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November 1

Bill Anderson (James William Anderson III aka 'Whisperin' Bill')

b. 1937 in Columbia, SC (grew up in Atlanta, GA)
country singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"That's What it's Like to Be Lonesome" (#12c 1959, he wrote), "Back Where I Started From" (1959, he wrote), "Ninety-Nine" (#13c 1959, he wrote), "The Tips of My Fingers" (#7c 1960, he wrote), "Walk Out Backwards" (#9c 1961, he wrote), "Mama Sang a Song" (#89, #1c 1962, he wrote), "Still" (#8, #1c 1963, Pop One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "8 x 10" (#53, #2c 1963, he wrote), "One Mile Over, Two Miles Back" (1963, he wrote), "You Made it Easy" (1963), "Five Little Fingers" (#5c 1964, he wrote), "Me" (#8c 1964), "In Case You Ever Change Your Mind" (#38c 1964, he wrote), "Down Came the Rain" (1964), "Three A.M." (#8c 1965, he wrote), "I Love You Drops" (#4c 1966, he wrote), "I Get the Fever" (#1c 1966, he wrote), * "The First Mrs. Jones" (1966, he wrote), "Get While the Gettin's Good" (#5c 1967, he wrote), "Wild Weekend" (#2c 1968, he wrote), "Happy State of Mind" (#2c 1968, he wrote), "My Life (Throw it Away if I Want To)" (#1c 1969, he wrote), "But You Know I Love You" (#2c 1970), "It Can't Go Anywhere But Wrong" (1970, he wrote), "Where Have All Our Heroes Gone?" (#93, #6c 1970, he wrote), "Always Remember" (#6c 1971), "Quits" (#3c 1971, he wrote), "Don't She Look Good" (#2c 1972), "The Corner of My Life" (#2c 1973, he wrote), "If You Can Live with it (I Can Live Without it)" (#2c 1973, he wrote), "World of Make Believe" (#1c 1974), "As Much As I Love You" (1974, he wrote), "Roller Coaster Ride" (1975, he wrote), "Liars One, Believers Zero" (#6c 1977), "Joanna" (1977), "Love Song for Jackie" (1977), "Still the One" (#11c 1977), "I Can't Wait Any Longer" (#80, #4c 1978, he wrote), "I'm Used to the Rain" (1980, he wrote), "She Made Me Remember" (1980), "All That Keeps Me Goin'" (1981, he wrote), "How Married Are You, Mary Ann?" (1981, he wrote), "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" (#75c 1984), "No Ordinary Memory" (1987), "Deck of Cards" (#60 1991), "Your Eyes Don't Lie to Me" (1994), "When Two Worlds Collide" (2001, he wrote)
duets with Jan Howard, "I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)" (#29c 1965), "For Loving You" (#1c 1968), "I Thank God for You" (1969, he wrote), "If it's All the Same to You" (#2c 1970, he wrote), "Someday We'll Be Together" (#4c 1970), "Tell it Like it Was" (1970, he wrote), "Dis-Satisfied" (#4c 1972, he wrote)
duets with Mary Lou Turner, "Sometimes" (#1c 1976, he wrote), "That's What Made Me Love You" (#7c 1976), "Where Are You Going, Billy Boy?" (#18c 1977), "Just Enough to Make Me Want it All" (1978, he wrote)
duet with David Allan Coe, "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" (#46c 1980, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Ray Price's "City Lights" (#1c 1958); Porter Wagoner's "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" (#2c 1967); Cal Smith's "The Lord Knows I'm Drinking" (#64, #1c 1973); Connie Smith's "Once a Day" (#1c 1964), "Cincinnati, Ohio" (#3c 1967), "I Never Once Stopped Loving You" (#5c 1970); Jim Reeves' "I Missed Me" (#44, #3c 1960); Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw, Michigan" (#85, #1c 1963); Jean Shepard's "Slippin' Away" (#55, #4c 1973); Barbara Mandrell's "The Best of Strangers" (#6c 1980); co-wrote Allison Krauss and Brad Paisley's "Whiskey Lullaby" (#41, #3c 2004); Vince Gill's "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" (#4c 1995)
actor; author
md. to Becky Stegall Davis (1971- )

