee Willie Walker, was an American soul and blues singer. Standing at only 5ft 2″ he was a blues giant and adored by everyone...
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Stoney Edwards born 24 December 1937
 Stoney Edwards (December 24, 1929 - April 5, 1997) was an American country singer. He was one of the first African-American singers to have a significant presence in country music. He is best known...
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Hugh X. Lewis born 25th December 1930
Hubert Brad Lewis (December 25, 1930 – December 29, 2020), known professionally as Hugh X. Lewis, was an American country music singer born in Yeaddiss, Kentucky. He recorded between 1964 and currently...
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Penny Nichols born 26 December 1947
Penny Nichols (December 26, 1947 – October 29, 2017) was an acclaimed American folk musician and songwriter. Penny Nichols was born in Orange County, California. She started her amazing music career in...
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Booty Wood born 27 December 1919
Mitchell W. Wood Jr,. better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987) was an American jazz trombonist. Wood was born in Dayton, Ohio. As a youngster he was fascinated by the trombonists...
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Eddy Doorenbos born 28th December 1921
Eddy Doorenbos (December 28, 1921 – March 25, 2013) was a Dutch singer, bassist, guitarist, pianist, composer, lyricist, painter and entertainer. Born in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Eddy’s...
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Billy Gray born 29 December 1924
Billy Gray (29 December 1924 – 27 March 1975) was a Western swing guitarist. Billy Gray was born in 1924 in Paris, Texas and raised in a poor family. After purchasing his first guitar from a local...
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Michael Nesmith born 30 December 1942
Robert Michael Nesmith or Mike Nesmith, (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, and actor. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and...
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Claudia Thompson born 31 December 1936
Claudia Thompson (31 December, 1936 – 30 July. 2020) was a mysterious jazz singer who for nearly 60 years, was only known by her one album, until a discovery pushed a new record label to right the...
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Rose Brennan born 1 January 1931
Rose Brennan (born 1 January 1931) is an Irish singer. She is best known for a long spell with the Joe Loss orchestra in the 1950s and 1960s. Rose Brennan was born in Cabra West, a suburb of Dublin,...
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Little Smokey Smothers born 2 January 1939
Little Smokey Smothers (January 2, 1939 – November 20, 2010) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer. He played with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and played with other Chicago blues musicians in...
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John Jenkins born 3 January 1931
John Jenkins (January 3, 1931 – July 12, 1993) was an American jazz saxophonist. Kenny Burrell & John JenkinsBorn in Chicago, John Jenkins Jr., was a pupil of the famous Capt. Walter Dyett of Du...
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Priscilla Paris born 4 January1941
Priscilla Paris (January 4, 1941 – March 5, 2004) was the lead singer of the 1960’s American girl group from San Francisco, The Paris Sisters. It was the Andrews Sisters who gave the Paris Sisters...
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Dizzy Reece born 5 January 1931
Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece (born 5 January 1931) is a Jamaican-born hard bop jazz trumpeter. Reece was born in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. Hearing parade brass bands at an...
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Thelma Gracen born 6 January 1922
Thelma Gracen (January 6, 1922 - October 24, 1994) was a high-quality US Jazz singer who after recording her only album disappeared under the radar, and got lost in the mists of time. Just where the...
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Eldee Young born 7 January 1936
Eldee Young (January 7, 1936 – February 12, 2007) was a jazz double-bass and cello player who performed in the cool jazz, post bop and rhythm and blues mediums. Eldee Devon Young was born in Chicago,...
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