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March 1

Kristine Arnold (Kristine Oliver)

b. 1957 in Manhattan Beach, CA
country/bluegrass/rockabilly singer
founding member of Sweethearts of the Rodeo (1986- ), "Since I Found You" (#7c 1986), "Midnight Girl, Sunset Town" (#4c 1986), "Gotta Get Away" (#10c 1986), "Chains of Gold" (#4c 1987), "Satisfy You" (#5c 1988), "Blue to the Bone" (#5c 1988), "I Feel Fine" (#9c 1989), "If I Never See Midnight Again" (#39c 1989), "This Heart" (#25c 1990), "Hard-Hearted Man" (#63c 1992), "The Devil and Your Deep Blue Eyes" (#74c 1992), "Jenny Dreamed of Trains" (1993), "There One Morning" (1993), "I Know Who You Are" (1996), "Beautiful Lies" (1996)
sister of Janis Oliver Gill; md. to guitarist, Leonard Arnold

Harry Belafonte (Harold George Belafonte, Jr.)

b. 1927 in New York, NY
pop singer
"Anna Belle Lee" (1950), "Pretty As a Rainbow (After the Rain)" (1954), "Mary's Boy Child" (#12 1956), "Once Was" (1956), "Jamaica Farewell" (1956), "Banana Boat Song (Day-oh)" (#5 1957), "Cordelia Brown" (1957), "Lyla, Lyla" (1962), "I'm on My Way to Saturday" (1962), "The First Day of Forever" (1968)
actor
human rights activist
served in the Navy

Mike D'Abo (Michael D'Abo)

b. 1944 in Surrey, England
rock/soul singer
instruments: piano, keyboards
"As Long As I Have Your Loving" (1970, he wrote), "Walk a Million Miles" (1970, he wrote), "Belinda" (1971, he wrote), "Rachel's Place" (1971, he wrote), "Broken Rainbows" (1974, he wrote), "Fuel to Burn" (1974, he wrote)
with A Band of Angels
with Manfred Mann (1966-69, replaced Paul Jones), "Pretty Flamingo" (#29 1966), "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (#10 1968), "Fox on the Run" (#97 1968)
with The Manfreds (1991- )
session musician on The Foundations' "Build Me up, Buttercup" (#3 1969, he co-wrote)
songwriter
actor
father of actress, Olivia D'Abo
see Manfred Mann on www.classicbands.com
see Mike D'Abo

Roger Daltrey

b. 1944 in London, England
rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Giving it All Away" (#83 1973), "Come and Get Your Love" (#68 1975), "Written on the Wind" (1977), "Avenging Annie" (#88 1977), "Without Your Love" (#20 1980, One-Hit Wonder), "Walking in My Sleep" (#56 1984), "After the Fire" (#48 1985), "Don't Talk to Strangers" (1985, he co-wrote), "Everything a Heart Could Ever Want" (1992, he co-wrote about his daughter)
founding member and lead singer of The Who (1964-83, reunions), "My Generation" (#74 1965), "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere" (1965), "The Ox" (1965), "Boris the Spider" (1966), "La-La-La-Lies" (1966), "Happy Jack" (#24 1967), "Pictures of Lily" (1967), "I Can See for Miles" (#9 1967), "Magic Bus" (#25 1968), "I'm Free" (#37 1969), "Pinball Wizard" (#19 1969), "See Me, Feel Me" (#12 1970), "Behind Blue Eyes" (#34 1971), "Won't Get Fooled Again" (#15 1971), "Join Together" (#17 1972), "Squeeze Box" (#16 1975), "Who Are You?" (#14 1978), "You Better You Bet" (#18 1981), "Athena" (#28 1982)
The Who performed at Woodstock
songwriter
actor

Davis Daniel (Robert Andrykowski)

b. 1961 in Arlington Heights, IL (grew up in NE and CO)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Picture Me" (#28c 1991), "For Crying Out Loud" (#13c 1991), "Fighting Fire with Fire" (#27c 1992), "Still Got a Crush on You" (#48c 1992), "I Miss Her Missing Me" (1994), "Somebody's Gonna Lose" (1994), "Tyler" (#58c 1994, he co-wrote), "The Better Half of My Heart" (1996, he co-wrote), "What I Wouldn't Give" (1996)
songwriter

Warren Davis

b. 1939 in Newark, NJ
doo-wop/rock singer (tenor)
founding member and first tenor of The Monotones (1955-62), "(Who Wrote) the Book of Love" (#5 1958, One-Hit Wonder, co-wrote), "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1958), "Tom Foolery" (1958), "Reading the Book of Love" (1960, reply to "The Book of Love"), "Daddy's Home, But Mama's Gone" (1960, reply to "Daddy's Home"), "Book of Dance" (1962)
songwriter
see The Monotones on Wikipedia

Connie Eaton

b. 1950 in Nashville, TN – d. 30 Sep 1999
country/pop singer
"Too Many Dollars, Not Enough Sense" (1968), "Morning Blue" (1969), "A Million Shades of Blue" (1969), "These Hills" (1970), "Angel of the Morning" (#34c 1971), "Lonely Men, Lonely Women" (#23c 1975), "If I Knew Enough to Come Out of the Rain" (#93c 1975)
duets with Dave Peel, "Hit the Road, Jack" (#44c 1970), "It Takes Two" (#56c 1970)

Jerry Fisher

b. 1942 in Dekalb, TX
rock/jazz/blues singer
with Blood Sweat and Tears (1972-75), "So Long Dixie" (#32 1972), "Tell Me That I'm Wrong" (#83 1974)
with Timepiece, "City Ways" (1969), "Slow it Down a Little While" (1969)
see Blood, Sweat and Tears

Clinton Gregory

b. 1964/66 in Martinsville, VA
country singer
instruments: fiddle, mandolin, guitar, string bass, banjo, drums
"Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" (1990), "Back on Track" (1990), "One Shot at a Time" (1991), "I'll Never Always Love You" (1991), "(If it Weren't for Country Music) I'd Go Crazy" (#26c 1991), "Play, Ruby, Play" (#25c 1992), "Who Needs it" (#29c 1992), "The Jukebox Has A-45" (1992), "You Didn't Miss a Thing" (#68c 1995), "I Can't Take a Full Moon on an Empty Heart" (1995), "Three Shorts and a Long" (1995)
session fiddle player with Suzy Bogguss, Dennis Robbins, and others

Arleen Harden (Ava Harden aka Arlene Harden)

b. 1945 in England, AR
country/pop singer
"He's a Good Ole Boy" (#32c 1968), "Lovin' Man (Oh, Pretty Woman)" (#13c 1970), "Married to a Memory" (#25c 1971), "A Special Day" (#29c 1972), "Would You Walk with Me, Jimmy?" (#21c 1973), "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (#72c 1974), "Do You Ever Dream?" (1978)
founding member of The Harden Trio, * "Tippy Toeing" (#44, #2c 1966), "Sneaking 'Cross the Border" (#16c 1967), "Everybody Wants to Be Somebody Else" (#47c 1968)
duet with Bobby Harden, "Who Loves You?" (#64c 1969)
sister of Robbie and Bobby Harden; md. to Mr. Bozeman

Sara Hickman

b. 1963 in Jacksonville, NC
country/folk/rock/pop singer
instruments: guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, banjo
"Simply" (1989, she wrote), "Under the Sycamore Tree" (1989, she wrote), "Shortstop" (1990, she wrote), "I Couldn't Help Myself" (#3c 1990, she co-wrote), "Too Fast" (1990, she wrote), "Tiger in a Teacup Town" (1994, she wrote), "Time Will Tell" (1994, she wrote), "Eye of the Storm" (1994, she wrote), "Take Me with You" (1997, she co-wrote), "I Want to Go Swimming in Your Eyes" (1997, she wrote), "Dump Truck" (1997, she co-wrote), "Let Me Take Your Picture" (1997, she wrote), "Two Kinds of Laughter" (1998, she wrote), "Optimistic Fool" (1998, she co-wrote), "Secret Family" (1998, she co-wrote), "Woman Waiting to Happen" (2000, she co-wrote), "Kerosene" (2000), "We Are Each Other's Angels" (2000, she co-wrote), "No Name for Love" (2002, she co-wrote), "Claim on My Heart" (2002, she wrote), "Living in Quiet Desperation" (2006, she co-wrote), "Learn You Like a Book" (2006)
songwriter
humanitarian
md. to Lance Schriner
see Sara Hickman

Leon McAuliffe (William Leon McAuliffe)

b. 1917 (maybe Jan 3) in Houston, TX – d. 20 Aug 1988 in Tulsa, OK
country/western swing singer
instruments: guitar, electric steel guitar
"Smooth Sailing" (1954), "Cozy Inn" (#16c 1961), "Faded Love" (#22c 1963), "Shape Up or Ship Out" (#35c 1964), "I Don't Love Nobody" (#47c 1964)
founding member of The Cimarron Boys, "Panhandle Rag" (#6c 1949, he wrote)
founding member of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys (1935-42, and reunions), "San Antonio Rose" (1938), "Maiden's Prayer" (1938), "New San Antonio Rose" (#11c 1940), "Time Changes Everything" (1940), "Take Me Back to Tulsa" (1941), "Cherokee Maiden" (1941), "You're from Texas" (1942)
duet with Tompall and the Glaser Brothers, "Faded Love" (#22c 1971)
one of the first country musicians to use an electric steel guitar
served in WWII
(some say b. Jan 3 but Texas Playboys and Hillbilly Music say Mar 1; Perhaps '1/3/17' was misinterpreted)

Jennifer McCarter (Jennifer Lorene McCarter)

b. 1964 (maybe Mar 7) in Knoxville, TN (grew up in Sevierville, TN)
country/bluegrass/Christian singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer with The McCarters, "Timeless and True Love" (#5c 1988), "The Gift" (#4c 1988), "I Give You Music" (#28c 1988), "Up and Gone" (#9c 1989), "Quit while I'm Behind" (#26c 1990), "Slow Country Dance" (1990)
md. to Kevin (1990- ); sister of Lisa and Teresa McCarter

Buster Meikle (David Ian Meikle)

b. 1942 in England
folk/pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Unit 4 + 2 (1963-67), * "Concrete and Clay" (#28 1965, One-Hit Wonder), "You've Never Been in Love Like This Before" (#95 1965), "Baby, Never Say Goodbye" (1966)
see Unit 4 + 2 on Wikipedia

Glenn Miller (Alton Glenn Miller)

b. 1904 in Clarinda, IA – d. 15 Dec 1944 (his plane was bombed by accident)
swing/jazz bandleader, instrument: trombone
leader of The Glenn Miller Orchestra, "Blue Orchids" (#1 1939), "The Man with the Mandolin" (#1 1939), "Moon Love" (#1 1939), "Over the Rainbow" (#1 1939), "Stairway to the Stars" (#1 1939), "Wishing (Will Make it So)" (#1 1939), "In the Mood" (#1 1940), "Careless" (#1 1940), "Fools Rush in" (#1 1940), "Imagination" (#1 1940), "When You Wish Upon a Star" (#1 1940), "Shake Down the Stars" (#4 1940), "Yesterthoughts" (#14 1940), "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (1940), "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (#1 1941), "You and I" (#1 1941), "A String of Pearls" (1941), "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)" (#1 1942), "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" (#1 1942), "Jukebox Saturday Night" (#7 1942), "Serenade in Blue" (#2 1942), "Moonlight Cocktail" (#1 1942)
in the Army Air Force Band (1943-45)
arranger
quote by Glenn Miller: "A band ought to have a sound all its own. It ought to have a personality"
see The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Johnny Perry (Emory Perry)

b. 1928 in Sherman, TX
doo-wop/rock singer
instrument: sax
"Terrible, Terrible Feeling" (1953)
duets with Marvin Phillips as Marvin and Johnny, "I'm Not a Fool" (1953), "How Long Has She Been Gone?" (1954), "Tick Tock" (#9 1954), "Ain't That Right" (1956), "Tired of Being Alone" (1962), "Hot Biscuits and Gravy" (1963), "Second Helping of Cherry Pie" (1963), "Baby, You're the One" (1965)

Cliffie Stone (Clifford Gilpin Snyder)

b. 1917 in Stockton, CA (grew up in Burbank, CA) – d. 17 Jan 1998 in Los Angeles, CA (heart attack)
country singer
instrument: bass
"Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes of Blue" (#4c 1947, he co-wrote), "If You Knew Suzie" (1947), "Peepin' Through the Keyhole" (#4c 1948), "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" (#11c 1948), "Jump Rope Boogie" (1951), "Blue Moon Over Kentucky" (1954), "Barracuda" (1955), "In a Shanty in Old Shanty Town" (1955), "I Only See You" (1992), "Dancing With a Memory" (1992)
Cliffie Stone led several different bands (with many of the same members)
with Jack Guthrie's Oklahomans (1944-46), "Welcome Home, Stranger" (1944), "Oklahoma Hills" (#1c 1945), "I'm Brandin' My Darlin' with My Heart" (#5c 1945), "Oklahoma's Calling" (1946), "In the Shadows of My Heart" (1946), "The Clouds Rained Trouble Down" (1946), "Oakie Boogie" (#3c 1947)
duets with Speedy West, "Steel Strike" (1950), "The Popcorn Song" (#14 1955, One-Hit Wonder)
duet with Kay Adams, "Little Pink Mack" (#30c 1966)
sessionist bass player
songwriter, co-wrote Johnny Bonds' "Divorce Me C.O.D." (#4c 1947), "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" (#3c 1947)
music producer, music publisher
DJ; comedian
father of Highway 101's Curtis Stone
see Cliffie Stone

March 2

Jon Bon Jovi (John Francis Bongiovi, Jr.)

b. 1962 in Perth Amboy, NJ
rock/country singer
instruments: guitar, piano, keyboards, drums, harmonica
"Blaze of Glory" (#1 1990), "Miracle" (#12 1990)
duet with Chris LeDoux, "Bang a Drum" (#68c 1998)
founding member of Bon Jovi (1983- ), "Runaway" (#39 1983), "You Give Love a Bad Name" (#1 1986), "Livin' on a Prayer" (#1 1987), "Never Say Goodbye" (1987), "Bad Medicine" (#1 1988), "Born to Be My Baby" (#3 1988), "I'll Be There for You" (#1 1989), "Keep the Faith" (#29 1992), "Always" (#4 1994), "This Ain't a Love Song" (#14 1995), "Who Says You Can't Go Home?" (#23, #1c 2006), "(You Want to) Make a Memory" (#27, #35c 2007)
Bon Jovi and LeeAnn Rimes, "Til We Ain't Strangers Anymore" (#123, #47c 2007)
songwriter
actor
supports Habitat for Humanity and other charitable causes
md. to actress, Diane Lane; md. to Dorthea Hurley (1989- )
see Bon Jovi

Karen Carpenter (Karen Ann Carpenter)

b. 1950 in New Haven, CT – d. 4 Feb 1983 in Downey, CA (heart failure brought on by anorexia)
pop singer
instrument: drums
"Looking for Love" (1966)
founding member of The Carpenters, "(They Long to Be) Close to You" (#1 1970), "We've Only Just Begun" (#2 1970), "For All We Know" (#3 1971), "Rainy Days and Mondays" (#2 1971), "Superstar" (#2 1971), "Hurting Each Other" (#2 1972), "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (#11 1972), "Yesterday Once More" (#2 1973), "Top of the World" (#1 1973), "Only Yesterday" (#4 1975), "Please, Mister Postman" (#1 1975), "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" (#12 1976), "Sweet, Sweet Smile" (#44, #8c 1978), "Touch Me When We're Dancing" (#16 1981), "Those Good Old Dreams" (1981), * "When I Fall in Love" (released 1989)
music producer
sister of singer, Richard Carpenter
quote by Karen Carpenter: "I'm just afraid I'm gonna miss it all...being married...being a mother."
see The Carpenters

John Cowsill (John Patrick Cowsill)

b. 1956 in Newport, RI
pop/rock singer
instrument: drums
founding member of The Cowsills (1965-71, and reunions), "Siamese Cat" (1966), "The Rain, the Park and Other Things" (#2 1967), "We Can Fly" (#21 1967), "In Need of a Friend" (#54 1968), "Poor Baby" (#44 1968), "Hair" (#2 1969)
with the Dwight Twilley Band (1982-99)
with Jan and Dean's backup band, The Bel Air Bandits (1983-88)
session musician with The Mamas and the Papas, "Tommy Tutone, and others
actor
son of Barbara Cowsill; md. to Vicki Peterson (2003- )
see The Cowsills

Paul Dino

b. 1939
rock singer
"Ginnie Bell" (#38 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Bye Bye" (1961), "That's How I Miss You" (1962)

Bobby Eli

b. 19?? in Philadelphia, PA
R&B/rock musician, instruments: guitar, keyboards
played vibraharp with The Electric Indian (not a real group, just session musicians), "Keem-O-Sabe" (#15 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Broad Street" (1969)
founding member of The Sound of Philadelphia
The Three Degrees and MFSB, "Love is the Message" (#85 1974), "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (#1 1974)
session musician on Cliff Nobles and Company's "The Horse" (#2 1968); and with Elton John, The O'Jays, The Spinners, Wilson Pickett, and others
songwriter
music producer; arranger

Randy Fox

b. 19??
country/Christian singer
instrument: bass
founding member and lead singer of The Fox Brothers, "Turn My Life Around" (1996), "Cradle of Love" (1998), "Say it Now" (1998), "He Broke the Law" (2000), "Backslider's Prayer" (2000), "Yours" (2001), "Red, White and Blue" (2002), "In This House" (2002)
brother of Lynn and Roy Fox
see The Fox Brothers

Brodie Jenkins

b. 198?
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Jenkins, "Blame it on Mama" (#34c 2004), "Getaway Car" (#38c 2004), "Tame Little Heart" (2004, she co-wrote), "He Feels Like Home" (2004), "For All I Know" (2004), "Stay a Little While" (2004)
daughter of singer, Nancy Jenkins; sister of singer, Kacie Jenkins

Eddie Money (Edward Joseph Mahoney)

b. 1949 in New York, NY
rock singer
instruments: keyboards, sax
"Baby, Hold on" (#11 1978), "Two Tickets to Paradise" (#22 1978), "Maybe I'm a Fool" (#22 1979), "Think I'm in Love" (#16 1982), "Take Me Home Tonight" (#4 1986), "I Wanna Go Back" (#14 1986), "Endless Nights" (#21 1987), "Walk on Water" (#9 1988), "The Love in Your Eyes" (#24 1989), "Peace in Our Time" (#11 1990), "I'll Get By" (#21 1991)
see Eddie Money

Jay Osmond (Jay Wesley Osmond)

b. 1951 in Ogden, UT
country/pop singer
founding member of The Osmond Brothers, "One Bad Apple" (#1 1971), "Double Lovin'" (#14 1971), "Chilly Winds" (1971), "Yo-Yo" (#3 1971), "Down by the Lazy River" (#4 1972), "Crazy Horses" (#14 1972), "Love Me for a Reason" (1974), "I'm Still Gonna Need You" (1975), "I Can't Live a Dream" (1976), "Never Ending Song of Love" (1982), "I Think About Your Lovin'" (#17c 1982), "She's Ready for Someone to Love Her" (#67c 1983), "Where Does an Angel Go When She Cries?" (#43c 1984), "If Every Man Had a Woman Like You" (#39c 1984)
see The Osmond Family

Lawrence Payton

b. 1938 in Detroit, MI – d. 10 Jun 1997 in Southfield, MI (liver cancer)
pop singer
founding member and second tenor of The Four Tops (1954-97), "Couldn't it Be You?" (1956), "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" (#11 1964), "Sad Souvenirs" (1965), "Something about You" (#19 1965), "It's the Same Old Song" (#5 1965), "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" (#1 1965), "Reach Out, I'll Be There" (#1 1966), "Shake Me, Wake Me" (#18 1966), "Bernadette" (#4 1967), "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (#6 1967), "You Keep Running Away" (#19 1967), "If I Were a Carpenter" (#20 1968), "Walk Away, Renee" (#14 1968), "Yesterday's Dreams" (1968), "The Key" (1969), "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)" (#4 1973), "Seven Lonely Nights" (1975), "Runnin' from Your Love" (1975), "When She Was My Girl" (#11 1981), "I Just Can't Walk Away" (1983), "Sing a Song of Yesterday" (1985), "Indestructible" (#35 1988)
The Four Tops and The Supremes, "Together We Can Make Such Sweet Music" (1970), "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart" (1971)
pallbearer for Florence Ballard
see The Four Tops on soulwalking

Keith Potger

b. 1941 in Australia
folk musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of The Seekers (1965-68, 1994- ), * "A World of Our Own" (#19 1965), * "I'll Never Find Another You" (#4 1964), "Georgy Girl" (#2 1967), "Chase a Rainbow (Follow Your Dreams)" (1967)
founding member of The New Seekers (1968-75), "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" (1970), "When There's No Love Left" (1970), * "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" (#7 1971), "The Nickel Song" (1971), "Cincinnati" (1971), "The World I Wish for You" (1972), "Unwithered Rose" (1972), "I'll Be Your Song" (1972), "Ride a Horse" (1973)

Lou Reed (Louis Allen Firbank)

b. 1942 in Freeport, NY
rock singer
instrument: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, piano, harmonica
"Walk on the Wild Side" (#16 1972, he wrote), "Lady Day" (1974, he wrote), "Kill Your Sons" (1974, he wrote), "Coney Island Baby" (1976), "She's My Best Friend" (1976), "Rock and Roll Heart" (1976, he wrote)
founding member and lead of The Velvet Underground (1965-70, and reunions), "Here She Comes Now" (1968, he co-wrote), "Pale Blue Eyes" (1969), "Sweet Jane" (1970, he wrote)
songwriter
actor
see Lou Reed

Larry Stewart

b. 1959 (maybe Mar 3) in Paducah, KY
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, keyboards
"Alright Already" (#5c 1993), "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (#34c 1993), "Heart Like a Hurricane" (#43c 1994), "I'm Not Through Loving You" (1994, he wrote), "One-Track Mind" (1994), "They Ain't Made Enough Road" (1996), "I'll Know When I Get There" (1996), "Why Can't You?" (#46c 1996, he co-wrote), "Compared to Goodbye" (1999), "Learning to Breathe Again" (1999)
founding member of Restless Heart (1984-92, 1998, 2003- ), "Let the Heartache Ride" (#23c 1985), "(Back to the) Heartbreak Kid" (#7c 1986), "Till I Loved You" (#10c 1986), "That Rock Won't Roll" (#1c 1986), * "I'll Still Be Loving You" (#33, #1c 1987), "Why Does it Have to Be (Wrong or Right)?" (#1c 1987), "Wheels" (#1c 1988), "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" (#1c 1988), "A Tender Lie" (#1c 1988), "Say What's in Your Heart" (#4c 1989), "Big Dreams in a Small Town" (#3c 1989), "Fast Movin' Train" (#4c 1990), "Long Lost Friend" (#16c 1991, he wrote), "You Can Depend on Me" (#3c 1992), "No End to This Road" (#33c 1998), "Feel My Way to You" (#29c 2004)
songwriter
md. to Janet (1984- )
see Restless Heart

Bernie Toorish (John Bernard Toorish)

b. 1931
pop singer
founding member and tenor with The Four Lads (1950-77, 1984- ), "Moments to Remember" (#2 1955), "Standing on the Corner" (#3 1956), "No, Not Much" (#2 1956), * "The Bus Stop Song" (#17 1956), "Who Needs You" (#9 1957), "Not That I Care" (1962), "Cornflower Blue" (1963)
with Johnnie Ray as lead, "Cry" (#1 1951), "The Little White Cloud That Cried" (#2 1952)
insurance underwriter

March 3

Johnny Barfield

b. 1909 in Tifton, GA - d. 16 Jan 1974
country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Johnny Barfield and the Corral Cowboys, "In a Sleepy Country Town" (1939), "Gonna Ride Till the Sun Goes Down" (1939), "My Poodle Doodle Dog" (1940), "Ain't I Right?" (1940, he wrote), "Heartaches and Tears" (1941), "Highway Hobo" (1941), "Berry Picking Time" (1941), "Desert Lullaby" (1941)
songwriter

John Carter Cash

b. 1970 in Madison, TN
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Bitter Harvest" (2003), "Only a Dream" (2003), "Loch Ness Monster" (2003), "Blame it on Me" (2003), "Sinking in the Lonesome Sea" (2003)
songwriter
music producer
author
son of singers, Johnny and June (Carter) Cash
md. 2nd to Laura Weber
see John Carter Cash
see The Carter Family

Willie Chambers

b. 1938 in Flora, MS
pop/R&B/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Chambers Brothers (1954- ), "Love Me Like the Rain" (1967), "Falling in Love" (1967), "Time Has Come Today" (#11 1968, he co-wrote), "I Can't Turn You Loose" (#37 1968), "To Love Somebody" (1969), "Have a Little Faith" (1969)
songwriter

Betty Jack Davis (aka Bee Jay Davis)

b. 1932 in Corbin, KY – 2 Aug 1953 in Cincinnati, OH (auto accident)
country/pop singer
founding member of The Davis Sisters, "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (#1c 1953), "Rock-a-Bye Boogie" (1953)
Skeeter used Davis as a last name after forming the group but was not related to Betty
Skeeter Davis was in the 1953 accident but survived, Betty Jack's sister took her place in the duo

Jance Garfat

b. 1944 in CA
country/rock singer
instrument: bass
with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (1973- ), "Carry Me, Carrie" (1973), "Only Sixteen" (#6 1976), "A Little Bit More" (#11 1976), "If Not You" (#55 1976), "Sharing the Night Together" (#6, #50c 1978), "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (#6 1979), "All the Time in the World" (#54 1979), "Better Love Next Time" (#12 1980), "Sexy Eyes" (#5 1980), "Years from Now" (#51 1980), "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk" (#25 1982), "Chained to Your Memory" (1982)

Jimmy Heap (James Arthur Heap)

b. 1922 in Taylor, TX - d. 4 Dec 1977 (boating accident)
country/western swing singer
instrument: lead guitar
founding member of Jimmy Heap and the Melody Masters (194?-77), "Today, Tonight, and Tomorrow" (1949), "Haunted Hungry Heart" (1950, he wrote), "Honk Your Horn" (1950), "Ethyl in My Gas Tank" (1950), "Snakes in My Boots" (1950), "Don't Steal My Dreams" (1951), "Morning, Noon, and Night" (1951), "If Tomorrow Would Be Yesterday" (1951), "Girl With a Past" (1952), "Release Me" (#5c 1954), "Sebbin Come Elebbin" (1955), "Love Can Move Mountains" (1955), "Mingling" (1956, he wrote), "Meanwhile" (1959), "Gismo" (1959), "Flint Rock" (1961)
songwriter, wrote "The Wild Side of Life" (#1c 1952 for both Hank Thompson and Kitty Wells)
served in the military during WWII

Mike Kirkland

b. 1937 in Puget Sound, WA
folk/pop singer (tenor)
instruments: 6 and 12-string guitar, classical guitar, tenor banjo, 5-string banjo
founding member of The Brothers Four (1957-72, 1975- ), * "Greenfields" (#2 1960), "The Green Leaves of Summer" (1960), Frogg" (#32 1961), "Blue Water Line" (1962), * "Try to Remember" (1965), "If I Fell" (1966)
Flick, Foley, Kirkland, and Paine were fraternity brothers
see The Brothers Four

Mike Pender (Michael John Prendergast)

b. 1942 in England
rock singer
instrument: lead guitar
with The Searchers (1960-85), "Sugar and Spice" (#44 1963), "Needles and Pins" (#13 1964), "Don't Throw Your Love Away" (#16 1964), "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" (#34 1964), * "When You Walk in the Room" (#35 1964), "I'll Be Missing You" (1964), "This Feeling Inside" (1964), "Love Potion #9" (#3 1964), "What Have They Done to the Rain?" (#29 1964), "I'll Pretend I'm With You" (1964), "Bumble Bee" (#21 1965)
see The Searchers

Jennifer Warnes (Jennifer Jean Warnes)

b. 1947 in Seattle, WA (grew up in CA)
pop/folk/country singer
"Right Time of the Night" (#6, #17c 1977), "I'm Dreaming" (#50 1977), "I Know a Heartache When I See One" (#19, #10c 1979), "Don't Make Me Over" (#67, #84c 1979), "When the Feeling Comes Around" (#45 1980), "Could it Be Love?" (#47, #57c 1982)
duet with Joe Cocker, "Up Where We Belong" (#1 1982)
duet with Bill Medley, "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" (#1 1987)
songwriter
music producer
see Jennifer Warnes

Brett Warren

b. 1971
country singer
founding member of The Warren Brothers, "Guilty" (#34c 1998, he co-wrote), "A Better Man" (#32c 1999, he co-wrote), "Move on" (#18c 2001, he co-wrote), "Hey, Mr. President" (#28c 2003), "Between the River and Me" (2004), "Southern Baptist Heartbreak" (2004), "Waiting for the Light to Change" (2005)
The Warren Brothers and Sara Evans, "That's the Beat of a Heart" (#22c 2000)
songwriter, co-wrote Faith Hill's "The Lucky One" (#69, #5c 2006), Martina McBride's "Anyway" (#32, #5c 2006)
brother of Brad Warren

Doc Watson (Arthel Lane Watson)

b. 1923 in Stony Fork or Deep Gap, NC
folk/country/bluegrass singer
instruments: guitar, banjo
"Intoxicated Rat" (1964), "Muskrat" (1965), "Tennessee Stud" (1966), "Sing Song Kitty" (1967), "Froggie Went a Courting" (1973), "Tucker's Barn" (1987)
duets with Merle Watson, "Alabama Bound" (1971), "Three Times Seven" (1972), "Twinkle Twinkle" (1972), "Bottle of Wine" (#71c 1973), "Kinfolks in Carolina" (1974), "Broomstraw Philosophers and Scuppernong Wine" (1977), "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right" (#88c 1978), "Under the Double Eagle" (1978), "Memories of You, Dear" (1979), "Below Freezing" (1981), "How Long Blue?" (1981), "Cotton-Eyed Joe" (1984), "Hesitation Blues" (1984), "I'm a Stranger Here" (1986)
songwriter
he became blind as a child
father of Merle Watson; md. to Rosa Lee Carlton (1947- )
see Doc's Guitar

Blue Weaver (Derek John Weaver)

b. 1947 in South Wales
blues/pop musician, instruments: keyboards, organ
founding member of Amen Corner (1966-69), "World of Broken Hearts" (1967), "(If Paradise is) Half As Nice" (1969), "Hello, Suzie" (1969)
founding member of Fair Weather (1970-71), "Natural Sinner" (1970), "Haven't I Tried?" (1970)
with The Strawbs, "Oh, How She Changed" (1968), "Or am I Dreaming" (1968)
keyboardist with The Bee Gees (1975-1982), "Nights on Broadway" (#7 1975), "Jive Talkin'" (#1 1975), "Love So Right" (#3 1976), "You Should Be Dancing" (#1 1976), "How Deep is Your Love?" (#1 1977), "Night Fever" (#1 1978), "Stayin' Alive" (#1 1978), "Too Much Heaven" (#1 1979), "Tragedy" (#1 1979), "Love You Inside Out" (#1 1979), "Rest Your Love on Me" (#39c 1979)
session musician
songwriter
music producer

March 4

Eric Allandale (Eric Allandale Dubuisson)

b. 1936 in the West Indies - d. 23 Aug 2001
soul/pop musician, instrument: trombone
founding member of The Foundations (1967- ), * "Baby, Now That I've Found You" (#11 1968), "Back on My Feet Again" (#59 1968), "Any Old Time (You're Lonely and Sad)" (1968), "Build Me up, Buttercup" (#3 1969), "A Walk Through the Trees" (1969)
see The Foundations on Wikipedia

Carroll Baker (Carroll Anne Baker)

b. 1949 in Nova Scotia, Canada
country singer
"Ten Little Fingers" (1973), "Wichita" (1973), "I'd Go Through it All Again" (1977), "The Second Time Around" (1980), "Deeper Than the Eye Can See" (1980), "Breaking and Entering" (1981), "Mama, What Does Cheatin' Mean" (#82c 1981), "It Always Hurts Like the First Time" (#95c 1985)
songwriter
md. to John Beaulieu (1966- )

Henry Ray Barrier

b. 1939 in Hardin County, TN
bluegrass singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Barrier Brothers, "Blue Ridge Mountain Home" (1957), "Wild Card Breakdown" (1957), "Your Love is Like the Flowers" (1957), "First Whippoorwill" (1958), "Breaking in a Brand New Pair of Shoes" (1962)
brother of Herman and Ernest Barrier

John Duffey

b. 1934 in Washington, D.C. – d. 10 Dec 1996 in Arlington, VA (heart attack)
bluegrass/folk singer
instruments: guitar, mandolin
founding member of Seldom Scene (1971-96), "Little Georgia Rose" (1973), "Don't Bother with White Satin" (1973), "Small Exception of Me" (1973), "Different Roads" (1974), "If That's the Way You Feel" (1976), "If I Had Left it up to You" (1981), "It Turns Me Inside Out" (1983), "Alabama Clay" (1987), "Brand New Walking Shoes" (1988), "If You Ever Change Your Mind" (1990), "Like I Used to Do" (1994), "Bad Moon Rising" (1996)
founding member of Country Gentlemen (1957-69), "Drifting Too Far" (1960), "Remembrance of You" (1961), "Midnight Moon" (1963), "I'd Like to Come Back As a Song" (1963), "Bringing Mary Home" (#43c 1965, he co-wrote), "Going to the Races" (1969)
songwriter
see Charlie Waller

Miriam Makeba (Miriam Zensi Makeba)

b. 1932 in Johannesburg, South Africa
folk/jazz singer
"Love Tastes Like Strawberries" (1960), "Can't Cross Over" (1962), "Forbidden Games" (1964), "Pata Pata" (#12 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Ballad of Sad Young Men" (1967)
with The Manhattan Brothers
founding member of The Skylarks, "What a Glorious Day" (1952), "My Life is in His Hands" (1952)
actress
md. to Hugh Masekela; md. to Stokely Carmichael (1968- )

Paul Mauriat (aka Del Roma Mauruit)

b. 1925 in Marseilles, France (grew up in Paris) - d. 3 Nov 2006 in France
pop musician, instrument: piano
lead of Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra, "I Tried and I Tried" (1965), "Love is Blue (L'amour Est Bleu)" (#1 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "Love in Every Room" (1968), "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (#76 1969), "Anitra's Dance" (1987)
songwriter, co-wrote Little Peggy March's "I Will Follow Him" (#1 1963)

Norman Mayell

b. 1942 in Chicago, IL
rock/blues musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Sopwith Camel (1965-67), "Hello, Hello" (#26 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Postcard From Jamaica" (1967), "Saga of the Lowdown Letdown" (1967), "Maybe in a Dream" (1967), "Walk in the Park" (1967)
with The Group
with Blue Cheer (1970- )
see Sopwith Camel

Bob Raymond

b. 1946 in Santa Ana, CA
jazz/R&B/rock musician, instruments: bass guitar, guitar
founding member of Spiral Starecase (1966-69), "No One for Me to Turn to" (1969), * "More Today Than Yesterday" (#12 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "She's Ready" (1969)
founding member of Sugarloaf (1969-75), "Green-Eyed Lady" (#3 1970), "West of Tomorrow" (1970), "Mother Nature's Wine" (1971), "Tongue in Cheek" (1971), "Myra, Myra" (1973), "Texas Two-Lane" (1975), "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" (#9 1975), "Stars in Her Eyes" (#87 1975)
Sugarloaf was named after a mountain in Colorado

Jason Sellers

b. 1971 in Duncan, OK (grew up in in Gilmer, TX)
country singer
instrument: bass guitar
"I'm Your Man" (#37c 1997), "That Does it" (#46c 1998, he co-wrote), "Till I Felt Your Hands" (1999, he co-wrote), "A Matter of Time" (#33c 1999, he co-wrote), "That's Not Her Picture" (1999), "Can't Help Calling Your Name" (#64c 2000)
duet with Pam Tillis, "Golden Ring" (1999)
duet with Martina McBride, "This Small Divide" (#55c 1998)
songwriter
md. to Lee Ann Womack (1991-97)

Shakin' Stevens (Michael Barratt aka 'Shaky'

b. 1948 in Cardiff, Wales
rock singer
"Sweet Little Rock and Roller" (1972), "Shooting Gallery" (1980), "Vanessa" (1982), "Oh Julie" (1982), "Shirley" (1982), "Cry Just a Little Bit" (#67 1983), "A Love Worth Waiting For" (1984), "Merry Christmas Everyone" (1985), "Because I Love You" (1986), "How Many Tears Can You Hide?" (1988), "Pink Champagne" (1990)
duet with Bonnie Tyler, "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (1984)
see Shakin' Stevens

Bobby Womack (Bobby Dwayne Womack)

b. 1944 in Cleveland, OH
soul/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Fly Me to the Moon" (#52 1968), "Baby, You Oughta Think it Over" (1969), "How I Miss My Baby" (#94 1969), "Tried and Convicted" (1970), "Arkansas State Prison" (1970), "It's Gonna Rain" (1970, he co-wrote), "More Than I Can Stand" (#90 1970), "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" (#51 1972), "Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" (#29 1973), "Lookin' for a Love" (#10 1974), "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (1975, he wrote), "Trust Your Heart" (1978, he co-wrote), "The Roads of Life" (1979, he co-wrote), "If You Think You're Lonely Now" (1981, he co-wrote), "Trying Not to Break Down" (1994), "Centerfield" (1994)
sessionist
songwriter, wrote Wilson Pickett's "I'm a Midnight Mover" (#24 1968)
music producer
md. to Barbara Campbell (1965-70)

March 5

Jimmy Bryant (John Ivy Bryant, Jr.)

b. 1925 in Moultrie, GA - d. 22 Sep 1980 in Moultrie, GA (lung cancer)
country/Texas swing/jazz musician, instruments: electric guitar, fiddle
"Fender Bender" (1966), "Julie's Gone" (1966), "Model 400 Buckboard" (1966), "Blow Your Hat in the Creek" (1966), "Lazy Guitar" (1967)
duets with Speedy West (as The Flaming Guitars), "Speedin' West" (1953), "Jammin' with Jimmy" (1954), "Stratosphere Boogie" (1954), "Steelin' Moonight" (1955), "Sand Canyon Swing" (1956)
session musician on Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kay Starr's "I'll Never Be Free" (#3 1950), "Shotgun Boogie" (#1c 1951); and with Bing Crosby, and others
songwriter, wrote Waylon Jennings' "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" (#2c 1968)
actor
md. 3rd to Patty Murphy (1970-80, his death)
wounded while serving in the Army in WWII

Alan Clark

b. 1952 in Durham, England
rock musician, instrument: keyboards
with Dire Straits (1981-95), "Twisting By the Pool" (1983), "So Far Away" (#19 1985), "Money for Nothing" (#1 1985), "Walk of Life" (#7 1986), "Heavy Fuel" (1991)
session musician with Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, and others
songwriter

Bob Edmondson

b. 1935
jazz/pop musician, instrument: trombone
founding member of the Tijuana Brass, "The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)" (#6 1962), "All My Loving" (1964), "Mae" (1965), "A Taste of Honey" (#7 1965), "The Work Song" (#18 1966), "Zorba the Greek" (#11 1966), "Spanish Flea" (#27 1966), "What Now, My Love?" (#24 1966), "Casino Royale" (#27 1967), "This Guy's in Love With You" (#1 1968)
session musician with Terry Gibbs, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry James, Benny Goodman, and others
songwriter

Paul Evans

b. 1938 in Brooklyn, NY
country/novelty singer
"I Think About You All the Time" (1958), "(Seven Little Girls) Sitting in the Backseat" (#9 1959), "At My Party" (1959), "Happy-Go-Lucky Me" (#10 1960), "Midnight Special" (#16 1960), "Mickey, My Love" (1960), "Just Because I Love You" (1961), "Sisal Twine" (1961), "The Pullover" (1961), "Ten Thousand Tears" (1963), "Gina Marina Petunia" (1964), "Always Thinking of the Roses" (1965), "Bound to Silence" (1968), "For Old Times Sake" (1971), "Hello, This is Joannie (The Telephone Answering Machine Song)" (#57c 1978, he co-wrote), "Disneyland Daddy" (#81c 1979, he co-wrote), "One Night Led to Two" (#80c 1980, he co-wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote Bobby Vinton's "Roses Are Red (My Love)" (#1 1962); The Kalin Twins, "When?" (#5, #13c 1958); Roy Clark's "Think Summer" (#21c 1976); Skeeter Davis' "There's a Fool Born Every Minute" (#16c 1968)
md. to Mimi Roman
see Paul Evans

John Frusciante (John Anthony Frusciante)

b. 1970 in Queens, NY (grew up in Los Angeles, CA)
rock singer
instrument: guitar
with Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989- ), "Under the Bridge" (#2 1991), "Scar Tissue" (#9 1998), "Other Side" (#14 1999), * "Dani California" (#6 2006)
with Ataxia
songwriter
see Red Hot Chili Peppers