Ric Grech (Richard Roman Grechko

b. 1946 in Bordeaux, France - d. 17 Mar 1990 (liver and kidney failure)
rock/blues singer
instruments: bass, violin, cello
with Family (1965-69), "Face in the Cloud" (1969, he wrote), "Second-Generation Woman" (1969, he wrote)
founding member of Blind Faith (1969)
founding member of Ginger Baker's Air Force (1970), "Man of Constant Sorrow" (#86 1970), "Don't Care" (1970), "Sweet Wine" (1970)
with Traffic (1969-71), "Empty Pages" (#74 1970), "Rock and Roll Stew" (#93 1971, he co-wrote)
founding member of KGB
session musician with Rod Stewart, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and others
see Traffic

Kacie 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, Brodie Jenkins

Big Kenny (William Kenneth Alphin aka Kenny Alphin)

b. 1963 in Culpeper, VA
country/rock singer
"The Last to Know" (2005), "Pray for You" (2005, he co-wrote), "Thinkin' Too Much" (2005)
founding member of Big and Rich (1998- ), "Wild West Show" (#85, #21c 2004), * "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" (#56, #11c 2004), "Holy Water" (#74, #15c 2005), "Big Time" (#20c 2005, he co-wrote), "Comin' to Your City" (#72, #21c 2005), "8th of November" (#94, #18c 2006), "Lost in This Moment" (#60, #18c 2007)
songwriter, co-wrote Gretchen Wilson's "Here for the Party" (#39, #3c 2004); Tim McGraw's "Last Dollar (Fly Away)" (#81, #1c 2007); Jason Aldean's "Amarillo Sky" (#59, #4c 2005), "Hicktown" (#68, #10c 2005)
md to Christiev Carothers (2005- )
see Big and Rich

Anthony Kiedis

b. 1962 in Grand Rapids, MI (grew up in Los Angeles, CA)
rock singer
founding member and lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers (1983- ), "Under the Bridge" (#2 1991, he co-wrote), "Scar Tissue" (#9 1998, he co-wrote), "Other Side" (#14 1999, he co-wrote), * "Dani California" (#6 2006, he co-wrote)
songwriter
actor under the name Cole Dammett
he has had problems with drug addiction and alcoholism
see Red Hot Chili Peppers

Lyle Lovett

b. 1956/57 in Klein, TX
country/pop/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Cowboy Man" (#10c 1986, he wrote), "Waltzing Fool" (1986), "Why, I Don't Know" (#15c 1987, he wrote), "Give Back My Heart" (#13c 1987, he wrote), "She's No Lady" (#17c 1988, he wrote), "I Loved You Yesterday" (#24c 1988, he wrote), "I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You" (#45c 1989, he wrote), "If I Were the Man You Wanted" (#49c 1989, he wrote), "North Dakota" (1992), "Penguins" (1994), "Goodbye to Carolina" (1994), "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)" (1996), "The Road to Ensenada" (1996), "Private Conversation" (#72c 1997), "Bears" (1998), "Texas Trilogy" (1998), "Texas River Song" (1998)
songwriter
music producer
actor
md. to to Julia Roberts (1993-95)
avid motorcyclist
see Lyle Lovett

Chris Morris

b. 1954 in Nottingham, England
pop/rock musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of Paper Lace (1969- ), "Elsie" (1971), "I've Got You, That's Enough for Me" (1972), * "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" (#96 1974), * "The Night Chicago Died" (#1 1974, One-Hit Wonder), * "The Black-Eyed Boys" (1974)

Dan Peek

b. 1950 in Panama City, FL - d. 24 Jul 2011
folk/rock/Christian singer
instruments: guitar, bass, keyboards, harmonica
"All Things are Possible" (#79 1978), "Love Was Just Another Word" (1978), "Lonely People" (1986), "Crossover" (1987)
founding member of America (1970-77), "Horse with No Name" (#1 1972), "I Need You" (#9 1972), "Ventura Highway" (#8 1972), "Don't Cross the River" (#35 1973), "Tin Man" (#4 1974), "Lonely People" (#5 1975), "Sister Golden Hair" (#1 1975), "Daisy Jane" (#20 1975), "Today's the Day" (#23 1976, he wrote), "California Dreamin'" (#56 1979), "You Can Do Magic" (#8 1982), "The Border" (#33 1983)
see America