Andy Gibb (Andrew Roy Gibb)

b. 1958 in Manchester, England (grew up in Australia) - d. 10 Mar 1988 in Oxford, England (heart disease)
pop singer
"Words and Music" (1976, he wrote), "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (#1 1977), "Love is Thicker Than Water" (#1 1978), "Shadow Dancing" (#1 1978), "An Everlasting Love" (#5 1978), "(Our Love) Don't Throw it All Away" (#9 1978), "Dreamin' on" (1979), "Desire" (#4 1980), "Time is Time" (#15 1980)
duet with Olivia Newton-John, "I Can't Help it" (#12 1980)
songwriter
younger brother of Barry, Maurice and Robin
md. to Kim Reeder (1976-78)

Eddy Grant (Edmond Montague Grant)

b. 1948 in Guyana (grew up in England)
pop/rock musician, instrument: guitar
"Do You Feel My Love?" (1980), "I Don't Wanna Dance" (1982), "Electric Avenue" (#2 1983), "Gimme Hope, Joanna" (1988), "Walking on Sunshine" (1989)
founding member and lead guitarist of The Equals (1965- ), "Baby, Come Back" (#32 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Another Sad and Lonely Night" (1967), "Hold Me Closer" (1967), "I Can't Let You Go" (1969), "After the Lights Go Down Low" (1969), "Diversion" (1973), "Put Some Rock and Roll in Your Soul" (1973)
songwriter

Eddie Hodges

b. 1947 in Hattiesburg, MS
pop singer
"That Funny Little Dog" (1958), "Don't Dance on Mama's Rug" (1959), * "I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" (#12 1961), "Bandit of My Dreams" (#65 1962), "(Girls, Girls, Girls) Made to Love" (#14 1962), "I Make Believe it's You" (1962), "Halfway" (1963), "Across the Street (is a Million Miles Away)" (1965), "Hitch Hike" (1966)
duet with Sue Wright, "Bandit of Dreams" (1961)
songwriter
music producer
actor
served in the Army during the Vietnam War
mental health counselor

Johnny Jenkins (John Edward Jenkins)

b. 1939 in Macon, GA - d. 25 Jun 2006 in Macon, GA (stroke)
country/blues/soul/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Dimples" (1970), "Blind Bats and Swamp Rats" (1970), "My Love Will Never Die" (1970), "I Walk on Gilded Splinters" (1970), "Bad News" (1970), "Blessed Blues" (1996)
founding member and leader of The Pinetoppers
sessionist on Otis Redding's "These Arms of Mine" (#85 1962); and with Duane Allman, Jimi Hendrix, and others
songwriter
he was left-handed

James Lowe

b. 1945 in San Luis Obispo, CA
rock singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
founding member and lead singer of The Electric Prunes (1965-68, 1999- ), "Get Me to the World on Time" (#27 1967), "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" (#11 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Everybody Knows You're Not in Love" (1967), "The Great Banana Hoax" (1967), "Wind-Up Toys" (1967)
songwriter

Harry Prime (Harry Preine)

b. 1920 in East Falls, PA
pop singer
with the Randy Brooks Orchestra (1946-47)
with the Jack Fina Orchestra (1947), "Music from Beyond the Moon" (1947)
with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, "Until" (#4 1948), "Starlight Rendezvous" (1948)
with the Ralph Flanagan Orchestra (1949-54, only on some songs), "Farewell, Amanda" (1949), "Don't Cry Joe" (#9 1949), "Rag Mop" (#3 1950), "If I Had a Magic Carpet" (1950), "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (#10 1950), "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year" (1950), "Joshua" (#17 1951), "My Hero" (#27 1951), "I Remember the Cornfields" (1951), "I Should Care" (#3 1952)
songwriter

Jesse Rogers (Jesse Otto Rodgers)

b. 1911 in Waynesboro, MS - d. 15 May 1970/73 (emphezema)
country/rockabilly singer, yodeler, instrument: guitar
"Wedding Bells" (#15c 1949), "Jukebox Cannonball" (1957, his version of "Wabash Cannonball"), "Night Wind" (1959), "Jump Cats Jump" (1961), "You've Changed My Whole Life into a Song" (1961)
may have played rhythm guitar in one of Bill Haley early bands
played 'Ranger Joe' on a children's TV show with his horse 'Topaz'
cousin of Jimmie Rodgers; md. to singer/actress Sally Starr

Tommy Tucker (Robert Higginbotham)

b. 1933 in Springfield, OH – d. 22 Jan 1982 in Newark, NJ (accidental poisoning)
blues singer
instrument: piano, clarinet
"Rock 'n' Roll Machine" (1961), "Hi-Heel Sneakers" (#11 1964, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Long Tall Shorty" (#99 1964), "Alimony" (1965), "All About Melanie" (1965), "Chewin' Gum" (1966), "Sitting Home Alone" (1967), "Real True Love" (1967)
session musician with Bo Diddley, and others
songwriter

Phil Ward

b. 1959 in Apple Valley, CA
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: keyboards
with The High Lonesome, "True Believer" (1995, he co-wrote), "Mustang Thang" (1995, he co-wrote), "Something Wild" (1995, he co-wrote), "World Fall Apart" (1995, he co-wrote), "Lone Star" (1995, he co-wrote)
songwriter

Eddie Zack (Edward Zackarian)

b. 1922 in Providence, RI - d. 9 Jan 2002
country/rockabilly/western swing singer
"Positively No Dancing" (1954), "Dancing Country Style" (1954)
founding member of Eddie Zack and the Dude Ranchers (1939- ), "You Knew Me When You Were Lonely" (1953), "I Never Saw Her Again" (1954), "Gonna Rock and Roll" (1955), "Blue-Jean Baby" (1957), "We've Got a Right to Love" (1957)
founding member of The Hayloft Jamboree
songwriter
brother of singers, Dick Richards (Richie Zack, aka Cousin Richard), Babs Zack, and Maril Zack

March 6

Phil Alvin

b. 1953 in Downey, CA
country/rock/blues/rockabilly/jazz singer
instruments: lead guitar, banjo
"Next Week Sometime" (1986), "Collins Cave" (1986), "Country Fair" (1994, he co-wrote), "She Loves So Good" (1994, he co-wrote)
founding member of The Blasters (1979-86, 198?- ), "Marie, Marie" (1980), "Barefoot Rock" (1980), "So Long, Baby, Goodbye" (1981), "Highway 61" (1981), "Red Rose" (1983), "Dark Night" (1985), "Rock 'n' Roll Will Stand" (1985)
duet with Billy Boy Arnold, "Wreck Your V-8 Ford" (1994, he wrote)
duet with Mary Franklin, "What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasin' You?" (1994)
songwriter
older brother of Dave Alvin
has a Ph.D. in mathematics

Jean Chapel (Opal Jean Ambergey aka Mattie)

b. 1925 in Neon, KY - d. 1995
rockabilly/country singer
instruments: banjo, guitar
"I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight" (1956), "Welcome to the Club" (1956), "Turn Around and Walk Away" (1962), "This Waltz is Mine" (1967)
founding member of The Sunshine Sisters
songwriter, wrote Jerry Wallace's "To Get to You" (#12c 1972); Eddy Arnold's "Lonely Again" (#87, #1c 1967); Carl Belew's "Walking Shadow, Talking Memory" (#64c 1966); Bobby Wright's "Lay Some Happiness on Me" (#44 1967)
sister of Irene Ambergey (aka Martha Carson); md. to Floyd 'Salty' Holmes (1947-56)

Kiki Dee (Pauline Matthews)

b. 1947 in West Yorkshire, England
"Lucky High Heels" (1963), "Early Night" (1963), "Why Don't I Run Away From You?" (1965), "On a Magic Carpet Ride" (1968), "I've Got the Music in Me" (#12 1974), "First Thing in the Morning" (1977), "The Man Who Loved to Dance" (1977)
duets with Elton John, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (#1 1976), "True Love" (#56 1993)
backup singer with Dusty Springfield, and others
songwriter
see Kiki Dee

Doug Dillard (Douglas Flint Dillard)

b. 1937 in Salem, MO - d. 1991
country/bluegrass/rock singer
instrument: banjo, guitar
founding member of The Dillards (1962-67), "Somebody Touched Me" (1963), "Rainin' Here This Mornin'" (1963), "Polly Vaughn" (1964)
founding member of Dillard-Hartford-Dillard (1977- )
founding member of Dillard and Clark (1968-70), "The Radio Song" (1969)
songwriter
brother of Rodney Dillard
see The Dillards

Skip Ewing (Donald Ralph Ewing)

b. 1964 (maybe Feb 6 1951) in Redlands, CA
country singer
instrument: guitar, banjo, bass guitar
"Your Memory Wins Again" (#17c 1988, he co-wrote), "I Don't Have Far to Fall" (#8c 1988, he co-wrote), "Burnin' a Hole in My Heart" (#3c 1988, he co-wrote), "The Gospel According to Luke" (#10c 1989, he co-wrote), "The Coast of Colorado" (#15c 1989, he co-wrote), "It's You Again" (#5c 1990, he co-wrote), "Homegrown Love" (1993), "Mary Go Round" (#58c 1997, he co-wrote)
songwriter, wrote Diamond Rio's "I Believe" (#31, #1c 2002)

Shan Farmer (Shannon Farmer)

b. 1974
country musician, instrument: steel guitar
with Ricochet (2000-06, replaced Teddy Carr), "Seven Bridges Road" (#48c 2000), "Do I Love You Enough?" (#45c 2000), "She's Gone" (#48c 2000)
see Ricochet

David Gilmour

b. 1946 in Cambridge, England
rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"There's No Way Out of Here" (1978), "I Can't Breathe Anymore" (1978, he wrote), "Blue Light" (1984 he wrote), "Red Sky at Night" (2006, he wrote), "Where We Start" (2006, he wrote), "Then I Close My Eyes" (2006, he wrote)
with Pink Floyd (1968- ), "It Would Be So Nice" (1968), "Julia Dream" (1968), "Remember a Day" (1968), "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (1968), "Pigs on the Wing" (1977), "Another Brick in the Wall" (#1 1980)
session musician with Kate Bush, and others
songwriter
md. to songwriter, Polly Samson
see Pink Floyd
see David Gilmour

Hugh Grundy (Hugh Birch Grundy)

b. 1945 in Winchester, England
rock/pop musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Zombies (1962-1968), "She's Not There" (#2 1964), "Tell Her No" (#6 1965), "A Rose for Emily" (1968), "Friends of Mine" (1968), "Imagine the Swan" (1969), "Time of the Season" (#3 1969)
see The Zombies

Tari Hensley (Tari Hodges)

b. 1953 in Independence, MO
country singer
"Love isn't Love (Til You Give it Away)" (#69c 1984), "I'm the One Who's Breaking Up" (#61c 1985), "Oh, Yes I Can" (#57c 1986), "I've Cried a Mile" (#52c 1986)

Salty Holmes (Floyd Holmes)

b. 1909/10 in Glasgow, KY - d. 1 Jan 1970
country musician, instruments: guitar, harmonica
"I Want My Mama" (1933), "Kentucky Blues" (1933)
founding member of The Prairie Ramblers (1930-38), "Go Easy Blues" (1933, he co-wrote), "Next Year" (1933), "Shady Grove, My Darling" (1933, he co-wrote), "Blue River" (1933, he co-wrote), "Put on an Old Pair of Shoes" (1935)
The Prairie Ramblers backing Gene Autry, "Old Faithful" (#10 1935)
The Prairie Ramblers backed Patsy Montana (1933-38), * "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" (1935), "Give Me a Home in Wyoming" (1936), "Rodeo Sweetheart" (1938), "Shine on Rocky Mountain Moonlight" (1938), "Little Rose on the Prairie" (1938), "Someone to Go Home to" (1938), "Give Me a Straight-Shootin' Cowboy" (1938), "That's Where the West Begins" (1938)
songwriter
actor
md. to singer, Jean Chapel (1947-56)

Rene Minus

b. 1943
pop/doo-wop singer
founding member and lead singer of The Chantels (1957-70, and reunions), "He's Gone" (#71 1957), "Maybe" (#15 1958), "Every Night (I Pray)" (#39 1958), "I Love You So" (#42 1958), "Look in My Eyes" (#14 1961), "Well, I Told You" (#29 1961, reply to Ray Charles' "Hit the Road, Jack"), "There's Our Song Again" (1961), "Eternally" (#77 1963), "Some Tears Fall Dry" (1963), "There's No Forgetting You" (1965)
magazine editor
md. to Mr. White

Jerry Naylor (Jerry Naylor Jackson)

b. 1939 in Stephensville, TX
country/rockabilly singer
instrument: bass
"Judee Malone" (1962), "Leave Him and Come to My Loving Arms" (1965), "Would You Believe?" (1966), "Sweet Violets" (1967), "Today and Tomorrow" (1967), "But for Love" (#42 1970), "Is This All There is to a Honky-Tonk?" (#27c 1975), "What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Honky-Tonk?" (1975), "The Last Time You Love Me" (#50 1976), "If You Don't Want to Love Her" (#37 1978), "But for Love" (#54 1979), "Cheating Eyes" (#61c 1980)
lead singer with The Crickets (1960-64), "April Avenue" (1963), "Teardrops Fell Like Rain" (1963, he co-wrote), "(They Call Her) La Bamba" (1964), "From Me to You" (1964), "California Sun" (1964)
DJ
served in the Army
see Jerry Naylor on The Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Leon Peels

b. 1936 in Newport, AR (grew up in Venice, CA) - d. 10 Apr 1999 (cancer)
doo-wop singer
founding member of The Blue Jays, "Lover's Island" (#31 1961, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Tears Are Falling" (1961, he co-wrote), "The Right to Love" (1962), "Jaywalker" (1964), "Path Finder" (1964), "We're Friends" (1965)
with The High Tensions, "A Casual Kiss" (1961), "Ebbing of the Tide" (1963), "A Magic Island" (1964)
songwriter

Sylvia Robinson (Sylvia Vanderpool)

b. 1936 (maybe May 6) in New York, NY
pop/R&B/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Pillow Talk" (#3 1973, she wrote, One-Hit Wonder)
founding member of Mickey and Sylvia, "Seems Just Like Yesterday" (1956), "Let's Have a Picnic" (1957), "Love is Strange" (#11 1957, One-Hit Wonder), "Sweeter as the Days Go By" (1960), "Baby, You're So Fine" (#52 1961)
Mickey and Sylvia sang backup on Ike and Tina Turner's "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (#14 1961)
songwriter
music producer
md. to Joe Robinson (1964- )

Red Simpson (Joseph Cecil Simpson)

b. 1934 in Higley, AZ
country singer
instruments: piano, fiddle, guitar
"The Highway Patrol" (#39c 1966), "Give Me Forty Acres (to Turn This Truck Around)" (1966), "The Rules of the Road" (1966), "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves" (#41c 1967), "Born to Be a Trucker" (1967), "Jeannie with the Light Brown Cadillac" (1967), "I'm a Truck" (#4c 1972), "Country-Western Truck Drivin' Singer" (#62c 1972)
songwriter, wrote Buck Owens' "Sam's Place" (#92, #1c 1967)
served in the Navy during the Korean War

Trent Willmon

b. 1973 in Amarillo, TX (grew up near Afton, TX)
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"Beer Man" (#30c 2004, he co-wrote), "The Wishing Well" (2004, he co-wrote), "Dixie Rose Deluxe's Honky-Tonk, Feed Store, Gun Shop, Used Car, Beer, Bait, BBQ, Barber Shop, Laundromat" (#36c 2004, he co-wrote), "Home Sweet Holiday Inn" (#48c 2005, he co-wrote), "The Good Life" (#39c 2005, he co-wrote), "On Again Tonight" (#27c 2006), "So Am I" (#59c 2006, he co-wrote), "Good Horses to Ride" (2006, he co-wrote)
songwriter

Bob Wills (James Robert 'Jim Rob' Wills aka the 'King of Western Swing')

b. 1905 near Kosse, TX – d. 13 May 1975 in Fort Worth, TX (pneumonia)
country/western swing singer
instruments: fiddle, mandolin
founding member and lead of the Bob Wills Fiddle Band
founding member and lead of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (1935-66), "Spanish Two-Step" (1935), "San Antonio Rose" (1938), "Maiden's Prayer" (1938), "Time Changes Everything" (1940), "Ida Red" (1940), "Take Me Back to Tulsa" (1941, he co-wrote), "Cherokee Maiden" (1942), "Home in San Antone" (1943), "You're From Texas" (#2c 1944), "We Might as Well Forget it" (#2c 1944), "New San Antonio Rose" (#3c 1944, he co-wrote), "Texas Two-Step" (1945), "Smoke on the Water" (#1c 1945), "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" (#1c 1945), "Hang Your Head in Shame" (#3c 1945), "Texas Playboy Rag" (#2c 1945, he wrote), "You Don't Care What Happens to Me" (#5c 1945), "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (1945), "Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight" (#1c 1945), "White Cross on Okinawa" (#1c 1946, he wrote), "New Spanish Two-Step" (#1c 1946, he co-wrote), "Stay a Little Longer" (#2c 1946, he co-wrote), "Can't Get Enough of Texas" (1947), "Sugar Moon" (#1c 1947, he co-wrote), "Bubbles in My Beer" (#4c 1948, he co-wrote), "Keeper of My Heart" (#8c 1948, he co-wrote), "Thorn in My Heart" (#10c 1949, he co-wrote), "Ida Red (Likes the Boogie)" (#10c 1950, he co-wrote), "Faded Love" (#8c 1950, he co-wrote), "Sittin' on Top of the World" (1951), "Waltzing in Old San Antone" (1954), "Cadillac in Model 'A'" (1954), "So Let's Rock" (1956), "Heart to Heart Talk" (#5c 1960, he co-wrote), "I'll See You to the Door" (1965), "Footsteps to Nowhere" (1966)
founding member of The Light Crust Doughboys (1930-33)
songwriter
he helped create the music style now called 'western swing'
served in the Army (1942-43)
md. 1st to Edna (1923- ); md. 2nd to Ruth McMaster (1936- ); md. 3rd to Mary Helen Brown (widow of Milton Brown) (1937- ); md. 4th to Mary Louise Parker (1939-41); md. 5th to Betty Anderson (1942- )
brother of Johnnie Lee Wills
he drank excessively and suffered from depression; he was in a coma for over a year from a stroke before he died
his tombstone inscription reads 'Deep Within My Heart Lies a Melody'
see The Texas Playboys

Mary Wilson

b. 1944 in Detroit, MI or Greenville, MS
R&B singer
"Midnight Dancer" (1979), "One Night with You" (1991)
with The Supremes (1961-1977), "You Bring Back Memories" (1963), "Where Did Our Love Go?" (#1 1964), "Baby Love" (#1 1964), "Come See about Me" (#1 1964), "Stop! in the Name of Love" (#1 1965), "Back in My Arms Again" (#1 1965), "I Hear a Symphony" (#1 1965), "Nothing But Heartaches" (#11 1965), * "You Can't Hurry Love" (#1 1966), "You Keep Me Hangin' on" (#1 1966), "My World is Empty Without You" (#5 1966), "Love is Here and Now You're Gone" (#1 1967), "In and Out of Love" (#9 1967), * "The Happening" (#1 1967), "Reflections" (#2 1967), "Love Child" (#1 1968), "Forever Came Today" (#28 1968), "Some Things You Never Get Used to" (1968), "No Matter What Sign You Are" (1969), "Up the Ladder to the Roof" (1970), "But I Love You More" (1970), "Happy (is a Bumpy Road)" (1971), "Automatically Sunshine" (1972), "Precious Little Things" (1972), "The Wisdom of Time" (1972), "I'm Going to Let My Heart Do the Walking" (1976), "You're What's Missing in My Life" (1976), "You Are the Heart of Me" (1977)
she was not on "Someday We'll Be Together"
works for various charitable causes
see The Supremes

March 7

Al Candelaria

b. 1941 in Trinidad, CA
pop singer
bass singer with The Innocents (1958-64), "Honest I Do" (#28 1960), "Gee Whiz" (#28 1961)
The Innocents backing Kathy Young, "A Thousand Stars" (#3 1960), "Happy Birthday Blues" (#30 1961), "Magic is the Night" (1961), "Just as Though You Were Here" (1961), "I'll Hang My Letters Out to Dry" (1961), "Send Her Away" (1962), "Dream Awhile" (1962)
see The Innocents

Matthew Fisher (Matthew Charles Fisher)

b. 1946 in Surrey, England
rock singer
instruments: Hammond organ, harpsichord, piano, rhythm guitar, bass, harmonica
"Going for a Song" (1973), "Do You Still Think About Me?" (1974), "Looking for Shelter" (1980), "Why Can't You Lie to Me?" (1981), "Why'd I Have to Fall in Love With You?" (1981), "Take Me for a Ride" (1981), "Living in a Dream" (1981), "Pilgrimage" (1994, he wrote)
founding member of Procol Harum (1967-69, 1991-2004), "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1967, he co-wrote based on music originally by Johann Sebastian Bach), "Homburg" (#34 1967), "Rambling on" (1968), "Quite Rightly So" (1968), "She Wandered Through the Garden Fence" (1968), "Too Much between Us" (1969), "The Devil Came from Kansas" (1969), "A Salty Dog" (1969), "All This and More" (1969)
Procol Harum was named for a Latin phrase that the founding members thought meant 'beyond these things'; an asteroid and and orchid have both been named after the band
session musician
songwriter
music producer; arranger
computer programmer
see Procol Harum

Ernie Isley

b. 1952 in Cincinnati, OH
R&B/rock/soul/doo-wop singer
"Let's Go" (1990)
instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussions
with The Isley Brothers (1969-84, 1991- ), "It's Your Thing" (#2 1969), "Love the One You're With" (#18 1971), "That Lady" (#6 1973), "Fight the Power" (#4 1975, he co-wrote), "For the Love of You" (#23 1975), "Take Me to the Next Phase" (1978), "I Wanna Be with You" (1979), "Don't Say Goodnight (it's Time for Love)" (#39 1980), "Contagious" (#19 2001)
The Isley Brothers and R. Kelly, "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" (#4 1996)
founding member of Isley, Jasper, Isley (1984-87), "Caravan of Love" (1985)
songwriter
see The Isley Brothers

Marion Marlowe

b. 1929 in St. Louis, MO
pop singer
"The Man in the Raincoat" (#14 1955, One-Hit Wonder), "Ring, Phone, Ring" (1956), "Whatever Happened to You?" (1956)
actress

Kevin Mills

b. 1968 in Louisville, KY - d. 3 Dec 2000 in Los Angeles, CA (motorcycle accident)
Christian rock backup singer
instrument: bass guitar
with Newsboys (1992-94)
with White Heart (1995-2000)
actor

Leon Sylvers (Leon Frank Sylvers, III)

b. 1953
R&B/soul singer
instrument: bass
"Let's Go Thru it" (1989)
founding member of The Sylvers (1971-78), "Fool's Paradise" (1972), "Wish That I Could Talk to You" (#77 1972), "Stay Away from Me" (1973), "Through the Love in My Heart" (1973), "Boogie Fever" (#1 1976), "Cotton Candy" (#57 1976), "Hot Line" (#5 1976), "High School Dance" (#17 1977), "Any Way You Want Me" (1977)
songwriter
see The Sylvers on soulwalking

Chris White (Christopher Taylor-White)

b. 1943 in England
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of The Zombies (1962-1968), "She's Not There" (#2 1964), "Tell Her No" (#6 1965), "A Rose for Emily" (1968), "Friends of Mine" (1968), "Imagine the Swan" (1969), "Time of the Season" (#3 1969)
songwriter
see The Zombies

Townes Van Zandt (John Townes Van Zandt)

b. 1944 in Fort Worth, TX – d. 1 Jan 1997 (complications after hip surgery)
folk/country/rock singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
"Colorado Girl" (1969, he wrote), "For the Sake of the Song" (1969, he wrote), "Greensboro Woman" (1972, he wrote), "The Highway Kind" (1972, he wrote), "To Live is to Fly" (1972, he wrote), "Sad Cinderella" (1972, he wrote), "No Place to Fall" (1978, he wrote), "Buckskin Stallion Blues" (1987), "Gone Gone Blues" (1987, he co-wrote), "Automobile Blues" (1994), "Racing in the Streets" (1994), "My Starter Won't Start" (1994), "Katie Belle Blue" (1995, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Emmylou Harris and Don Williams' "If I Needed You" (#3c 1981); Willie Nelson's "Pancho and Lefty" (#1c 1983)
music producer; arranger
poet
treatments for his manic-depressive disorder caused problems with his long-term memory
quote by Steve Earle: "Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that".
Townes' comment about the above quote: "I've met Bob Dylan and his bodyguards, and I don't think Steve could get anywhere near his coffee table".
quote by Townes Van Zandt: "I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best."

March 8

Mike Allsup (Michael Allsup)

b. 1947
rock musician, instrument: guitar
with Three Dog Night (1968-77, and reunions), "One" (#5 1969), "Eli's Coming" (#10 1969), "Easy to Be Hard" (#4 1969), "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (#1 1970), "Out in the Country" (#15 1970), "I Can Hear You Calling" (1970), "My Impersonal Life" (1971), "Pieces of April" (1971), "Liar" (#7 1971), * "Joy to the World" (#1 1971), "Never Been to Spain" (#5 1971), "An Old-Fashioned Love Song" (#4 1972), "Black and White" (#1 1972), "Shambala" (#3 1973), "The Show Must Go on" (#4 1974), "Sure As I'm Sitting Here" (#16 1974), "Til the World Ends" (#32 1975)
see Three Dog Night

Ray Brand

b. 1946 - d. 29 Jul 2005 (cancer)
country/rock/blues singer
instruments: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
founding member of The Crawlers (1991-2005), "Alabama Nights" (1992), "6:09" (1992), "Hang Tuff" (1992), "Good-Time Music" (1992), "Leather and Steel" (2004), "Don't Take Away My Rock 'n' Roll" (2004), "River Canyon" (2004)
with David Allen Coe's band
with Buckeye
with Slaughter Road
session musician with Michael Buffalo Smith, Jeff Everett, and others
songwriter

Nicky Brunetti (Richard Brunetti)

b. 19??
pop singer
instruments: drums, percussions
with Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, "My Days Are Numbered" (1968), "I'm on the Outside Looking in" (1970), "Special Someone" (#64 1972), "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" (#1 1974), "Who Do You Think You Are?" (#15 1974), "The Heartbreak Kid" (#39 1974), "House on Telegraph Hill" (1975), "Our Last Song Together" (#95 1975), "Give Me Some Time" (1977)

Red Callender (George Sylverster Callender)

b. 1916 in Haynesville, VA - d. 8 Mar 1992 in Saugus, CA
jazz/rock musician, instruments: double bass, tuba
founding member of The Red Callender Sextet, "Pastel" (1951), "Lonesome Rebecca" (1952), "Blue Melody" (1955)
with Art Tatum's band (1955-56)
session musician on Billy Joe and the Checkmates, "Percolator (Twist)" (#10 1962, One-Hit Wonder); B. Bumble and the Stingers' "B. Bumble Boogie" (#21 1961); and with Nat King Cole, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, and others
songwriter, wrote Jerry Wallace's "Primrose Lane" (#8 1959)

Micky Dolenz (George Michael Dolenz, Jr.)

b. 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
rock/pop singer
instrument: drums
"Huff Puff" (1967), "Easy on You" (1971), "A Lover's Prayer" (1972), "Daybreak" (1973), "Alicia" (1979, he wrote), "The Moonbeam Song" (1992), "Remember" (1992), "When You Wish Upon a Star" (1994), "Never Enough" (1998, he wrote), "Lonely Weekends" (1998), "Piston Power" (1998)
founding member of The Monkees (1965-70, and reunions), * "I'm a Believer" (#1 1966), "Last Train to Clarksville" (#1 1966), "Gonna Buy Me a Dog" (1966), "Daydream Believer" (#1 1967), "The Girl I Knew Somewhere" (#39 1967), "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" (#20 1967), * "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You" (#2 1967), "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (#3 1967), "Words" (#11 1967), "D.W. Washburn" (#19 1968), "Valleri" (#3 1968), "That Was Then, This is Now" (#20 1986)
duet with Davy Jones, "I Love You Better" (1970)
session musician with Peter Tork, Brandon Cruz, and others
actor
md. to Samantha Juste; father of actress, Ami Dolenz
see The Monkees
see Micky Dolenz

Johnny Dollar (John Washington Dollar, Jr. aka 'Mr. Personality')

b. 1933 in Kilgore, TX – d. 13 Apr 1986 (suicide after being diagnosed with throat cancer)
rockabilly/country singer
"Walking Away" (1958), "His Eyes" (1961), "West Texas" (1962), "Tear Talk" (#49c 1965), "Crazy Eyes" (1966), "Windburn" (1966), "Stop the Start (of Tears in My Heart)" (#15c 1966, he co-wrote), "Your Hands" (#65c 1967, he co-wrote), "The Wheels Fell off the Wagon Again" (#47c 1967), "Everybody's Got to Be Somewhere" (#42c 1968), "Big Rig Rollin' Man" (#48c 1968), "Forever is Over" (1968), "Big Wheels Sing for Me" (#65c 1969, he co-wrote), "Wild Cherry" (1969), "Rain Falls in Denver" (1969), "Truck Driver's Lament" (#71c 1970)
songwriter
music producer; DJ
served in the Marines
see Johnny Dollar on Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Jim Donna (James Donna)

b. 1945
rock musician, instrument: keyboards
founding member of The Castaways (1962- ), "Liar, Liar" (#12 1965, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "I Feel So Fine" (1967), "She's a Girl in Love" (1967), "Walking in Different Circles" (1968), "Lavender Popcorn" (1968)
songwriter
see The Castaways

Jimmy Dormire

b. 1960/63 in Ann Arbor, MI (grew up in Hartland, MI)
country/rock/honky-tonk/blues musician, instrument: lead guitar
"Waiting to Begin" (2007), "Premonition" (2007), "The Infinite Line" (2007)
with Confederate Railroad (1996- , replaced Michael Lamb), "Keep on Rockin'" (1998), "Cowboy Cadillac" (#70c 1999), "That's What Brothers Do" (#39c 2001)
session musician
songwriter
see Jerry Dormire

Ralph Ellis

b. 1942 in Liverpool, England
rock singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member of The Swinging Blue Jeans (1958-64), "Dizzy Chimes" (1961), * "Hippy Hippy Shake" (#24 1964, One-Hit Wonder)
see The Swinging Blue Jeans

Richard Farina (Richard George Farina)

b. 1937 in Brooklyn, NY - d. 30 Apr 1966 in Carmel, CA (motorcycle accident)
folk singer
instrument: mountain dulcimer
duets with Mimi Farina, "Reno, Nevada" (1965), "Pack up Your Sorrows" (1965), "Celebration for a Grey Day" (1965), "Reflections in a Crystal Wind" (1965)
session musician on Judy Collins "Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There is a Season)" (#69 1970); and others
md. 1st to Carolyn Hester (1960-62); md. 2nd to Mimi Baez (1963-66, his death)
author; poet
see Richard and Mimi Farina

Mel Galley

b. 1948 in Staffordshire, England
rock singer
instruments: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar
founding member of Trapeze (1969-82, 1991-94), "It's Only a Dream" (1970, he wrote), "Send Me No More Letters" (1970), "Another Day" (1970, he co-wrote), "Suicide" (1970, he co-wrote), "Black Cloud" (1970, he co-wrote), "You Are the Music, We're Just the Band" (1972), "Loser" (1972)
with Finders Keepers, "A Friday Kind of Monday" (1968), "Sadie the Cleaning Lady" (1968)
with Whitesnake (1982-84), "Standing in the Shadows" (1984)
with Phenomena
songwriter
see Whitesnake

Dick Hyman (Richard Roven Hyman)

b. 1927
pop/jazz musician, instruments: piano, organ
with The Dick Hyman Trio, "Three-Penny Opera" (#8 1956), "Mack the Knife" (#8 1956), "Lost in the Stars" (1961)
with The Dick Hyman and His Electric Eclectics, "The Minotaur" (#38 1969, the first single entirely performed on a synthesizer)
session musician
songwriter
arranger; conductor
see Dick Hyman

Anthony Kenney (aka 'Stonegroove')

b. 1953/59 in Glasgow, KY (grew up in Park City, KY)
country/rock singer
instrument: bass
with Kentucky Headhunters (1994- , replaced Doug Phelps), "Singin' the Blues" (#70c 1997), "Too Much to Lose" (#66c 2000)
session musician with Ronnie McDowell, and others
see The Kentucky Headhunters

Shel Macrae (Andrew Raeburn Semple)

b. 1945 in Burnbank, Scotland
rock singer
instrument: guitar
with The Fortunes (1967- ), "Lifetime of Love" (1970), "That Same Old Feeling" (#62 1970), "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" (#15 1971), "Freedom Come, Freedom Go" (#72 1972), "Kentucky Girl" (1977)
see The Fortunes

Mert Madsen (Merdin Gunnar Printz Madsen)

b. 1943 in Denmark
rock/soul musician, instrument: bass guitar
founding member of The Outsiders (1964-66), "Was it Really Real?" (1966), "Time Won't Let Me" (#5 1966), "Girl in Love" (#21 1966), "Respectable" (#15 1966)
with The Starfires, "Under the stars" (1962)
The Starfires backing Ral Donner, "Girl of My Best Friend" (#19 1961), "Loneliness of a Star" (1963)
arranger
see The Outsiders

Little Peggy March (Margaret Annemarie Batavio)

b. 1948 in Lansdale, PA
pop singer
"I Will Follow Him" (#1 1963, at that time she was the youngest female artist to have a number one hit), "Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love" (#26 1963), "I Wish I Were a Princess" (#32 1963), "The Impossible Happened" (#57 1963), "Takin' the Long Way Home" (1964), "Only You Could Do That to My Heart" (1964), "He Couldn't Care Less" (1965), "How Can I Tell Him?" (1967), "January First" (1967), "I've Been Here Before" (1968), "Thinkin' Through My Tears" (1968), "Purple Hat" (1969), "Secret Love" (2005), "Young at Heart" (2005), "I Had the Craziest Dream" (2005)
md. to Arnie Harris

Randy Meisner

b. 1946/47 in Scottsbluff, NE
country/rock singer
instrument: bass, guitar
"Daughter of the Sky" (1978), "Heart Song" (1978), "Lonesome Cowgirl" (1978), "Deep inside My Heart" (#22 1980, he co-wrote), "Hearts on Fire" (#19 1980, he co-wrote), "Never Been in Love" (#28 1982), "Darkness in the Heart" (1982)
founding member of The Eagles (1971-77), "Take it Easy" (#12 1972), "Witchy Woman" (#9 1972), "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (#22 1973), "Already Gone" (#32 1974), "Lyin' Eyes" (#2, #8c 1975), "Best of My Love" (#1 1975), "One of These Nights" (#1 1975), "New Kid in Town" (#1, #43c 1976), "Take it to the Limit" (#4 1976, he wrote), "Life in the Fast Lane" (#11 1977), "Hotel California" (#1 1977)
founding member of Poco (1968-70)
founding member of Black Tie (1986- ), "Learning the Game" (#59c 1991)
with Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band
session musician
songwriter
see Poco
see Randy Meisner
see The Eagles

Bob Moffatt (Robert Franklin Peter Moffatt)

b. 1984 in Vancouver, Canada
country/rock singer
instrument: drums
founding member of The Moffatts (1990-2001), "We're Off to the Rodeo" (1995), "Grandma" (1995), "All I Have is a Dream" (1995), "Until You Loved Me" (1998), "Misery" (1998), "Raining in My Mind" (1998), "I'll Be There for You" (1998), "Written All Over My Heart" (1998)
songwriter
brother of Clint, Dave and Scott Moffatt

Clint Moffatt (Clinton Thomas John Moffatt)

b. 1984 in Vancouver, Canada
country/rock singer
instrument: bass guitar
founding member of The Moffatts (1990-2001), "We're Off to the Rodeo" (1995), "Grandma" (1995), "All I Have is a Dream" (1995), "Until You Loved Me" (1998), "Misery" (1998), "Raining in My Mind" (1998), "I'll Be There for You" (1998), "Written All Over My Heart" (1998)
songwriter
brother of Bob, Dave and Scott Moffatt

Dave Moffatt (David Michael William Moffatt)

b. 1984 in Vancouver, Canada
country/rock singer
instrument: keyboards
founding member of The Moffatts (1990-2001), "We're Off to the Rodeo" (1995), "Grandma" (1995), "All I Have is a Dream" (1995), "Until You Loved Me" (1998), "Misery" (1998), "Raining in My Mind" (1998), "I'll Be There for You" (1998), "Written All Over My Heart" (1998)
songwriter
actor
brother of Bob, Clint, and Scott Moffatt

Brent Parker (Brenton Michael Parker)

b. 1977 in CA
country/rock singer
with South Sixty-Five, "Baby's Got My Number" (#60c 1998), "Love Will Last" (1998), "No Easy Goodbye" (#56c 1999), "Random Act of Senseless Kindness" (#55c 1999), "Even if" (2001), "All I Ever Did" (2001), "I Swear to You" (2001)
brother of Steven Parks
see South Sixty-Five on CMT.com

Johnny Pickering (John Winton Pickering)

b. 1933 (maybe Mar 8) near Murchison, TX
rockabilly/rock singer
founding member of The Pickering Brothers aka The Picks, "They Linger on" (1969, he co-wrote), "Close the Book" (1969, he wrote), "Going Down the River" (1969, he wrote), "Words" (1970)
The Picks backed Buddy Holly on "Oh, Boy" (#10 1957), "Maybe Baby" (#17 1958), and others
brother of Bill Pickering
songwriter
see The Picks

Carole Bayer Sager

b. 1947
pop singer
"Where I Want to Be" (1972), "Shy as a Violet" (1974), "One Star Shining" (1978), "I Don't Wanna Dance No More" (1978), "Sometimes Late at Night" (1980), "Stronger Than Before" (1981), "I Won't Break" (1981), "Just Friends" (1981)
songwriter, co-wrote The Mindbenders' "Groovy Kind of Love" (#2 1966); Neil Diamond's "Heartlight" (#5 1982); Leo Sayer's "When I Need You" (#1 1977); Michael McDonald and Patti LaBelle's "On My Own" (#1 1986); Diana Ross' "It's My Turn" (#9 1980); Stevie Wonder, Elton John and Gladys Knight's "That's What Friends are For" (#1 1985); Rita Coolidge's "I'd Rather Leave while I'm in Love" (#38, #32c 1980); Carly Simon's "Nobody Does it Better" (#2 1977); Dolly Parton's "You're the Only One" (#59, #1c 1979), "Heartbreaker" (#37, #1c 1978); Melissa Manchester's "Midnight Blue" (#6 1975), "Don't Cry Out Loud" (#10 1978)
md. to singer, Burt Bacharach (1982-91); md. to Robert A. Daly
see Carole Bayer Sager

Jimmy Stoneman (Oscar James Stoneman)

b. 1937 in Washington, D.C. - d. 22 Sep 2002 in Smyrna, TN (Lou Gehrig's disease)
country/bluegrass singer
instruments: guitar, upright bass, fiddle
founding member of The Stonemans (1956- ), "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (1962), "Tupelo County Jail" (#40c 1966), "The Five Little Johnson Girls" (#21c 1966), "Katie Klein" (1967), "Christopher Robin" (#41c 1968), "I'll Be Here in the Morning" (1970)
founding member of The Bluegrass Champs (1955- )

Mary Thomas

b. 1946 in Brooklyn, NY
pop singer
with The Crystals, "Dreams and Wishes" (1961), "There's No Other Like My Baby" (#20 1962), "Uptown" (#13 1962), "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" (#3 1963), * "Then He Kissed Me" (#6 1963), "All Grown Up" (1964)
"He's a Rebel" and "He's Sure the Boy I Love" were credited to The Crystals' but were by Darlene Love backed by The Blossoms
see The Crystals

Chuck Travis

b. 1946
pop singer
instrument: lead guitar
founding member of Chuck Travis and the Do Wa Wa, "Gone Too Soon" (1975), "Tear Drop Blue" (1975)
with 1910 Fruitgum Company, "Goody Goody Gumdrops" (#37 1968), "Hot Diggity Dog" (1968), "Indian Giver" (#5 1969)
session musician

March 9

Jerry Byrd (Gerald Lester Byrd)

b. 1920 in Lima, OH - d. 11 Apr 2005 in Honolulu, HI (Parkinson's disease)
country/pop musician, instruments: lap steel guitar, Hawaiian guitar
"Little Lani Jo" (1950), "This 'n' That" (1952), "Paradise Waltz" (1955), "Sweet Corn" (1955), "China Nights" (1959), "Dancing Under the Stars Tonight" (1960), "Memories of Maria" (1961), "Valley of Roses" (1962), "Surprise Waltz" (1967), "Shadow Waltz" (1996), "Forever More" (1996)
duet with Rex Allen and the Arizona Wranglers, "Afraid" (#14c 1949)
backed by The Harmonicats, "Harbor Lights" (#19 1950)
session musician on Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" (#1c 1949); and with Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb, Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Burl Ives, Chet Atkins, and others
songwriter

John Cale

b. 1942 in Wales
rock singer
instruments: electric viola, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, organ
"Big White Cloud" (1970, he wrote), "Fairweather Friend" (1970), "Antarctica Starts Here" (1973), "Mr. Wilson" (1975, he wrote)
founding member of The Velvet Underground (1965-68, and reunions), "Here She Comes Now" (1968, he co-wrote), "Pale Blue Eyes" (1969), "What Goes on?" (1969), "Sweet Jane" (1970)
songwriter
music producer
actor

Roland Chambers (Roland Lawrence Chambers, III)

b. 1944 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 5 Aug 2002 in Wynnewood, PA (heart failure)
soul/rock/pop musician, instrument: lead guitar
founding member of Yellow Sunshine (1972- ), "All Along the Seashore" (1973, he co-wrote), "Apollo 17" (1973, he co-wrote), "Yellow Sunshine" (1973, he co-wrote), "Tell Me Who Can Say" (1973, he co-wrote), "Don't Tell Me 'Later' Girl" (1973, he co-wrote), "Happiness" (1973, he co-wrote)
with The Realtos
with The Romeos, "Hitch-Hikin'" (1962), "Down by the Seashore" (1965), "Ain't it, Baby?" (1965), "Hard to Find the Right Girl" (1967)
with MFSB, "Something for Nothing" (1973, he co-wrote)
The Three Degrees and MFSB, "Love is the Message" (#85 1974), "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (#1 1974)
session musician with Teddy Pendergrass, The Dells, Dusty Springfield, Lou Rawls, The Temptations, B.B. King, The Orlons, The O'Jays, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Dusty Springfield's "A Brand New Me" (#24 1969); Linda Martell's "A Bad Case of the Blues" (#58c 1970)
arranger, producer
brother of drummer, Karl Chambers
md. to Betsy Francis; md. to singer, Sandra Person (1966-88)

Jim Cregan

b. 1946 in Somerset, England
rock/folk singer
instrument: guitar, bass
founding member of Farm Dogs (1996-98), "Burn This Bed" (1996), "Me and My Friends" (1996), "Deep Dark Secret" (1998, he co-wrote), "Aimless Driving" (1998, he co-wrote)
with Family (1972-73), "Boots 'n' Roots" (1973), "It's Only a Movie" (1973), "Sweet Desiree" (1973)
founding member of Blossom Toes (1967-69)
with Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel (1975-77)
with Rod Stewart's band (1977-95), "You're in My Heart" (#4 1977), "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (#1 1978), "Passion" (#5 1980, he co-wrote), "Infatuation" (#6 1984), "Love Touch" (#6 1986), "Forever Young" (#12 1988, he co-wrote), "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (#4 1988), "Crazy about Her" (#11 1989), "Downtown Train" (#3 1990), "Rhythm of My Heart" (#5 1991), "Broken Arrow" (#20 1992), "Have I Told You Lately (That I Love You)?" (#5 1993)
session musician with Linda Lewis, Rita Coolidge, and others
songwriter
music producer
md. to singer, Linda Lewis; md. to Jane Brooke

Jimmie Fadden

b. 1948 in Long Beach, CA
country/rock/folk singer
instruments: drums, harmonica, guitar
founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1965-69, 1970- ), "Buy for Me the Rain" (#45 1967), "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" (1967), "Mr. Bojangles" (#9 1971), "Sunny Side of the Mountain" (1971), "(All I Have to Do is) Dream" (#79c 1975), "Shot Full of Love" (#19c 1983), "Dance Little Jean" (#9c 1983), "I Love Only You" (#3c 1984), "Long Hard Road (Sharecropper Dreams)" (#1c 1984), "High Horse" (#2c 1984), "Modern-Day Romance" (#1c 1985), "Home Again in My Heart" (#3c 1985), "Partners, Brothers and Friends" (#6c 1986), "Stand a Little Rain" (#5c 1986), "Fire in the Sky" (#7c 1987), "Baby's Got a Hold on Me" (#2c 1987), "Oh, What a Love" (#5c 1987), "Fishin' in the Dark" (#1c 1987), "I've Been Lookin'" (#2c 1988), "Working Man (Nowhere to Go)" (#4c 1988), "Down That Road Tonight" (#6c 1989), "Turn of the Century" (#27c 1989), "When it's Gone" (#10c 1989), "Mary Danced With Soldiers" (1989), "The Rest of the Dream" (1990), "You Made Life Good Again" (#60c 1990), "One Good Love" (#74c 1992), "Colorado Christmas" (#93c 1997), "Bang, Bang, Bang" (#52c 1998), "Redneck Riviera" (2008)
the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Nicolette Larson, "Make a Little Magic" (#77c 1980)
the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Linda Ronstadt, "American Dream" (#13, #58c 1980)
the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and John Denver, "And So it Goes" (#14c 1989)
the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Roseanne Cash and John Hiatt, "One Step Over the Line" (#63c 1990)
see The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Billy Ford

b. 1925 in Bloomfield, NJ
R&B singer
founding member of Billy and Lillie, "La Dee Dah" (#9 1958), "Lucky Ladybug" (#14 1959), "Bells, Bells, Bells (The Bell Song)" (#88 1959), "Tumbled Down" (1959), "Aloysius Horatio Thomas the Cat" (1959), "That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles" (1960), "Love Me Sincerely" (1963), "Tic-Tac-Toe" (1964), "You Got Me By the Heart" (1966)
founding member and lead of Billy Ford and the Thunderbirds

Mickey Gilley (Mickey Leroy Gilley)

b. 1936 in Natchez, MS (grew up in Ferriday, LA)
country/rock/pop singer
instruments: piano, keyboards, guitar
"Drive-in Movie" (1959), "Everything Turned to Love" (1960), "Caught in the Middle" (1962), "Down the Line" (1965), "If I Didn't Have a Dime (to Play the Jukebox)" (1965), "Make Me Believe" (1966), "Love in the Want-Ads" (1967), "Sounds Like Trouble" (1967), "I'm Nobody Today (But I Was Somebody Last Night)" (1970), "Toast to Mary Ann" (1971), "Room Full of Roses" (#50, #1c 1974), "I Overlooked an Orchid" (#1c 1974), "Bouquet of Roses" (#11c 1975), "Window up Above" (#1c 1975), "City Lights" (#1c 1975), "Bring it on Home to Me" (#1c 1976), "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time?" (#1c 1976), "She's Pulling Me Back Again" (#1c 1977), "Chains of Love" (#9c 1977), "Honky-Tonk Memories" (#4c 1977), "The Power of Positive Drinking" (#8c 1978), "Just Long Enough to Say Goodbye" (#10c 1979), "True Love Ways" (#66, #1c 1980), "Stand by Me" (#22, #1c 1980, Pop One-Hit Wonder), "That's All That Matters" (#1c 1980), "Jukebox Argument" (1980), "A Headache Tomorrow (or a Heartache Tonight)" (#1c 1981), "You Don't Know Me" (#55, #1c 1981), "Lonely Nights" (#1c 1982), "Texas Heartache Number One" (1982), "Put Your Dreams Away" (#1c 1982), "Talk to Me" (#1c 1982), "Fool for Your Love" (#1c 1983), "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (#2c 1984), "I'm the One Mama Warned You About" (#10c 1985), "Your Memory Ain't What it Used to Be" (#5c 1986), "She Reminded Me of You" (#23c 1988)
duet with Charly McClain, "Paradise Tonight" (#1c 1983)
duet with Barbi Benton, "Roll You Like a Wheel" (#32c 1975)
songwriter
owner of Gilley's Club in Pasadena, TX (1971-89) and Mickey Gilley's Theater in Branson, MO
cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis
see Mickey Gilley

Mark Lindsay

b. 1942 in Eugene, OR (grew up in Cambridge, ID)
rock/country singer
instrument: sax
"Arizona" (#10 1969), "Man from Houston" (1970), "Silver Bird" (1970), "Sing Your Own Song" (1976), "Smoking Gun" (1990)
founding member and lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders (1960-75, and reunions), "Unfinished Fifth" (1960), "Like, Long Hair" (#38 1961), "Leatherneck" (1962), "Just Like Me" (#11 1965), "Kicks" (#4 1966), "Hungry" (#5 1966), "Good Thing" (#5 1966), "Ups and Downs" (#22 1967), "I Had a Dream" (#20 1967), "Him or Me, What's it Gonna Be" (#7 1967, he co-wrote), "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" (#20 1967), "Don't Take it So Hard" (#27 1968), "Too Much Talk" (#18 1968), "Mister Sun, Mister Moon" (#18 1969), "Let Me" (#20 1969), "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" (#1 1971), "Powder Blue Mercedes Queen" (#54 1971), "Birds of a Feather" (#23 1971), "Country Wine" (1972)
songwriter
music producer
see Paul Revere and the Raiders'

Lloyd Price

b. 1933 in Kenner, LA
rock singer
instrument: piano
"I Wish Your Picture Was You" (1953), "Rock 'n' Roll Dance" (1956), "Georgianna" (1957), "Stagger Lee" (#1 1959), "I'm Gonna Get Married" (#3 1959), "Personality" (#2 1959), "Mailman Blues" (1959), "Lady Luck" (#14 1960), "If I Look a Little Blue" (1960), "Question" (#19 1960), "One Hundred Percent" (1961), "Twistin' the Blues" (1962), "Misty" (#21 1963), "Billie Baby" (1963), "You're Reading Me" (1965), "Somewhere Along the Way" (1966), "Ready for Betty" (1970), "Trying to Slip Away" (1973)
songwriter
music producer
served in the Army (1954-56)

Frank Rodriguez, Jr.

b. 1951 in Crystal City, TX or Bay City, MI
rock musician, instruments: organ, keyboards
founding member of ? and the Mysterians (1964-68, and reunions), "96 Tears" (#1 1966), "I Need Somebody" (#22 1967), "Can't Get Enough of You" (#56 1967), "Talk is Cheap" (1968)

Charmaine Sylvers (Charmaine Elaine Sylvers)

b. 1954
R&B/soul singer
founding member of The Sylvers (1971-76), "Fool's Paradise" (1972), "Wish That I Could Talk to You" (#77 1972), "Stay Away from Me" (1973), "Through the Love in My Heart" (1973), "Boogie Fever" (#1 1976), "Cotton Candy" (#57 1976), "Hot Line" (#5 1976)
duet with Gene Page, "Love Starts after Dark" (1980)
see The Sylvers on soulwalking

Robin Trower (Robin Leonard Trower)

b. 1945 in London, England
rock/blues musician, instrument: lead guitar
"Twice Removed from Yesterday" (1973, he co-wrote), "Day of the Eagle" (1974, he wrote), "Bridge of Sighs" (1974, he wrote), "A Tale Untold" (1975, he wrote), "Long Misty Days" (1976, he co-wrote), "Farther up the Road" (1977), "Victims of the Fury" (1980, he co-wrote), "Benny Dancer" (1983), "Caroline" (1987, he co-wrote), "Secret Place" (1994, he wrote)
with Jude
with Procol Harum (1967-71, after "Whiter Shade of Pale"), "Homburg" (#34 1967), "Rambling on" (1968), "Quite Rightly So" (1968), "She Wandered Through the Garden Fence" (1968), "Too Much between Us" (1969), "The Devil Came from Kansas" (1969), "A Salty Dog" (1969), "All This and More" (1969)
Procol Harum was named for a Latin phrase that the founding members thought meant 'beyond these things'; an asteroid and and orchid have both been named after the band
founding member of The Paramounts (1961-66), "Where's Carolyn Tonight?" (1963), "A Certain Girl" (1964), "Cuttin' in" (1965)
songwriter
quote by Robin Trower: "If I could sing, I wouldn't Be a guitarist."
see Procol Harum
see Robin Trower

Gary Walker (Gary Leeds)

b. 1942 in Glendale, CA
pop/rock singer
instrument: drums
"Losing My Mind Over You" (1965), "You Don't Love Me" (1966), "Get it Right" (1966)
founding member of The Walker Brothers (1964-67, 1975-78, and reunions), "Love Her" (1965), "Make it Easy on Yourself" (#16 1965), "Seventh Dawn" (1965), "Saddest Night in the World" (1966), "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (#13 1966), "I Only Came to Dance with You" (1966), "No Sad Song for Me" (1966), "No Regrets" (1976)
founding member of The Standells (1962)
founding member of Gary Walker and Rain (1967-69)
songwriter
see The Walker Brothers on Wikipedia
see the

Ron Wilson

b. 1945 – d. 19 May 1989 (brain aneurysm)
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Surfaris (1962-66, and reunions), * "Wipe Out" (#2 1963, #16 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Surfer Joe" (#62 1963, he co-wrote), "Point Panic" (#49 1963), "Scatter Shield" (1964), "Karen" (1964), "Hot Rod High" (1964), "Dune Buggy" (1964), "Black Denim" (1965), "My Little Bike" (1965), "My Buddy Seat" (1965)
songwriter
see The Surfaris

March 10

Don Abney (John Donald Abney)

b. 1923 in Baltimore, MD - d. 20 Jan 2000 in Los Angeles, CA (heart attack)
jazz/pop musician, instrument: piano
founding member of The Don Abney Trio (1969-71)
with Ella Fitzgerald's band (1954-57, 1961)
with Carmen McRae's band (1958-59), "Play for Keeps" (1959), "Show Me the Way" (1959)
session musician with Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Ernie Wilkins, Kai Winding, and others
served in the Army

Johnnie Allan (John Allen Guillot)

b. 1938 in Rayne, LA
swamp-pop/country singer
instruments: guitar, steel guitar
"The Letter of Love" (1960), "I Wrote a Letter" (1965), "I'm Standing at the End of My World" (1966), "I Haven't Seen Me in Years" (1972), "Til Your Memory Fades Away" (1973), "A Woman Left Lonely" (1973), "Graduation Night (As You Pass Me By)" (1975), "Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride at All?" (1979), "I Knew the Bride" (1980), "I'm Missing You" (1983)
lead of Johnnie Allan and the Krazy Kats, "Your Picture" (1961), "Whispering Winds" (1962), "Somebody Else" (1962), "South to Louisiana" (1962)
songwriter
music producer

Norman Blake

b. 1938 in Chattanooga, TN (grew up in Sulphur Springs, GA)
country/bluegrass/folk singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro
"Six White Horses" (1976), "Faded Flowers in Old Love Letters" (1999), "Flowers from the Fields of Alabama" (2001), "Old Ties" (2002), "Fifty Miles of Elbow Room" (2002), "Whiskey Deaf and Whiskey Blind" (2005), "The Maple on the Hill" (2005)
duets with Nancy Blake, "Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase" (1986), "Butterfly Weed" (1986), "Prettiest Little Girl in the Country" (1988), "Memories That Never Die" (1996)
sessionist on Joan Baez' "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (#3 1971); and with Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, John Hartford, Bob Dylan, and others
songwriter

Edie Brickell

b. 1966 in Oak Cliff, TX
folk/rock singer
instruments: guitar, acoustic guitar
* "Good Times" (#60 1994, she wrote), "Picture Perfect Morning" (1994, she wrote), "Stay Awhile" (1994, she wrote), "More Than Friends" (2003, she wrote), "Songs We Used to Sing" (2003, she wrote), "Take a Walk" (2003, she wrote)
with Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, "What I Am" (#7 1988, she co-wrote), "Circle" (#48 1989, she co-wrote), "Mama Help Me" (1990), "Ghost of a Dog" (1990), "Forgiven" (1990)
songwriter
md. to singer, Paul Simon (1992- )
see Edie Brickell

Jon Derek

b. 1941 in Harlech, North Wales
country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer of Jon Derek and Country Fever (1968- ), "Too Much of Nothing" (1969), "Tears of Rage" (1969), "All I Want to Do is Love You" (1975)
songwriter

Ralph Emery (Walter Ralph Emery)

b. 1933 in McEwen, TN
country singer
"Hello, Fool" (#4c 1961, spoof of Faron Young's "Hello, Walls"), "It's Not a Lot" (1961), "I'll Take Good Care of Your Baby" (1961, reply to Bobby Vee's "Take Good Care of My Baby"), "Tough Top Cat" (1962)
DJ
author
md. 2nd to singer, Skeeter Davis (1960-64)

Joy Ford

b. 1946 in Brilliant, AL (grew up in IL and MO)
country singer
"Another Favor" (1978), "Love isn't Love (Till You Give it Away)" (#87c 1979), "Give Me Something to Hold on to" (1979), "Pretend" (1980), "You Are the Music in Time With My Heart" (#97c 1983), "Melted-Down Memories" (#96c 1985), "Carousel" (1985), "Yesterday's Rain" (#99c 1988)

Alex Harvey (Thomas Alexander Harvey)

b. 1945/47 (maybe Jan 17) in Dyersburg, TN or Brownsville, TX
country/rock/blues singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica, piano
"If I Could Tell You Why" (1973), "Indiana Woman" (1973), "Tulsa Turnaround" (1976), "Tennessee Woman" (1976), "No Place But Texas" (1988, he wrote), "Kansas Moon" (1988), "We'll Never Know if We Don't Try" (1988), "Just Another Highway" (2000), "Cry Like the Rain" (2000), "Easy Ride" (2000)
songwriter, co-wrote Tanya Tucker's "Delta Dawn" (#72, #6c 1972); The First Edition's "Reuben James" (#26 1969); The Glaser Brothers' "Rings" (#7c 1971)
actor

Tommy Hunter (Thomas James Hunter)

b. 1937 in Ontario, Canada
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Penny Wishes" (1963), "Poor Little Bullfrog" (1963), "Mary in the Morning" (#66c 1967), "I Still Got Some Bridges to Burn" (1982), "Fool Enough to Fall in Love Again" (1982)
songwriter
see Tommy Hunter

Jethro (Kenneth C./D. Burns)

b. 1920/23 in Conasauga, TN – d. 4 Feb 1989 in Evanston, IL (bone cancer)
country/bluegrass/novelty singer
instruments: mandolin, banjo
with The String Dusters
with Homer and Jethro (1932-71), "The Girl in Police Gazette" (1949), "Tennessee Border No. 2" (#14c 1949), "Billboard Song" (1952), "Child Psychology" (1952), "How Much is That Hound Dog in the Winder?" (#2c 1953), * "You-ewe-u" (1953), * "Hernando's Hideaway" (#14c 1954), "The Ballad of Davy Crew-Cut" (1955), "The Nutty Lady of Shady Lane" (1955), "Two-Tone Shoes" (1956), "Lullaby of Bird Dog" (1958), "The Battle of Kookamonga" (#14, #26c 1959, One-Hit Wonder), "Middle-Aged Teenager" (1959), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (#49c 1964), "Charlie Cheated on His Income Tax" (1965), "Hillbilly Hippie" (1968), "Daddy Played First Base" (1970), "We Didn't Make it Through the Night" (1971)
Homer and Jethro with June Carter, "Baby, it's Cold Outside" (#9c 1949), "The Wedding of Hillbilly Lilli Marlene" (1949), "The Huckle Buck" (1949), "She Loves to Cry" (1951), "Knock-Kneed Suzie" (1951)
backed Chet Atkins (his brother-in-law)
songwriter
comedian
served in the military during WWII

Ted McKenna

b. 1950
rock/blues musician, instrument: drums
with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
with The Michael Schenker Group
session musician with Rory Gallagher, Billy Rankin, and others
see The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Ricky Simpkins

b. 1955 in Montgomery County, VA
bluegrass musician, instruments: fiddle, mandolin
"Old Tree" (2006)
with Upland Express
session musician with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Randy Scruggs, and others

Daryle Singletary (Daryle Bruce Singletary)

b. 1971 in Wigham, GA
country singer
instrument: guitar
"I Let Her Lie" (#2c 1995), "Too Much Fun" (#4c 1995), "Love That Never Died" (1995), "The Used to Be's" (#48c 1996), "Amen Kind of Love" (#2c 1997), "The Note" (#90, #28c 1998), "That's Where You're Wrong" (#49c 1998), "My Baby's Lovin'" (#44c 1998), "I Knew I Loved You" (#55c 2000), "That's Why I Sing This Way" (#47c 2002), "Make-up and Faded Blue Jeans" (2002)
songwriter
md. to Kerry Harwick (1995- ); md. to nurse, Holly Mercer (2003- )

Dean Torrence (Dean Ormsby Torrence)

b. 1940 in Los Angeles, CA
pop singer
with Jan and Dean, "Surf City" (#1 1963), "Drag City" (#10 1963), "Linda" (#28 1963), "Honolulu Lulu" (#11 1963), * "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (#3 1964), "Dead Man's Curve" (#8 1964), "Ride the Wild Surf" (#16 1964), "Sidewalk Surfin'" (#25 1964), "The Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review and Timing Association" (#77 1964), "Freeway Flyer" (1965), "Like a Summer Rain" (1966), "Popsicle" (#21 1966), "Bucket 'T'" (1966)
songwriter
see Jan and Dean

Harold Torres

b. 1940
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member and second tenor of The Crests (1956-62), "My Juanita" (1957), "I Thank the Moon" (1958), "16 Candles" (#2 1959), "The Angels Listened in" (#22 1959), "Molly Mae" (1959), "If My Heart Could Write a Letter" (1960), "Step by Step" (#14 1960), "Trouble in Paradise" (#20 1960), "What a Surprise" (1961), "Modern Girl" (#20 1961)

Carrie Underwood

b. 1983 in Muskogee, OK (grew up near Checotah, OK)
country/pop singer, yodeler, instruments: guitar, piano
"Inside Your Heaven" (#1, #52c 2005), "Jesus, Take the Wheel" (#20, #1c 2005), "Some Hearts" (#12 2005), * "Don't Forget to Remember Me" (#49, #2c 2006), "Before He Cheats" (#8, #1c 2006, CMA single of the year 2007), "Wasted" (#37, #1c 2007), * "So Small" (#17, #1c 2007)
duet with Rascal Flatts, "Bless the Broken Road" (#50c 2005)
quote by Carrie Underwood: "I want my permanent address to Be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids."

March 11

Jimmy Fortune (James Lester Fortune)

b. 1955 in Williamsburg, VA (grew up in Nelson Co., VA)
country singer
instrument: guitar
tenor with The Statler Brothers (1982- ), "You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)" (#3c 1982), "Whatever" (#7c 1982), "A Child of the Fifties" (#17c 1983), "Elizabeth" (#1c 1984, he wrote), "Atlanta Blue" (#3c 1984), "Hello, Mary Lou" (#3c 1985), "My Only Love" (#1c 1986, he wrote), "Too Much on My Heart" (#1c 1986, he wrote), "Count on Me" (#5c 1986), "Forever" (#7c 1987, he wrote), "I'll Be the One" (#10c 1987), "Let's Get Started if We're Gonna Break My Heart" (#12c 1988), "More Than a Name on the Wall" (#6c 1989, he co-wrote)
songwriter
md. to Nina Shumate (1998- )
see The Statler Brothers

Cat Freeman (Claris G. Freeman)

b. 1922 in Sand Mountain, AL - d. 19 Mar 1989
country/gospel singer (tenor)
instrument: guitar
with The Blackwood Brothers (1948-49)
The Maddox Brothers (1936- )
with The Oak Ridge Quartet (1954-56)
The Oak Ridge Quartet later became The Oak Ridge Boys
with The Statesmen Quartet, "Move That Mountain" (1954), "Faith Unlocks the Door" (1956), "Til the Last Leaf Shall Fall" (1957), "God Bless You, Go With God" (1959)

Randy Hardison (Randy Ray Hardison)

b. 1961 (grew up in Inola, OK) - d. 4 Jun 2002 (murdered by a blow to the head)
country singer
instruments: drums, guitar
session musician on Darryl Worley's "A Good Day to Run" (#76, #12c 2000), "Second Wind" (#20c 2000), * "I Miss My Friend" (#28, #1c 2002), "Family Tree" (#26c 2002), "Back Where I Belong" (2002, he co-wrote), * "Have You Forgotten?" (#21, #1c 2003); and with Garth Brooks, Deryl Dodd, Bobby Osborne, and others
songwriter

Mike Hugg (Michael Hugg)

b. 1940/42 (maybe Aug 11) in Hampshire, England
rock musician, instruments: drums, percussions, keyboards
founding member of Manfred Mann (1962-69), * "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (#1 1964), "Sha La La" (#12 1964), "Come Tomorrow" (#50 1965), "Pretty Flamingo" (#29 1966), "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (#10 1968), "Fox on the Run" (#97 1968)
with The Manfreds (1991- )
with The Lords of the New Church
founding member of The Mike Hugg Freeway
songwriter
see Manfred Mann on www.classicbands.com

Jefferson (Geoff Turton)

b. 1944 in Birmingham, England
pop/rock singer (falsetto)
instrument: rhythm guitar
"Baby, Take Me in Your Arms" (#23 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "I Fell Flat on My Face" (1969)
with The Rockin' Berries, "He's in Town" (1964), "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You" (1964), "The Water is Over My Head" (1966)
songwriter

Flaco Jimenez (Leonardo Jimenez)

b. 1939 in San Antonio, TX
country/rock singer
instrument: accordion
"Jealous Heart" (1994), "Catwalk" (1994), "Said and Done" (1998)
with The Texas Tornados (1990- ), "(Hey Baby) Que Paso" (1990), "Laredo Rose" (1990), "She Never Spoke Spanish to Me" (1990), "Did I Tell You?" (1991), "Hanging on by a Thread" (1992), "A Little Bit is Better Than Nada" (1996)
session musician on Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam's "Streets of Bakersfield" (#1c 1988); and others

Arthur Lee (Arthur Lee Porter or Arthur Taylor Porter)

b. 1945 in Memphis, TN (grew up in Los Angeles, CA) - d. 3 Aug 2006 in Memphis, TN (acute myeloid leukemia)
folk/rock/pop/soul singer
instruments: harmonica, drums, percussions, bass, rhythm guitar, piano, organ
"Sad Song" (1972), "Midnight Sun" (1994), "Passing By" (2000, he wrote)
founding member of Love (1965-71, 1975, and reunions), "Seven and Seven is" (#33 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "My Little Red Book" (1966), "Orange Skies" (1967), "Alone Again Or" (1967), "Talking in My Sleep" (1969, he wrote), "Car Lights on in the Daytime Blues" (1969, he wrote), "I Still Wonder" (1969), "The Everlasting First" (1970, he wrote), "Time is Like a River" (1975, he wrote), "You Said You Would" (1975, he wrote)
founding member of The American Four, "Luci Baines" (1964), "Soul Food" (1964)
duet with Rosa Lee Brooks, "My Diary" (1964)
songwriter
arranger; music producer
served time in prison for illegal possession of a firearm (1996-2001)
see Love

Ric Rothwell (Eric Rothwell)

b. 1944 in Lancashire, England
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders (1963-65), "Come Dance With Me" (1964), "Game of Love" (#1 1965), "Just a Little Bit Too Late" (#45 1965)
founding member of The Mindbenders (1965-68), "A Groovy Kind of Love" (1966), "Ashes to Ashes" (#44 1966), "Uncle Joe the Ice Cream Man" (1968)

Darden Smith

b. 1962 in Austin, TX or Brenham, TX
country/folk singer
"Veteran's Day" (1986), "Little Maggie" (#56c 1988, he wrote), "Day After Tomorrow" (#59c 1988, he wrote), "Driving Rain" (1988), "Only One Dream" (1993), "Precious Time" (1993), "Broken Branches" (1996), "Never Let a Day Go By" (2000), "Dreams Don't Lie" (2002), "After All This Time" (2002), "One Hundred Ways" (2004), "Turning to You" (2004), "All That I Wanted" (2005)
songwriter
see Darden Smith

Art Todd

b. 1920 in Elizabeth, NJ or Baltimore, MD - d. 10 Oct 2007 in Honolulu, HI (congestive heart failure)
pop singer
instruments: guitar, banjo
duets with Dotty Todd, "Chanson d'Amour (Song of Love)" (#6 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "Along the Trail With You" (1957), "Straight as an Arrow" (1959), "Wonderful, Lovable You" (1959)
md. to Dotty Todd (1951-2000, her death); they met when they were accidentally booked into the same hotel room

Lawrence Welk

b. 1903 in Strasburg, ND – d. 17 May 1992 in Santa Monica, CA (pneumonia)
pop/polka/Dixieland musician, instrument: accordion
leader of the Lawrence Welk Orchestra, "Don't Sweetheart Me" (#2 1944), "Beer Barrel Polka" (1949), "Slow Drive" (1951), "Irene" (1952), "Sweet Eloise" (1952), "Emaline" (1952), "Dolores" (1952), "Bubbles in the Wine" (1952), "Your Eyes So Lovely" (1952), "Flirtation Waltz" (1952), "Oh, Happy Day" (#5 1953), "Until Sunrise" (1954), "At the Junior Prom" (1954), "It Was That Kiss" (1957), "Full Moon and Empty Arms" (1957), "Laura-Jean" (1960), "Calcutta" (#1 1961), "Sixteen Reasons" (1964), "Moonlight and Roses" (1965), "Currier and Ives" (1966)
the Lawrence Welk Orchestra and Red Foley, "Shame on You" (#1c 1945), "At Mail Call Today" (#3c 1945)

March 12

Glen Bailey

b. 1952 in Ontario, Canada (grew up in Detroit, MI)
country singer
"Stompin' on My Heart" (#87c 1982), "Designer Jeans" (#85c 1982), "(You Never Forget) a Real Good Thing" (1985), "I Miss You" (1985), "Those Texas Nights" (1985)
founding member of Final Approach
songwriter

Lew DeWitt (Lewis Calvin DeWitt)

b. 1938 (maybe Mar 8) in Roanoke, VA – d. 15 Aug 1990 (heart and kidney failure from Crohn's Disease)
country/pop singer (tenor)
instrument: guitar
"You'll Never Know" (#77c 1985)
founding member of The Statler Brothers (1955-82), "Flowers on the Wall" (#4, #2c 1965, he wrote), "You Can't Have You Kate and Edith Too" (#10c 1967), * "Pictures" (#13c 1971, he co-wrote), "Bed of Rose's" (#58, #9c 1971), * "Do You Remember These?" (#2c 1972), * "The Class of '57" (#6c 1972), "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott?" (#22c 1974), * "Susan When She Tried" (#15c 1974), * "All-American Girl" (1975), "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You" (#93, #3c 1975), * "Thank God I've Got You" (#10c 1976), "Hat and Boots" (1976), * "Your Picture in the Paper" (1976), "Silver Medals and Sweet Memories" (#18c 1977), * "I Was There" (#8c 1977), * "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine?" (#1c 1978), "Who Am I to Say?" (#3c 1978), * "Some I Wrote" (#17c 1978), * "The Official Historian of Shirley Jean Berrell" (#5c 1979), "Here We Are Again" (#11c 1979), * "How to Be a Country Star" (#7c 1979), * "I'll Even Love You Better Than I Did Then" (#8c 1980), "Charlotte's Web" (#5c 1980), * "We Got Paid by Cash" (1980), * "Don't Forget Yourself" (#13c 1980), * "Years Ago" (#12c 1981), * "Dad" (1981)
songwriter
had Chron's Disease
see The Statler Brothers

Eric Foster

b. 19??
country/Christian performer
founding member of The Fox Brothers, "Turn My Life Around" (1996), "Red Top Mountain" (1997), "Cradle of Love" (1998), "Say it Now" (1998), "He Broke the Law" (2000), "Backslider's Prayer" (2000), "Yours" (2001), "Red, White and Blue" (2002), "In This House" (2002)
see The Fox Brothers

Jesse Fuller (aka 'Lone Cat')

b. 1896 in Jonesboro, GA - d. 29 Jan 1976 in Oakland, CA (heart disease)
folk/blues singer
instruments: 12-string guitar, harmonica, cymbal, and others
"Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound" (1955), "Raise a Ruckus" (1958), "Runnin' Wild" (1961), "Let Me Hold You in My Arms Tonight" (1963, he co-wrote), "Ninety-Nine Years" (1963), "I Double Do Love You" (1965)
songwriter
actor
see Jesse Fuller

Mike Gibbins (Michael George Gibbins)

b. 1949 in England - d. 4 Oct 2005 in Oviedo, FL
rock musician, instrument: drums
"A Place in Time" (1998), "Picture of You" (1998), "Hold on to Your Dream" (2000), "Dream Harder" (2002), "Heavy Weather" (2002), "In the Meantime" (2003), "Grace Under Fire" (2003), "Beat You on the Draw" (2003)
with The Iveys (1965-69), "Maybe Tomorrow" (#67 1968)
founding member of Badfinger (1970-75), "Come and Get it" (#7 1970), "No Matter What" (#8 1970), "It Had to Be" (1970, he wrote), "Baby Blue" (#14 1971), "Day after Day" (#4 1972)
session musician with George Harrison, and others
songwriter
see Badfinger

James Hill

b. 1917 in Bessemer, AL - d. 6 Jul 2000 in Nashville, TN (complications of diabetes)
gospel/country/rock/pop singer (baritone)
founding member of The Fairfield Four (1946-50, 1980-2000), "In the Wilderness" (1950), "I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray" (1997), "Wreckin' the House" (1998), "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (2000)
with The Skylarks (1950- ), "What a Glorious Day" (1952), "My Life is in His Hands" (1952)
backup singer with Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, Ella Fitzgerald, John Fogerty, Steve Earle, and others
actor; deputy sheriff; police officer
The Fairfield Four owned a mortuary called the 'Fairfield Four Funeral Home'

Zora Layman

b. 1900 in Hutchinson, KS
country singer
instrument: fiddle
"Seven Years With the Wrong Man" (1933), "Hurray, I'm Single Again" (1934), "Poor Lone Girl" (1934)
with Zora and the Hometowners, "When the Organ Played 'Oh, Promise Me'" (1937), "When the Curtains of the Night Are Pinned Back By the Stars" (1937), "Cowboys' Best Friend" (1938)
md. to singer, Frank Luther

Gordon MacRae (Albert Gordon MacRae)

b. 1921 in East Orange, NJ - d. 24 Jan 1986 in Lincoln, NE (mouth and jaw cancer)
pop singer
"Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue" (#10 1948), "It's Magic" (#9 1948), "Rambling Rose" (#27 1948), "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" (1950), "The Prairie is Still" (1950), "The Secret" (#18 1958), "Rockin' Chair" (#9 1975)
duets with Jo Stafford, "Say Something Sweet to Your Sweetheart" (1948), "The Pussy Cat Song (Nyow! Not Nyow!)" (1948), "My Darling, My Darling" (#1 1949), "Echoes" (#18 1950), "Dearie" (#12 1950), "The Rosary" (1952)
songwriter
actor
md. to Sheila MacRae (1941-67)

Harvey Mandel (aka The Snake)

b. 1945 in Detroit, MI
blues/rock musician, instrument: guitar
"Linda Love" (1972, he wrote), "Mashed Potato Twist" (1995), "Country Rose" (1995, he wrote)
with Canned Heat (replaced Henry Vestine, 1969-71), "Let's Work Together" (#26 1970), "Wooly Bully" (1971), "Long Way from L.A." (1971)
session musician
Canned Heat performed at Woodstock
see Canned Heat
see Harvey Mandel

Loulie Jean Norman

b. 1913 in Birmingham, AL - d. 2 Aug 2005 in Studio City, CA
pop singer (soprano)
"Star Trek Theme" (1966)
with The Mel Tones
duet with Mel Torme, "Oh Bess, Oh Where's My Bess?" (1957)
backup singer on The Tokens' "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (#1 1961); and with Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Billie Holiday, others
actress
md. to Norman Henry Price; md. to Gordon Jenkins

Brian O'Hara

b. 1942 in Liverpool, England – d. 27 Jun 1999 (hanged himself)
rock singer
instrument: lead guitar
founding member of The Fourmost (1961-69), "Hello, Little Girl" (1963), "A Little Lovin'" (1964), "Here, There and Everywhere" (1966)
see The Fourmost

Dwight Rucker

b. 1952 in Oxford, NY
country/rock singer
duets with Dwight Rucker as Malchak and Rucker (the first black/white duo to have a country chart hit), "Just Like That" (#92c 1984), "Why Didn't I Think of That?" (#67c 1984), "I Could Love You in a Heartbeat" (#69c 1985), "Let Me Down Easy" (#67c 1986)
backup singer
songwriter
music producer

James Taylor (James Vernon Taylor)

b. 1948 in Belmont, MA (grew up in Chapel Hill, NC)
folk/rock/soul/country
instruments: guitar, xylophone
"Something in the Way She Moves" (1968, he wrote), "Carolina in My Mind" (1968, he wrote), "Rainy Day Man" (1968), "Sweet Baby James" (1970, he wrote), "Steamroller Blues" (1970, he wrote), "You're Got a Friend" (#1 1971), "Long Ago and Far Away" (#31 1971, he wrote), "You Can Close Your Eyes" (1971, he wrote), "Places in My Past" (1971, he wrote), "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" (#14 1973, he wrote), "Walking Man" (1974, he wrote), "Mexico" (1975, he wrote), "How Sweet it is (to Be Loved by You)" (1975), "Shower the People" (#22 1976, he wrote), "Golden Moments" (1976, he wrote), "Handy Man" (1977), "Your Smiling Face" (1977, he wrote), "If I Keep My Heart Out of Sight" (1977, he wrote), "Up on the Roof" (1979), "I Will Follow" (1981, he wrote), "That Lonesome Road" (1981, he co-wrote), "Every Day" (#26c 1986), "Only One" (#80c 1986, he wrote), "Never Die Young" (#80, 1988, he wrote), "Letter in the Mail" (1988, he wrote), "First of May" (1988, he wrote), "We've Got to Stop Thinkin' 'Bout That" (1991, he co-wrote), "Slap Leather" (1991, he wrote), "One More Go Round" (1991, he wrote), "Little More Time with You" (1997, he wrote), "October Road" (2002, he wrote), "September Grass" (2002)
founding member of The Original Flying Machine, "Something's Wrong" (1971, he wrote), "Brighten Your Night with My Day" (1971, he wrote)
duets with J. D. Souther, "Her Town, Too" (#11 1981, he co-wrote), "Song for You Far Away" (1981, he wrote)
duets with Carly Simon, "Mockingbird" (#5 1974), "Devoted to You" (#33c 1978)
songwriter
environmentalist
md. to singer, Carly Simon (1972-83); md. 2nd to actress, Kathryn Walker; md. 3rd to Caroline 'Kim' Smedvig
see James Taylor

Mark Valentino

b. 1942 in PA
pop singer
"The Push and Kick" (#27 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "Mystery Girl" (1963), "Jivin' at the Drive-in" (1963), "Part-Time Job" (1963)

Paul Weston (Paul Wetstein)

b. 1912 in Springfield, MA (grew up in Pittsfield, MA) - 20 Sep 1996 in Santa Monica, CA
pop singer
instrument: piano
founding member and leader of the Paul Weston Orchestra, "Some Enchanted Evening" (#9 1949), "A Thousand Violins" (1950), "Too Darn Hot" (1951), "Lingering Down the Lane" (1951)
songwriter, wrote the Ralph Flanagan Orchestra's "I Should Care" (#3 1952)
arranger
comedian
md. to singer, Joe Stafford (1952-96, his death)

Karen Wheeler (Karen Deen Wheeler)

b. 1947 in Sikeston, MO
country/rockabilly singer
instruments: guitar, banjo, keyboards
"Wait Till I'm Sixteen" (1961), "Going to Hold My Baby" (1961), "The First Time for Us" (#67c 1972), "Born to Love and Satisfy" (#31c 1974)
songwriter
daughter of Onie Wheeler

Marshall Wilborn

b. 1952 in Austin, TX
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: string bass
with The Johnson Mountain Boys (1986-89, replaced Larry Robbins), "Let the Whole World Talk" (1987), "Memories That We Shared" (1987), "I Could Change My Mind" (1988), "Cold and Windy Night" (1988), "Now Just Suppose" (1989)
with the Lynn Morris Band (1988- ), * "My Heart Skips a Beat" (1990), "If Lonely Was the Wind" (1990), "Mama's Hand" (1996), "The Likes of You" (1999), "Love Beyond" (1999), "Road Rage" (2003), "Don't Neglect the Rose" (2003)
with Longview
md. to Lynn Morris

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Liz Anderson (Elizabeth Jane Haaby)

b. 1930 in Roseau, MN (grew up in Grand Forks, ND
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"The Wife of the Party" (#22c 1967), "Come Walk in My Shoes" (1967), "Thanks a Lot for Tryin' Anyway" (1967), "Mama Spank" (#5c 1967), "Cry Cry Again" (#58c 1968), "Blue Are the Violets" (1968), "Husband Hunting" (#26c 1970), "Wonder if I'll Feel This Bad Tomorrow" (1970), "After You" (1978), "All-Day Rain" (1983), "Cowboys are a Girls Best Friend" (1999)
duet with Norma Jean and Bobby Bare, "The Game of Triangles" (#5c 1966)
duets with Lynn Anderson, "Mother, May I?" (#21 1968, she co-wrote), "Better Than Life Without You" (1968)
songwriter, wrote Merle Haggard's "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" (#10c 1964); Lynn Anderson's "Ride Ride Ride" (#36c 1967), "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" (#5c 1967), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (#12c 1968)
mother of singer, Lynn Anderson; md. to songwriter, Casey Anderson