Jack Ross

b. 1916 - d. 16 Dec 1982
novelty/pop singer
instrument: trumpet
"Cinderella" (#16 1962, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Happy Jose (Ching-Ching)" (#57 1962), "Mumbles" (1962)
songwriter

SSgt Barry Sadler

b. 1940 in Carlsbad, NM - d. 8 Sep 1989 in TN (heart failure and complications of an earlier gunshot wound)
pop singer
* "Ballad of the Green Berets" (#1, #2c 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "The A-Team" (#28, #46c 1966, he co-wrote), "The Soldier Has Come Home" (1966, he wrote), "I'm a Lucky One" (1966), "Not Just Lonely" (1966), "Letter From Vietnam" (1966), "Salute to the Nurses" (1966), "One Day Nearer Home" (1966), "I Won't Be Home This Christmas" (1966)
songwriter
served in the Air Force (1958- ); served in the U.S. Army Special Forces (aka Green Berets); medic and Staff Sergeant during the Vietnam War; he was wounded in Vietnam
actor; author

Keith Stegall (Robert Keith Stegall)

b. 1954 in Wichita Falls, TX
country singer
instruments: guitar, piano, drums
"The Fool Who Fooled Around" (#58c 1980, he co-wrote), "I Want to Go Somewhere" (#25c 1983), "Whatever Turns You on" (#19c 1983, he co-wrote), "Pretty Lady" (#10c 1985, he wrote), "California" (#13c 1985, he co-wrote), "Ole Rock and Roller (With a Country Heart)" (#52c 1986, he co-wrote), "1969" (#32c 1996, he co-wrote)
songwriter, wrote Dr. Hook's "Sexy Eyes" (#5 1980); Leon Everette's "Hurricane" (#4c 1981); Mickey Gilley's "Lonely Nights" (#1c 1981); Eddy Raven's "She's Playing Hard to Forget" (#10c 1982 #10); Glen Campbell's "A Lady Like You" (#4c 1984); Ronnie Milsap's "Stranger Things Have Happened" (#2c 1990); Alan Jackson's "Don't Rock the Jukebox" (#1c 1991), "Dallas" (#1c 1992), "Love's Got a Hold on You" (#1c 1992); Clay Walker's "If I Could Make a Living" (#1c 1994); Travis Tritt's "Between an Old Memory and Me" (#3c 1995); Sammy Kershaw's "Love of My Life" (#1c 1998), Mark Wills' "I Do (Cherish You)" (#1c 1998), "She's in Love" (#7c 1999); George Strait's "I Hate Everything" (#1c 2004); co-wrote Moe Bandy and Becky Hobbs' "Let's Get Over Them Together" (#10c 1983)
music producer

Phil Terry (Phillip Terry)

b. 1943 in Philadelphia, PA
soul/pop singer
founding member of The Intruders (1960-75), "But You Belong to Me" (1964), "A Book for the Broken-Hearted" (1966), "Together" (#48 1966), "Up and Down the Ladder" (1966), "Devil With an Angel's Smile" (1966), "Friends No More" (1968), "Cowboys to Girls" (#6 1968), "Turn the Hands of Time" (1968), "(Love is Like a) Baseball Game" (#26 1968), "When We Get Married" (#45 1970), "(Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner" (1971), "Do You Remember Yesterday?" (1971), "Memories Are Here to Stay" (1972), "I'll Always Love My Mama" (#36 1973), "I Wanna Know Your Name" (#60 1973), "Rainy Days and Mondays" (1975)
music producer
see The Intruders on soulwalking

Dale Wallace (Dale Robert Wallace)

b. 1969 in Vancouver, Canada
country singer
instruments: keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, sax
with Emerson Drive (Mar2003- , replaced Chris Hartman), Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You) (#23c 2003), "Fishin' in the Dark" (2004), "Last One Standing" (#89, #21c 2004), "November" (#41c 2004), "A Good Man" (#17c 2006), "Moments" (#56, #1c 2007), "You Still Own Me" (#35c 2007)
see Emerson Drive