Clarence Bassett (Clarence Henry Bassett, Jr.)

b. 1936 in Queens, NY - d. 31 Jan 2005 in Richmond, VA (complications of emphysema)
doo-wop singer
with Shep and the Limelites (1960-66), "One Week from Today" (1960), "Daddy's Home" (#2 1961, One-Hit Wonder, answer to The Heartbeats' "A Thousand Miles Away"), "Three Steps From the Altar" (1961), "This I Know" (1961), "Our Anniversary" (#59 1962), "In Case I Forget" (1963), "Easy to Remember (When You Want to Forget)" (1964)
with The Five Sharps, "Sleepy Cowboy" (1952)
with The Flamingos (1972- )

Danny Bennie

b. 1942 in Scotland
doo-wop singer
founding member of The Reflections (1961- ), "You Said Goodbye" (1963), * "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" (#6 1964, One-Hit Wonder), "Like Columbus Did" (#96 1964), "Can't You Tell By the Look in My Eyes?" (1964), "Poor Man's Son" (#55 1965), "Deborah Ann" (1965), "June Bride" (1965), "Girl in the Candy Store" (1965)

Gary Guzzardo

b. 1956
country/rock musician, instrument: drums
drummer with The Marshall Tucker Band (1994-96, 1999), "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (1999), "His Eye is on the Sparrow" (1999)
session musician
see The Marshall Tucker Band

Steve Hill

b. 1950 in Los Angeles, CA (grew up in OR) or grew up in Longview, TX
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle
"Cowgirl Cute and Cowboy Crazy" (1995), "Every Night You Make My Day" (1995), "Nothing More to Say" (2004), "Does it Matter at All?" (2004)
founding member of Hill Country
possibly by a different Steve Hill, "Blue Moon Rising" (1996), "Different Rivers Run" (1996), "I Thought They Would" (2000, he wrote), "One Thin Line" (2000), "We'll Always Have Texas" (2007)
session musician with Vince Gill, Roseanne Cash, Jim Croce, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Gary Morris' "The Wind Beneath My Wings" (#4c 1983), Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" (#2 1992); The Desert Rose Band's "Love Reunited" (#6c 1987), "I Still Believe in You" (#1c 1988), "Summer Wind" (#2c 1988), "Start All Over Again" (#6c 1990), "In Another Lifetime" (#13c 1990), "Story of Love" (#10c 1990), "Will This Be the Day?" (#37c 1991)

Jan Howard (Lula Grace Johnson)

b. 1930/32 in West Plains, MO
country singer
"Weeping Willow" (1959), "Many Dreams Ago" (1960), "A World I Can't Live in" (1960), "Too Many Teardrops Too Late" (1961), "I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again" (#27c 1963), "What Makes a Man Wander?" (#25c 1965), "Evil on Your Mind" (#5c 1966), "Bad Seed" (#10c 1966), "My Son" (#15c 1969), "If He Could See Me Now" (1968), "When We Tried" (#24c 1969), "We Had All the Good Things Going" (1969), "Rock Me Back to Little Rock" (#26c 1970), "I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms)" (#70c 1977), "I Spent All My Love on You" (1985)
duets with Wynn Stewart, "The One You Slip Around With" (#13c 1960)
duets with Bill Anderson, "I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)" (#29c 1965), "Time Out" (#44c 1966), "For Loving You" (#1c 1968), * "Someday We'll Be Together" (#4c 1970), "If it's All the Same to You" (#2c 1970), "Dis-satisfied" (#4c 1972, he co-wrote)
songwriter
actress; author
md. to songwriter, Harlan Howard (1957-67); md. to Dr. Maurice Acree, Jr. (1990- )
one of her sons was killed in Vietnam in 1968, another son committed suicide in 1973
see Jan Howard

Sammy Kaye (Samuel Zarnocay, Jr.)

b. 1910 in Lakewood, OH or Rocky River, OH – d. 2 Jun 1987 in Ridgewood, NJ (cancer)
pop/swing musician, instruments: sax, clarinet
founding member and leader of the Sammy Kaye Orchestra, "All Ashore" (#3 1938), "Love Walked in" (#1 1938), "Dream Valley" (#1 1941), "Daddy" (#1 1941), "Two Hearts That Pass in the Night" (#9 1941), "Remember Pearl Harbor" (#3 1942), "Chickery Chick" (#1 1945), "Don't Fence Me in" (#4 1945), "Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week" (#6 1945), "There Goes That Song Again" (#8 1945), "I'm a Big Girl Now" (#1 1946), "The Old Lamplighter" (#1 1946), "An Apple Blossom Wedding" (#5 1947), "The Last Mile Home" (1949), "June is Bustin' Out All Over" (1949), "Powder Your Face With Sunshine" (1949), "Room Full of Roses" (#2 1949), "It isn't Fair" (#2 1950), "Harbor Lights" (#1 1950), "The Object of My Affection" (1950), "Walkin' to Missouri" (#11 1952), "Charade" (#36 1964), "Maria Elena" (1964)
songwriter
md. to Ruth Knox Elden (1940-56)
see The Sammy Kaye Orchestra

Bill Nettles (William F. Nettles)

b. 1903/07 in Natchitoches, LA - d. 5 Apr 1967 in Monroe, LA
honky-tonk/western-swing singer
"There's No Use to Worry Now" (1941), "When My Kitten Starts Cattin' Around" (1953), "Be Fair With Your Heart" (1953), "Don't Let Your Lips Say Yes (Your Heart Say No)" (1954)
founding member of Bill Nettles and His Dixie Blue Boys, "I Miss the Girl (That Misses Me)" (1937), "She's Running Wild" (1937), "Answer to 'Blue Eyes'" (1937, he wrote), "Turn About and Swing" (1938), "Hadacol Boogie" (#9c 1949, he wrote), "I Hauled Off and Loved Her" (1950, he wrote)
with The Nettles Brothers, "Small-Town Blues" (1941)
songwriter, co-wrote Johnny Sea's "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (#13c 1960)
served in the Navy during WWI

Ina Patterson

b. 1929 in Dexter, TX
bluegrass/folk singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Ray and Ina Patterson (1947- ), "One Little Word" (1966), "Old True Love" (1966), "I'll Come Back to You" (1969), "Who Wouldn't Be Lonely?" (1969), "It's Sinful to Flirt" (1969), "Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (1973), "Memory's Door" (1973), "Amber Tresses (Tied with Blue)" (1973)
songwriter
md. to Ray Patterson

Toni Price (Luiese Esther Price)

b. 1961 in Philadelphia, PA (grew up in Nashville, TN)
country/blues/jazz singer
"Mississippi Break Down" (#59c 1986), "How Much Do I Owe You?" (#71c 1986), "Edge of the Night" (1995), "Misty Moonlight" (1995), "Don't You Think I Feel it, Too?" (1999), "We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye" (2001), "I Doubt it Does to You" (2001), "Call of My Heart" (2001), "Born to Be Blue" (2003), "Not Coming Home" (2003)
actress

Bob Regan (Robert Fredrickson)

b. 1931 in Canada - d. 5 Mar 1990 in Los Angeles, CA (cancer)
country/rockabilly singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle
"Tarantula" (1964), "Highland Lassie" (1964)
founding member of The Canadian Sweethearts (1956-77), "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe" (1958), "Big Kiss" (1959), "What's the Password?" (1959), "No Help Wanted" (1961), "Freight Train" (1963), "Hootenanny Express" (#45c 1964, he wrote), "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" (1964), "We're Gonna Stand up on the Mountain" (1965), "Dream Baby" (#50c 1970)
songwriter, wrote Keith Urban's "Your Everything" (#51, #4c 1999); Billy Ray Cyrus' "Busy Man" (#46, #3c 1998); Rick Trevino's "Running Out of Reasons to Run" (#1c 1997); Trisha Yearwood's "Thinkin' about You" (#1c 1995)
md. to singer, Lucille Starr

Neil Sedaka (James Fredrick Rodgers)

b. 1939 in Brooklyn, NY
pop singer
instrument: piano
"No Vacancy" (1958), * "The Diary" (#14 1959), "Oh, Carol" (#9 1959), * "Stairway to Heaven" (#9 1960), * "Calendar Girl" (#4 1960), "Run Samson Run" (#28 1960), "You Mean Everything to Me" (#17 1960), "Forty Winks Away" (1960), * "Little Devil" (#11 1961), * "I Must Be Dreaming" (1961), * "Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen" (#6 1961), * "Breaking up is Hard to Do" (#1 1962, re-recorded #8 1976), * "I Belong to You" (1962), * "Next Door to an Angel" (#5 1962), "Let's Go Steady Again" (#26 1963), "Alice in Wonderland" (#17 1963), "The Answer Lies Within" (1966), "Star-Crossed Lovers" (1968), "Laughter in the Rain" (#1 1974), "Bad Blood" (#1 1975), "Love in the Shadows" (#16 1976)
duet with Dara Sedaka, "Should've Never Let You Go" (#19 1980)
songwriter, wrote Connie Francis' "Where the Boys Are" (#4 1961), "Stupid Cupid" (#17 1958)
music producer
md. to Leba Strassberg (1962- )
see Neil Sedaka

Billy Yates

b. 1963 in Doniphan, MO
country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"I Smell Smoke" (#69c 1997, he co-wrote), "Flowers" (#36c 1997, he co-wrote), "What Do You Want From Me Now?" (#53c 2001, he co-wrote), "Forever for a While" (2005), "Alone Some" (2005)
with The Outlaws (1989-1990)
songwriter, wrote George Jones' "Choices" (#30c 1999), "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (#34c 1992)
see Billy Yates
see The Outlaws

Donny York (Donald York)

b. 1949 in Boise, ID
rock/pop singer
founding member of Sha Na Na (1968- ), "Remember Then" (1969), "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" (1971), "Top Forty" (1971), "At the Hop" (1971), "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" (1975), "Shot Down in Denver" (1975), "Only One Song" (1978)
Sha Na Na performed at Woodstock
see Sha Na Na

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Les Baxter (Leslie Baxter)

b. 1922 in Mexia, TX - d. 15 Jan 1996 in Newport Beach, CA
pop singer
instrument: piano
founding member of the Les Baxter Orchestra, "When You Return" (1951), "Tonight We'll Go Dancing" (1951), "Somewhere, Somehow, Someday" (1951), "On Top of the Ferris Wheel" (1951), "April in Portugal" (#2 1953), "I Love Paris" (#15 1953), "The High and the Mighty" (#4 1954), "Unchained Melody" (#1 1955), "The Poor People of Paris (Jean's Song)" (#1 1956)
with Mel Torme's Mel-Tones
orchestra leader
songwriter
arranger; music producer
see Les Baxter

Jann Browne

b. 1954 (maybe Mar 13) in Anderson, IN (grew up in Shelbyville, IN)
country/blues singer
"You Ain't Down Home" (#19c 1989), "Tell Me Why" (#18c 1990), "Louisville" (#75c 1990, she co-wrote), "I Knew Enough to Fall in Love with You" (1991)
with Asleep at the Wheel (1981-83)
songwriter
md. to songwriter, Roger Stebner (1985- )
see Jann Brown

Les Brown (Lester Raymond Brown)

b. 1912 in Reinerton, PA - d. 4 Jan 2001 in Los Angeles, CA (lung cancer)
swing musician, instruments: soprano sax, clarinet, bassoon
founding member and leader of Les Brown and His Band of Renown, "Sentimental Journey" (#1 1945), "Till the End of Time" (#3 1945), "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (#1 1949), "Azure" (1951), "You're the Cream in My Coffee" (1951), "I Waited a Little Too Long" (1952), "You Forgot Your Gloves" (1952), "Rough Ridin'" (1953)
Les Brown and His Band of Renown backing Doris Day, "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time" (#1 1945), "You Won't Be Satisfied Until You Break My Heart" (#2 1946)
arranger
he is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being leader of the longest continuous playing band in pop music history

Kristian Bush

b. 1970 in Knoxville, TN
country/folk/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Billy Pilgrim (1994- ), "Sweet Louisiana" (1995)
founding member and lead singer with Sugarland (2002- ), "Baby Girl" (#38, #2c 2004, he co-wrote), "Something More" (#35, #2c 2005), "Just Might (Make Me Believe)" (#60, #7c 2005), "Want to" (#32, #1c 2006), "Settlin'" (#65, #8c 2007)
songwriter
see Sugarland

Artie Dunn

b. 1922 in Dorchester, MA - d. 15 Jan 1996 in Palm Springs, CA
pop singer
instrument: organ
founding member of The Three Suns (1939-54, 1956- ), "Twilight Time" (#14 1944, he co-wrote), "When Day is Done" (1949), "I'll Never Wish for More Than This" (1949), "The Windmill's Turning" (1949), "In a Shady Nook By a Babbling Brook" (1949), "Close Your Eyes and Dream" (1949), "Cruising Down the River" (1950), "So Tall a Tree" (1950), "The Flying Red Horse Polka" (1950), "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" (1950), "Two Hearts in Three-Quarter Time" (1951), "You're Not Worth My Tears" (1952), "Plink, Plank, Plunk" (1952), "Perdido" (1954), "Petite Papillon" (1956), "Postmark: Vienna" (1956), "Twilight Memories" (1959)
The Three Suns backing Rosalie Allen and Elton Britt, "Beyond the Sunset" (#7c 1950)
songwriter
cousin of Al and Morty Nevins
see The Three Suns on Space Age Pop

Taylor Hanson (Jordan Taylor Hanson)

b. 1983 in Tulsa, OK
pop/rock/soul singer
instruments: keyboards, piano, bongos
founding member of Hanson (1992- ), "MMM-Bop" (#1 1997), "Where's the Love?" (1997), "I Will Come to You" (#9 1997), "This Time Around" (#17 2000), "Penny and Me" (#2 2004)
songwriter
md. to Natalie Anne Bryant (2002- )
see Hanson

Lee Hays

b. 1914 in Little Rock, AR – d. Aug 1981 (heart attack)
folk singer (bass)
founding member of The Weavers (1947-52, 1955- ), "Hush, Little Baby" (1951), "Easy Rider Blues" (1951), "It's Almost Day" (1951), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (#19 1951), "Wimoweh" (#14 1952), "Quilting Bee" (1952), "Erie Canal" (1959), "State of Arkansas" (1959), "Every Night When the Sun Goes Down" (1960), "Seven Blessings of Mary" (1960), "I Ride an Old Paint" (1960), "Because All Men Are Brothers" (1963), "Come Away, Melinda" (1963)
The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra, "Goodnight, Irene" (#1 1950)
The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson, "Across the Wide Missouri" (1951), "On Top of Old Smokey" (#2 1951)
dramatist, playwright
see The Weavers

Zella Lehr

b. 1951 in Burbank, CA
country singer
"Just Believe in Me" (1975), "After You've Had Me" (1977), "Can't Help But Wonder" (1977), "Two Doors Down" (#7c 1978), "When the Fire Gets Hot" (#31c 1978), "Danger, Heartbreak Ahead" (#20c 1978), "Play Me a Memory" (#24c 1979), "Love Has Taken it's Time" (#26c 1980), "Rodeo Eyes" (#25c 1980), "Feedin' the Fire" (#15c 1981), "Haven't We Loved Somewhere Before" (#86c 1983)

Michael Martin Murphey

b. 1938/49 in Oak Cliff, TX (grew up in Dallas, TX)
country singer
instruments: guitar, banjo
"Geronimo's Cadillac" (#37 1972), "Carolina in the Pines" (#21 1975), "Wildfire" (#3 1975), "Renegade" (#39 1976), "Still Taking Chances" (#76, #3c 1982, he wrote), * "What's Forever For?" (#19, #1c 1982), "Will it Be Love by Morning?" (#7c 1983), "Long Line of Love" (#1c 1987), "I'm Gonna Miss You Girl" (#3c 1988), "From the Word Go" (#3c 1989), * "Cowboy Logic" (#52c 1990), * "Yellow Rose of Texas" (1990), * "Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die?" (1990), * "Let the Cowboy Dance" (#74c 1991, he co-wrote), * "Roses and Thorns" (1993), "Running Shadow" (1997)
duet with Holly Dunn, "A Face in the Crowd" (#4c 1987)
duet with Marty Robbins (using overdubbing), * "Big Iron" (1993)
duet with Ryan Murphey, "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" (#4c 1988)
songwriter
actor
see Michael Martin Murphey

Jimmie O'Rourke (James O'Rourke)

b. 1947
R&B singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of John Fred and His Playboy Band (1964-70), "Up and Down" (1967), "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" (#1 1968, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Hey, Hey Bunny" (#57 1968), "Silly Sarah Carter" (1969)
session musician

Bob Paisley (James R. Paisley)

b. 1931 in Ashe County, NC (grew up in Landenberg, PA) - d. 2004 (cancer)
bluegrass/folk singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, harmonica
founding member of The Southern Grass, "Rachel" (1998), "At the End of a Long Lonely Day" (2001), "Sundown and Sorrow" (2001), "Forty Years of Trouble" (2001), "Kentucky Waltz" (2001), "You Are the Rainbow of My Dreams" (2002), "All I Have to Offer You is Me" (2002), "Down among the Budded Roses" (2002), "Amandalina" (2005), "Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On?" (2005), "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name" (2008), "The Room Over Mine" (2008)
founding member of The Southern Mountain Boys (1961-79), "It Rained a Mist" (1973), "Goodbye, Liza Jane" (1973), "Margie" (1973), "The Old Swinging Bridge" (1973), "I've Never Been So Lonesome" (1975), "Worried Mind" (1978), "Picture on the Wall" (1978), "Mary at the Home Place" (1978)
served in the Army during the Korean War
md. to Vivian O'Connor (1951- )
father of musicians, Dan and Michael Paisley
see The Southern Grass

Priscilla Paris

b. 1945 in San Francisco, CA - d. 5 Mar 2004 in France (injuries from a fall)
founding member and lead singer of The Paris Sisters, "Ooo La La" (1954), "Old Enough to Cry" (1957), "Tell Me More" (1957), "Be My Boy" (#56 1961), "I Love How You Love Me" (#5 1961), "I'll Be Crying Tomorrow" (1961), "He Knows I Love Him Too Much" (#34 1961), "Once Upon a While Ago" (1962), "Dream Lover" (#91 1964), "My Good Friend" (1966), "Long After Tonight is Over" (1967)
sister of Albeth and Sherell Paris

Phil Phillips (John Phillip Baptiste)

b. 1931 in Lake Charles, LA
swamp-pop/Cajun/rock/R&B singer
instrument: guitar
"Sea of Love" (#2 1959, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Juella" (1959), "No One Needs My Love Today" (1966)
with The Gateway Quartet
songwriter
DJ

Jim Weatherly (James Dexter Weatherly)

b. 1943 in Ponotoc, MS
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"The Need to Be" (#11 1974, he wrote), "I'll Still Love You" (#9c 1975, he wrote), "It Must Have Been the Rain" (#58c 1975, he wrote), "(Apples Won't Grow in) Colorado Snow" (1976), "All That Keeps Me Going" (#27c 1977, he wrote), "Smooth Sailin'" (#32c 1979, he wrote), "Gifts from Missouri" (#34c 1980, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia" (#1 1973), "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (#2 1973); Ray Price's "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (#1 1973), "Roses and Love Songs" (#3 1975); Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You" (#4 1985); Bryan White's "Someone Else's Star" (#1 1995); Jeff Carson's "Until We Fall Back in Love Again" (#46 2002); Charley Pride's "Where Do I Put Her Memory?" (#1 1979)
All-American quarterback
see Jim Weatherly

Bob Woodruff

b. 1961 in Nashville, TN or Suffern, NY
country/rock singer
"This Broken Heart" (1994), "Bayou Girl" (#74c 1994, he wrote), "Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer" (#70c 1994, he wrote), "Dreams and Saturday Nights" (1994), "Remember to Forget" (1997), "Cry Behind the Wheel" (1997)
songwriter

John Wyker (John D. Wyker)

b. 19?? in Decatur, AL
rock/blues/country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Sailcat, "Motorcycle Mama" (#12 1972, a One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Rainbow Road" (1972), "Highway Rider" (1972), "Highway Riff" (1972, he co-wrote), "Walking Together Backwards" (1972, he wrote), "Sweet Little Jenny" (1973)
with the Rubber Band, "I'm Gonna Make it" (1967)
songwriter, co-wrote James and Bobby Purify's "Let Love Come Between Us" (#23 1967)

March 15

Eddie Calvert (Albert Edward Calvert)

b. 1922 in Lancashire, England - d. 7 Aug 1978 in South Africa
pop musician, instrument: trumpet
founding member of Eddie Calvert and His Orchestra, "Oh Mein Papa" (#6 1954, One-Hit Wonder), "Mystery Street" (1954), "Paris in the Rain" (1954), "I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair" (1958), "Jealousy" (1960), "Gabrielle" (1965)

Ry Cooder (Ryland Peter Cooder)

b. 1947 in Los Angeles, CA
rock/folk/blues/soul/gospel singer
instruments: guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
"Available Space" (1970), "Teardrops Will Fall" (1971), "On a Monday" (1971), "If Walls Could Talk" (1974), "Tattler" (1974, he co-wrote), "Chloe" (1976), "Smack Dab in the Middle" (1976), "Little Sister" (1979), "Go Home Girl" (1979), "I Think it's Going to Work Out Fine" (1979)
founding member of Little Village
with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, "Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" (1966)
with The Rising Sons
with Taj Mahal
duet with Earl Hines, "Diddy Wah Diddy" (1974)
session musician with John Lee Hooker, Mick Jagger, Van Morrison, The Rolling Stones, Little Feat, others
songwriter

Les Cooper

b. 1931 in Norfolk, VA
doo-wop/rock singer
instrument: piano
founding member and lead of Les Cooper and the Soul Rockers, "Wiggle Wobble" (#22 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Garbage Can" (1963), "At the Worlds Fair" (1965), "Owee Baby" (1965), "Gonna Have a Lot of Fun" (1969), "If the Shoe Fits Ya, Baby" (1970)
with The Empires, "Corn Whiskey" (1954), "Somebody Changed the Lock" (1955), "Magic Mirror" (1955), "If I'm a Fool" (1957)
with The Whirlers, "Tonight and Forever" (1961), "Magic Mirror" (1961)
duet with Gloria Ford, "Twisting One More Time" (1963)

David Costell

b. 1944in Pittsburgh, PA
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of Gary Lewis and the Playboys (1964-65), * "Little Miss Go Go" (1965), "This Diamond Ring" (#1 1965), "Count Me in" (#2 1965), "Save Your Heart for Me" (#2 1965), "She's Just My Style" (#3 1965), "Everybody Loves a Clown" (#4 1965), "Without a Word of Warning" (1965), "I Won't Make That Mistake Again" (1965)
see Gary Lewis and the Playboys

Meredith Edwards

b. 1984 in Clinton, MS
country singer
"A Rose is a Rose" (#37c 2001), "The Bird Song" (#47c 2001), "Places in Your Heart" (2001), "In Any Given Moment" (2001)

Hughie Flint

b. 1942 in London, England
blues/rock/folk musician, instruments: drums, guitar
with McGuinness Flint (1970-75), "When I'm Dead and Gone" (#47 1970), "Lazy Afternoon" (1970)
with John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers (1966-69), "Key to Love" (1966), "Broken Wing" (1968)
with the Blues Band (1980-81)
session musician
see John Mayall
see McGuinness Flint

D.J. Fontana (Dominic Joseph Fontana)

b. 1931 in Shreveport, LA
country/rockabilly/rock musician, instrument: drums
"Good Rockin' Tonight" (2007), "You're Gonna Miss Me" (2007), "You Promised Me Lies" (2007)
duets with Scotty Moore, "Deuce and a Quarter" (1997), "Unsung Heroes" (1997), "Soulmates" (1997)
drummer for Elvis Presley (1955-71), "Heartbreak Hotel" (#1, #1c 1956), "Don't Be Cruel" (#1, #1c 1956), "Hound Dog" (#1 1956), "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (#1c 1956), "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (#1, #1c 1956), "Too Much" (#1, #3c 1957), "All Shook Up" (#1, #1c 1957), "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (#1c, #1 1957), "Jailhouse Rock" (#1, #1c 1957), "Don't" (#1, #2c 1958), "Hard-Headed Woman" (#1 1958), "Stuck on You" (#1, #27c 1960), "It's Now or Never" (#1 1960), "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (#1, #22c 1960), "Surrender" (#1 1961), "Good Luck Charm" (#1 1962), "Return to Sender" (#2 1962), "Can't Help Falling in Love" (#2 1962), "She's Not You" (#5 1962), "Crying in the Chapel" (#3 1965), "If Every Day Was Like Christmas" (#2 1967), and others
session musician
see D.J. Fontana

Lightnin' Hopkins (Sam Hopkins)

b. 1912 in Centreville, TX - d. 30 Jan 1982 in Houston, TX (cancer)
blues/country/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Katie Mae Blues" (1946), "Mean Old Twister" (1946), "(Let Me) Play With Your Poodle" (1947), "Miss Loretta" (1948), "Tim Moore's Farm" (1949), "Grievance Blues" (1949), "'T' Model Blues" (1949), "Appetite Blues" (1949), "No Mail Blues" (1949), "Nightmare Blues" (1949), "Changing Weather Blues" (1950), "Coffee Blues" (1952), "Let Me Fly Your Kite" (1952), "Contrary Mary" (1953), "Wonder What is Wrong With Me" (1956), "Blues is a Mighty Bad Feeling" (1957), "Flash Lightnin'" (1958), "Bad Luck and Trouble" (1959), "Come Go Home With Me" (1959), "Going Back to Florida" (1959), "Blues in My Bottle" (1961), "Goin' to Dallas to See My Pony Run" (1961), "Sometimes She Will" (1962), "Black Mare Trot" (1962), "Awful Dreams" (1962), "The Fox Chase" (1962), "Black Cadillac" (1962), "Walkin' This Road By Myself" (1962), "Let's Go Sit on the Lawn" (1964), "Fishing Clothes" (1965), "Back-Door Friend" (1965), "Ride in Your New Automobile" (1965)
session musician
songwriter

Harry James (Harry Haag James)

b. 1916 in Albany, GA (grew up in Beaumont, TX) - d. 5 Jul 1983 in Las Vegas, NV (lymphatic cancer)
jazz/pop musician, instrument: trumpet
founding member of the Harry James Orchestra (1939-83), "Music Makers" (1941), "Lament to Love" (1941), "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do it)" (#5 1941), "Sleepy Lagoon" (#1 1942), "Strictly Instrumental" (1942), "Skylark" (#11 1942), "But Not for Me" (#12 1942), "Manhattan Serenade" (1942), "Springtime in the Rockies" (#1 1943), "I Had the Craziest Dream" (#1 1943), "I've Heard That Song Before" (#1 1943), "I Heard You Cried Last Night" (1943), "I'll Get by (As Long As I Have You)" (#1 1944), "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (#1 1945), "I Don't Care Who Knows it" (1945), "11:60 P.M." (1945), "I Can't Begin to Tell You" (1946), "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (1946), "I Tipped My Hat and Slowly Rode Away" (1947), "Hot Pink" (1962)
with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra (1937-38), "Afraid to Dream" (1937), "When My Baby Smiles at Me" (1938)
songwriter
actor
md. to Louise Tobin (1935-43); md. to actress, Betty Grable (1943-65)
see Benny Goodman
see The Harry James Orchestra

Phil Lesh (Philip Chapman)

b. 1940 in Berkeley, CA
rock singer
instruments: bass, violin, trumpet
founding member of The Grateful Dead (1965-95), "You Don't Have to Ask" (1966), "The Golden Road" (1967), "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (1968), "China Cat Sunflower" (1969), "Truckin'" (#68 1970), "Friend of the Devil" (1970), "Bird Song" (1971), "Ramble on Rose" (1972), "One More Saturday Night" (1972), "Sugar Magnolia" (#91 1973), "The Music Never Stopped" (#81 1975), "Dancin' in the Streets" (1977), "Alabama Getaway" (#68 1980), "Dire Wolf (#37 1981), "Touch of Grey" (#9 1987), "Hell in a Bucket" (#3 1987), "Throwing Stones" (#15 1987), "West L.A. Fadeaway" (#40 1987), "Foolish Heart" (#8 1989), "The Eyes of the World" (1990), "Looks Like Rain" (1990)
founding member of New Riders of the Purple Sage (1969-70)
see New Riders of the Purple Sage
see The Grateful Dead

Mike Love

b. 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
rock singer
instrument: percussions, sax
with The Beach Boys (1962- ), "409" (1962), * "Surfin' Safari" (#14 1962, he co-wrote), * "Surfin' USA" (#3 1963), * "Shut Down" (#23 1963), * "Surfer Girl" (#7 1963), * "Little Deuce Coupe" (#15 1963), * "Be True to Your School" (#6 1963), * "Fun, Fun, Fun" (#5 1964), "This Car of Mine" (1964), * "I Get Around" (#1 1964), "When I Grow up (to Be a Man)" (#9 1964), "Dance, Dance, Dance" (#8 1964), * "Do You Wanna Dance?" (#12 1965), "Help Me, Rhonda" (#1 1965), * "California Girls" (#3 1965), "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (#20 1965), * "Barbara Ann" (#2 1966), "Pet Sounds" (1966), "Wouldn't it Be Nice?" (#8 1966, he co-wrote), "Good Vibrations" (#1 1966), "Heroes and Villains" (#12 1967), "I Can Hear the Music" (#24 1969), "The Nearest Faraway Place" (1970), "Rock and Roll Music" (#5 1976), "Come Go with Me" (#18 1982), "Getcha Back" (1985), "Wipeout" (#12 1987), "Kokomo" (#1 1988)
The Beach Boys and Doug Supernaw, "Long Tall Texan" (#69c 1996)
The Beach Boys and Lorrie Morgan, "Don't Worry, Baby" (#73c 1996)
The Beach Boys and James House, "Little Deuce Coupe" (#69c 1996)
songwriter, co-wrote The Hondells' "Little Honda" (#9 1964)
see the Beach Boys

Frank Lugo (Francisco Hernandez Lugo)

b. 1947 in Weslaco, TX (raised in Saginaw, MI)
rock singer
instrument: bass
with ? and the Mysterians (1965-68, and reunions, replaced Robert Martinez), "96 Tears" (#1 1966), "I Need Somebody" (#22 1967), "Can't Get Enough of You" (#56 1967), "Talk is Cheap" (1968)

Ralph MacDonald

b. 1944 in New York City, NY
soul/rock/jazz musician, instruments: drums, percussions
"Where is the Love?" (1976, he co-wrote), "If I'm Still Around Tomorrow" (1978, he co-wrote), "Midnight" (1995), "With You in My Life" (1996), "Can't Let Go" (1998), "Watching You Watching Me" (1998), "Good to Go" (2000), "I Could Love You More" (2000), "Homegrown" (2003), "When You Smile" (2003)
session musician with Harry Belefonte, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Bill Withers and Grover Washington, Jr.'s "Just the Two of Us" (#2 1981)
music producer
see Ralph McDonald

Tommy McLain (Thomas McLain)

b. 1940 in Jonesville, LA (grew up in Pinesville, LA)
pop/rockabilly/Cajun singer
instruments: bass, guitar, keyboards, drums, fiddle
"Sweet Dreams" (#15 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "A Legend in My Time" (1967), "My Heart Remembers" (1968), "After Loving You" (1969)
songwriter
see Tommy McLain

Bret Michaels (Bret Michael Syshak)

b. 53 in Butler, PA (grew up in Mechanicsburg, PA)
rock/country singer
instrument: guitar
"Times Like These" (1998), "Loaded Gun" (2003), "One More Day" (2003), "Rockin' My Country" (2005), "Open Road" (2005), "Something to Believe in" (2005), "Future Ex-Wife" (2005), "Every Rose Has its Thorn" (2005, country version, he wrote)
founding member of Poison, "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" (#1 1988, he wrote), "Be the One" (2000)
duet with Jessica Andrews, "All I Ever Needed" (#45c 2004, he wrote)
songwriter
actor; director
he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age six
see Bret Michaels

Jack Nallie

b. 1949 in Beaumont, TX
country musician, instrument: bass
with Sons of the Pioneers (1968-74 or 1984), "San Antonio Rose" (1968), "I'll Hold You in My Heart" (1968)
md. to Judy Thigpen
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com
see The Sons of the Pioneers

Cary Parks

b. 1956 in Stockton, CA
country/rock musician, instruments: guitar, mandolin
with Boy Howdy (1990-96), "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" (1991), "A Cowboy's Born With a Broken Heart" (#12c 1993), "She'd Give Anything" (#4c 1994), "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" (#2c 1994), "True to His Word" (#23c 1995), "She Can't Love You" (#48c 1995)
brother of Larry Parks; son of bluegrass fiddler, Ray Parks
see Boy Howdy

Carl Smith

b. 1927 in Maynardville, TN
country/honky-tonk singer
instrument: guitar, bass
"Mister Moon" (#4c 1951, he co-wrote), "Let's Live a Little" (#2c 1951), "If Teardrops Were Pennies" (#8c 1951), "Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way" (#1c 1951), "(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There" (#1c 1952), "Our Honeymoon" (#6c 1952), "Are You Teasing Me?" (#1c 1952), "Trademark" (#2 1953), "Just Wait Til I Get You Alone" (#7c 1953), "Hey, Joe" (#1c 1953), "Do I Like it?" (#6c 1953), "If You Saw Her Through My Eyes (You'd See Her Differently)" (1954), "Back Up, Buddy" (#2c 1954), "Go, Boy, Go" (#4c 1954), "Doggone it Baby, I'm in Love" (#7c 1954), "Kisses Don't Lie" (#5c 1955), "Loose Talk" (#1c 1955), "There She Goes" (#3c 1955), "Before I Met You" (#6c 1956), "You Are the One" (#4c 1956), "You're Free to Go" (#6c 1956), "Wicked Lies" (#9c 1956, he co-wrote), "Why, Why?" (#2c 1957), "Your Name is Beautiful" (#80, #6c 1958), "Ten Thousand Drums" (#43, #5c 1959, he co-wrote), "I'll Walk with You (All the Way)" (1959), "Lonely Old Room" (1960), "Kisses Never Lie" (#11c 1961), "I Almost Forgot Her Today" (#23c 1964), "Lonely Girl" (#14c 1964, he co-wrote), "Take My Ring Off Your Finger" (#15c 1964), "Deep Water" (#10c 1967), "Faded Love and Withered Roses" (1969), "How I Love Them Old Songs" (#20c 1970), "Candy and Roses" (1975), "A Way with Words" (#98c 1976)
songwriter
actor
horse breeder
served in the Navy (1945-47)
md. to June Carter (1952-56) (Carlene Carter is their daughter); md. to Goldie Hill (1957- )

Sly Stone (Sylvester Stewart)

b. 1944 in Dallas, TX (grew up in Vallejo, CA)
R&B/rock/pop singer
instruments: guitar, keyboards, bass, piano, harmonica, organ
founding member, keyboardist, singer with Sly and the Family Stone (1966-75), "Dance to the Music" (#8 1968), "Everyday People" (#1 1969), "Hot Fun in the Summer Time" (#2 1969), "Thank You" (#1 1970), "Family Affair" (#1 1971), "Runnin' Away" (#23 1972), "If You Want Me to Stay" (#12 1973), "Thankful 'n' Thoughtful" (1973)
Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock
songwriter
music producer; DJ
brother of Rose and Freddie Stone, cousin of Larry Graham
see Sly and the Family Stone

March 16

Scott Baker (Earl Baker Scott)

b. 19??
pop singer
instrument: guitar
with Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, "My Days Are Numbered" (1968), "I'm on the Outside Looking in" (1970), "Special Someone" (#64 1972), "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" (#1 1974), "Who Do You Think You Are?" (#15 1974), "The Heartbreak Kid" (#39 1974), "House on Telegraph Hill" (1975), "Our Last Song Together" (#95 1975), "Give Me Some Time" (1977)

Ray Benson (Ray Benson Siefert)

b. 1951 in Philadelphia, PA
western swing singer
instruments: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
"Four Scores and Seven Beers Ago" (#67c 1991), "Annabelle" (2003), "Let's Get Lost" (2003), "Small Town" (2003)
founding member, lead singer and lead guitarist with Asleep at the Wheel (1970- ), "I'm the Fool (Who Told You to Go)" (1973), "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (#69c 1975), "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" (#10c 1975, he co-wrote), "Bump Bounce Boogie" (#31c 1976, he co-wrote), "Nothin' Takes the Place of You" (#35c 1976), "Route 66" (#48c 1976), "Miles and Miles of Texas" (#38c 1977), "One O'Clock Jump" (1978), "House of Blue Lights" (#17c 1987), "Way Down Texas Way" (#39c 1987), "Hot Rod Lincoln" (#65c 1988), "Walk on By" (#55c 1988), "Keepin' Me Up Nights" (#54c 1990), "Dance With Who Brung You" (#71c 1991, he wrote), "Red Wing" (1993), "The End of the Line" (1999), "One Six-Pack to Go" (2003), "Amarillo by Morning" (2003), "Texas, Me and You" (2005)
see Asleep at the Wheel
songwriter
md. to Diane Carr
he is 6' 7" tall

David Briggs

b. 1943 in Killen, AL
country/pop musician, instrument: keyboards
"I've Been Looking Everywhere for You" (1966), "There's a Little Bit of the Devil (in My Angel)" (1966)
duet with Jerry Kennedy as Joe Kenyon, "Hymne" (#33c 1987)
session musician on Tommy Roe' "Everybody" (#3 1963); The Tams' "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?" (#9 1963); and with Loretta Lynn, Bob Seger, Ronnie Milsap, Reba McEntire, Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty, Joan Baez, Elvis Presley, and others
songwriter
music producer

Jamie Clark

b. 19?? in CA
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
* "I Believe" (2005), * "Lonely Love" (2005), "Feeling the Same Way" (2006), "Omaha" (2006), "She's Got a Smile" (2006)
songwriter, wrote Rod Stewart's "Rhythm of My Heart" (#5 1991)

Shirley Collie (Shirley Caddell)

b. 1931 in Chillicothe, MO
country singer
"I'd Rather Hear Lies" (1960), "Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin'" (1960), "Dime a Dozen" (#25c 1961), "Keeping My Fingers Crossed" (1961)
duet with Warren Smith, "Why, Baby, Why?" (#23c 1961)
duets with Willie Nelson, "Willingly" (#10c 1962), "You Dream about Me" (1962)
md. to Willie Nelson (1961-71); md. to Biff Collie (aka Billy Bob Bowman)

Betty Johnson

b. 1931/32 in NC
pop singer
"Give Me Something I Can Dream About" (1955), "I Dreamed" (#9 1956), "Little White Lies" (#25 1957), "The Song You Heard When You Fell in Love" (1957), "Dream" (#19 1958), "Ginny's Got a Phone" (1963)
md. to Charles Green

Tramp Lawing (Michael Halpin Lawing)

b. 1965 in Marion, NC
country musician, instruments: fiddle, mandolin, guitar
founding member of The Cactus Brothers (1992-96), "Sweet Old-Fashioned Girl" (1993), "One More Night with You" (1993), "This Love's Gonna Fly" (1995), "Secret Language" (1995), "A Woman's Touch" (1995)

Ronnie McCoury (Robin Floyd McCoury)

b. 1967 in York County, PA
bluegrass singer
instrument: mandolin
mandolin player with The Del McCoury Band (1981- ), "How Lonely Can You Get?" (1988), "With You in My Dreams" (1991), "The Beauty of My Dreams" (1992), "High on the Mountain" (1992), "More Often Than Once in a While" (1993), "The First Time She Left" (1996), "The Talk of the Town" (1998), "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" (1998), "The Look of a Perfect Diamond" (1999), "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" (2001), "Zero to Love" (2003), "The Same Kind of Crazy" (2003), "Queen Anne's Lace" (2004), "Lonesome Wind" (2004), "Eyes That Won't Meet Mine" (2005), "If Here is Where You Are" (2005), "Don't Put Off Until Tomorrow" (2006)
mandolin player with The Lynn Morris Band (1988-90), * "My Heart Skips a Beat" (1990), "If Lonely Was the Wind" (1990)
duet with Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, and David Grisman, "Boston Boy" (1999)
songwriter
son of Del McCoury
see The Del McCoury Band

Tim O'Brien (Timothy Page O'Brien)

b. 1954 in Wheeling, WV
country/bluegrass/folk singer
instruments: fiddle, mandolin, guitar, harmonica, piano
"Time to Learn" (1993), "Perfect Place to Hide" (1993)
founding member of Hot Rize (1976-92), "No Brakes" (1981), "Footsteps So Near" (1986), "You Don't Have to Move the Mountain" (1987), "A Voice on the Wind" (1992), "Rocky Road Blues" (1992)
Hot Rize also performed as Red Knuckles and the Trail Blazers, "Always Late" (1982), "Waldo's Discount Donuts" (1982), "Shady Grove" (1982)
duet with Kathy Matea, "The Battle Hymn of Love" (#9c 1990)
duets with Darrell Scott, "Second Mouse" (2000), "There Ain't No Easy Way" (2000)
sessionist
songwriter
see Hot Rize

Buddy Starcher (Oby Edgar Starcher)

b. 1906 near Ripley, WV - d. 2 Nov 2001 in Harrisonburg, VA
country/novelty singer
instrument: guitar
"I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand" (#8c 1949, he wrote), "Walk Lightly, You're Stepping on My Heart" (1949), "My Old Pal of Yesterday" (1950), "Ace of Hearts" (1959), "Pale Wildwood Flower" (1959), "Judge, What about Me?" (1966), "History Repeats Itself" (#39, #2c 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "What Then?" (1967)
songwriter, wrote Slim Whitman's "Love Song of the Waterfall" (#10c 1952)

Stan Thorn

b. 1959 in Kenosha, WI
country singer
instrument: keyboards
founding member of Shenandoah (1985-96), "Stop the Rain" (#28c 1988), * "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" (#9c 1988), "The Church on Cumberland Road" (#1c 1989), * "Two Dozen Roses" (#1c 1989), "Sunday in the South" (#1c 1989), "Next to You, Next to Me" (#1c 1990), "When You Were Mine" (#38c 1991), "Rock My Baby" (#2c 1992), "Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin'" (#15c 1992), "I Want to Be Loved Like That" (#3c 1993), "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)" (#1c 1994), "Darned if I Don't (Danged if I Do)" (#4c 1995), "All Over But the Shoutin'" (#43c 1996)
Shenandoah duet with Alison Krauss, "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (#7c 1995)
see Shenandoah

Jerry Jeff Walker (Ronald Clyde Crosby)

b. 1942 in Oneonta, NY
country/rock/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Chess Game" (1967), "Oops, I Can Dance" (1967, he wrote), "Maybe Mexico" (1968, he wrote), "Broken Toys" (1968, he wrote), "Gertrude" (1969), "Dust on My Boots" (1969, he wrote), "I'm Gonna Tell on You" (1970), "Janet Says" (1970, he wrote), "Mr. Bojangles" (#57 1971, #93c 1977, he wrote), "Hill Country Rain" (1972, he wrote), "L.A. Freeway" (#43 1972), "Sangria Wine" (1973, he wrote), "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother" (#80 1973), "Little Bird" (1973, he wrote), "I Like to Sleep Late in the Morning" (1974), "It's a Good Night for Singing" (#88c 1975), "Public Domain" (1975), "Like a Coat From the Cold" (1975), "Leavin' Texas" (1977), "Luckenbach Moon" (1977), "Like Some Song You Can't Unlearn" (1977), "Lone Wolf" (1978), "What Are We Doing?" (1978), "Contrary to the Ordinary" (1978), "Mountains of Mexico" (1979), "Got Lucky Last Night" (#82c 1981, he wrote), "The Pickup Truck Song" (#62c 1989, he wrote), "Trashy Women" (#63c 1990), "Navajo Rug" (1991), "Keep Texas Beautiful" (1993, he wrote), "What I Like about Texas" (1993), "Long Old Dusty Road" (1996, he wrote), "Manny's Hat Song" (1996, he wrote), "Cowboy Boots and Bathin' Suits" (1998, he wrote), "I Promise to Love You" (1999, he wrote), "She Made Herself a Promise" (2000, he wrote)
songwriter
see Jerry Jeff Walker

Ray Walker (Ray Clinton Walker, Jr.)

b. 1934 in Centerville, MS
country singer (bass)
"Image of Me" (1963), "Somebody With My Honey" (1963)
with The Jordanaires (1958- , replaced Hugh Jarrett), "This Land is Your Land" (1964), "Who Does He Think He is?" (1965), "A Hundred Yards of Real Estate" (1969), "Break My Mind" (1969), "One of These Mornings" (1985), "Crying in the Chapel" (1989), "Turn Your Radio on" (1992)
The Jordanaires sang backup on Don Gibson's "Oh, Lonesome Me" (#7, #1c 1958); Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" (#1, #1c 1959); Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never" (#1 1960); Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go" (#2, #1c 1960); Patsy Cline's "Crazy" (#9, #2c 1961); Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" (#19, #1c 1968); Conway Twitty's "Hello, Darlin'" (#1, #1c 1970); George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (#1, #1c 1980); and others
md. to Marilyn DuFresne (1954- )
teacher, deputy sheriff
see the Jordanaires

Robin Williams (Robin Williams Murphy)

b. 1947/49 in Charlotte, NC
country/folk/bluegrass singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, harmonica
duets with Linda Williams, "All Broken Hearts Are the Same" (1988, he co-wrote), "Stone Wall Country" (1988, he co-wrote), "Six O'Clock News" (1990, he co-wrote), "Hired Gun" (1990, he co-wrote), "Lying to the Moon" (1993), "On the Day the Last Tear Falls" (1993, he co-wrote), "Letter That I Wrote" (1999, he co-wrote), "Men with Guns" (1999, he co-wrote), "Sometime Tomorrow" (2000, he co-wrote)
songwriter
see Robin and Linda Williams

Chuck Woolery (Charles Herbert Woolery)

b. 1941 in Ashland, KY
rock/country singer
"Painted Lady" (#78c 1977, he co-wrote), "The Greatest Love Affair" (#94c 1980)
founding member of The Avant-Garde, "Yellow Beads" (1967), "Naturally Stoned" (#40 1968, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote)
songwriter
game-show host
served in the Navy
md. 1st to Margaret Hayes; md. 2nd to Jo Ann Pflug (1973-80); md. 3rd to Teri Nelson (1984-2003); md. 4th to Kim Barnes (2006- )

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Susie Allanson

b. 1952 in Las Vegas, NV
country singer
instrument: piano
"Love is a Satisfied Woman" (1976), "Baby, Last Night Made My Day" (#20c 1978), "Maybe Baby" (#7c 1978), "We Belong Together" (#2c 1978), "Back to the Love" (#17c 1978), "Words" (#8c 1979), "Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back" (#6c 1979), "Dance the Two-Step" (#23c 1981)
actress

Al 'Caesar' Berry (Albert Alexander Berry III)

b. 1941 in Philadelphia, PA
soul/pop singer
founding member and first tenor with The Tymes (1959-76, and reunions), "So Much in Love" (#4 1963), "Address Unknown" (1963), "Wonderful, Wonderful" (#23 1963), "View From My Window" (1963), "What Would I Do?" (1966), "People" (#39 1968), "You Little Trustmaker" (#12 1974), "Miss Grace" (#91 1974), "It's Cool" (#68 1976), "Savannah Sunny Sunday" (1976)
see The Tymes on Soul Express

Bob Carlin

b. 1953 in New York City, NY
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: clawhammer banjo, guitar, trombone
"Too Young to Marry" (1996), "Ten Years of Calico" (1996), "Pretty Polly Ann" (1996), "Ora Lee" (1996)
duet with Bruce Molsky, "Take Me As I Am" (1989)
duets with John Hartford, "Dry and Dusty" (1995), "The Fun of Open Discussion" (1995)
music producer
see Bob Carlin

Nat King Cole (Nathaniel Adams Cole)

b. 1917 in Montgomery, AL (grew up in Chicago, IL) – d. 15 Feb 1965 in Santa Monica, CA (lung cancer)
pop/R&B/jazz singer
instrument: piano
"It's Only a Paper Moon" (1945), "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" (1946), "A Boy From Texas, a Girl From Tennessee" (1947), "Nature Boy" (#1 1948), "Mona Lisa" (#1 1950), "The Horse Told Me" (1950), "The Tunnel of Love" (1950), "Unforgettable" (#12 1951), "Too Young" (#1 1951), "Somewhere Along the Way" (#8 1952), "Pretend" (#2 1953), "Answer Me, My Love" (#6 1954), "A Blossom Fell" (#2 1955), "That's All There is to That" (#16 1956), "Night Lights" (#11 1956), "Ask Me" (#18 1956), "Looking Back" (#5 1958), "Time and the River" (#30 1960), "A Beautiful Friendship" (1961), "Ramblin' Rose" (#2 1962), "Dear Lonely Hearts" (#13 1962), "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" (#6 1963), "That Sunday, That Summer" (#12 1963), "I Don't Want to See Tomorrow" (#34 1964), "Marnie" (1964), "Send for Me" (1967)
founding member of The King Cole Trio, "Straighten up and Fly Right" (#1c 1944, he co-wrote), "I Can't See for Lookin'" (#2c 1944), "(I Love You For) Sentimental Reasons" (#1 1946), "Twisted Stockin's" (1950), "To a Wild Rose" (1951)
duet with Natalie Cole (by dubbing her voice over the original), "Unforgettable" (1991)
songwriter
actor
father of singer, Natalie Cole

Clarence Collins

b. 1941 in Brooklyn, NY
R&B singer (baritone)
founding member of Little Anthony and the Imperials (1958-61, 1963- ), * "Tears on My Pillow" (#4 1958), "Just Two Kinds of People in the World" (1958), "A Prayer and a Jukebox" (#81 1959), "Shimmy, Shimmy, Ko Ko Bop" (#24 1960), "I'm on the Outside Looking in" (#15 1963), "Goin' Out of My Head" (#6 1964), "Hurt So Bad" (#10 1965), "I Miss You So" (#34 1965), "Take Me Back" (#16 1965), "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" (#52 1969)

Dick Curless (Richard William Curless)

b. 1932 in Fort Fairfield, ME – d. 25 May 1995 in Augusta, ME (stomach cancer)
country singer
instruments: guitar, drums
"The Coast of Maine" (1950), "Jelly Doughnuts" (1950), "A Tombstone Every Mile" (#5c 1965), "Six Times a Day (the Trains Came Down)" (#12c 1965), "Good Job Huntin' and Fishin'" (1966), "All of Me Belongs to You" (#28c 1967, he co-wrote), "Tornado Tillie" (1967), "My Side of the Night" (1967), "House of Memories" (1967), "I Ain't Got Nobody" (#34c 1968), "Secret of Your Heart" (1969), "Drop Some Silver in the Jukebox" (1970), "Big Wheel Cannonball" (#27c 1970), "Jukebox Man" (#41c 1971), "January, April and Me" (#34c 1972), "Brand New Bed of Roses" (1974), "We Can't Wait for Tomorrow" (1977), "Somebody Killed a Policeman Today" (1990)
served in the military (1951-54)
duets with Kaye Adams, "A Devil Like Me Needs an Angel Like You" (1966), "Terrible Tangled Web" (1966)

Paul Kantner (Paul Lorin Kantner)

b. 1941 in San Francisco, CA
rock/folk singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"The Sky is No Limit" (1983), "Declaration of Independence" (1983)
founding member of Jefferson Airplane (1965-74, and reunions), "It's No Secret" (1966), "Bringing Me Down" (1966), "Somebody to Love" (#5 1967), "White Rabbit" (#8 1967), "Today" (1967), "Watch Her Ride" (1967), "Volunteers" (#65 1969), "Feel So Good" (1971), "Pretty as You Feel" (1971), "Trial By Fire" (1971)
Jefferson Airplane performed at Woodstock
the band became Jefferson Starship (1974-84), "Miracles" (#3 1975), "With Your Love" (#12 1976), "Don't Let it Rain" (1976), "Runaway" (#12 1978), "Count on Me" (#8 1978), "Jane" (#14 1979), "Find Your Way Back" (#29 1981), "Be My Lady" (#28 1982), "No Way Out" (#23 1984)
with the KBC Band
songwriter
see Jefferson Airplane

Lily May Ledford

b. 1917 in Pilot, KY - d. 14 Jul 1985
bluegrass/folk singer
instruments: 5-string banjo, fiddle, guitar
founding member of The Coon Creek Girls (1937-57), "Banjo Pickin' Girl" (1938), "The Soldier and the Lady" (1938)
songwriter
sister of Rosie Ledford; mother of J.P. Pennington of Exile

Pat Lloyd (Patrick Lloyd)

b. 1948 in London, England
pop/rock musician, instrument: bass, guitar
founding member of The Equals (1965- ), "Baby, Come Back" (#32 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Another Sad and Lonely Night" (1967), "Hold Me Closer" (1967), "I Can't Let You Go" (1969), "After the Lights Go Down Low" (1969), "Diversion" (1973), "Put Some Rock and Roll in Your Soul" (1973)

Pat McCauley (Patrick John McCauley)

b. 1944 in Northern Ireland - d. 1984 (drowned)
rock musician, instruments: drums, keyboards
with Them (1964-65), "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1965), * "Here Comes the Night" (#24 1965), "Mystic Eyes" (#33 1965)
see Them

Paul Overstreet

b. 1955 in Newton, MS
country/folk/pop/Christian singer
instrument: guitar
"Beautiful Baby" (#76c 1982, he co-wrote), "Love Helps Those" (#3c 1988, he wrote), "All the Fun" (#5c 1989, he co-wrote), "The Richest Man on Earth" (#3c 1989, he co-wrote), "Seein' My Father in Me" (#2c 1990, he co-wrote), "Daddy's Come Around" (#1c 1991, he co-wrote), "Heroes" (#4c 1991, he co-wrote), "Ball and Chain" (#5c 1991, he co-wrote), "If I Could Bottle This Up" (#30c 1991, he co-wrote), "Billy Can't Read" (#57c 1991), * "The Calm at the Center of My Storm" (1991), * "Til the Mountains Disappear" (1991), "Love is Strong" (1992, he wrote), "Head Over Heels" (1992), "Still Out There Swinging" (#57c 1992, he wrote), "Me and My Baby" (#22c 1992, co-he wrote), "There But for the Grace of God Go I" (1994, he wrote), "We've Got to Keep on Meeting Like This" (#73c 1996, he co-wrote), "I Always Will" (1996), "What Are Friends For?" (2000, he wrote)
duet with Tanya Tucker and Paul Davis, "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (#1c 1988, he wrote)
founding member of Schuyler, Knobloch and Overstreet (1986-87), "Baby's Got a New Baby" (#1c 1986), "You Can't Stop Love" (#9c 1986, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote George Jones' "Same Ole Me" (#5c 1982); Keith Whitley's "When You Say Nothing at All" (#1c 1988); The Judds' "Love Can Build a Bridge" (#5c 1991); Marie Osmond and Paul Davis' "You're Still New to Me" (#1c 1986); Michael Martin Murphey's "Long Line of Love" (#1c 1987)
co-wrote The Forester Sisters' "I Fell in Love Again Last Night" (#1c 1985), "You Again" (#1c 1987); Randy Travis' "Forever and Ever, Amen" (#1c 1987, CMA single of the year 1987), "On the Other Hand" (#1c 1986), "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" (#9c 2000), "Diggin' up Bones" (#1c 1986), "Deeper Than the Holler" (#1c 1989)
md. to Freida Parton (1975-76); he is not related to Tommy Overstreet
see Paul Overstreet

Vito Picone

b. 1940 in Staten Island, NY
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member and lead singer of The Elegants (1957- ), "Little Star" (#1 1958, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Getting Dizzy" (1958), "Please Believe Me" (1958), "Pay Day" (1959), "Little Boy Blue (is Blue No More)" (1960, reply to "Little Star"), "Get Well Soon" (1960), "Barbara, Beware" (1965), "Bring Back Wendy" (1965)
songwriter
actor
see The Elegants

Brenda Reid

b. 1945
pop/soul singer
founding member and lead singer of The Exciters (1961- ), * "Tell Him" (#4 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "He's Got the Power" (#57 1963), "Get Him" (#76 1963), "I Knew You Would" (1965), "I Want You to Be My Boy" (#98 1965), "A Little Bit of Soap" (#58 1966), "Weddings Make Me Cry" (1966), "Take One Step (I'll Take Two)" (1968), "Learning How to Fly" (1971)
founding member of Brenda and Herb, "I (Who Have Nothing)" (1978), "Sweet Dreamer" (1978)
md. to singer, Herb Rooney
see The Exciters

John Sebastian

b. 1944 in Brooklyn, NY
pop/rock/folk singer
instruments: harmonica, guitar, autoharp
"Room Nobody Lives in" (1968), "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" (1970, he wrote), "Welcome Back" (#1, #93c 1976, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "One Step Forward" (1999, he co-wrote)
founding member and lead of The Lovin' Spoonful (1965-67), * "Do You Believe in Magic?" (#9 1965), * "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (#10 1965), "Daydream" (#2 1966), * "Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?" (#2 1966), "Summer in the City" (#1 1966), "Rain on the Roof" (#10 1966), "Six O'Clock" (#18 1967), "Darling, Be Home Soon" (#15 1967), "She's Still a Mystery to Me" (#27 1967), "Nashville Cats" (#8 1967)
session musician
songwriter
music producer
see The Lovin' Spoonful
see John Sebastian

Adam Wade

b. 1937 in Pittsburgh, PA
R&B singer
instrument: drums
"Tell Her for Me" (1959), "I Can't Help it (if I'm Still in Love with You)" (#64 1960), "Speaking of Her" (1960), "Take Good Care of Her" (#7 1961), "The Writing on the Wall" (#5 1961), "As if I Didn't Know" (#10 1961), "For the First Time in My Life" (1962), "Rain from the Skies" (1963), "Pencil and Paper" (1964), "Play Some Music for Broken Hearts" (1965)
actor

March 18

Billy Armstrong (William Russell Armstrong)

b. 1930 in Streator, IL
country singer
instrument: fiddle
"If You Leave while I'm Sleeping" (1959), "Orange Blossom Special" (1965)
founding member of The Westernaires (1951-57)
with Sons of the Pioneers (1967-71), "San Antonio Rose" (1968), "I'll Hold You in My Heart" (1968)
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com
see The Sons of the Pioneers

Margie Bowes

b. 1941 in Roxboro, NC
country singer
instrument: guitar
"One Broken Heart" (1958), "One Time Too Many" (1958), "Violets and Cheap Perfume" (1958), "Poor Old Heartsick Me" (#10c 1959), "Sweet Night of Love" (1959), "Don't Turn on the Light" (1960), "Little Miss Belong to No One" (#21c 1961), "Bittersweet Kisses" (1961), "You're Still a Part of Me" (1962), "Our Things" (#33c 1963), "Understand Your Gal" (#26c 1964, reply to Johnny Cash's "Understand Your Man"), "Look Into My Teardrops" (1966), "It's Enough to Make a Woman Lose Her Mind" (1966), "Mrs. Cooper's Tea Party" (1968), "Lonesome Woman" (1968)
actress
md. to Doyle Wilburn (1961- )

Smiley Burnette (Lester Alvin Burnette)

b. 1911 in Summum, IL - d. 16 Feb 1967 in Encino, CA (leukemia)
country singer
instruments: harmonica, piano, guitar, accordion
"Dusty Roads" (1937, he wrote), "A Blue Little Girl" (1937, he wrote), "Hominy Grits" (1946, he wrote), "The Wind Sings a Cowboy Song" (1946, he wrote), "Coyote Song" (1946, he wrote), "I Hope You're Having Fun Hurting Me" (1946, he wrote), "Louisville Lady" (1946, he wrote), "Kitty Loved the Calliope" (1950, he wrote), "Can't Go on" (1951), "Daydream Lariat" (1952, he wrote), "That Long White Line" (1954), "Broomstick Buckaroo" (1962, he wrote), "Ole Fishin' Pole" (1962), "Lilac Lane" (1962, he wrote), "Way Down Low" (1966, he wrote)
songwriter
actor; comedian
see Smiley Burnette

Julie DeJohn (Julie DeGiovanni)

b. 1931
pop/novelty singer
founding member of The DeJohn Sisters, "The Angel Passed By" (1953, she co-wrote), "Juke Box Polka" (1954), "All Present But One" (1954), "(My Baby Don't Love Me) No More" (#6 1955, she co-wrote, One-Hit Wonder), "Straighten Up and Fly Right" (1958), "Wrong Guy" (1958, she co-wrote), "Wedding Postponed" (1958)
songwriter

Helen Gathers

b. 1943 in NY
R&B/pop singer
founding member of The Bobbettes (1956-62), "Mr. Lee (#6 1957, One-Hit Wonder, she co-wrote), "I Shot Mr. Lee" (#52 1960, she co-wrote), "Have Mercy, Baby" (1960), "I Don't Like it Like That" (#72 1962, reply to Chris Kenner's "I Like it Like That")
songwriter
see The Bobbettes

John Hartman

b. 1950 in Falls Church, VA
country/rock musician, instruments: drums/percussions
founding member of The Doobie Brothers (1970-79, 1987-92), "Listen to the Music" (#11 1972), "Long Train Runnin'" (#8 1973), "China Grove" (#15 1973), "Black Water" (#1 1975), "Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me)" (#11 1975), "Sweet Maxine" (#40 1975), "Takin' it to the Streets" (#13 1976), "Don't Stop to Watch the Wheels" (1978), "What a Fool Believes" (#1 1979), "Minute by Minute" (#14 1979), "The Doctor" (#9 1989), "Divided Highway" (1991), "Dangerous" (1991)
rancher
see The Doobie Brothers

Mike Krenski (John Michael Krenski aka Mike Evans)

b. 1940/42 in St. Louis, MO
rock/soul/pop musician, instrument: bass
with The Mellowtones
founding member of Bob Kuban and the In-Men (1964-66), "(You Gotta) Dance with Me" (1965), "The Cheater" (#12 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "The Teaser" (#70 1966), "Drive My Car" (#93 1966)
Bob Kuban and the In-Men performed at the first St. Louis Cardinals' game played at Busch Memorial Stadium
founding member of The Guise (1966- ), "Long-Haired Music" (1966), "The Looking Glass" (1967), "Girl, Make up Your Mind" (1968), "Nothing Else But Love" (1968), "Waitin' Round the Corner" (1969)
songwriter
aircraft engineer; pilot

Jackie 'Moms' Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken)

b. 1894/97 in Brevard, NC - d. 23 May 1975 in White Plains, NY
pop singer
"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (1960), "Abraham, Martin and John" (#35 1969, One-Hit Wonder)
comedienne; actress; dancer; vaudeville entertainer

James McMurtry

b. 1962 in Fort Worth, TX (grew up in Leesburg, VA)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Talkin' at the Texaco" (1989), "Painting By Numbers" (1989), "Shining Eyes" (1989), "Terry" (1989), "I'm Not From Here" (1989), "Dusty Pages" (1992), "Rachel's Song" (1995), "Melinda" (1995), "Where'd You Hide the Body?" (1995), "Walk Between the Raindrops" (1998), "Racing to the Red Light" (1998), "I Only Want to Talk to You" (1998), "Childish Things" (2005, he wrote), "Restless" (2005, he wrote), "Pocatello" (2005, he wrote), "Six-Year Drought" (2005, he wrote)
with Buzzin' Cousins (group created for the movie Falling From Grace), "Sweet Suzanne" (#68c 1992)
songwriter
son of author, Larry McMurtry
see James McMurtry

Frank O'Keefe (Frank William O'Keefe)

b. 1950 in Chicago, IL (grew up in Clearwater, FL) - d. 26 Feb 1995 in Clearwater, FL (drug overdose)
country/rock singer
instruments: bass guitar, acoustic guitar
founding member of Those Five, "Because You Love Me" (1966), "Sidewalks" (1967)
founding member of The Outlaws (1972-76), "There Goes Another Love Song" (#34 1975), "Green Grass and High Tides" (1975), "Girl From Ohio" (1976)
songwriter
photographer
md. to Pam Dix (197?-84, her death
see The Outlaws

Wilson Pickett (aka 'the Wicked Pickett')

b. 1941 in Prattville, AL - d. 19 Jan 2006 in Reston, VA (heart attack)
soul/gospel singer
"My Heart Belongs to You" (1962), "If You Need Me" (#64 1963, he co-wrote), "It's Too Late" (#49 1963)
backed by guitarist Steve Cropper, "In the Midnight Hour" (#21 1965), "634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" (#13 1966), "Mustang Sally" (#23 1966), "Land of 1000 Dances" (#6 1966), "Funky Broadway" (#8 1967), "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (#29 1967), "Hey Jude" (#23 1968), "She's Lookin' Good" (#15 1968), "I'm a Midnight Mover" (#24 1968, he co-wrote), "Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9" (#14 1970), "Don't Knock My Love" (#13 1971), "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" (#17 1971)
lead singer of The Falcons (1961-65, replaced Joe Stubbs), "I Found a Love" (#75 1962, he co-wrote), "Let's Kiss and Make Up" (1963), "You're on My Mind" (1965)
songwriter

Charley Pride (Charley Frank Pride)

b. 1938 in Sledge, MS
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Atlantic Coastal Line" (1965), * "Just between You and Me" (#9c 1966), "I Know One" (#6c 1967), "Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger?" (#4c 1967), * "Crystal Chandeliers" (1967), "The Day the World Stood Still" (#4c 1968), "The Easy Part's Over" (#2c 1968), "All I Have to Offer You is Me" (#91, #1c 1969), "I Wonder Could I Live There Anymore" (#87, #1c 1970), "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" (#1c 1970), "I'd Rather Love You" (#79, #1c 1970), "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?" (#1c 1970), * "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" (#21, #1c 1971), * "I'm Just Me" (#94, #1c 1971), "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me" (#71, #1c 1971), "It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer" (#1c 1972), * "She's Too Good to Be True" (#1c 1972), "A Shoulder to Cry on" (#1c 1973), "Blue Ridge Mountains Turnin' Green" (1973), "Don't Fight the Feelings of Love" (#1c 1973), "Amazing Love" (#1c 1973), "Comin' Down with Love" (#1c 1973), "Mississippi Cotton-Pickin' Delta Town" (#70, #3c 1974), "Then Who Am I" (#1c 1975), "Hope You're Feelin' Me (Like I'm Feelin' You)" (#1c 1975), "My Eyes Can Only See As Far As You" (#1c 1976), * "She's Just an Old Love Turned Memory" (#1c 1977), "I'll Be Leaving Alone" (#1c 1977), * "More to Me" (1977), "Burgers and Fries" (#2c 1978), "Someone Loves You Honey" (#1c 1978), "Where Do I Put Her Memory?" (#1c 1979), "You're My Jamaica" (#1c 1979), "Honky-Tonk Blues" (#1c 1980), "You Win Again" (#1c 1980), "Never Been So Loved (in All My Life)" (#1c 1981), "Mountain of Love" (#1c 1982), "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" (#2c 1982), * "You're So Good When You're Bad" (#1c 1982), "Why, Baby, Why?" (#1c 1983), "Night Games" (#1c 1983), "I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot about You" (1986), "Shouldn't it Be Easier Than This?" (#5c 1987), "Amy's Eyes" (#29c 1989)
duets with Henry Mancini, "You'll Still Be the One" (1971), "All His Children" (#2c 1972)
the first black country superstar
songwriter
pro baseball player
served in the Army
md. to Rozene (1955- )
had brain surgery in 2004
see Charley Pride

Travis Pritchett

b. 1939 in Jackson, AL
rockabilly singer
founding member of Travis and Bob, "Tell Him No" (#8 1959, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "We're Too Young" (1959), "Little Bitty Johnny" (#95 1959), "Lover's Rendezvous" (1959), "That's How Long" (1960), "Pocahontas" (1960)
songwriter

Scott Saunders

b. 1964
country musician, instrument: keyboards
founding member of Sons of the Desert (1989- ), "Hand of Fate" (#33c 1997), "Whatever Comes First" (#10c 1997), "Leaving October" (#31c 1998), "What about You?" (#45c 1999), "Everybody's Gotta Grow up Sometime" (#42c 2000), "What I Did Right" (#22c 2001)
Sons of the Desert were backup on Ty Herdon's "It Must Be Love" (#1c 1998); Lee Ann Womack's "I Hope You Dance" (#1c 2000)

George 'King' Scott

b. 1929 in Notasoga, AL - d. Feb 1968 (shot)
soul/pop singer
founding member and lead singer of The Hesitations (1965-68), "Born Free" (#38 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "The Impossible Dream" (1968), "Climb Every Mountain" (#90 1968)
he was accidentally shot by band member, Fred Deal

Bob Smith (Robert Lee Smith)

b. 1936
soul singer
instruments: drums, trombone
founding member of The Tams (1960-73), "Untie Me" (#60 1962), "Disillusioned" (1962), "If You're So Smart (Why Do You Have a Broken Heart?)" (1962), "What Kind of Fool (Do You Think I Am)?" (#9 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me" (1964), "Shelter" (1966), "Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy" (#61 1968), "There's a Great Big Change in Me" (1969)
see The Tams

Shane Stockton

b. 1974 in Breckenridge, TX
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Stories I Could Tell" (1998, he wrote), "What if I'm Right?" (#54c 1998, he wrote), "Somewhere in the Ashes" (1998, he wrote), "Gonna Have to Fall" (#51c 1998, he wrote)
songwriter

Phillip Sweet

b. 1974
country singer
founding member and Little Big Town (1999- ), "Don't Waste My Time" (#33c 2002, he co-wrote), "Everything Changes" (#42c 2002, he co-wrote), "Boondocks" (#46, #9c 2005, he co-wrote), "Bring it on Home" (#58, #4c 2006), "Good as Gone" (#18c 2006), "A Little More You" (#101, #20c 2007), "Pontoon" (#1c 2012, CMA single of the year 2012)
md. to Rebbecca Arthur (2007- )

Vanessa Lynn Williams

b. 1963 in Tarrytown, NY
pop/R&B/jazz singer
"The Right Stuff" (#44 1988), "Dreamin'" (#8 1989), "Running Back to You" (#18 1991), "Save the Best for Last" (#1 1992), "Just for Tonight" (#26 1992), "The Sweetest Days" (#18 1994), "Colors of the Wind" (#4 1995), "Where Do We Go From Here?" (#71 1996), "Oh, How the Years Go By" (1998)
duet with Brian McKnight, "Love is" (#3 1993)
songwriter
actress
md. 1st to Ramon Hervey II (1987-97); md. 2nd to basketball player, Rick Fox (1999-2004)
the first black woman to be crowned Miss America; she had to resign early because of nude photos of her taken earlier
see Vanessa L. Williams on Wikipedia

BJ Wilson (Barrie James Wilson)

b. 1947 in London, England - d. 8 Oct 1990
rock musician, instrument: drums
with Procol Harum (1967-77) (after "A Whiter Shade of Pale"), "Homburg" (#34 1967), "Rambling on" (1968), "Quite Rightly So" (1968), "She Wandered Through the Garden Fence" (1968), "Too Much between Us" (1969), "The Devil Came from Kansas" (1969), "A Salty Dog" (1969), "All This and More" (1969), "Conquistador" (#16 1972), "Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)" (1973), "Pandora's Box" (1975)
Procol Harum was named for a Latin phrase that the founding members thought meant 'beyond these things'; an asteroid and and orchid have both been named after the band
founding member of The Paramounts (1961-66), "Free Me" (1961), "Why Do You Have to Go?" (1961), "Where's Carolyn Tonight?" (1963), "A Certain Girl" (1964), "Cuttin' in" (1965)
session musician with Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, Gary Brooker, The Hollies, and others
songwriter
see Procol Harum

March 19

Paul Atkinson (Paul Ashley Warren Atkinson)

b. 1946 in England – d. 1 Apr 2004 in Santa Monica, CA (liver and kidney disease)
rock/pop musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of The Zombies (1962-1968), "She's Not There" (#2 1964), "Tell Her No" (#6 1965), "A Rose for Emily" (1968), "Friends of Mine" (1968), "Imagine the Swan" (1969), "Time of the Season" (#3 1969)
see The Zombies

Martha Carson (Irene Ethel Amburgey)

b. 1921 in Neon, KY - d. 16 Dec 2004 in Nashville, TN
country/gospel/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"I'm Gonna Walk and Talk With My Lord" (1952), "Singin' on the Other Side" (1953), "Counting My Blessings" (1954), "Journey to the Sky" (1955), "David and Goliath" (1956), "Light of Love" (1958), "High on the Hill" (1960), "This Ole House" (1964)
founding member of The Barndance Sweethearts
session musician
songwriter
sister of Jean Chapel
md. to mandolin player, James Carson; md. to Xavier Cosse
see Martha Carson

Tom Constanten

b. 1944
rock singer
instruments: keyboards, Hammond organ
"Any Face Card Beats a Ten" (1989), "Tabby Cat Walk" (1989), "Fake Fur Elise" (1992, he wrote), "Morning Dew" (1993), "Waltz for Debbie" (2006)
duets with Ken Foust, "Cold Rain and Snow" (2006), "Old Wine, New Bottles" (2006), "You Can Run" (2006)
with The Grateful Dead(1968-70), "The Golden Road" (1967), "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (1968), "China Cat Sunflower" (1969), "Truckin'" (#68 1970), "Friend of the Devil" (1970)
see The Grateful Dead
see Tom Constanten

Lionel Delmore (Lionel Alton Delmore

b. 1940 in Birmingham, AL (grew up in Huntsville, AL) - d. 20 May 2002 (cancer)
country singer
session musician with John Anderson, Larry Cordle, and others
songwriter, co-wrote John Anderson's "Bend it Til it Breaks" (#3c 1995), "Swingin'" (#1c 1983), "Honky-Tonk Crowd" (#10c 1986)
son of Alton Delmore; nephew of Rabon Alton

Richard Dobson (Richard J. Dobson)

b. 1942 in Tyler, TX
country/rock/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Learning to Forget" (1977), "Just Like Home to Me" (2000), "I Love the Way You Look" (2000), "Coyote Waltz" (2003), "Hum of the Wheels" (2003), "Never Say Never" (2003), "Faded Love and Memories" (2003), "'63 Mercury" (2007), "Walking My Blues Away" (2007), "Close Calls" (2007)
songwriter
author; served in the Peace Corps
see Richard J. Dobson

Jerry Eubanks

b. 1950
country/rock singer
instruments: sax, flute
founding member of The Marshall Tucker Band (1973-95), "Take the Highway" (1973), "Southern Woman" (1973), "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky" (1974), "Where a Country Boy Belongs" (1974), "Fire on the Mountain" (#38 1975), "Holdin' on to You" (1976), "Searchin' for a Rainbow" (#82c 1976), "Long Hard Ride" (#63c 1976), "Heard it in a Love Song" (#14, #51c 1977), "Desert Skies" (1977), "Never Trust a Stranger" (1977), "Asking Too Much of You" (1978), "Last of the Singing Cowboys" (#42 1979), "Melody Ann" (1979), "Running Like the Wind" (1979), "It Takes Time" (#79 1980), "Silverado" (#60 1981), "Any Way the Wind Blows Rider" (1982), "Even a Fool Would Let Go" (1982), "Reachin' for a Little Bit More" (1982), "A Place I've Never Been" (#62c 1983), "When the Love Begins to Fade" (1983), "Good Ole Hurtin' Song" (1983), "Hangin' Out in Smokey Places" (#44c 1987), "Dancin' Shoes" (1988), "Stay in the Country" (1990), "Chase the Memory" (1990), "And the Hills" (1990), "Country Road" (1990), "Why Can't You Love Me?" (1990), "Destruction" (1990), "Love Will" (1990), "Driving You Out of My Mind" (#68c 1992), "Full Moon Rising" (1992), "Two Hearts Fallen" (1992), "Walk Outside the Lines" (#71c 1993), "Daddy's Eyes" (1993), "The First to Say Goodbye" (1993), "If That isn't Love" (1993), "Lost in Time" (1993)
see The Marshall Tucker Band

Frogman Henry (Clarence Henry)

b. 1937 in Algiers, LA
R&B singer
instruments: piano, trombone
"Troubles, Troubles" (1956), "Ain't Got No Home" (#20 1957), "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do" (#4 1961), "You Always Hurt the One You Love" (#12 1961), "Little Suzie" (1961), "I Wish I Could Say the Same" (1962), "Come on and Dance" (1962), "Hummin' a Heartache" (1967), "That's When I Guessed" (1968)
songwriter

Bill Mack (William E. McCreight)

b. 1933 in Greenville, SC
rock/rockabilly musician, instrument: electric bass
"Cat Just Got in Town" (1956), "That's Why I Cry" (1957), "I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow" (1959), "Loneliest Fool in Town" (1959)
with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1958), "Dance to the Bop" (#23 1958), "Say Mama" (1958), "She She Little Sheila" (1958)
see Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps

Tom Paley

b. 1928 in New York, NY
country/folk singer
instruments: guitar, 5-string banjo
"Wildwood Flowers" (1953), "Moving Day" (1969), "Take 'Em for a Ride" (1969), "Little Rabbit" (1976), "Maggie Walker Blues" (1991)
founding member of The New Lost City Ramblers (1958-63), "Tom Cat Blues" (1958), "Brown's Ferry Blues" (1958), "Didn't He Ramble?" (1959), "Johnny, Get Your Gun" (1959), "My Sweet Farm Girl" (1961), "Kentucky Bootlegger" (1962), "Bill Morgan and His Girl" (1963)
with The New Deal String Band, "Wreck on the Mountain Road" (1969), "Done Gone" (1999), "Bound to Ride" (1999), "The Tenderfoot" (1999)
with The Old Reliable String Band, "Sparkling Blue Eyes" (1962), "Some of These Days" (1962)

Ruth Pointer

b. 1946 in Oakland, CA
R&B/country singer
"I Need You" (1988)
founding member of The Pointer sisters (1973- ), "Yes, We Can" (#11 1973), "Love in Them There Hills" (1974), "Fairytale" (#13, #37c 1974), "Fire" (#2 1978), "He's So Shy" (#3 1980), "Slow Hand" (#2 1981), "American Music" (#16 1982), "Automatic" (#5 1984), "I'm So Excited" (#9 1984), "Jump (For My Love)" (#3 1984), "Neutron Dance" (#6 1984), "Dare Me" (#11 1985)
duet with Billy Vera, "Enemies Like You and Me" (1988)
actress

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Marcia Ball

b. 1949 in Orange, TX (grew up in Vinton, LA)
blues/country singer
instrument: piano
"I'm a Fool to Care" (#91c 1978), "A Thousand Times" (1983, she wrote), "Don't You Know I Love You?" (1986), "Find Another Fool" (1989, she wrote), "One of a Kind" (1994, she wrote), "Why Women Cry" (1997, she wrote), "Louella" (2001, she wrote), "The Scene of the Crime" (2001, she co-wrote), "The Storm" (2003, she wrote)
founding member of Freda and the Firedogs (1970-74)

Jo Ann Campbell

b. 1938 in Jacksonville, FL
rock/pop/country singer
instrument: guitar
"You're Driving Me Mad" (1957), "Rock 'n' Roll Love" (1958), "Tall Boy" (1958), "Happy New Year, Baby" (1958), "I Ain't Got No Steady Date" (1959), "Crazy Daisy" (1960), "A Kookie Little Paradise" (#61 1960), "Motorcycle Michael" (1961), "(I'm the Girl on) Wolverton Mountain" (#38, #24c 1962, One-Hit Wonder, reply to Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain"), "Let Me Do it My Way" (1962), "Mother, Please" (#88 1963)
duet with Troy Seals, "Same Old Feeling" (1965)
songwriter
actress; dancer
md. to singer/music producer, Troy Seals (1964- )

Don Edwards (Donald Edwards)

b. 1939 (maybe Mar 30) in Boonton, NJ
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Dusty Skies" (1980), "Texas Plains" (1980), "The Strawberry Roan" (1980), "Travelin' Light" (1990), "Desert Night" (1990), "Springtime in the Rockies" (1992), "West of Yesterday" (1996), "Wanderin' Cowboy" (1997), "Horses, Dogs and Cowboys" (2000), "Santa Rosa Serenade" (2000), "I'm Kin to the Wind" (2001), "Coyotes" (2006), "Boots and Saddle" (2006)
songwriter
actor
see Don Edwards Music

Benny Garcia, Jr.

b. 1926 in Oklahoma City, OK - d. 17 Sep 2005 (cancer)
western swing/jazz/country musician: instrument:guitar
with The Tex Williams Band (1948-52)
with The Johnny Lee Wills Band
with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
session musician with Hank Penny, Benny Goodman, Patsy Cline, and others
served in the Army (1952-54)
see The Texas Playboys

Rod Lauren (Roger Lawrence Strunk)

b. 1940 in Fresno, CA - 11 Jul 2007 (suicide)
pop singer
"If I Had a Girl" (#31 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "A Wild Imagination" (1960), "I Ain't Got You" (1962), "I Can't Get You Out of My Heart" (1962), "The Wind in the Willows" (1964)
actor
md. to actress, Nida Blanca (1979-2001, her death)
he jumped off a balcony and died

Robin Luke

b. 1942 (maybe Mar 19) in Los Angeles, CA (grew up in HI)
rockabilly singer
instruments: guitar, ukulele
"Susie Darlin'" (#5 1958, he wrote, One-Hit Wonder), "Living's Loving You" (1958, he wrote), "You Can't Stop Me From Dreaming" (1958), "Won't You Please Be Mine?" (1958, he wrote), "Five Minutes More" (1959), "Who's Gonna Hold Your Hand?" (1959), "Walkin' in the Moonlight" (1959), "Part of a Fool" (1961)
songwriter
college professor
see Robin Luke