Andre Williams (Zephire Andre Williams)

b. 1936 in Bessemer, AL
R&B/rock singer
"Just Because of a Kiss" (1956), "Bacon Fat" (1957), "Mean Jean" (1957), "Pass the Biscuits Please" (1957), "Rosa Lee" (1961), "Sweet Little Pussycat" (1966), "Rib Tips" (#94 1967), "Pearl Time" (#90 1967), "I Can't Stop Crying" (1967), "Cadillac Jack" (1968, he wrote), "Streakin' Song" (1976), "It's the Same Old Song" (1984)
with Andre Williams and the Don Juans, "Bobby Jean" (1956), "Hey, Country Girl" (1958)
with Andre Williams and the Sadies, "Pardon Me (I've Got Someone to Kill)" (1999), "Easy on the Eyes" (1999), "I Understand (Do You)?" (1999)
sessionist
songwriter, co-wrote The Five Dutones' "Shake a Tail Feather" (#51 1963), Alvin Cash and the Crawlers' "Twine Time" (#14 1965)
music producer

November 2

Jay Black (David Blatt aka David Black)

b. 1938 in NY
rock/pop singer, musician
lead of Jay and the Americans (1963- , replaced John Traynor after "She Cried"), "Only in America" (#25 1963), "Come a Little Bit Closer" (#3 1964), "Cara Mia" (#4 1965), "Let's Lock the Door (and Throw Away the Key)" (#11 1965), "Livin' Above Your Head" (1966), "Some Enchanted Evening" (#13 1965), "Crying" (#25 1966), "Sunday and Me" (#18 1965), "This Magic Moment" (#6 1968), "Walkin' in the Rain" (#19 1969)
songwriter
music producer
David Blatt used the name 'Jay' so the group name would Be consistent
see Jay and the Americans

Earl 'Speedo' Carroll

b. 1937 in NY
doo-wop/R&B singer
instrument: tenor sax
founding member and lead of The Cadillacs (1954-61, and reunions), "Let Me Explain" (1955), "Widow Lady" (1955), "Speedo" (#17 1956)
with The Coasters (1961-79, replaced Cornell Gunter, not on the hits)
half-brother of Bobby Phillips
see The Coasters
see The Cadillacs on Wikipedia

Keith Emerson

b. 1944 in Yorkshire, England (grew up in West Sussex, England)
rock musician, instruments: keyboards, organ, piano, synthesizer
"I'm a Man" (1981), "Dream Runner" (1986), "Not So Innocent" (1986), "Collision Course" (1988), "Sarah in the Library Vaults" (2000), "Rose Leaves the Apartment" (2000), "Outgoing Tide" (2002, he wrote), "For Kevin" (2002), "A Blade of Grass" (2005), "Flight of the Hawk" (2005)
founding member of Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970-78, 1992-98), "Lucky Man" (#48 1970, he wrote), "From the Beginning" (#39 1972)
founding member of Emerson, Lake and Powell (1985-87), "Touch and Go" (1987), "Learning to Fly" (1987)
founding member of The Nice (1967-70, and reunions), "Azrael (Angel of Death)" (1967, he co-wrote), "Little Arabella" (1968, he co-wrote), "Diary of an Empty Day" (1969, he co-wrote), "Hang on to a Dream" (1969), "Country Pie" (1969)
songwriter
see The Nice
see Keith Emerson

Erika Jo (Erika Jo Heriges)

b. 1986 in Angleton, TX (grew up in Mt. Juliet, TN)
country singer
"I Break Things" (#53c 2005), "Who You Are" (2005), "Wish You Back to Me" (2005), "Good Day for Goodbye" (2005), "I'm Not Lisa" (2005)

Frank Gilligan

b. 1955 in Queens, NY
country/rock singer
instrument: bass
founding member of Mason Dixon (1975- ), "Every Breath You Take" (#69c 1983), "I Never Had 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)