Vera Lynn (Vera Margaret Welch)

b. 1917 in London, England
pop singer
"Thanks a Million" (1935), "I'm in the Mood for Love" (1935), "Crying My Heart Out for You" (1936), "A Star Fell Out of Heaven" (1936), "All Alone in Vienna" (1937), "Memories Live Longer Than Dreams" (1940), "It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow" (1940), "You Can't Be True Dear" (#14 1948), "Again" (#23 1949), "Yours" (#8 1952), "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" (#1 1952), "We'll Meet Again" (#29 1954), "My Son, My Son" (1954, she co-wrote), "Don't You Remember When?" (1976)
songwriter
md. to musician, Harry Lewis (1939- )
see Vera Lynn on Wikipedia

Nick Nixon (Hershel Nixon)

b. 1941 in Poplar Bluff, MO
country singer
"Wide Place in the Road" (1969), "A Habit I Can't Break" (#63c 1974), "I'm Too Used to Loving You" (#38c 1975), "Rockin' in Rosalee's Boat" (#28c 1976), "Love Songs and Romance Magazines" (#51c 1977), "I Got Over You Again Today" (#34c 1978)
songwriter

Carl Palmer (Carl Frederick Kendall Palmer)

b. 1950 in Birmingham, England
rock musician, instruments: drums, percussions
with The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, "Fire" (#2 1968) (he didn't play on many recordings, just played on tour because Drachen Theaker was afraid to fly)
founding member of Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970-78, 1992-98), "Lucky Man" (#48 1970), "From the Beginning" (#39 1972)
founding member of Atomic Rooster (1969-70)
founding member of Asia (1981-92), "Only Time Will Tell" (#17 1982), "Heat of the Moment" (#4 1982), "Don't Cry" (#10 1983), "The Smile Has Left Your Eyes" (#34 1983), "Go" (#46 1985), "Days Like These" (#64 1990)
see Carl Palmer
see Asia on Wikipedia

Slim Jim Phantom (James McDonnell

b. 1961 in Brooklyn, NY
rockabilly/rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Stray Cats (1979-84, and reunions), "Rock This Town" (#9 1982), "Stray Cat Strut" (#3 1982), "Rev it up and Go" (1983), "(She's) Sexy and Seventeen" (#5 1983), "I Won't Stand in Your Way" (#35 1983), "Hot-Rod Gang" (1983), "Rebels Rule" (1983)
founding member of Swing Cats
with 19 Cats
with The Head Cat
founding member of Dead Men Waling
founding member of Phantom, Rocker and Slick, "Men Without Shame" (1985)
session musician with Jerry Lee Lewis
md. to actress, Britt Ekland
see The Stray Cats
see Slim Jim Phantom

Shelly Poole (Shellie Poole)

b. 1972 in Essex, England
rock singer
founding member of Alisha's Attic (1996-2001), "Indestructible" (1997), "Air We Breathe" (1997), "The Incidentals" (1998), "Push it All Aside" (2001), "That Other Girl" (2001)
songwriter
sister of Shelly Poole; daughter of musician, Brian Poole

Jerry Reed (Jerry Reed Hubbard aka 'The Guitar Man')

b. 1937 in Atlanta, GA
country/rockabilly/novelty singer
instrument: guitar
"This Great Big Empty Room" (1956), "Too Young to Be Blue" (1958), "This Can't Be Happening to Me" (1958), "Little Lovin' Liza" (1959), "Just Right" (1959), "Navy Blues" (1965), "Remembering" (#14c 1968, new version #57c 1976, he wrote), "Are You from Dixie?" (#11c 1969), "Coming Up Roses" (1969, he wrote), "Georgia Sunshine" (#16c 1970, he wrote), "Amos Moses" (#8, #16c 1971, he wrote), "When You're Hot You're Hot" (#9, #1c 1971, he wrote), "I've Got Everyone Fooled (But Me)" (1971), "You've Been Crying Again" (1971), "Another Puff" (#65, #27c 1972, he co-wrote), "You Took All the Ramblin' Out of Me" (#18c 1973, he wrote), "Lord, Mr. Ford" (#68, #1c 1973), "A Good Woman's Love" (#12c 1974), "Let's Sing Our Song" (#18c 1975, he wrote), "The Telephone" (#65c 1975), "East Bound and Down" (#2c 1977, he co-wrote), "(I'm Just a) Redneck in a Rock and Roll Bar" (1977), "I Love You (What Can I Say)" (#10c 1978), "Sugar Foot Rag" (#12c 1980), "Workin' at the Carwash Blues" (1980), "Texas Bound and Flyin'" (#26c 1980, he wrote), "Good Friends Make Good Lovers" (#84 1981), "She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)" (#57, #1c 1982), "The Bird" (#2c 1982), "Down on the Corner" (#13c 1983)
duets with Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings and Mel Tillis, "She'd Rather Be Homeless" (1998), "Old Dogs" (1998)
duet with Waylon Jennings, "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (#20c 1983)
duet with Seldina Reed, "You Know What?" (#20c 1978)
session guitarist
songwriter
actor
served in the military (1959-61)
md. to singer, Priscilla Mitchell (1959- )

Ranger Doug (Douglas Bruce Green)

b. 1946 in Great Lakes Naval Base, IL
country/bluegrass singer (baritone and lead), yodeler
instruments: guitar, bass
"Amber Eyes" (1997, he wrote), "Where the Wild Wind Blows" (1997, he wrote), "Hurry Sunrise" (1997, he wrote)
founding member and lead singer of Riders in the Sky (1977- ), "Bluebonnet Lady" (1979), "Don't Fence Me in" (1979), "Prairie Serenade" (1982), "Back in the Saddle Again" (1982), "Cowboy on the Highway" (1986), "Sundown Blues" (1988), "Singing a Song to the Sky" (1989), "Ride with the Wind" (1991), "One Little Coyote" (1991), "Biscuit Blues" (1991), "The Cowboy's in Love" (1994), "The Whispering Wind" (1995), "(I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" (1996), "Down the Lullaby Trail" (1997), "A Hundred and Sixty Acres" (1998), "The Prairie Dog Christmas Ball" (1999), "We're Burnin' Moonlight" (2002), "Katherine's Waltz" (2002), "Heading for Texas" (2004)
with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys (1967, 1969), "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" (1967), "I Haven't Seen Mary in Years" (1969), "Walk Softly on My Heart" (1969), "Sweet Mary and the Miles in Between" (1969)
founding member of The Time Jumpers, "Somewhere Down the Road" (2002), "Love Me All the Way" (2002), "It's All Your Fault" (2007), "Along the Navajo Trail" (2007), "My Weakness is Too Strong" (2007)
songwriter
has a Masters degree in literature
see The Blue Grass Boys
see The Time Jumpers
see Riders in the Sky

Joe Rivers

b. 1937 in Charleston, SC
R&B singer
with Johnnie and Joe, "I'll Be Spinning" (1957), "Over the Mountain, Across the Sea" (#8 1957, One-Hit Wonder), "I Want You Here Beside Me" (1960), "Why Do You Hurt Me So?" (1960), "You Can Always Count on Me" (1963), "My Ideal" (1963), "You're the Loveliest Song I Ever Heard" (1968)

Jim Seales

b. 1954 in Hamilton, AL
country singer
instruments: guitar, bass
founding member of Shenandoah (1985- ), "Stop the Rain" (#28c 1988), * "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" (#9c 1988), "The Church on Cumberland Road" (#1c 1989), * "Two Dozen Roses" (#1c 1989), "Sunday in the South" (#1c 1989), "Next to You, Next to Me" (#1c 1990), "When You Were Mine" (#38c 1991), "Rock My Baby" (#2c 1992), "Leavin's Been a Long Time Comin'" (#15c 1992), "I Want to Be Loved Like That" (#3c 1993), "If Bubba Can Dance (I Can Too)" (#1c 1994), "Darned if I Don't (Danged if I Do)" (#4c 1995), "All Over But the Shoutin'" (#43c 1996), "What Children Believe" (#65c 2000)
Shenandoah duet with Alison Krauss, "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" (#7c 1995)
see Shenandoah

Mike Settle

b. 1941
folk/rock/country singer
"Funny Feeling" (1965)
founding member of The First Edition (1967-69), "Shadow in the Corner of Your Mind" (1967), "Homemade Lies" (1968), "Just Dropped in (to See What Condition My Condition Was in)" (#5 1968), "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" (#6, #39c 1969), "But You Know I Love You" (#19 1969, he wrote), "Reuben James" (#26 1969)
songwriter
see The First Edition on Wikipedia

Jimmie Vaughan (James Lawrence Vaughan)

b. 1951 in Dallas, TX/li>
blues/rock singer
instrument: electric guitar
"Six Strings Down" (1994, he wrote)
founding member of The Vaughan Brothers, "White Boots" (1990), "Brothers" (1990, he co-wrote), "Telephone Song" (1990), "Long Way From Home" (1990)
founding member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds (1974-89), "Marked Deck" (1979), "Walkin' to My Baby" (1979), "Things I Forgot to Do" (1979), "Runnin' Shoes" (1980), "How Do You Spell Love?" (1982), "Tuff Enuff" (1986), "Wrap it Up" (1986)
session musician
songwriter
older brother of musician, Stevie Ray Vaughan
see Jimmie Vaughan on Wikipedia
see Jimmie Vaughn
see The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Sam Wellington

b. 1939 in Steubenville, OH
country singer
founding member of The Four Guys, "Too Late to Turn Back Now" (#88c 1974), "Mama Rocked Me to Sleep (With Country Music)" (#93c 1979), "Made in the U.S.A." (#85c 1982)

Frank Zuniga

b. 19436 in Gallup, NM
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of The Premiers (1962-69, and reunions), "Farmer John" (#19 1964, One-Hit Wonder), "Feel Like Dancing" (1964), "We Go Together" (1964)
served in the military in Viet Nam (1967- )

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Lew Bedell (Louis Bideu aka Billy Joe Hunter)

b. 1919 in El Paso, TX (grew up in Los Angeles, CA) - d. 6 Jul 2000 (cancer)
novelty singer
"Sam the Herring" (1997), "Dear Madelyn" (1997), "I Don't Want to Get Involved" (1997)
with The Zanies, "The Blob" (1958), "She's a Winner" (1958), "The Mad Scientist" (1958), "Frustration" (1962), "Hello, Jackie" (1962), "Sleepwalker" (1962), "Russian Roulette" (1963), "Last Dance at the Prom" (1965)
his picture was used in publicity photos to promote Billy Joe and the Checkmates' "Percolator (Twist)" that was put out by his company, but he was not on the recording
songwriter
music producer
actor; comedian

Gary Buck (Gary Ralph Buck)

b. 1940 in Ontario, Canada - d. 14 Oct 2003 in Alberta, Canada (cancer)
country/rockabilly singer
instruments: guitar, bass
"Happy to Be Unhappy" (#11c 1963), "Savin' All My Love for You" (1963), "As Close As We'll Ever Be" (1963), "You're Welcome to the Club" (1964), "The Wheel Song" (#37c 1964), "What'll I Do?" (1975), "You Can't Change Horses" (2001)
songwriter
music producer

Solomon Burke (James Solomon McDonald aka the King of Rock and Soul)

b. 1936/40 in Philadelphia, PA
soul/rock/country singer
instruments: electric guitar
"When I'm All Alone" (1955), "Why Do Me That Way?" (1956), "You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)" (1956, he co-wrote), "I'm All Alone" (1956), "Walking in a Dream" (1956), "For You and You Alone" (1957), "They Always Say" (1958), "This Little Ring" (1960), "Just Out of Reach (of My Two Open Arms)" (#24 1961, he co-wrote), "If You Need Me" (#37 1963), "Can't Nobody Love You" (1963), "Stupidity" (1963), "You're Good for Me" (1963), "Home in Your Heart" (1963), "The Price" (1964), "Goodbye, Baby (Baby, Goodbye) (#33 1964), "Got to Get You Off My Mind" (#22 1965, he co-wrote), "Tonight's the Night" (#28 1965, he co-wrote), "I Feel a Sin Coming on" (1966), "How Big a Fool?" (1969), "We're Almost Home" (1972), "Midnight and You" (1974), "Please Don't Say Goodbye to Me" (1978), "Sidewalks, Fences and Walls" (1979), "Cowboy Hat" (1981), "My Aunt Margarite" (1985), "Let it Be You and Me" (1986), "Love Ain't No Easy Place to Be" (1991), "Don't Give Up on Me" (2002), "Sit This One Out" (2002), "Fading Footsteps" (2005)
duet with Patty Loveless, "You're the Kind of Trouble" (2006)
songwriter, co-wrote "Wilson Pickett's "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (#29 1967)

Bobby Burnett

b. 1940 in Mystic, CT
folk singer (tenor)
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Highwaymen (1958-64, and reunions), "Michael (Row the Boat Ashore)" (#1 1961), "Cotton Fields" (#13 1961), "Cindy, Oh Cindy" (1961), "Lonesome Road Blues" (1962), "Marianne" (1963), "Universal Soldier" (1964)
bank vice-president
marathon runner
served in the Army Reserves

Carol Lee Cooper

b. 1942
country/Christian singer
instrument: organ
founding member of The Carol Lee Singers, "It's Easier to Say Than Do" (1980), "A Song Holy Angels Cannot Sing" (1980)
The Carol Lee Singers were backup on Conway Twitty's "Linda on My Mind" (#61, #1c 1975), "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" (#1c 1975); and with George Strait, Vince Gill, George Jones, Charley Pride, and others
backup singer on Conway Twitty's "Hello, Darlin'" (#60, #1c 1970, he wrote), "You've Never Been This Far Before" (#22, #1c 1973), "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" (#1c 1977), and others
daughter of Stoney and Wilma Lee Cooper
see Carol Lee Cooper

Ray Dorset (Raymond Edward Dorset)

b. 1946 in Middlesex, England
rock/folk singer
instruments: guitar, percussions
"Cold Blue Excursion" (1972), "I Need it" (1972)
with Casaba
with Feet
founding member of Mungo Jerry, "In the Summertime" (#3 1970, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Maggie" (1970), "My Friend" (1970), "Lady Rose" (1971), "The Man Behind the Piano" (1971), "Alright, Alright, Alright" (1973), "Long-Legged Woman Dressed in Black" (1974), "I Just Can't Say Goodbye" (1977, he wrote), "New Pair of Jeans" (1997), "Morning Dew" (2003)
songwriter
the name Mungo Jerry came from a T.S. Eliot poem titled Mungojerrie and Runpelteazer
see Mungo Jerry

Ronnie Haig (Ronald D. Hege)

b. 1939 in Indianapolis, IN
country/rockabilly/doo-wop musician, instrument: guitar
"Hey, Little Baby" (1957), "Don't You Hear Me Calling, Baby?" (1958, he wrote), "Rocking with the Rhythm and Blues" (1958, he wrote), "The Old Malt Shop" (1961), "Unforgotten Love" (recorded 1961, released 1992), "Downtown Cruisin'" (1996), "I Don't Drive No Cadillac" (1996, he wrote), "Like Not Waking Up at All" (1996), "Sortin' Out Some Things" (1996), "Million Dollar Quartet" (2002, he wrote), "Rockabilly Queen" (2002, he wrote), "All My Friends Are There" (2002, he wrote), "Cut My Teeth on Rock 'n' Roll" (2002, he wrote), "Don't Tell Me No Lies" (2002, he wrote)
duets with Kitty Houston, "Outrageous" (2007), "Just in Case You Change Your Mind" (2007), "Sweet Carla Sue" (2007)
session musician
songwriter

Stan Hitchcock

b. 1936/38 in Pleasant Hope, MO
country/gospel singer
"She's Looking Good" (#54c 1967), "Honey, I'm Home" (#17c 1969), "Call Me Gone" (#46c 1970), "Dixie Belle" (#54c 1970), "Shadow of Your Smile" (1970)
duet with Sue Richards, "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" (#85c 1979), "In the Garden" (2006), "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (2006)
songwriter
music producer; DJ
served in the Navy
see Hitchcock Country

James House (James Andrew House)

b. 1955 in Sacramento, CA
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Don't Quit Me Now" (#25c 1989, he co-wrote), "That'll Be the Last Thing" (#52c 1990, he co-wrote), "You Just Get Better All the Time" (#60c 1990), "Never Until Now" (1990), "Little By Little" (#25c 1995, he co-wrote), "This is Me Missing You" (#6c 1995, he co-wrote), "Anything for Love" (#49c 1995, he co-wrote), "Silence Makes a Lonesome Sound" (1995, he wrote)
duet with The Beach Boys, "Little Deuce Coupe" (#69c 1996)
songwriter, co-wrote Martina McBride's "A Broken Wing"(#50, #1c 1997); Dwight Yoakam's "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (#2c 1993); Diamond Rio's "In a Week or Two" (#2c 1992)

Eddie Kirk (Edward Merle Kirkland)

b. 1919 in Greeley, CO - d. 27 Jun 1997
country singer, yodeler
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"Memories Are My Souvenirs" (1947), "What's Another Heart to You?" (1947), "How Do You Mend a Broken Heart?" (1947), "The Gods Were Angry With Me" (#9c 1948), "Candy Kisses" (#9c 1949), "Save the Next Waltz for Me" (1949), "Bluebonnet Blues" (1951), "In the Shambles of My Heart" (1951), "I'm Goin' to Keep Loving You" (1962), "Let Me Walk With You" (1964), "Every Hour, Every Minute (I Wanna Be With You)" (1968)
session musician with John Lee Hooker, Otis Redding, and others
songwriter

Pat McJimsey (George Patrick McJimsey aka Bear)

b. 1950 in Wichita, KS - d. 1 Apr 2004 (heart attack)
jazz/blues singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Pat McJimsey Band, "I Dig Girls" (1984), "Tag, You're it" (1984), "Double Edge" (1984), "All My Wildest Dreams" (1984)
founding member of The Velvet Honey
founding member of 4 Brothers
founding member of the Bear Valley Blues Band

Chris O'Connell

b. 1952/53/54
western swing singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Asleep at the Wheel (1970-80, 1985-91), "I'm the Fool (Who Told You to Go)" (1973), "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (#69c 1975), "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" (#10c 1975), "Bump Bounce Boogie" (#31c 1976), "Nothin' Takes the Place of You" (#35c 1976), "Route 66" (#48c 1976), "Miles and Miles of Texas" (#38c 1977), "One O'Clock Jump" (1978), "House of Blue Lights" (#17c 1987), "Way Down Texas Way" (#39c 1987), "Hot Rod Lincoln" (#65c 1988), "Walk on By" (#55c 1988), "Keepin' Me Up Nights" (#54c 1990), "Dance With Who Brung You" (#71c 1991), "Red Wing" (1993)
see Asleep at the Wheel

Rosie Stone (Rosemary Stewart)

b. 1945 in Vallejo, CA or Dallas, TX
R&B/rock/pop singer
instruments: piano, keyboards
founding member, keyboardist, singer with Sly and the Family Stone (1966-75), "Dance to the Music" (#8 1968), "Everyday People" (#1 1969), "Hot Fun in the Summer Time" (#2 1969), "Thank You" (#1 1970), "Family Affair" (#1 1971), "Runnin' Away" (#23 1972), "If You Want Me to Stay" (#12 1973), "Thankful 'n' Thoughtful" (1973)
Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock
songwriter
sister of Sly and Freddie, cousin of Larry Graham
see Sly and the Family Stone

Chip Taylor (James Wesley Voight aka Wes Voight)

b. 1940/44 in Yonkers, NY
country/rock/folk/novelty singer
instruments: guitar, bass
"I'm Ready to Go Steady" (1959), "The Wind and the Cold Black Night" (1959), "Here I Am" (#80 1961), "Joanie's Blues" (1964), "Fly By Night" (1964), "Betty Ann" (1965), "Early Sunday Morning" (#28c 1975, he wrote), "Big River" (#61c 1975), "Circle of Tears" (#92c 1976, he wrote)
recorded as 'Senator Bobby', "Wild Thing" (#20 1967, One-Hit Wonder, parody of The Troggs' hit)
founding member of Just Us (1965- ), "I Can Tell" (1965), "I Can't Grow Peaches on a Cherry Tree" (#34 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "I Can Save You" (1966)
duet with Carrie Rodriguez, "There's a Hole in the Midnight" (2002)
songwriter, wrote The Troggs' "Wild Thing" (#1 1966); Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning" (#4, #22c 1981); co-wrote Billy Vera and Judy Clay's "Country Girl, City Man" (#38 1968)
music producer
pro golfer; pro gambler
younger brother of actor, Jon Voight; uncle of actress, Angelina Jolie

March 22

Dave Appell

b. 1922 (maybe May 24) in Philadelphia, PA
rock musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of The Dave Appell Ensemble, "Girl of the Skies" (1970)
founding member and leader of The Applejacks, "My Heart Will Wait for You" (1955), "Chitter Chatter Baby" (1957), "Mexican Hat Rock" (#16 1958, he wrote), "Rocka-Conga" (#38 1958), "September Song" (1960), "Like Dreamers Do" (1964)
The Applejacks backed Chubby Checker, The Dovells, Bobby Rydell, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Chubby Checker's "The Twist" (#1, #2c 1960; #1, #4c 1962), "Let's Twist Again" (#8, #26c 1961); The Dovells' "The Bristol Stomp" (#2 1961); Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time" (#1 1962); The Orlons' "South Street" (#3 1963)
music producer, arranger
served in WWII

George Benson

b. 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA
jazz/bop/soul singer
instrument: guitar
"This Masquerade" (#10 1976), "On Broadway" (#7 1978), "Love Ballad" (#18 1979), "Give Me the Night" (#4 1980), "Turn Your Love Around" (#5 1981), "Kisses in the Moonlight" (1986)
founding member of The George Benson Quartet (1965-66), "Clockwise" (1966, he wrote)
songwriter
see George Benson

Curly Campbell (Cecil Robert Campbell)

b. 1911 in Danbury, NC - 18 Jun 1989
western swing/rockabilly singer
instruments: steel guitar, guitar, tenor banjo, mandolin
with The Tennessee Ramblers (1934- ), "Four or Five Times" (1939), "Doug Ain't Doin' the Jitterbug" (1939), "I'd Love to Be a Cowboy" (1940), "I'll Never Let You Cry" (1940), "Blue-Eyed Sally" (1940), "I'm Through Wishing on the Stars" (1940), "Won't You Sometimes Dream of Me?" (1940), "Whose Blues Are You Now?" (1948), "No Where, No Time, No Place" (1949), "Steel Guitar Ramble" (#9c 1949, he wrote), "Fog Rising on the Mountain" (1956)
songwriter

Jeremy Clyde (Michael Thomas Jeremy Clyde)

b. 1942 in England
folk/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Chad and Jeremy (1963-68, 1983-87), "Yesterday's Gone" (#21 1964), "A Summer Song" (#7 1964), "I Don't Wanna Lose You, Baby" (#35 1965), "Before and After" (#17 1965), "Willow Weep for Me" (#15 1965), "If She Was Mine" (1965), "If I Loved You" (#23 1965), "Distant Shores" (#30 1966)
songwriter
actor
see Chad and Jeremy

Johnny Ferguson

b. 1937 in Nashville, TN
rock singer
instrument: guitar
"What a Sad Sad Day That Will Be" (1958), "Blue Serge and White Lace" (1960), "Angela Jones" (#27 1960, One-Hit Wonder)
founding member of Johnny Ferguson and His Twisters
DJ

Randy Jo Hobbs (Randall Joseph Hobbs)

b. 1948 in Union City, IN – d. 5 Aug 1993 (drug related heart failure)
rock/pop singer
instrument: bass
founding member of The McCoys, "Hang on, Sloopy" (#1 1965, official rock song of Ohio), "I Can't Explain it" (1965), "Fever" (#7 1965), "If You Tell a Lie" (1965), "Come on, Let's Go" (#21 1966), "You Make Me Feel So Good" (1966), "I Got to Go Back (and Watch That Little Girl Dance)" (1967), "I Wonder if She Remembers Me" (1967), "Jesse Brady" (1968)
with The Johnny Winter Group
see The McCoys on Wikipedia

Chuck Jackson (Charles Jackson)

b. 1945 in Greenville, SC
R&B/pop singer
"Love Lights" (1975), "We Can't Hide it Anymore" (1975), "One of Those Yesterdays" (1976), "I Fell Asleep" (1977)
founding member and lead singer of The Independents (1971-75), "Just As Long As You Need Me" (#84 1972, he co-wrote), "I Just Want to Be There" (1972), "Leaving Me" (#21 1973), "Baby, I've Been Missing You" (#41 1973), "Maybe This Will Be the Morning" (1974), "The First Time We Met" (1974)
songwriter, co-wrote Natalie Cole's "This Will Be" (#6 1975)
music producer

Gene Libbea

b. 1953 in Pasadena, CA
bluegrass singer
instruments: acoustic string bass, ukulele
with The Nashville Bluegrass Band (1989- ), "Weary Blues from Waitin'" (1990), "I'll Just Keep on Lovin' You" (1991), "Train of Yesterday" (1993), "Dark Shadows of Night" (1995), "Almost" (1995), "Blue Cadillac" (1998), "Down a Winding Road" (1998), "There's a Better Way" (2004), "Garfield's Blackberry Blossom" (2004), "The Luckiest Man Alive" (2004)

Hoyle Nix

b. 1918 in Azel, TX - d. 21 Aug 1985
country/western swing musician, instrument: fiddle
founding member of Hoyle Nix and His West Texas Cowboys, "Real Rockin' Daddy" (1955), "My Wasted Love" (1958), "Comin' Down From Denver" (1958)
with The Texas Playboys (1973)
songwriter
see The Texas Playboys

Doug Phillips (James Phillips)

b. 1944 - d. 5 May 1995
R&B singer
instrument: bass
founding member of The Dartells (1959- ), "Dartell Stomp" (1962), "Hot Pastrami" (#11 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Dance Everybody Dance" (#99 1963), "Clap Your Hands" (1965)
with Cottonwood

Keith Relf

b. 1943 in Surrey, England – d. 14 May 1976 (accidental electrocution)
rock/blues singer
instruments: harmonica, electric guitar
founding member, lead singer and harmonica player with The Yardbirds (1963-68), "For Your Love" (#6 1965), "Heart Full of Soul" (#9 1965), "Shapes of Things" (#11 1966), "I'm Not Talking" (1966), "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" (#13 1966), "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" (#30 1966), "Puzzles" (1967), "Only the Black Rose" (1967, he wrote)
with Renaissance
songwriter
he was tuning his guitar when he died, not playing it in the bathtub as is often reported
see The Yardbirds

Harry Vanda (Johannes Jacob Hendrickus Vandanberg)

b. 1947 in The Netherlands (grew up in Australia)
rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead guitarist with The Easybeats (1964-69), "Friday on My Mind" (#4 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "I Wonder" (1966, he wrote), "I'm Gonna Tell Everybody" (1966), "You Are the Light" (1966), "Someway, Somewhere" (1966), "Then I'll Tell You Goodbye" (1966), "The Last Day of May" (1966), "Promised Things" (1966), "Who'll Be the One?" (1967, he co-wrote), "Fancy Seeing You Here" (1968, he co-wrote), "See Saw" (1968, he co-wrote), "Falling Off the Edge of the World" (1968, he co-wrote), "St. Louis" (1969)
songwriter, co-wrote John Paul Young's "Love is in the Air" (#7 1978)

March 23

Joey Ambrose (Joey d'Ambrosio)

b. 1935 in Philadelphia, PA
rock/rockabilly singer
instrument: tenor sax
with Bill Haley and the and Comets (1953-55), "Crazy, Man, Crazy" (#12 1953, first rock 'n' roll record to place on the pop charts), "Dim, Dim the Lights" (#11 1954), * "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" (#1 1955, #39 1974), "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (#7 1954), "Razzle Dazzle" (#15 1955), "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie" (#23 1955)
founding member of The Jodimars (1955-59, 1989-91), "Well Now, Dig This" (1955), "Dancin' the Bop" (1955), "Eat Your Heart Out, Annie" (1956), "Cloud 99" (1957), "Hip Shakin' Baby" (1958)
session musician
in 1987 he and several other members of The Comets reunited to tour and record
see Bill Haley and the Comets on The Rockabilly Hall of Fame
see The Jodimars on The Rockabilly Hall of Fame
see The Comets

Jim Anglin (James London Anglin)

b. 1913 in Franklin, TN (grew up in Athens, AL) – d. 21 Jan 1987
country/gospel singer
instrument: string bass
founding member of The Anglin Brothers (1933- ), "They Are All Going Home But One" (1937), "You Give Me Your Love (and I'll Give You Mine)" (1937)
songwriter, co-wrote Anita Kerr Singers and Kitty Wells' "One by One" (#1c 1954); the Desert Rose Band's "Ashes of Love" (#26c 1987)
served in the military during WWII

Roxie Dean

b. 1974 in Baton Rouge, LA
country singer
"Everyday Girl" (#60c 2003, she co-wrote), "Women Know Women" (2003), "A Soldier's Wife (#8c 2005, she wrote), "Just Like a Man" (2005), "If I Had a Daughter" (2005)
songwriter

George Fox

b. 1960 in Alberta, Canada
country singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"It Doesn't Really Matter Why" (1980), "Angelina" (1988), "Goldmine" (1989), "Long Distance" (1988), "Heartwreck" (1988), "No Trespassing" (1989), "I Threw it All Away" (1990), "With All My Might" (1990), "Mustang Heart" (1993), "Breakfast Alone" (1993), "What's Holding Me?" (1995), "First Comes Love" (1995), "I Give You My Word" (1997), "How Do I Get There From Her?" (1999), "I Wouldn't Have Missed it" (2004), "Colt Thunder" (2005)
he has had many hits on the Canadian country music charts but none in the U.S. so far
songwriter
see George Fox

Dave Frishberg (David L. Frishberg)

b. 1933 in St. Paul, MN
jazz/swing/novelty singer
instrument: piano
"Oklahoma Toad" (1969), "Violet Blue" (1977), "Travelin' All Alone" (1978), "Sweet Kentucky Ham" (1981), "My Attorney Bernie" (1983, he wrote), "Wheelers and Dealers" (1983), "Zanzibar" (1985), "Can't Take You Nowhere" (1987), "The Underdog" (1990)
session musician
songwriter
see Dave Frishberg

Kevin Griffin

b. 1965
country singer
instrument: drums
founding member of Yankee Grey (1986- ), "All Things Considered" (#54, #8c 1999), "I Should Have Listened to Me" (1999), "That Would Be Me" (1999), "This Time Around" (#43c 2000), "Another Nine Minutes" (#74, #15c 2000), "Not That Way for Everyone" (2002), "Friends" (2002)

David 'Dawg' Grisman (David Jay Grisman)

b. 1945 in Hackensack, NJ
bluegrass/jazz musician, instruments: mandolin, guitar, banjo, piano, sax
"Minor Swing" (1978), "Cedar Hill" (1981, he wrote), "Dawg Daze" (1990 he wrote), "Cabin of Love" (2003), "All the Good Times Are Past and Gone" (2003)
with Here Today (1982), "Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes" (1982)
founding member of Old and in the Way, "Goin' to the Races" (1973), "Lonesome L.A. Cowboy" (1973), "Panama Red" (1975), "Old and in the Way" (1975, he wrote)
founding member of the Great American String Band (1974-75)
founding member of The Grisman Quintet (1976-84)
duets with John Hartford and Mike Seeger, "My Walking Shoes" (1999), "Flint Hill Special" (1999)
duets with Svend Asmussen, "It Doesn't Mean a Thing" (1987), "Jitterbug Waltz" (1987)
session musician with the Grateful Dead, Bela Fleck, and others
songwriter

Patrice Holloway (Patrice Yvonne Holloway)

b. 1948/51 in Los Angeles, CA - d. 1 Oct 2006 in Los Angeles, CA (heart attack)
pop/soul singer
"Stolen Hours" (1966), "Love and Desire" (1967), "That's All You Got to Do" (1967), "Evidence" (1971), "That's the Chance You Gotta Take" (1972)
'Valerie' of Josie and the Pussycats, * "Every Beat of My Heart" (1970), "It's Alright With Me" (1970), "Inside, Outside, Upside Down" (1970), "Stop, Look and Listen" (1971), "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" (1971)
backup singer with Joe Cocker, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Blood Sweat and Tears' "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (#2 1969)
younger sister of singer, Brenda Holloway

Melvin King

b. 1940
doo-wop singer (baritone/bass)
founding member of The Olympics (1957-65, off and on), "Western Movies" (#8 1958), "(I Wanna) Dance with the Teacher" (#71 1958), "Big Boy Pete" (#50 1960), "(Baby) Hully Gully" (#72 1960), "Shimmy Like Kate" (#42 1960), "Dance by the Light of the Moon" (#47 1960), "Dodge City" (1960), "The Bounce" (#40 1963), "A New Dancin' Partner" (1963), "Good Lovin'" (#81 1965)

Paul Martin

b. 1978 in Clinton, MS
country/Christian singer
founding member of Marshall Dyllon (2000-01), "Closer to Heaven" (2000), "Live it Up" (#37c 2000), "You" (#47c 2001), "She Ain't Gonna Cry" (#44c 2001)
brother of Michael Martin
see Marshall Dyllon on Wikipedia

Willie Mitchell

b. 1928 in Ashland, MS (grew up in Memphis, TN)
soul/blues/rock musician, instrument: trumpet
"Sunrise Serenade" (1962), "Twenty - Seventy-Five" (#31 1964), "Buster Brown" (1965), "Aw, Shucks" (1967), "Soul Serenade" (#23 1968), "That's Just My Luck" (1968), "Kitten Korner" (1968), "Six to Go" (1970)
music producer; arranger
served in the Army

Ric Ocasek (Richard Otcasek)

b. 1949 in Baltimore, MD
rock/pop/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Emotion in Motion" (#11 1986, One-Hit Wonder)
founding member of The Cars (1976-87), "Just What I Needed" (#27 1978), "Let's Go" (#14 1979), "Shake it Up" (#4 1981), "You Might Think" (#7 1984), "Drive" (#3 1984), "Hello Again" (#20 1984), "Why Can't I Have You?" (#33 1985), "You are the Girl" (#17 1987)
songwriter
music producer
md. to model, Paulina Porizkova (1989- )
see Ric Ocasek

Smokey Rogers (Eugene Rogers)

b. 1917/27 in McMinnville, TN - d. 23 Nov 1993
country/western swing singer
instruments: banjo, guitar
"A Little Bird Told Me" (#8c 1949), "Nine-Tenths of the Tennessee River" (1950), "Irma is the Name of My Baby" (1951) "When My Sunshine Goes Walking in the Rain" (1965)
founding member of Smokey Rogers and His Texans
founding member of Texas Jim Lewis and the Lone Star Cowboys
with Tex Williams and His Western Caravan
session musician with Spade Cooley, Tex Williams, and others
songwriter, wrote Ferlin Husky's "Gone" (#1c 1956)

March 24

Don Covay (Donald Randolph)

b. 1938 in Orangeburg, SC
soul/blues/country singer
"I Been Here All the Time" (1975), "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste" (1975, he wrote), "What's Good to You (Don't Have to Be Good for You)" (1975), "Travelin' in Heavy Traffic" (1976)
founding member of Don Covay and the Goodtimers, "Believe it or Not" (1958), "Love Boat" (1960), "Mercy Mercy" (#35 1964), "Can't Stay Away" (1964, he co-wrote), "Watching the Late, Late Show" (1965, he wrote), "The Usual Place" (1966), "House on the Corner" (1968), "Snake in the Grass" (1968)
with the Jefferson Lemon Blues Band, "But I Forgive You Blues" (1969), "Mad Dog Blues" (1969, he co-wrote)

George Hollis (George Felton Hollis)

b. 1937 in San Antonio, TX
doo-wop singer (bass)
with The Flares (1959-64), "Loving You" (1960), "Foot Stomping" (#25 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Truck and Trailer" (1962), "Make it Be Me" (1962), "Write a Song About Me" (1964), "Sock Hop" (1964)
The Flares recording as The Peppers, "A Place in My Heart" (1961), "A Little Piece of Paper" (1963), "It Wouldn't Be the Same" (1963)

Carol Kaye

b. 1935 in Everett, WA
rock/jazz musician, instruments: electric bass, guitar
with The Marketts, "Surfer's Stomp" (#31 1962), "Balboa Blue" (1962), "Out of Limits" (#3 1963), "Bella Dalena" (1963), "Vanishing Point" (1964), "Batman Theme" (#17 1966) (not sure if she was on all of the songs)
session musician on Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba" (#22 1959); The Beach Boys' "Help Me, Rhonda" (#1 1965), "Good Vibrations" (#1 1966), "California Girls" (#3 1965); Simon and Garfunkel's "Homeward Bound" (#5 1966), "Scarborough Fair" (#11 1968); The Hondells' "Little Honda" (#9 1964); The Monkees' "I'm a Believer" (#1 1966); Paul Revere and the Raiders' "Indian Reservation" (#1 1971); Vikki Carr's "It Must Be Him" (#3 1967); O.C. Smith's "Little Green Apples" (#2 1968); The Grass Roots' "Midnight Confessions (#5 1968); Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman" (#3, #1c 1969), "Rhinestone Cowboy" (#1, #1c 1975); Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High" (#88 1971); Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons" (#1, #1c 1955); The Supremes' "Someday We'll Be Together" (#1 1969); Frank and Nancy Sinatra's "Something Stupid" (#1 1967); Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (#1 1966); Gary Lewis and the Playboys' "This Diamond Ring" (#1 1965); Johnny Mathis' "The Twelfth of Never" (#9 1957); The Righteous Brothers' "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" (#1 1966), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (#1 1964); The Doors' "Light My Fire" (#1 1967); The Crystals' "Then He Kissed Me" (#6 1963); Chris Montez' "Let's Dance" (#4 1962); Jan and Dean's "The Little Old Lady from Pasadena" (#3 1964), "Surf City" (#1 1963); Sonny and Cher's "The Beat Goes on" (#6 1967); and others
see Carol Kaye

Jim Kipler

b. 1944 in Buffalo, NY
rock musician, instrument: guitar
with The Rockin' Rebels, "Wild Weekend" (#8 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Monday Morning" (1963)
twin brother of Mickey Kipler

Mickey Kipler (Michael Kipler)

b. 1944 in Buffalo, NY
rock musician, instrument: tenor sax
with The Rockin' Rebels, "Wild Weekend" (#8 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Monday Morning" (1963)
twin brother of Jim Kipler

Steve Kuhn

b. 1938 in Brooklyn, NY
jazz musician, instruments: piano, keyboards
"Sometime Ago" (1974), "Catherine" (1977), "In the Fall" (1979), "Don't Explain" (1984), "Oceans in the Sky" (1989, he wrote), "Ladies in Mercedes" (1992), "Jitterbug Waltz" (1993), "Six Gun" (1995), "Emily" (1997), "She's Funny That Way" (1998), "A Likely Story" (2001, he wrote), "Years Later" (2002, he wrote)
session musician with Stan Getz, and others
songwriter
see Steve Kuhn

Johnny Meeks

b. 1937 in Lauren, SC
rock/rockabilly singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, steel guitar
lead guitarist of Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1957-58, replaced Cliff Gallup), "Wear My Ring" (1957), "Red Bluejeans and a Pony Tail" (1957), "Lotta Lovin'" (#13 1957), "Cat Man" (1957), "Dance to the Bop" (#23 1958), "Say Mama" (1958, he wrote), "She She Little Sheila" (1958)
with The Champs (1959), "Double Eagle Rock" (1959)
with Michael Nesmith's band (1972)
session musician with Merle Haggard, Lynn Anderson, Bob Luman, and others
songwriter
served in the Army (1960- )
see Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
see The Champs

Colin Peterson

b. 1946 in Queensland, Australia
pop/rock musician, instrument: drums
with The Bee Gees (1966-69), "Monday's Rain" (1966), "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (#14 1967), "To Love Somebody" (#17 1967), "Words" (#15 1968), "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (#8 1968)
actor

Peggy Sue (Peggy Sue Webb)

b. 1947 in Butchers Hollow, KY
country singer
"I'm Dynamite" (#28c 1969), "I'm Gettin' Tired of Babyin' You" (#30c 1969), "All-American Husband" (#37c 1970), "Every Beat of My Heart" (#34c 1977), "How I Love You in the Morning" (#37c 1989), "I Want to See Me in Your Eyes" (#30c 1979)
duets with Sonny Wright, "If This is What Love's All About" (#100c 1977), "Gently Hold Me" (#86c 1979)
songwriter, co-wrote Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" (#1c 1967)
costume designer
sister of Loretta Lynn and Crystal Gayle; md. to Sonny Wright

Billy Stewart (William Larry Stewart aka 'Fat Boy')

b. 1937 in Washington, DC – d. 17 Jan 1970 (auto accident)
R&B/pop/soul singer
instruments: keyboards, piano
backed by his band The Soul Kings, "Billy's Blues" (1956), "Strange Feeling" (1963), "I Do Love You" (#26 1965), "Sitting in the Park" (#24 1965), "Summertime" (#10 1966), "Secret Love" (#29 1966)
with The Rainbows, "Color of Love" (1966), "Down the Block" (1966)
with Bo Diddly's band
with The Marquees, "The Rain" (1956)
songwriter
he and three members of his band died when the wheels of the car they were in locked up and drove off a bridge

March 25

Hoyt Axton (Hoyt Wayne Axton)

b. 1938 in Duncan, OK (grew up in Jacksonville, FL) – d. 26 Oct 1999 in Victor, MT (heart disease)
country/folk/pop singer
instruments: piano, guitar
"Thunder 'n' Lightnin'" (1963), "Saturday's Child" (1964), "Double Double Dare" (1964), "Tiger in the Closet" (1964), "Five-Dollar Bill" (1966), "Speed Trap" (1966), "My Carolina Sunshine Girl" (1971), "Mary Makes Magic" (1973), "I Dream of Highways" (1974), "Telephone Booth" (1974), "Flash of Fire" (#17c 1976), "Never Been to Spain" (1977), "Rusty Old Halo" (#14c 1979), "Della and the Dealer" (#17c 1979), "Wild Bull Rider" (#21c 1980), "Evangelina" (#37c 1980), "(When You Dance) You Do Not Tango" (1980), "Flo's Yellow Rose" (#78c 1981), "Warm Storms and Wild Flowers" (1982), "We Could've Been Sweethearts" (1990), "Mr. Winchester's Gun" (1990)
duets with Linda Ronstadt, "When the Morning Comes" (#54, #10c 1974), "Lion in the Winter" (#57c 1975)
duet with Renee Armand, "Boney Fingers" (#8c 1974)
songwriter, wrote The Kingston Trio's "Greenback Dollar" (#21 1963); Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" (#1 1971)
actor
md. to Deborah Hawkins (1997- ); son of songwriter, Mae Boren Axton who wrote Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" (#1, #1c 1956)
served in the Navy
see The Complete Hoyt Axton Discography

Darrell Banks (Darrell Eubanks)

b. 1937/38 in Mansfield, OH (grew up in Buffalo, NY) - d. Feb 1970 in Detroit, MI (shot by a police officer he was pointing a gun at)
soul singer
"Open the Door to Your Heart" (#27 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Our Love (is in the Pocket)" (1966), "Somebody (Somewhere) Needs You" (#55 1966), "Here Come the Tears" (1967), "Look into the Eyes of a Fool" (1967), "I Wanna Go Home" (1968), "Don't Know What to Do" (1969), "Just Because Your Love is Gone" (1969)
songwriter

Anita Bryant

b. 1940 in Barnsdale, OK
pop singer
"Somebody Sees" (1956), "Dance on" (1958), "Till There Was You" (#30 1959), "Promise Me a Rose" (1959), "Paper Roses" (#5 1960), "In My Little Corner of the World" (#10 1960), * "A Texan and a Girl from Mexico" (1961), "He's Not Good Enough for You" (1961), * "An Angel Cried" (1961), "Wonderland by Night" (#18 1961)
Miss Oklahoma in 1958

Johnny Burnette

b. 1934 in Memphis, TN – d. 14 Aug 1964 in CA (drowned after a boating accident)
country/rockabilly singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"You're Undecided" (1955), "Drinking Wine" (1957), "You're Sixteen" (#8 1960, he co-wrote), "Dreamin'" (#11 1960, he wrote), "God, Country and My Baby" (#18 1961, he wrote), "Honestly I Do" (1961), "Little Boy Sad" (#17 1961, he wrote), "Clown Shoes" (1962), "Tag Along" (1962), "Wish it Was Saturday Night (All Week Long)" (1963), "Walkin' Talkin' Doll" (1964)
founding member of The Rock 'n' Roll Trio (aka The Johnny Burnette Trio) (1956-57), "Your Baby-Blue Eyes" (1956), "I Just Found Out" (1957)
songwriter, co-wrote Ricky Nelson's "It's Late" (#9 1959), "Believe What You Say" (#4 1958), "Just a Little Too Much" (#9 1959), "Waitin' in School" (#12 1958); Ringo Starr's "You're Sixteen" (#1 1973)
Golden Glove champion boxer
father of Rocky Burnette

Frankie Carle (Francis Nunzio Carlone)

b. 1903 in Providence, RI - d. 7 Mar 2001 in Mesa, AZ
pop/jazz musician, instrument: piano
founding member of Frankie Carle and His Orchestra (1944-55), "Spaghetti Rag" (1950), "The Winter Waltz" (1950), "Crazy Little Moonbeam" (1950), "Eleanor" (1951), "I Feel Like Spaghetti Tonight" (1951), "Secret Kisses" (1952), "Lisa, the Mechanical Doll" (1956)
father of singer, Marjorie Hughes

Len Dresslar (Elmer Leonard Dresslar, Jr.)

b. 1925 in St. Francis, KS - d. 16 Oct 2005 in Palm Springs, CA (cancer)
jazz singer (baritone/bass)
with The Singers Unlimited (1971- ), "The Fool on the Hill" (1972), "Both Sides Now" (1972)
voice-over actor, the Jolly Green Giant's 'Ho, Ho, Ho'; 'Snap' from Rice Krispies commercials; 'When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer'
served in the Navy during WWII

Aretha Franklin (Aretha Louise Franklin aka 'Lady Soul)

b. 1942 in Memphis, TN (grew up in Detroit)
R&B singer
instrument: piano
"Never Grow Old" (1957), "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (#37 1961), "R*E*S*P*E*C*T" (#1 1967), "Baby, I Love You" (#4 1967), "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman" (#8 1967), "I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)" (#9 1967), "Chain of Fools" (#2 1968), "The House That Jack Built" (#6 1968), "Since You've Been Gone" (#5 1968), "I Say a Little Prayer" (#10 1968), "Seesaw" (#14 1968), "Think" (#7 1968), "Eleanor Rigby" (#17 1969), "The Weight" (#19 1969), "Share Your Love with Me" (#13 1969), "Son of a Preacher Man" (#13 1970), "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (#11 1970), "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (#6 1971), "Spanish Harlem" (#2 1971), "Rock Steady" (#9 1971), "Day Dreaming" (#5 1972), "All the King's Horses" (#27 1972), "Angel" (#20 1973), "I'm in Love" (#19 1974), "Without Love" (1974), "Sing it Again" (1974), "Freeway of Love" (#3 1985), "Someone Else's Eyes" (1991), "Willing to Forgive" (#26 1994), "A Rose is Still a Rose" (1998)
duet with George Michael, "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (#1 1987)
songwriter
md. to Glynn Turman

Robbie Fulks

b. 1963 in Raleigh, NC or York, PA
country/novelty/bluegrass singer
instrument: guitar
"Heart, I Wish You Were Here" (1997), "Forgotten But Not Gone" (1997), "Can't Win for Losin'" (1998), "I've Got to Tell Myself the Truth" (2001), "Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark" (2001), "Doin' Right (for All the Wrong Reasons)" (2005), "It's Always Raining Somewhere" (2005)
with Special Consensus (1989)

Bonnie Guitar (Bonnie Buckingham)

b. 1923/24 in Seattle, WA
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Dark Moon" (#6, #14c 1957, Pop One-Hit Wonder), "Mister Fire Eyes" (#15c 1957, she co-wrote), "Half of Your Heart" (1957), "If You See My Love Dancing" (1957), "Love is Over, Love is Done" (1958), "If You'll Be the Teacher" (1958), "Rocky Mountain Moon" (1958), "Moonlight" (1959), "Candy-Apple Red" (1959), "Tell Her Bye" (1961), "Leave Weeping to the Willow Tree" (1964), "I'm Living in Two Worlds" (#9c 1966), "The Tallest Tree" (#24c 1966), "Get Your Lie the Way You Want it" (#14c 1966), "Love by the Jukebox Light" (1966), "I'll Be Missing You (Under the Mistletoe)" (1966), "(You've Got Yourself) a Woman in Love" (#4c 1967), "Stop the Sun" (#13c 1968, she wrote), "I Believe in Love" (#10c 1968), "Leaves are the Tears of Autumn" (#41c 1968), "I'll Meet You in Denver" (1969), "That See Me Later Look" (#36c 1969), "Red-Checkered Blazer" (1970)
duet with Buddy Killen, "A Truer Love You'll Never Find (Than Mine)" (#55c 1969)
session musician with Jim Reeves, Dorsey Burnette, and others
songwriter

Jack Hall

b. 1947
country singer
instruments: banjo, bass
with the Charlie Daniels Band, "Uneasy Rider" (#9, #67c 1973), "The South's Gonna Do it Again" (#29 1974), "Texas" (#91, #36c 1976), "Wichita Jail" (#22c 1976), "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (#3, #1c 1979, #60c 1998, CMA single of the year 1979), "Behind Your Eyes" (#87c 1979), Mississippi" (#10c 1979), "In America" (#11, #13c 1980), "Long-Haired Country Boy" (#56 1974, #27c 1983), "Carolina, I Remember You" (#44c 1980), "Sweet Home Alabama" (#52, #94c 1981), "Still in Saigon" (#22 1982), "We Had it All One Time" (#59c 1982), "American Farmer" (#54c 1985), "Still Hurtin' Me" (#33c 1985), "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye" (#8c 1986), "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" (#10c 1988), "Cowboy Hat in Dallas" (#36c 1989), "Simple Man" (#12c 1989)
see The Charlie Daniels Band

Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight)

b. 1947 in Middlesex, England
rock singer
instrument: piano
"Lady Samantha" (1970), "Bad Side of the Moon" (1970), "Your Song" (#8 1971, he co-wrote), "Friends" (#34 1971), "Crocodile Rock" (#1 1972), "Daniel" (#2 1973), "Grey Seal" (1973), "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (#2 1973), "Bennie and the Jets" (#1 1974), "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (#2 1974), "Philadelphia Freedom" (#1 1975, he wrote), "Island Girl" (#1 1975), Lucy in the Sky (With Diamonds) (#1 1975), "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" (#4 1975), "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (#6 1976), "Bite Your Lip (Get up and Dance)" (#28 1977), "Mama Can't Buy You Love" (#9 1979), "Little Jeannie" (#3 1980), "Chloe" (#34 1981), "Blue Eyes" (#12 1982), "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues" (#4 1983), "I'm Still Standing" (#12 1983), "Kiss the Bride" (#25 1983), "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" (#5 1984), "Who Wears These Shoes?" (#16 1984), "Candle in the Wind" (#6 1988), "I Don't Want to Go on with You Like That" (#2 1988), "The One" (#9 1992), "Can't You Feel the Love Tonight?" (#4 1994), "Circle of Life" (#18 1994), "Blessed" (#34 1995), "Believe" (#13 1995), "Candle in the Wind 1997" (#1 1997), "Something about the Way You Look Tonight" (#1 1997), * "Friends Never Say Goodbye" (2000)
duets with Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (#1 1976), "True Love" (#56 1993)
duet with George Michael, "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" (#1 1992)
recorded with Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder, "That's What Friends are For" (#1 1985)
songwriter
philanthropist

Neil Jones

b. 1949 in South Wales
blues/pop musician, instruments: guitar, bass
founding member of Amen Corner (1966-69), "World of Broken Hearts" (1967), "(If Paradise is) Half as Nice" (1969), "Hello, Suzie" (1969)
founding member of Fair Weather (1970-71), "Natural Sinner" (1970), "Haven't I Tried?" (1970)

Kevin Kelley (Kevin Daniel Kelley)

b. 1943 in Los Angeles, CA - d. 6 Apr 2002
folk/rock singer
instruments: drums, percussions
with Fever Tree (1969-70), "Girl, Don't Push Me" (1969), "Come on in" (1969)
with The Byrds (1968)
with The Rising Sons (1965-66, replaced Ed Cassidy), "Talk to Me, Baby" (1965), "11th Street Overcrossing" (1966), "Girl with Green Eyes" (1966), "Sunny's Dream" (1966)
session musician with Phil Ochs, John Fahey, and others
songwriter
cousin of Chris Hillman

Michael Stanley (Michael Stanley Gee)

b. 1948 in Cleveland, OH
folk/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Rosewood Bitter" (1972, he wrote), "Denver Rain" (1972, he wrote), "Among My Friends Again" (1973, he wrote), "Let's Get the Show on the Road" (1973, he wrote), "Yours for a Song" (1973, he wrote)
founding member and lead of the Michael Stanley Band (1975-87, and reunions), "Ladies' Choice" (1976), "Blue Jean Boy" (1976), "Baby, if You Wanna Dance" (1978), "Long Time (Looking for a Dream)" (1978), "He Can't Love You" (#33 1980), "All I Ever Wanted" (1980), "When You're Heart Says it's Right" (1981), "In Between the Lines" (1982), "One of These Dreams" (1982), "My Town" (#39 1983), "Just Give Me Tonight" (1983)
founding member of Michael Stanly and the Resonators
songwriter
DJ; actor
see Michael Stanley

Pat Sylvers Patricia Lynn Sylvers)

b. 1961
R&B/soul singer
instrument: keyboards
with The Sylvers (1975- ), "Boogie Fever" (#1 1976), "Cotton Candy" (#57 1976), "Hot Line" (#5 1976), "High School Dance" (#17 1977), "Any Way You Want Me" (1977), "Mahogany (Do You Know)?" (1979)
session musician
md. to Lorne Joseph DeRuso
see The Sylvers on soulwalking

March 26

Alan Arkin (Alan Wolf Arkin)

b. 1934 in New York, NY
folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Dody Lee" (1958), "900 Miles" (1958)
founding member of The Tarriers, "Wishing Well Song" (1956), "East Virginia" (1956), "Banana Boat Song" (#4 1957, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote)
The Tarriers backed Vince Martin on "Cindy, Oh Cindy" (#9 1956, One-Hit Wonder)
with The Baby Sitters (1958-68)
songwriter
actor; author
md. 1st to Jeremy Yaffe (1955-60); md. 2nd to actress, Barbara Dana (1964- ); md. 3rd to Suzanne Newlander (1996- )
father of actor, Adam Arkin

Michael Bonagura

b. 1953 in Newark, NJ
country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Baillie and the Boys (1977- ), "Oh, Heart" (#9c 1987, he co-wrote), "Waitin' Out the Storm" (1987), "Wilder Days" (#9c 1988, he co-wrote), "Long Shot" (#5c 1989), "(I Wish I Had a) Heart of Stone" (#4c 1989), "I Can't Turn the Tide" (#9c 1990, he co-wrote), "(Now and Then There's a) Fool Such As I" (#5c 1990), "Treat Me Like a Stranger" (#18c 1991, he co-wrote), "While the Forgettin's Good" (1996), "Road That Led Me to You" (2000)
backup singer on Ed Bruce's "My First Taste of Texas" (#6c 1983)
songwriter, co-wrote Marie Osmond's "There's No Stopping Your Heart" (#1c 1986)
md. to Kathie Baillie (1977- )
see Baillie and the Boys on WikipediA

Larry Butler

b. 1942 in Pensacola, FL
country singer
"Echoes Fade and Die" (1959), "Foolish Affair" (1959), "13th Notch" (1959), "The Same Old Way" (1960), "I Walked Away" (1960), "Till October" (1976)
duets with Willie Nelson, "Cold, Cold Heart" (2000), "Half As Much" (2000), "Your Cheatin' Heart" (2000), "Move it on Over" (2000), "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (2000)
songwriter
music producer

Kenny Chesney (Kenneth A. Chesney)

b. 1968 in Knoxville, TN (grew up in Lutrell, TN)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Whatever it Takes" (#59c 1993, he co-wrote), "Fall in Love" (#6c 1995, he co-wrote), * "All I Need to Know" (#8c 1995), * "Back in My Arms Again" (#41c 1996), "Me and You" (#2c 1996), "When I Close My Eyes" (#2c 1996), "She's Got it All" (#1c 1997), "That's Why I'm Here" (#79, #2c (1998), * "I Will Stand" (#27c 1998), * "I Might Get Over You" (1999), "How Forever Feels" (#27, #1c 1999), "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" (#66, #11c 1999), * "You Had Me from Hello" (#34, #1c 1999, he co-wrote), "I Lost it" (#34, #3c 2000), * "Don't Happen Twice" (#26, #1c 2001), * "Young" (#35, #2c 2002), "The Good Stuff" (#20, #1c 2002), "Big Star" (#28, #2c 2003), "No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem" (#28, #2c 2003), "All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan" (2003), "There Goes My Life" (#29, #1c 2004), "I Go Back" (#32, #2c 2004, he wrote), "The Woman with You" (#33, #2c 2004), "Anything But Mine" (#48, #1c 2005), "Who You'd Be Today" (#61, #2c 2005), "Something Sexy about the Rain" (2005), "Key Lime Pie" (2005), "The Road and the Radio" (#59c 2005), "Living in Fast Forward" (#58, #1c 2005), "Summertime" (#34, #1c 2006), "Beer in Mexico" (#61, #1c 2007), "Never Wanted Nothing More" (#22, #1c 2007), "Don't Blink" (#29, #1c 2007)
duet with Uncle Kracker, "When the Sun Goes Down" (#26, #1c 2004)
backup singer on Jimmy Buffett's "Hey, Good Lookin'" (#8c 2004)
songwriter
telemarketer
see Kenny Chesney

Johnny Crawford

b. 1946 in Los Angeles, CA
pop/rock singer
"Daydreams" (#70 1961), "So Goes the Story" (1961), "Patti Ann" (#43 1961), "Cindy's Birthday" (#8 1962), "Rumors" (#12 1962), "Your Nose is Gonna Grow" (#14 1962), "Living in the Past" (1963), "What Happened to Janie?" (1963), "Janie, Please Believe Me" (1963), "Cindy's Gonna Cry" (1963), "Debbie" (1963), "Proud" (#29 1963), "Everyone Should Own a Dream" (1968)
with The Crawford Brothers, "Good Buddies" (1962), "You Gotta Wear Shoes" (1962)
actor; Mousketeer; rodeo bronc rider

Dean Dillon (aka Dean Dalton)

b. 1955 in Lake City, TN
country singer
instrument: guitar
"What Good is a Heart?" (#28c 1980, he wrote), "Nobody in His Right Mind (Would've Left Her)" (#25c 1980, he wrote), "I Go to Pieces" (#39c 1988), "Just in Time" (1989), "Heart on the Line" (1991)
duets with Gary Stewart, "Brotherly Love" (#41c 1982, he co-wrote), "Those Were the Days" (#47c 1983, he co-wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote Toby Keith's "A Little Too Late" (#2c 2006), "Keith Whitley's "Miami, My Amy" (#14c 1986), Paul Overstreet's "If I Could Bottle This Up" (#30c 1991), George Strait's "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" (#1c 1986), "The Chair" (#1c 1985), "Ocean-Front Property" (#1c 1987), "Famous Last Words of a Fool" (#1c 1988), "I've Come to Expect it from You" (#1c 1990), "Easy Come, Easy Go" (#1c 1993), "She Let Herself Go" (#54, #1c 2005), "If I Know Me" (#1c 1991)

Bud Isaacs

b. 1928 in Bedford, IN
country singer
instruments: guitar, steel guitar
"Steel Guitar Breakdown" (1954), "Yesterday's Waltz" (1954), "Waltz of the Ozarks" (1955), "Silver Moon on the Golden Gate" (1955), "Steelin' Away" (1955), "Two Out of Three" (1955), "Bluebonnet Rag" (1955), "Steelin' Home" (1955), "Blue Mirage" (1955)
session musician with Chet Atkins, Skeeter Davis, and others
invented the pedal steel guitar
md. to singer, Geri Mapes

Charly McClain (Charlotte Denise McClain)

b. 1956 in Jackson, TN (grew up in Memphis, TN)
country/pop singer
"Make the World Go Away" (#73c 1977), "Let Me Be Your Baby" (#13c 1978), "That's What You Do to Me" (#8c 1987), "When a Love Ain't Right" (#11c 1979), "You're a Part of Me" (#20c 1979), "Men" (#7c 1980), "Who's Cheating Who?" (#1c 1980), "Women Get Lonely" (1980), "Sleepin' with the Radio on" (#4c 1981), "The Very Best is You" (#5c 1982), "Dancing Your Memory Away" (#3c 1982), "Sentimental Ol' You" (#3c 1983), "Radio Heart" (#1c 1985), "Don't Touch Me There" (#20c 1987)
duet with Johnny Rodriquez, "I Hate the Way I Love it" (#16c 1979)
duets with Mickey Gilley, "Paradise Tonight" (#1c 1983), "Candy Man" (#5c 1984)
duets with Wayne Massey, "With Just One Look in Your Eyes" (#5c 1985), "You Are My Music, You Are My Song" (#10c 1986), "When it's Down to Me and You" (#17c 1986)
songwriter
actress
md. to singer, Wayne Massey (1984- )

Ronnie McDowell (Ronald Dean McDowell)

b. 1950 in Fountain Head, TN (grew up near Portland, TN)
country/pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"The King is Gone" (#13, #13c 1977, he co-wrote as a tribute to Elvis Presley), "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" (#1c 1977), "I Love You, I Love You, I Love You" (#81, #5c 1978, he wrote), "Here Comes the Reason I Live" (#15c 1978), "He's a Cowboy From Texas" (1979), "Knight in Faded Blue Jeans" (1979), * "Older Women" (#1c 1981), "Wandering Eyes" (#2c 1981), * "Watchin' Girls Go By" (#4c 1981, he co-wrote), "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" (#1c 1983), "You Made a Wanted Man of Me" (#3c 1983), "In a New York Minute" (#5c 1985), "All Tied Up" (#6c 1986, he co-wrote), "It's Only Make Believe" (#8c 1988), "Unchained Melody" (#26c 1991), "She's My Saturday Night Special" (1991), "Linda, You're Losing a Good Thing" (2002, he wrote), "Is it Hot in Here?" (2002, he co-wrote), "I'll Still Be Here" (2002, he wrote)
duet with Jerry Lee Lewis, "Never Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll" (#50c 1989)
sang on the soundtrack for the 1979 movie Elvis
songwriter
served in the Navy
see Ronnie McDowell

Fred Parris

b. 1936 in New Haven, CT
doo-wop singer
"Blushing Bride" (1966), "Land of the Broken Hearts" (1966)
founding member and lead of The Five Satins (1955-56, 1958- ), "In the Still of the Night" (#25 1956, he wrote), "The Jones Girl" (1956), "Toni, My Love" (1959), "I'll Be Seeing You" (1960), "Can I Come Over Tonight?" (1961), "The Masquerade is Over" (1962), "Memories of Days Gone By" (#71 1982)
songwriter
served in the Army (1956-58)
see The Five Satins

Teddy Pendergrass (Theodore DeReese Pendergrass)

b. 1950 in Philadelphia, PA - 13 Jan 2010
soul singer
instrument: drums
"Close the Door" (#25 1978), "Turn Off the Lights" (#48 1979), "Love T.K.O." (#44 1980), "Joy" (#71 1988), "It Should've Been You" (1991)
with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (#3 1972), "I Miss You" (#58 1972), "The Love I Lost" (#7 1973), "Satisfaction Guaranteed (or Take Your Love Back)" (#58 1974), "Don't Leave Me This Way" (1975), "Wake up Everybody" (#12 1975), "Bad Luck" (#15 1975), "Reaching for the World" (#74 1977)
duet with Whitney Houston, "Hold Me" (#46 1984)
duet with Stephanie Mills, "Two Hearts" (#40 1981)
md. to Karen Still (1987-2002)
a 1982 auto accident left him paralyzed from the waist down
see Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

Diana Ross (Diane Ernestine Ross)

b. 1944 in Detroit, MI
R&B/pop/soul singer
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (#1 1970), "Dark Side of the World" (1970), "Touch Me in the Morning" (#1 1973), "Include Me in Your Life" (1974), "Sorry Doesn't Always Make it Right" (1975), "Do You Know Where You're Going to?" (#1 1976), "One Love in My Lifetime" (1976), "Love Hangover" (#1 1976), "Too Shy to Say" (1978), "It's My Turn" (#9 1980), "Upside Down" (#1 1980), "Friend to Friend" (1980), "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (#7 1981), "Mirror, Mirror" (#8 1982), "Pieces of Ice" (#31 1983), "Missing You" (#10 1984)
lead of Diana Ross and the Supremes (1961-69), "You Bring Back Memories" (1963), "Where Did Our Love Go?" (#1 1964), "Baby Love" (#1 1964), "Come See about Me" (#1 1964), "Stop! in the Name of Love" (#1 1965), "Back in My Arms Again" (#1 1965), "I Hear a Symphony" (#1 1965), "Nothing But Heartaches" (#11 1965), * "You Can't Hurry Love" (#1 1966), "You Keep Me Hangin' on" (#1 1966), "My World is Empty Without You" (#5 1966), "Love is Here and Now You're Gone" (#1 1967), "In and Out of Love" (#9 1967), * "The Happening" (#1 1967), "Reflections" (#2 1967), "Love Child" (#1 1968), "Forever Came Today" (#28 1968), "Some Things You Never Get Used to" (1968), "Someday We'll Be Together" (#1 1969), "No Matter What Sign You Are" (1969)
duet with Lionel Richie, "Endless Love" (#1 1981)
duet with Julio Iglesias, "All of You" (#19 1984)
actress
see The Supremes

Rufus Thomas (Rufus Thomas, Jr.)

b. 1917 in Cayce, MS – d. 15 Dec 2001 in Memphis, TN (heart failure)
soul singer
"Night Walkin' Blues" (1951), "No More Doggin' Around" (1952), "Juanita" (1952), "Bear Cat" (1953), "Can't Ever Let You Go" (1962), * "Walkin' the Dog" (#10 1963), "The Dog" (1963), "Can Your Monkey Do the Dog?" (1964), "Somebody Stole My Dog" (1964), "Steady Holding on" (1968), "Do the Funky Chicken" (1970), "The Breakdown" (#31 1971), "Do the Funky Penguin" (1971), "I'm Still in Love with You" (1973), "I Ain't Got Time" (1978), "Fried Chicken" (1978)
founding member of The Bearcats, "Alone on a Rainy Night" (1956), "Lizzie" (1956)
duet with Carla Thomas, "Cause I Love You" (1960)
songwriter
DJ; choreographer
father of Carla Thomas

Monte Yoho

b. 1952 in Lakeland, FL
country/rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Outlaws (1972-79, 2005- ), "There Goes Another Love Song" (#34 1975), "Green Grass and High Tides" (1975), "Girl From Ohio" (1976), "Hearin' My Heart Talkin'" (1977), "Hurry Sundown" (#60 1977), "Falling Rain" (1978), "(Come on) Dance With Me" (1979)
with The Henry Paul Band
see The Outlaws

March 27

Jann Arden (Jann Arden Anne Richards)

b. 1962 in Calgary, Canada
pop/rock singer
"I Would Die for You" (1992), "Could I Be Your Girl?" (1994), "Insensitive" (#12 1996), * "You Don't Know Me" (1997), "I Know You" (1998), "Sleepless" (2000), "Solitaire" (2007), "Bring the Boys Home" (2007)
duet with Alabama, "Will You Marry Me?" (#41c 2001)
songwriter
author; poet

Harold 'Ash' Ashby (Harold Kenneth Ashby)

b. 1925 in Kansas City, MO - d. 13 Jun 2003 in New York, NY (heart attack)
blues/jazz musician, instruments: tenor sax, clarinet
founding member of The Harold Ashby Quartet, "Just for You" (1999, he wrote), "Reminiscing" (1999, he wrote), "Forever" (1999, he wrote)
with the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1968-74)
session musician with Count Basie, Muddy Waters, Ike Turner, Otis Rush, and others
served in the Navy (1943-45)

Bill Callahan (Homer C. Callahan)

b. 1912 in Laurel, NC - d. 12 Sep 2002 in Dallas, TX
bluegrass/country singer, yodeler
instruments: guitar, bass fiddle, mandolin
"Rattlesnake Daddy" (1948), "Call Me Mister" (1951)
founding member of The Callahan Brothers (1933-52), "She's My Curly-Headed Baby" (1934), "Little Poplar Log-House on the Hill" (1934), "Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways" (1934), "She's Always on My Mind" (1937), "Lonesome Freight Train Blues" (1939), "My Blue-Eyed Jane" (1939), "Sad Memories" (1942), "Just One Year" (1948), "Cowboy Jack" (1948), "Blue Letters" (1952), "I Have Shifted Gears" (1952)
session musician with Marty Robbins, and others
photographer
younger brother of Joe Callahan
see The Callahan Brothers on CMT.com

Mariah Carey

b. 1970 in Long Island, NY
pop/soul singer with a five-octave range
"Vision of Love" (#1 1990), "Love Takes Time" (#1 1990), "Someday" (#1 1991), "I Don't Wanna Cry" (#1 1991), "Emotions" (#1 1991), "I'll Be There" (#1 1992), "Dream Lover" (#1 1993), "Hero" (#1 1994), "Endless Love" (#2 1994), "Fantasy" (#1 1995), "Daydream Interlude" (1995), "One Sweet Day" (#1 1996), "Always Be My Baby" (#1 1996), "Honey" (#1 1997), "My All" (#1 1998), "Heartbreaker" (#1 1999), "Thank God I Found You" (#1 2000), * "We Belong Together" (#1 2005), "Don't Forget About Us" (#1 2006)
songwriter
actress
humanitarian
music producer
md. to Tommy Mottola (1993-98)
see Mariah Carey

Rod 'Humble' Garwood (Rodney John Garwood)

b. 1944 in England
folk/pop/rock musician, instrument: bass guitar
founding member of Unit 4 + 2 (1963-67), * "Concrete and Clay" (#28 1965, One-Hit Wonder), "You've Never Been in Love Like This Before" (#95 1965), "Baby, Never Say Goodbye" (1966)
see Unit 4 + 2 on Wikipedia

Richard Hayman

b. 1920 in Cambridge, MA
pop musician, instrument: harmonica
"Ruby" (#3 1953), "April in Portugal" (#12 1953), "Let's Pretend Love" (1963)
duet with Jan August, "Three Penny Opera" (#12 1956, One-Hit Wonder)
conductor
songwriter
arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra (1949-79), and others
actor

Snooky Lanson (Roy Landman)

b. 1914 in Memphis, TN - d. 2 Jul 1990 in Nashville, TN (cancer)
pop singer
"It's Almost Tomorrow" (#20 1955, One-Hit Wonder), "Stop! Let Me Off the Bus" (1955), "Now You're in My Arms" (1956), "Ever Present Past" (1968), "Every Night is a Lifetime" (1968)
duet with Dorothy Collins, "I Will Still Love You" (1953)
actor; car salesman

Janis Martin (Janis Darlene Martin)

b. 1940 in Sutherlin, VA - d. 3 Sep 2007 (cancer)
country/rockabilly singer
instrument: guitar
"Will You, Willyum?" (#35 1956), "Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll" (1956), "Let's Elope, Baby" (1956), "Barefoot Baby" (1956), "Love and Kisses" (1957), "All Right, Baby" (1957), "Billy Boy, Billy Boy" (1958), "Cracker Jack" (1958), "Here Today and Gone Tomorrow" (1960)
founding member of The Variations, "Empty Words" (1969), "Yesterday is Gone" (1969)
md. to Wayne Whitt

David Rogers (David Pierce Rogers)

b. 1936 in Atlanta, GA – d. 10 Aug 1993
country/pop singer
instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar
"I'd Be Your Fool Again" (#69c 1968, he co-wrote), "A World Called You" (#23 1969), "The Edge of Your Memory" (1970), "She Don't Make Me Cry" (#19c 1971), "Need You" (#9c 1972), "It'll Be Her" (#22c 1973), "Loving You Has Changed My Life" (#9c 1974), "You Be You and I'll Be Gone" (1974), "Since Never" (1975), "That Woman Keeps This Cowboy Comin' Home" (1976), "You and Me Alone" (#24c 1978), "You're Amazing" (#39c 1979), "You are My Rainbow" (#36c 1979), "If You Should Ask" (1979), "Darlin'" (#18c 1979), "Houston Blue" (#88c 1981)
songwriter
served in the military

Bunny Sigler (Walter Sigler)

b. 1941 in Philadelphia, PA
pop/R&B singer
instruments: guitar, bass, piano, organ, trombone
"Square from Nowhere" (1959), "Comparatively Speaking" (1966), "Always in the Wrong Place (at the Wrong Time)" (1966), "Let the Good Times Roll/Feels So Good" (#22 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Sunny Sunday" (1967), "Lovey Dovey" (#86 1967), "Where Do the Lonely Go?" (1969), "Tossin' and Turnin'" (1972), "Can't Believe That You Love Me" (1976), "By the Way You Dance (I Knew it Was You)" (1978)
duet with Cindy Scott, "We're Only Human" (1969)
songwriter
music producer

Mike 'Smitty' Smith (Michael Leroy Smith)

b. 1942 in Beaverton, OR (grew up in Portland, OR) – d. 6 Mar 2001
rock musician, instrument: drums
with Paul Revere and the Raiders (1962-67, and reunions), "Leatherneck" (1962), "Just Like Me" (#11 1965), "Kicks" (#4 1966), "Hungry" (#5 1966), "Good Thing" (#5 1966), "Ups and Downs" (#22 1967), "I Had a Dream" (#20 1967), "Him or Me, What's it Gonna Be" (#7 1967), "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" (#20 1967)
see Paul Revere and the Raiders'

Sarah Vaughan (Sarah Lois Vaughan aka Sassy aka The Divine One)

b. 1924 in Newark, NJ - d. 3 Apr 1990 in Hidden Hills, CA (lung cancer)
jazz/pop singer
instruments: organ, piano
"What More Can a Woman Do?" (1946), "It's Magic" (#11 1948), "Street of Dreams" (1952), "Make Yourself Comfortable" (#6 1954), "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)" (#6 1955), "C'est La Vie" (#11 1955), "Mr. Wonderful" (#13 1956), "April, Give Me One More Day" (1957), "Blue Orchids" (1958), "Broken-Hearted Melody" (#7 1959), "Once Upon a Summertime" (1963), "Pieces of Dreams" (1972), "Do Away With April" (1974)
md. to trumpet player/bandleader, George Treadwell (1947-59); md. to football player, Clyde Atkins (1959-62); md. to Marshall Fisher; md. to jazz trumpet player, Waymon Reed
see Sarah Vaughan on SoulWalking

March 28

Rodney Atkins

b. 1969 in Knoxville, TN
country singer
instrument: guitar
"In a Heartbeat" (#74c 1997, he co-wrote), "Sing Along" (#37c 2002, he co-wrote), "Honesty (Write Me a List)" (#57, #4c 2004), "If You're Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)" (#33, #1c 2006), "Watching You" (#36, #1c 2006)
songwriter
see Rodney Atkins

Arlie Duff (Arliegh Elton Duff)

b. 1924 in Jack's Branch, TX - d. 4 Jul 1996
country singer
"Courtin' in the Rain" (1953), "She's a Housewife That's All" (1953), "Y'all Come" (#7c 1953, he wrote), "Lie Detector" (1955), "Alligator Come Across" (1956, he wrote), "So Close and Yet So Far" (1956), "You've Done it Again" (1957), "A Dark Night, A Lonely Street" (1958)
songwriter, wrote Sonny James' "It's the Little Things" (#1c 1968); Ernest Tubb's "Another Story" (#16c 1966)
DJ
served in the Navy during WWII
md. to Nancy White (1954-96, his death), Red Foley sang at their wedding

Ray Graffia (Raymond Graffia, Jr.)

b. 1946 in Chicago, IL
pop/rock/soul singer (lead tenor)
instrument: tambourine
founding member of The New Colony Six (1964-69), "I Confess" (#71 1965), "At the River's Edge" (1966), "Love You So Much" (#55 1966), "Accept My Ring" (1967), "My Dreams Depend on You" (1967), "I Will Always Think about You" (#22 1968), "Things I'd Like to Say" (#16 1968), "Girl Unsigned" (1968), "Hold Me with Your Eyes" (1968), "You Know Better" (1968), "I Could Never Lie to You" (1969), "Prairie Grey" (1969)
founding member of The Raymond John Michael Band (aka RJM) (1969-71)

Charlie McCoy (Charles Ray McCoy)

b. 1941 in Oak Hill, WV
country/rock singer
instrument: drums, guitar, bass, harmonica, trumpet, keyboards
"Cherry Berry Wine" (#99 1961), "I Just Want to Make Love to You" (1962), "Girl (Those Were the Good Old Days)" (1965), "My Baby's Back Again" (1966), "Today I Started Loving You Again" (#16c 1972), "I Really Don't Want to Know" (#19c 1972), "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (#23c 1972), "Orange Blossom Special" (#26c 1973), "Shenandoah" (#33c 1973, he wrote), "Fair and Tender Ladies" (#30c 1978)
duets with Barefoot Jerry, "T.D.'s Boogie Woogie" (#22c 1974), "Summit Ridge Drive" (#98c 1977)
harmonica player with Area Code 615 (1969-70), "Why Ask Why?" (1969), "Southern Comfort" (1969), "Stone Fox Chase" (1970)
founding member of The Nashville Superpickers, "New York Cowboy" (#83c 1981)
session musician on Bobby Bare's "Detroit City" (#16, #6c 1963); and with Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, B.J. Thomas, and others
songwriter
see Barefoot Jerry

Reba McEntire (Reba Nell McEntire)

b. 1954/55 in Chockie, OK
country singer
instrument: guitar
* "Only You" (#5 1975), "I Don't Want to Be a One-Night Stand" (1976), "Runaway Heart" (#19c 1979), * "You Lift Me up to Heaven" (#8c 1980), * "My Turn" (1980), "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" (#18c 1980), * "Today All Over Again" (#5c 1981), * "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way" (#13c 1981), * "I'm Not That Lonely Yet" (#3c 1982), * "Can't Even Get the Blues No More" (#1c 1982), * "You're the First Time I've Thought about Leaving" (#1c 1983), * "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)?" (#7c 1983), * "There Ain't No Future in This" (#12c 1984), * "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" (#15c 1984), * "How Blue?" (#1c 1985), "Red Roses Won't Work Now" (1985), "Only in My Mind" (#5c 1985), "Don't Forget Your Way Home" (1985), "Somebody Should Leave" (#1c 1985), "Whoever's in New England" (#1c 1986), "Little Rock" (#1c 1986), * "What Am I Gonna Do about You?" (#1c 1986), * "One Promise Too Late" (#1c 1987), * "I Don't Want to Mention Any Names" (1987), "The Last One to Know" (#1c 1987), "Love Will Find it's Way to You" (#1c 1988), * "You Must Really Love Me" (1988), * "I Know How He Feels" (#1c 1988), "New Fool at an Old Game" (#1c 1989), "Cathy's Clown" (#1c 1989), "The Stairs" (1989), "You Lie" (#1c 1990), "Fancy" (#8c 1991), "For My Broken Heart" (#1c 1991), "Buying Her Roses" (1991), "Is There Life Out There?" (#1c 1992), "She Thinks His Name Was John" (#15c 1994), "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" (#1c 1995), "And Still" (#2c 1995), "How Was I to Know?" (#1c 1996), * "I Won't Mention it Again" (1996), * "The Fear of Being Alone" (#2c 1996), * "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" (#2c 1997), "Wrong Night" (#52, #6c 1998), "Forever Love" (#4c 1998), "What Do You Say?" (#31, #3c 1999), * "Til I Said it to You" (#70c 1999), "I'm a Survivor" (#49, #3c 2001), "Somebody" (#1c 2004), "He Gets That From Me" (#7c 2005)
duet with Linda Davis, "Does He Love You?" (#1c 1993)
duet with Brooks and Dunn, "If You See Him, if You See Her" (#1c 1998)
duets with Jacky Ward, "Three Sheets in the Wind" (#20c 1978), "That Makes Two of Us" (#26c 1979)
duet with Vince Gill, "The Heart Won't Lie" (#1c 1993)
duet with Hank Williams, Jr., Willie Nelson and Tom Petty, "Mind Your Own Business" (#1c 1986)
songwriter
actress; rodeo barrel racer
md. to Charlie Battles (1976-87); md. to guitar player, Narvel Blackstock (1989- )

Chuck Portz

b. 1945 in Santa Monica, CA
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of The Turtles (1964- ), "It Ain't Me, Babe" (#8 1965), "Let the Cold Winds Blow" (1965), "Wanderin' Kind" (1966), "Outside Chance" (1966), "You, Baby" (#20 1966), "Rugs of Woods and Flowers" (1967), "Happy Together" (#1 1967), "She'd Rather Be with Me" (#3 1967), "You Know What I Mean" (#12 1967), "She's My Girl" (#14 1967), "Elenore" (#6 1968), "You Showed Me" (#6 1969)
see The Turtles

Dean Webb (Roy Dean Webb)

b. 1937 in Independence, MO
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: mandolin
founding member of The Dillards (1962- ), "Somebody Touched Me" (1963), "Rainin' Here This Mornin'" (1963), "Polly Vaughn" (1964), "Biggest Whatever" (1968), "West Montana Hanna" (1970), "Redbone Hound" (1971), "One A.M." (1971), "Hot Rod Banjo" (1973), "Headed for the Country" (1979), "Tears Won't Dry in the Rain" (1991), "Bed of Clover" (1992), "Take Me Along for the Ride" (1992)
see The Dillards