Chip Hawkes (Leonard Donald Hawkes)

b. (maybe Nov 11) 1946 in London, England
pop/rock singer
instrument: bass
with The Tremeloes, (1966-74, 1979-88), "Here Comes My Baby" (#13 1967), * "Silence is Golden" (#11 1967), Even the Bad Times are Good" (#36 1967), "Suddenly You Love Me" (#44 1968)
founding member of Class of '64 (2004- ), "She's Not My Child" (2008)
songwriter
father of Chesney Hawkes

k.d. lang (Kathryn Dawn Lang)

b. 1961 in Alberta, Canada
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle
"Angel with a Lariat" (1986), "Rose Garden" (1986), "Lock, Stock and Teardrops" (#53c 1988), "I'm Down to My Last Cigarette" (#21c 1988), "Full Moon Full of Love" (#22c 1989), "Constant Craving" (#38 1992), "Just Keep Me Moving" (#6 1992), "Lifted by Love" (#1 1994), "If I Were You" (#1 1995), "Til the Heart Caves in" (1997), "Anywhere But Here" (1999), "The Consequences of Falling" (2000)
duet with Roy Orbison, "Crying" (#42c 1988)
songwriter
actress; political activist
see k.d. lang

Jerry Lee Lewis, Jr.

b. 1954 - d. 13 Nov 1973 (auto accident)
rock/country musician, instruments: drums, percussions
with Jerry Lee Lewis' band, "No Headstone on My Grave" (#104, #60c 1973), "Jukebox" (1973)
son of Jerry Lee Lewis

Dave Munden (David Charles Munden)

b. 1943 in Essex, England
pop/rock singer
instrument: drums
founding member of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes (1958-66), "Do You Love Me?" (1963), "I Wish I Could Dance" (1964), "Someone, Someone" (#97 1964), "After a While" (1965), "I Want Candy" (1965)
with The Tremeloes (1966- , and reunions), "Here Comes My Baby" (#13 1967), * "Silence is Golden" (#11 1967), Even the Bad Times are Good" (#36 1967), "Suddenly You Love Me" (#44 1968)

J.D. Souther (John David Souther)

b. 1945/46 in Detroit, MI (grew up in Amarillo, TX)
rock/country singer
instruments: guitar, bass, drums
"Run Like a Thief" (1972, he wrote), "Some People Call it Music" (1972, he wrote), "If You Have Crying Eyes" (1976, he wrote), "Simple Man, Simple Dream" (1976, he wrote), "You're Only Lonely" (#7, #60c 1979, he wrote), "The Moon Just Turned Blue" (1979, he wrote), "Till the Bars Burn Down" (1979, he co-wrote)
founding member of the Souther Hillman Furay Band (1973-76), "Believe Me" (1974), "Border Town" (1974, he wrote), "Safe at Home" (1974), "Prisoner in Disguise" (1975, he wrote), "Trouble in Paradise" (1975, he wrote), "For Someone I Love" (1975)
duet with Linda Ronstadt, "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" (#27c 1982)
duet with James Taylor, "Her Town, Too" (#11 1981, he co-wrote), "Song for You Far Away" (1981, he wrote)
session musician
songwriter, co-wrote The Eagles' "Best of My Love" (#1 1975), "Heartache Tonight" (#1 1979), "New Kid in Town" (#1, #43c 1976)
actor; music producer
md. to singer, Alex Sliwin (1969- ); md. to Raylene Rankin
see J.D. Souther on Wikipedia

Charlie Walker (Charles Levi Walker)

b. 1926 in Copeville, TX
country/honky-tonk singer
instrument: guitar
"I'm Looking for Another You" (1952), "When You Know You Have Lost" (1954), "The Chocolate Song" (1955), "Only You, Only You" (#9c 1956, he co-wrote), "I'll Never Let it Show" (1957), "Pick Me up on Your Way Down" (#2c 1958), "I'll Catch You When You Fall" (#16c 1959), "Who Will Buy the Wine?" (#11c 1960), "Life Goes on (I Wonder Why)" (1962), "I Only Meant to Borrow" (1962), "Wild as a Wildcat" (#8c 1965), "Close All the Honky-Tonks" (#17c 1965), "Don't Squeeze My Sharmon" (#8c 1967), "Truck-Drivin' Cat with Nine Wives" (#54c 1968), "San Diego" (#31c 1968), "Moffatt, Oklahoma" (#44c 1969), "Becky Who?" (1970), "It's Better Than Goin' Home Alone" (1972)
with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
songwriter
DJ
avid golfer