Paul Whiteman (aka the 'King of Jazz')

b. 1890 in Denver, CO - d. 29 Dec 1967 in Doylestown, PA (cardiac arrest)
jazz musician, instruments: violin, viola
founding member and leader of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, "Ivy (Cling to Me)" (1922), "Old-Fashioned Girl (in a Gingham Gown)" (1922), "My Rambler Rose" (1922), "Roamin' to Wyomin'" (1923), "Eliza" (1924), "Tell Me, Dreamy Eyes" (1924), "So This is Venice" (1924), "Mandy, Make up Your Mind" (1924), "Hard-Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)" (1924), "My Twilight Rose" (1924), "Lucky Kentucky" (1924), "Hymn to the Sun" (1925), "Ida, I Do" (1925), "Lulu Belle" (1926), "Soliloquy" (1927), "If You See Sally" (1927), "Felix the Cat" (1928), "Forget-Me-Not" (1928), "Roses of Yesterday" (1928), "From Monday on" (1928), "I'm Bringing a Red Red Rose" (1928), "Midnight Reflections" (1928), "A Bundle of Old Love Letters" (1929), "My Angeline" (1929), "A Rose and a Kiss" (1931), "Sylvia" (1931), "A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing" (1932), "I Saw You Dancing" (1934), "And Then Some" (1935), "The Jockey on the Carousel" (1935), "I'm Keeping Those Keepsakes You Gave Me" (1935), "Shall We Dance?" (1937), "Liza" (1938), "At the Storybook Ball" (1940), "Then and Now" (1954), "Mississippi Mud" (1954), "Put Your Little Foot Right Out" (1955), "Washboard Blues" (1956), "Midnight in Monte Carlo" (1958), "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate" (1959), "Drifting and Dreaming" (1960)
founding member and leader of Paul Whiteman's Woodwinds, "Crinoline Days" (1939), "Tell Me, Little Gypsy" (1939)
songwriter
served in the Navy during WWI
md. to actress, Margaret Livingston (1931- )

Milan Williams (Milan B. Williams)

b. 1948 in Okolona, MS - 9 Jul 2006 in Houston, TX (cancer)
R&B singer
instruments: keyboards, guitar, trombone, piano, drums
founding member of The Commodores (1968-89), "Machine Gun" (#22 1974), "Slippery When Wet" (#19 1975), "Sweet Love" (#5 1976), "Just to Be Close to You" (#7 1976), "Brick House" (#5 1977, he co-wrote), "Fancy Dancer" (#39 1977), "Easy" (#4 1977), * "Three Times a Lady" (#1 1978), "Still" (#1 1979), "Sail on" (#4 1979), "Heroes" (#54 1980), "Lady" (#8 1981), "Oh, No" (#4 1981), "Night Shift" (#3 1985)
songwriter
see The Commodores

March 29

Chad Allan (Allan Kowbel)

b. 1943 in Winnipeg, Canada
rock/blues singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, drums, piano
"Shy Guy" (1963), "Stop Teasing Me" (1964), "Greeting Card" (1968), "Elevator" (1968), "Thru the Looking Glass" (1968), "Ramona's Hourglass" (1968)
founding member of The Guess Who (1964-66), "Till We Kissed" (1964), "Shakin' All Over" (#22 1965), "Theme From a Music Box" (1965), "The Clock on the Wall" (1966), "His Girl" (1966)
The Guess Who was formerly called Chad Allan and the Expressions
founding member of Brave Belt
songwriter
see The Guess Who on Wikipedia

Pearl Bailey (Pearl Mae Bailey aka 'Pearly Mae')

b. 1918 in Newport News, VA - d. 17 Aug 1990 in Philadelphia, PA (heart failure)
pop/jazz singer
"Tired" (1951), "That's Good Enough for Me" (1951), "It's a Woman's Prerogative" (1951), "Ma, He's Makin' Eyes at Me" (1951), Takes Two to Tango" (#7 1952), "He May Be Your Man" (1955), "Solid Gold Cadillac" (1956), "Bill Baily, Won't You Please Come Home?" (1957), "New Shoes" (1960), "You Gotta Dance" (1962), "I Was a Little Too Lonely" (1964), "Man is a Necessary Evil" (1967), "Before the Parade Passes By" (1967), "The Color of the Rain" (1968), "Love Letter" (1968), "I've Taken a Fancy to You" (1971)
with The Cootie Williams Band
actress; author
md. to drummer, Louie Bellson (1952-90, her death)

Randy Barlow

b. 1943 in Detroit, MI
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Throw Away the Pages" (#80c 1974), "Lonely Eyes" (#46c 1976), "Twenty-Four Hours from Tulsa" (#18c 1977), "Slow and Easy" (#10c 1978), "No Sleep Tonight" (#10c 1978, he co-wrote), "Fall in Love with Me Tonight" (#10c 1979, he co-wrote), "Sweet Melinda" (#10c 1979, he co-wrote), "Love Dies Hard" (#13c 1981), "Willow Run" (1981), "New York City Cowboys" (1981), "Don't Leave Me Lonely Loving You" (#67 1983)
songwriter
see Randy Barlow

Kathy Barnes

b. 1954 in Henderson, KY
country singer
"Be Honest With Me" (#92c 1975), "Paper Cups" (1975), "Sleeping With a Memory" (#73c 1976), "Someday Soon" (#39c 1976), "Good 'n' Country" (#37c 1977), "Catch the Wind" (#50c 1977), "Starve a Fever" (1977), "You Make Me Feel it Again" (1978), "Love at First Touch" (1979)

Michael Brecker

b. 1949 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 13 Jan 2007 in NY (complications of leukemia)
rock/jazz musician, instruments: tenor sax, reeds
"Syzygy" (1987, he wrote), "Naked Soul" (1996, he wrote), "Half Past Late" (1999, he wrote), "Two Blocks From the Edge" (1997), "How Long 'Til the Sun" (1997, he wrote), "As I Am" (1999), "The Nearness of You" (2000), "Incandescence" (2000, he wrote), "I Can See Your Dreams" (2000, he wrote), "Broadband" (2003, he wrote), "Never Alone" (2003, he wrote), "Five Months From Midnight" (2007, he wrote), "When Can I Kiss You Again?" (2007, he wrote)
founding member of the Brecker Brothers Band (1975-82, 1992-2007), "East River" (1978), "You Left Something Behind" (1980), "Dream Theme" (1980), "Good Gracious" (1992), "That's All There is to it" (1992), "And Then She Wept" (1994)
founding member of Dreams (1969-71)
session musician with Aerosmith, Patti Austin, George Benson, Tommy Bolin, James Brown, The Carpenters, Dan Fogelberg, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Carly Simon, James Taylor, Frank Zappa, and others
songwriter
arranger
brother of Randy Brecker
see Michael Brecker

Donny Conn (Donald Claps)

b. 1930 in Waterbury, CT
pop/novelty singer
instrument: drums
founding member of The Playmates (1956-64), "I Have Only Myself to Blame" (1956), "Nickelodeon Rag" (1956), "Barefoot Girl" (1957), "Magic Shoes" (1957), "While the Record Goes Around" (1958), "Jo-Ann" (#9 1958), "Don't Go Home" (#22 1958), "Beep Beep" (#4 1958, he co-wrote), "What is Love?" (#15 1959), "Wait for Me" (#37 1960), "Eyes of an Angel" (1960), "Little Miss Stuck-Up" (1961), "Tell Me What She Said" (1961), "What a Funny Way to Show it" (1962), "Petticoats Fly" (1962), "The Cop on the Beat" (1962)
songwriter
comedian; motivational speaker

Stingray Davis (Raymond Davis)

b. 1940 in Sumter, SC - d. 5 Jul 2005 in New Brunswick, NJ
doo-wop/soul singer (bass)
founding member of The Parliaments, "You're Cute" (1962), "That Was My Girl" (1966), "I Can Feel the Ice Melting" (1967), "Look at What I Almost Missed" (1968), "A New Day Begins" (1969) (he was not on "(I Wanna) Testify")
with Funkadelic, "Into You" (1978), "Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock?" (1978)
see The Parliaments on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Jean Dinning (Eugenia Dinning)

b. 1924 near Drury, OK
pop/country singer
"Learning to Love" (1955), "Wondering" (1962)
founding member of The Dinning Sisters, "Homesick, That's All" (1945), "Love on a Greyhound Bus" (1946), "Years and Years Ago" (1947), "My Adobe Hacienda" (#9 1947), "Buttons and Bows" (#7 1948), "Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia" (1950), "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (1951), "In All of My Dreams" (1951), "Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas" (1953), "As Long as I'm Dreaming" (1953)
songwriter, wrote Mark Dinning's "Teen Angel" (#1 1960)
twin sister of Ginger Dinning; older sister of Mark Dinning

Ginger Dinning (Virginia Dinning)

b. 1924 near Drury, OK
pop/country singer
founding member of The Dinning Sisters, "Homesick, That's All" (1945), "Love on a Greyhound Bus" (1946), "Years and Years Ago" (1947), "My Adobe Hacienda" (#9 1947), "Buttons and Bows" (#7 1948), "Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia" (1950), "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (1951), "In All of My Dreams" (1951), "Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas" (1953), "As Long as I'm Dreaming" (1953)
twin sister of Jean Dinning; older sister of Mark Dinning

Johnny Dowd

b. 1948 in Fort Worth, TX (grew up in TN and OK)
country/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"John Deere Yeller" (1997), "I Don't Exist" (1998), "One Way" (1998), "Bad Memories" (1999), "Just Because" (1999), "Hideaway" (2000), "The Similarity of Opposites" (2000), "Angel Eyes" (2000), "Colt .45" (2000), "Hell or High Water" (2001), "Separate Beds" (2002), "Virginia Beach" (2002), "I See Horses" (2003), "Wedding Dress" (2003), "Corner Laundromat" (2006), "Anxiety" (2006), "Fireworks Factory" (2006)
songwriter
served in the Army
see Johnny Dowd

Astrud Gilberto (Astrud Weinert)

b. 1940 in Brazil
jazz/pop singer
"The Shadow of your Smile" (1965), "And Roses and Roses" (1965), "Look to the Rainbow" (1965), "Dreamy" (1968), "Without Him" (1969), "Bridges" (1972), "Daybreak (Walking Out of Yesterday)" (1972), "Fly Me to the Moon" (1991)
duet with Stan Getz, "The Girl from Ipanema" (#5 1964, One-Hit Wonder)
has recorded in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Japanese
md. to Joao Gilberto (1959- )
animal rights activist

Robert Gordon (Robert Ira Gordon)

b. rockabilly/rock singer
1947 in Washington, DC (grew up in Bethesda, MD)
"Black Slacks" (1978), "It's Only Make Believe" (#99c 1979), "Walk on By" (#98c 1979), "The Catman" (1979, he co-wrote as a tribute to Gene Vincent), "Born to Lose" (1980, he wrote), "Someday, Someway" (#76 1981), "I'm Dreaming of You" (1982)
founding member of The Confidentials, "It's Summertime" (1964, he co-wrote)
with Tuff Darts, "All for the Love of Rock 'n' Roll" (1978)
duets with Link Wray, "Red Hot" (#83 1977), "Sweet Surrender" (1977), "If This is Wrong" (1978)
songwriter
actor
see Robert Gordon

Rick Henderson

b. 1953 in Beaumont, TX
country/rock singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
founding member of Mason Dixon (1975-89), "Every Breath You Take" (#69c 1983), "I Never Has a Chance with You" (#51c 1984), "Gettin' Over You" (#49c 1984), "Only a Dream Away" (#47c 1985), "3935 West End Avenue" (#39c 1987), "Dangerous Road" (#62c 1988), "When Karen Comes Around" (#49c 1988), "Exception to the Rule" (#35c 1989)

Terry Jacks

b. 1944/46 in Manitoba, Canada
rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Seasons in the Sun" (#1 1974, One-Hit Wonder), "It's Been There from the Start" (1974)
duet with Susan Pesklevits as The Poppy Family, "What Can the Matter Be?" (1969), "Which Way You Goin', Billy?" (#2 1970, he wrote), "That's Where I Went Wrong" (1970)
songwriter
music producer
environmentalist, established a group called Environmental Watch
md. to singer, Susan Pesklevits (19??-73)

Speedy Keen (John Keen)

b. 1945 in London, England - d. 21 Mar 2002 (heart failure)
rock singer
instrument: drums, guitar
"Forever After" (1973), "Something Else" (1973), "I Promise You" (1975)
founding member of Thunderclap Newman (1969-71), "Something in the Air" (#37 1969, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "The Reason" (1970, he wrote), "Hollywood Dream" (1970), "Accidents" (1970, he wrote), "Wilhelmina" (1970)
with The Tomcats (1965)
songwriter

Regina Leigh

b. 1968 in Marchville, NC
country singer
duets with Regina Nicks as Regina Regina, "More Than I Wanted to Know" (#53c 1997), "Right Plan, Wrong Man" (1997), "A Far Cry from Him" (1997)
with Dave and Sugar
md. to Tony King

Josh Logan

b. 1980 in Manchester, NH
country/rock singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member of Josh Logan and Nobody's Business (aka the Josh Logan Band) (2003- ), "Painful Breath" (2004), "In the Dark" (2004), "All That's Left" (2004), "Chains of Regret" (2004)
songwriter
music producer

Moon Mullican (Aubrey Mullican)

b. 1909 near Corrigan, TX - d. 1 Jan 1967 in Beaumont, TX (heart attack)
country/honky-tonk/western swing/blues/jazz/rockabilly singer
instrument: piano
"Georgia Pine" (1936), "Ain't You Kinda Sorry?" (1936, he wrote), "Swing, Baby, Swing" (1936, he wrote), "It's a Sin to Love You Like I Do" (1946), "When a Soldier Knocks and Finds Nobody Home" (1946), "New Jole Blon" (#2c 1947), "Sweeter Than the Flowers" (#3, #3c 1948), "Well Oh Well" (1950), "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" (#1, #1c 1950), "Mona Lisa" (#8, #4c 1950), "I'll Pour the Wine" (1950), "Goodnight, Irene" (#10, #5c 1950), "The Leaves Mustn't Fall" (1950, he wrote), "Cherokee Boogie" (#7, #10c 1951, he wrote), "Short But Sweet" (1951), "Too Many Irons in the Fire" (1951), "A Crushed Red Rose (and a Faded Blue Ribbon)" (1952, he wrote), "A Million Regrets" (1952), "1001 Sleepless Nights" (1952), "Save a Little Dream for Me" (1952), "I Was Sorta Wondering" (1960), "Ragged But Right" (#15 1961), "I'll Take Your Hat Right Off My Rack" (1961), "The Coffee Song" (1962), "A Love That Might Have Been" (1966), "Just for Laughs" (1966)
with Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanders (1938-45)
session musician with Floyd Tillman, Jimmie Davis, The Shelton Brothers, and others
songwriter
see Cliff Bruner and the Texas Wanderers on Wikipedia
see Moon Mullican on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Leonard Seago (James C. Holley aka Jody Holley)

b. 1896 - d. 1979 in AZ
western swing/country singer
instrument: fiddle
with The Texas Playboys (1945-47), "Smoke on the Water" (#1c 1945), "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" (#1c 1945), "Roly Poly" (1945), "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (1945), "Texas Two-Step" (1945), "Stay a Little Longer" (#2c 1946), "New Spanish Two-Step" (#1c 1946), "Can't Get Enough of Texas" (1947), "Sugar Moon" (#1c 1947)
with The Tune Wranglers (1938- )
session musician with Adolph Hofner, Ted Daffan, and others
see The Texas Playboys

Brady Seals

b. 1969 in Cincinnati, OH or Hamilton, OH or Fairfield, OH
country singer
instruments: piano, keyboards, guitar, harmonica, accordion
"Another You, Another Me" (#32c 1997, he co-wrote), "I Fell" (#55c 1998), "Whole Lotta Hurt" (#66c 1998, he co-wrote), "The Best is Yet to Come" (#74c 1999, he co-wrote)
lead singer and keyboardist with Little Texas (1988-95), "Some Guys Have All the Love" (#8c 1991), "What Were You Thinkin'?" (#17c 1992), "You and Forever and Me" (#5c 1992), "I'd Rather Miss You" (#16c 1993), "Stop on a Dime" (#14c 1993), "God Blessed Texas" (#55, #4c 1993, he co-wrote), "What Might Have Been" (#74, #2c 1993), "My Love" (#83, #1c 1993, he co-wrote), "Cut-Off Jeans" (1993), "Kick a Little" (#5c 1994), "Amy's Back in Austin" (#4c 1995, he co-wrote)
founding member and lead singer with Hot Apple Pie (2003- ), "Hillbillies" (#26c 2005), "We're Making Up" (#54c 2005), "Slowin' Down the Fall" (2005), "Should've Seen Her Leavin' Comin'" (2005), "All Together Now" (2005), "Easy Does it" (#50c 2006)
songwriter
cousin of Jim and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan
see Little Texas
see Brady Seals

March 30

Dave Ball

b. 1950 in Birmingham, England
rock musician, instrument: guitar
with Procol Harum (1971-72), "Conquistador" (#16 1972)
Procol Harum was named for a Latin phrase that the founding members thought meant 'beyond these things'; an asteroid and and orchid have both been named after the band
with Long John Baldry's band
session musician with Jonathan King, and others
see Procol Harum

Connie Cato (Connie Ann Cato)

b. 1955 in East St. Louis, MO or Carlinville, IL
country singer
"How Come You Struck the Match?" (1973), "Four on the Floor" (1973), "Superskirt" (#33c 1974), "Super Kitten" (#73c 1974), "Hurt" (#14c 1975), "He'll Be Lovin' Her" (1975), "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" (1976), "I'll Love Her Right Out of Your Mind" (1978), "Somebody's Leavin'" (1980), "Roses for Sale" (1981)
instrument: guitar

Eric Clapton (Eric Patrick Clapp)

b. 1945 in Surrey, England
rock/R&B/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"After Midnight" (#18 1970), "Easy Now" (1970), "Let it Rain" (#48 1970), "Bell Bottom Blues" (#78 1973, he wrote), "I Shot the Sheriff" (#1 1974), "Hello, Old Friend" (#24 1976), "Lay Down, Sally" (#3, #26c 1977), "Wonderful Tonight" (#16 1978, he wrote about his wife), "Promises" (#9, #82c 1979), "Watch Out for Lucy" (#40 1979), "I Can't Stand it" (#10 1981), * "I've Got a Rock and Roll Heart" (#18 1983), "Tears in Heaven" (#2 1992), "Layla" (#12 1992), "Change the World" (#5 1996), "My Father's Eyes" (1998)
founding member of The Yardbirds (1963-65), "For Your Love" (#6 1965), "Heart Full of Soul" (#9 1965)
with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1965-66), "Key to Love" (1966)
founding member of Cream (1966-68), "Deserted Cities of the Heart" (1968), "Sunshine of Your Love" (#5 1968), "Born Under a Bad Sign" (1968)
founding member of Derek and the Dominos (1970- ), "Thorn Tree in the Garden" (1970), "Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?" (1970, he co-wrote), "Tell the Truth" (1970, he co-wrote), "Layla" (#10 1972, he co-wrote)
with Blind Faith (1969)
duet with B.B. King, "Riding with the King" (2000)
songwriter
md. to Pattie Boyd Harrison
see John Mayall
see The Yardbirds
see Eric Clapton
see Cream
see Derek and the Dominos on Wikipedia

Graeme Edge

b. 1941 in Staffordshire, England
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Moody Blues (1964-74, 1977- ), "Go Now" (#10 1965), "From the Bottom of My Heart" (#93 1965), "Thank You, Baby" (1966), "Ride My See-Saw" (#61 1968), "Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)" (#24 1968), "Another Morning" (1968), "Never Comes the Day" (1969), "The Story in Your Eyes" (#23 1971), "Nights in White Satin" (#2 1972), "I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock 'n' Roll Band)" (#12 1972), "Isn't Life Strange?" (1972), "Steppin' in a Slide Zone" (#38 1979), "Gemini Dream" (#12 1981), "Sitting at the Wheel" (#27 1983), "Your Wildest Dreams" (#9 1986), "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" (#30 1988)
songwriter
see The Moody Blues
see The Moody Blues on Wikipedia

Ken Forssi (Kenneth Raymond Forssis)

b. 1943 in Cleveland, OH (grew up in Sarasota, FL) - d. 10 Jan 1998 in Tallahassee, FL (brain tumor)
folk/rock/pop musician, instrument: bass
founding member of Love (1965-68), "Seven and Seven is" (#33 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "My Little Red Book" (1966), "Orange Skies" (1967), "Alone Again Or" (1967)
session musician with Jimi Hendrix, and others
served time in San Quentin for heroin possession and armed robbery
see Love

Rolf Harris

b. 1930 in Australia
novelty singer
instrument: piano
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" (#3 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Sun Arise" (1963), "The Big Black Hat" (1963), "Waltzing Matilda" (1964), "The Farmer Went Out for Some Beer" (1964)
songwriter
author

Charlie Cane (Charles Koppelman)

b. 1940 in the Bronx, NY
novelty/pop singer
founding member of The Ivy Three (1959-61), "Yogi" (#8 1960, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Was Judy There?" (1960), "Nine Out of Ten" (1961)
songwriter
music producer

Frankie Laine (Francesco Paolo LoVecchio)

b. 1913 in Chicago, IL - d. 6 Feb 2007 in San Diego, CA (complications of hip replacement surgery)
pop singer
"We'll Be Together" (1945), "That's My Desire" (#4 1947), "Mule Train" (#1 1949), "That Lucky Old Sun" (#1 1949), "The Cry of the Wild Goose" (#1 1950), "Nevertheless (I'm in Love with You)" (#11 1950), "Jealousy" (#3 1951), "The Girl in the Wood" (1951), "Jezebel" (#2 1951), "Rose, Rose I Love You" (#3 1951), "High Noon" (#5 1952), "I Believe" (#2 1953), "Someday" (#14 1954), "Moonlight Gambler" (#3 1956), "Love is a Golden Ring" (#10 1957), "Go on with Your Dancing" (1965), "Making Memories" (#35 1967), "I Found You" (1968), "Pretty Little Princess" (1968), "Lord, You Gave Me a Mountain" (#24 1969), "Allegra" (1969), "If I Didn't Believe in You" (1969)
duet with Jo Stafford, "Pretty-Eyed Baby" (#13 1951)
duet with Doris Day, "Sugarbush" (#7 1952)
duet with Jimmy Boyd, "Tell Me a Story" (#4 1953)
sessionist
dancer; actor
see Frankie Laine

Scott Moffatt (Scott Andrew Moffatt)

b. 1983 in Vancouver, Canada
country/rock singer
instruments: lead guitar, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
founding member of The Moffatts (1990-2001), "We're Off to the Rodeo" (1995), "Grandma" (1995), "All I Have is a Dream" (1995), "Until You Loved Me" (1998), "Misery" (1998), "Raining in My Mind" (1998), "I'll Be There for You" (1998), "Written All Over My Heart" (1998)
songwriter
older brother of triplets, Clint, Dave and Bob Moffatt

Ronnie Rice

b. 1944
rock/pop/soul singer
instruments: guitar, organ
"Over the Mountain" (1961), "I Want You to Be My Girl" (1964)
with The New Colony Six (1966-72, and reunions, replaced Craig Kemp), "Love You So Much" (#55 1966), "Accept My Ring" (1967), "My Dreams Depend on You" (1967), "I Will Always Think about You" (#22 1968, he co-wrote), "Things I'd Like to Say" (#16 1968), "Girl Unsigned" (1968), "Hold Me with Your Eyes" (1968), "You Know Better" (1968), "I Could Never Lie to You" (1969), "Prairie Grey" (1969), "Roll on" (#56 1971), "Someone Sometime" (#109 1972)
songwriter

Jay Traynor (John Jay Traynor)

b. 1941/43 in Albany, NY
rock/pop/R&B singer
"I've Known You All My Life" (1964), "The Merry-Go-Round is Slowing You Down" (1966), "Up and Over" (1966), "Don't Let the End Begin" (1966)
with The Mystics (1960), "The White Cliffs of Dover" (1960), "Blue Star" (1960), "All Through the Night" (1960)
founding member and lead singer of Jay and the Americans (1962), "She Cried" (#5 1962)
with Jay Siegel and the Tokens
see Jay and the Americans

Randy Van Warmer

b. 1955 in Indian Hills, CO - d. 12 Jan 2004 in Seattle, WA (leukemia)
pop/rock/country singer
instrument: guitar
"Just When I Needed You Most" (#4, #71c 1979, he wrote), "Whatever You Decide" (#77 1980), "Suzie Found a Weapon" (#55 1981), "I Will Hold You" (#53c 1988, he co-wrote), "Where the Rocky Mountains Touch the Morning Sun" (#72c 1988, he co-wrote)
songwriter, wrote Alabama's "I'm in a Hurry (and Don't Know Why)" (#1c 1992); the Oak Ridge Boys' "I Guess it Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes" (#1c 1983)
see Randy Van Warmer

Bobby Wright (John Robert Wright, Jr.)

b. 1942 in Charleston, VW (grew up in LA)
country singer
instruments: guitar, drums, trumpet
"Singing Country Music" (1965), "I'll Put My Boots on Backwards" (1965), "Lay Some Happiness on Me" (#44 1967), "Upstairs in the Bedroom" (#40c 1969), "My Home Away from Home" (1969), "Hurry Home to Me" (#47c 1970), "Here I Go Again" (#13c 1971), "Seasons in the Sun" (#24c 1974), "I Just Came Home to Count the Memories" (#75c 1975)
songwriter
actor
son of Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells; md. to Brenda Kay Davis

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Rod Allen (Rodney Bainbridge)

b. 1944 in Leicester, England
rock singer
instrument: bass
founding member and lead singer of The Fortunes (1963- ), "You've Got Your Troubles" (#7 1965), "Here it Comes Again" (#27 1965), "This Golden Ring" (#82 1966), "Lifetime of Love" (1970), "That Same Old Feeling" (#62 1970), "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" (#15 1971), "Freedom Come, Freedom Go" (#72 1972), "Kentucky Girl" (1977)
see The Fortunes

Herb Alpert

b. 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
jazz/pop singer
instrument: trumpet
"Summer School" (1959), "Whipped Cream" (1965), "This Guy's in Love with You" (#1 1968), "Rise" (#1 1979), "Diamonds" (#5 1987), "Making Love in the Rain" (#35 1987)
founding member and lead of the Tijuana Brass, "The Lonely Bull (El Solo Torro)" (#6 1962), "All My Loving" (1964), "Mae" (1965), "A Taste of Honey" (#7 1965), "The Work Song" (#18 1966), "Zorba the Greek" (#11 1966), "Spanish Flea" (#27 1966), "What Now, My Love?" (#24 1966), "Casino Royale" (#27 1967), "This Guy's in Love With You" (#1 1968)
songwriter, wrote Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World" (#12 1960)
arranger; music publisher
see Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

Anita Carter (Ina Anita Carter)

b. 1933 in Maces Springs, VA – d. 29 Jul 1999 in Goodletsville, TN (complications of rheumatoid arthritis)
country/folk singer
instrument: upright bass, guitar, autoharp
"I'm Crying" (1951), "Right Way, Wrong Way" (1951), "Mask on Your Heart" (1955), "I Wore Dark Glasses" (1955), "If I Had a Needle and Thread" (1956), "Blue Doll" (1957), "I'm Gonna Leave You" (#44c 1966), "I've Heard the Wind Blow Before" (1966), "You Weren't Ashamed to Kiss Me (Last Night)" (1967), "Too Many Rivers to Cross" (1968), "Tulsa County" (#41c 1971)
founding member of The Carter Sisters, "Corina" (1939), "My Life with You" (1951), "Sun's Gonna Shine in My Back Door" (1952)
with The Carter Family (1961-79)
The Carter Family and the Oak Ridge Boys, "Praise the Lord and Pass the Soup" (#57c 1973)
The Carter Family with Johnny Cash, "Busted" (#13c 1963), "The World Needs a Melody" (#35c 1972)
founding member of Nita, Rita and Ruby, "Whose Baby Are You?" (1955), "But I Love You Just the Same" (1955), "Last Night in My Dreams" (1956), "You Came to the Prom Alone" (1957)
duets with Hank Snow, "Bluebird Island" (#4c 1951), "Down the Trail of Aching Hearts" (#2c 1951), "Down at the Pawn Shop" (#18c 1967)
duet with Johnny Darrell, "The Coming of the Roads" (#50c 1969)
duet with Waylon Jennings, "I Got You" (#4c 1968)
sessionist
daughter of Ezra and Maybelle Carter; sister of June Carter
md. 1st to Dale Potter (1950- ); md. 2nd to musician, Don Davis (1953- ); md. 3rd to musician, Bob Wotton (1974- )
see The Carter Family

Richard Chamberlain (George Richard Chamberlain)

b. 1935 in Los Angeles, CA (grew up in Beverly Hills, CA)
pop singer
"Heaven's Plan" (1961), "Three Stars Will Shine Tonight" (#10 1962), "All I Have to Do is Dream" (#14 1963)
actor (played Dr. Kildare 1961-66)
sergeant in the Army

Lefty Frizzell (William Orville Frizzell)

b. 1928 in Corsicana, TX (grew up in El Dorado, AR) – d. 19 Jul 1975 in Nashville, TN (stroke)
honky-tonk/country singer
instrument: guitar
"If You've Got the Money, Honey (I've Got the Time)" (#1 1950, he wrote), "I Love You a Thousand Ways" (#1 1950, he wrote), "Look What Thoughts Will Do" (#4c 1951, he co-wrote), "Shine, Shave, Shower (it's Saturday)" (#7c 1951, he co-wrote), "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (#2c 1951, he wrote), "I Want to Be with You Always" (#7c 1951, he co-wrote), "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" (#1c 1951, he co-wrote), "Travelin' Blues" (#8c 1951), "Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses)" (#1c 1951, he co-wrote), "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)" (#2c 1952, he co-wrote), "Forever (and Always)" (#6c 1952, he co-wrote), "How Long Will it Take (to Stop Loving You)?" (1952), "I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live while I Can)" (#3 1952, he wrote), "I Love You Mostly" (#11c 1955, he co-wrote), "Is it Only That You're Lonely?" (1957), "Long Black Veil" (#6c 1959), "So What, Let it Rain" (1961), "Forbidden Lovers" (#23c 1963), * "Saginaw, Michigan" (#85, #1c 1964), "James River" (1964), "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" (#12c 1965), "I Don't Trust You Anymore" (1965, he co-wrote), "Running into Memories" (1965), "You Don't Have to Be Present to Win" (1967), "Let Me Give Her the Flowers" (1973), "I Never Go Around Mirrors" (#25c 1974, he co-wrote), "Lucky Arms" (#21c 1974, he co-wrote), "Life's Like Poetry" (#67c 1975)
duet with June Stearns, "Have You Ever Been Untrue?" (1968)
songwriter, co-wrote Merle Haggard's "That's the Way Love Goes" (#1c 1984); Moe Bandy's "Bandy the Rodeo Clown" (#7c 1975); Hawkshaw Hawkins' "I Love You a Thousand Ways" (#8c 1951)
in 1951 he was the first artist (and possibly the only artist) to place four songs in the country top ten at the same time
md. to Alice Harper (1945- )
he had high blood pressure but didn't take his medication because it wasn't compatible with alcohol
his nickname came from using a left-hook to win a boxing match at age fourteen
see Lefty Frizzell on Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Lowell Fulson (aka Lowell Fulsom)

b. 1921 near Tulsa, OK – d. 6 Mar 1999 in Long Beach, CA (kidney disease and diabetes)
blues/country singer
instrument: guitar
"Highway 99" (1947), "Blue Shadows" (1950), "Juke Box Shuffle" (1953), "Reconsider Baby" (1954), "It Took a Long Time" (1959), "I'm Glad You Reconsidered" (1960), "Too Many Drivers" (1964), "Shattered Dreams" (1965), "Blues Around Midnight" (1966), "The Trouble I'm in" (1966), "Make a Little Love" (1967), "What the Heck?" (1968), "Lady in the Rain" (1969)
songwriter
served in the Navy (1943-45)
see Lowell Fulson on SoulWalking

Hoyt Hawkins (Hoyt H. Hawkins)

b. 1927 in Paducah, KY – d. 27 Oct 1982
country singer (baritone)
with The Jordanaires (1952-82), "I'll Tell it Wherever I go" (1952), "On the Jericho Road" (1953), "Shaking Bridges" (1955), "Rock 'n' Roll Religion" (1956), "Ridin' for a Fall" (1957), "Who Does He Think He is?" (1965), "A Hundred Yards of Real Estate" (1969), "Break My Mind" (1969)
The Jordanaires sang backup on Ferlin Husky's "Gone" (#1c 1957); Don Gibson's "Oh, Lonesome Me" (#7, #1c 1958); Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans" (#1, #1c 1959); Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never" (#1 1960); Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go" (#2, #1c 1960); Patsy Cline's "Crazy" (#9, #2c 1961); Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" (#19, #1c 1968); Conway Twitty's "Hello, Darlin'" (#1, #1c 1970); George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (#1, #1c 1980); and others
see the Jordanaires

Joe Holley (James C. Holley aka Jody Holley)

b. 1917 near Stephenville, TX - d. 25 Jul 1987 in Fresno, CA (pneumonia)
western swing/country musician, instrument: fiddle
with The Texas Playboys (1944-49, 1978, and occasionally in between), "You're From Texas" (#2c 1944), "We Might as Well Forget it" (#2c 1944), "New San Antonio Rose" (#3c 1944), "Smoke on the Water" (#1c 1945), "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" (#1c 1945), "Roly Poly" (1945), "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (1945), "Texas Two-Step" (1945), "Stay a Little Longer" (#2c 1946), "New Spanish Two-Step" (#1c 1946), "Can't Get Enough of Texas" (1947), "Sugar Moon" (#1c 1947), "Bubbles in My Beer" (#4c 1948), "Keeper of My Heart" (#8c 1948), "Thorn in My Heart" (#10c 1949)
see The Texas Playboys
actor
he was left-handed

Eddie Jackson

b. 1926 in Cookesville, TN (grew up in Detroit, MI) - d. 14 Jan 2002 (respiratory failure)
country/rockabilly/western swing singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member and leader of Eddie Jackson and the Swingsters, "You Put it There" (1953), "Rock and Roll Baby" (1956), "Please Don't Cry" (1957), "Blues I Can't Hide" (1963), "I'm Learning" (1963)
served in the Navy during WWII

Tommy Jackson (Thomas Lee Jackson, Jr.)

b. 1926 in Birmingham, AL (grew up in Nashville, TN) - d. 9 Dec 1979
country/bluegrass/western swing singer
instruments: fiddle, mandolin, guitar
"Mississippi Sawyer" (1952), "Black Mountain Rag" (1955), "Gray Eagle" (1955), "Old Joe Clark" (1955), "When My Cat Came Back" (1955), "Fourteen Days in Georgia" (1959)
with The Texas Playboys (1956), "So Let's Rock" (1956)
session fiddle player on Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" (#1c 1949); Red Foley and Betty Foley's "Satisfied Mind" (#3c 1955); and with George Jones, Cowboy Copas, Ray Price, Faron Young, and others
served in the Army Air Force as a tail gunner (1944-45); earned four Bronze Stars
see The Texas Playboys

Shirley Jones (Shirley May Jones)

b. 1934 in Charleroi, PA (grew up in Smithton, PA)
pop singer
instrument: tambourine
"Clover in the Meadow" (1957)
with The Partridge Family, * "I Think I Love You" (#1 1970), "I'll Meet You Halfway" (#9 1971), "I Woke up in Love This Morning" (#13 1971)
duets with Jack Cassidy, "Speaking of Love" (1957), "Marriage Type Love" (1958)
duet with Pat Boone, "The Bentonville Fair" (1957)
actress
md. to actor, Jack Cassidy (1956-74), md. to actor, Marty Ingels (1977- )
step-mother of David Cassidy, mother of Shaun Cassidy

John D. Loudermilk (aka 'Johnny Dee')

b. 1934 in Durham, NC - d. Sept 21, 2016 in Nashville, TN
country/folk/rock singer
instruments: guitar, trumpet, sax, ukulele, harmonica, mandolin, banjo, standup bass
"Sittin' in the Balcony" (#38 1957, he wrote), "Susie's House" (1958), "Yearbook" (1958), "The Language of Love" (#32 1961, he wrote), "Road Hog" (1962, he wrote), "Bad News" (#23c 1963, he wrote), "That Ain't All" (#20c 1965, he wrote), "Sidewalks" (1968)
songwriter, wrote The Nashville Teens' "Tobacco Road" (#14 1964); The Casinos' "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye" (#6 1967); The Everly Brothers' "Ebony Eyes" (#8 1961); Johnny Tillitson's "Talk Back Trembling Lips" (#7 1963); Sue Thompson's "Sad Movies Make Me Cry" (#5 1961), "Norman" (#3 1963); Paul Revere and the Raiders' "Indian Reservation" (#1 1971); George Hamilton IV's "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" (#6 1956), "Break My Mind" (#6c 1967); Stonewall Jackson's "Waterloo" (#4, #1c 1959)
cousin of Ira and Charlie Loudermilk (of The Louvin Brothers)
see John D. Loudermilk

Greg Martin

b. 1953/54 in Louisville, KY
country/rock singer
instrument: lead guitar, slide guitar
with Ronnie McDowell's band
founding member of Kentucky Headhunters (1985- ), "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" (#25c 1989), "Oh, Lonesome Me" (#8c 1990), "Rock 'n' Roll Angel" (#23c 1990), "With Body and Soul" (#56c 1991), "Honky-Tonk Walkin'" (#54c 1992), "Singin' the Blues" (#70c 1997), "Too Much to Lose" (#66c 2000)
the Kentucky Headhunters and Johnnie Johnson, "That'll Work" (1993), "I Know You Can" (1993), "Derby Day Special" (1993)
see The Kentucky Headhunters

Al Nichol (G. Allan Nichol)

b. 1945 in Winston-Salem, NC
rock singer
instruments guitar, piano
founding member of The Turtles (1964- ), "It Ain't Me, Babe" (#8 1965), "Let the Cold Winds Blow" (1965), "Wanderin' Kind" (1966), "Outside Chance" (1966), "You, Baby" (#20 1966), "Rugs of Woods and Flowers" (1967), "Happy Together" (#1 1967), "She'd Rather Be with Me" (#3 1967), "You Know What I Mean" (#12 1967), "She's My Girl" (#14 1967), "Elenore" (#6 1968), "You Showed Me" (#6 1969)
see The Turtles

Red Norvo (Kenneth Norville)

b. 1908 in Beardstown, IL - d. 6 Apr 1999 in Santa Monica, CA
jazz musician, instruments: xylophone, vibraphone
"Dance of the Octopus" (1933, he wrote), "In a Mist" (1933), "The Broken Record" (1933), "You Started Me Dreaming" (1933), "Gramercy Square" (1933), "The Night is Blue" (1934), "Says My Heart" (1937), "Jeannine (I Dream of Lilac Time)" (1937), "Daydreaming (All Night Long)" (1938), "Kiss Me with Your Eyes" (1938), "Rehearsing for a Nervous Breakdown" (1938), "Love is Where You Find it" (1938), "Purple Feathers" (1943), "'X' Marks the Spot" (1954)
founding member of The Red Norvo Sextet, "Dee Dee's Dance" (1949), "Red Dust" (1949)
founding member of The Red Norvo Trio (1949-53)
founding member of The Red Norvo Quintet (1956-65), "Scorpion's Nest" (1957), "Spider's Web" (1957), "About a Quarter to Nine" (1962), "One Minute to One" (1962)
with The Benny Goodman Sextet (1945)
duets with Mildred Bailey, "Please Be Kind" (#1 1938)
session musician with Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Dick Hyman, Charlie Parker, and others
md. to Mildred Bailey
see Benny Goodman

Jon Poulos (John Poulos aka Jon Jon Poulos)

b. 1947 in Chicago, IL – d. 26 Mar 1980 (heart failure caused by a drug overdose)
rock/pop singer
instrument: drums
founding member and drummer with The Buckinghams (1966-70), "I Call Her Name" (1967), "Kind of a Drag" (#1 1967), "Don't You Care?" (#6 1967), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (#5 1967), "Hey, Baby (They're Playing Our Song)" (#12 1967), "Susan" (#8 1967)
see The Buckinghams

Bob Ussery (Robert Dean Ussery)

b. 1940
d. 1 Oct 1998
pop/doo-wop singer
instrument: bass
founding member of The Castells (1959- ), "Little Sad Eyes" (1961), "Sacred" (#20 1961), "I Get Dreamy" (1961), "Echos in the Night" (1962), "Eternal Spring, Eternal Love" (1962), "So This is Love" (#21 1962), "I'd Like to Know" (1968), "Rocky Ridges" (1968)
some sources list his birthdate as 3 Sep 1935

Cindy Zett

b. 19??
rock/country singer
lead singer with the Alliance Band, * "What I Knew Then" (2002), "All I Want" (2002), "Halfway Home" (2002), "Undercover" (2002)
md. to singer, Nigel Alan Zett

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