Rune Walle

b. 1951 in Bergen, Norway
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, banjo
founding member of Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1976- ), "Homemade Wine" (1976), "You Made it Right" (#84c 1976), "Giving it All to the Wind" (1977), "River to the Sun" (1978)

Earl Yager (Hugh Earl Yager aka Earl the Pearl)

b. 1953 in Gordonville, VA
country/bluegrass musician, instrument: bass
with The Johnson Mountain Boys (1990-96), "Teardrops Fell Like Raindrops" (1992), "It Don't Bring You Back to Me" (1993), "Our Last Goodbye" (1993), "The Future Remains" (1993)
session musician with Grateful Dead, Gary Ferguson, and others

November 3

Debra Barber

b. 1953 in Tupelo, MS
country/pop singer
"You Can't Follow Where He's Been" (#98c 1975), "Help Yourself to Me" (#97c 1975), "If You Ever Loved Me, Darling (Love Me Now)" (1973)

Ray Edenton (Ray Quarles Edenton)

b. 1926 in Mineral, VA
western swing/country singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, banjo
with The Texas Playboys (1967)
session musician on The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye, Love" (#2 1957), "Wake Up, Little Susie" (#1 1957); Red Kirk's "Lovesick Blues" (#14c 1949); Roger Miller's "King of the Road" (#4 #1c 1965); Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter" (#83, #1c 1970); and with The Osborne Brothers, Patsy Cline, Skeeter Davis, Chet Atkins, Johnny Cash, Conway Twitty, Elvis Presley, and others
songwriter, co-wrote The Louvin Brothers' "You're Running Wild" (#7c 1956)
served in the Army
see The Texas Playboys
see Ray Edenton

Leon Huff

b. 1912 in Whitesboro, TX
country/western swing singer, yodeler
instrument: guitar
with The Texas Playboys (1942), "Cherokee Maiden" (1942), "You're from Texas" (1942)
with The Light Crust Doughboys
songwriter
see The Texas Playboys

Reggie Knighton

b. 1953 in Biloxi, MS
folk/rock singer
instrument: lead guitar
"Every Night" (1977), "Jenny" (1977)
with The Grass Roots (1974-75), "The Last Time Around" (1975)
founding member of White Horse
founding member and lead of The Reggie Knighton Band (1978- ), "Highway Patrol" (1978), "Lear Jet" (1978)
session musician
see The Grass Roots

Lulu (Marie McDonald Lawrie McLaughlin)

b. 1948 in Glasgow, Scotland
pop/rock/soul singer
"Shout" (#94 1964, #96 1967), "To Sir with Love" (#1 1967), "Best of Both Worlds" (#32 1967), "Morning Dew" (#52 1968), "Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)" (#22 1969), "Sweep Around Your Own Back Door" (1969), "Good Day Sunshine" (1970), "Even if I Could Change" (1972), "Make-Believe World" (1972), "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" (#18 1981), "If I Were You" (#44 1982)
duets with The Dixie Flyers, "Hum a Song (From Your Heart)" (#54 1970), "After the Feeling is Gone" (#117 1970)
actress; model
md. to singer, Maurice Gibbs (1969-73), md. to John Frieda (1975-1995)

Cal Maddox (John Calvin Maddox)

b. 1915 in Boaz, AL – 3 Jul 1968
country/honky-tonk singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
founding member of The Maddox Brothers and Rose (1933-57), "Careless Driver" (1947), "Gosh, I Miss You All the Time" (1948), "At the First Fall of Snow" (1949), "I'm Sending You Daffydills" (1949), "Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down" (1950), "Just One Little Kiss" (1950), "Dark as a Dungeon" (1950), "Chocolate Ice Cream" (1950), "I'll Make Sweet Love to You" (1952), "These Wasted Years" (1953), "Kiss Me Like Crazy" (1953), "Poor Little Heartbroken Rose" (1954), "You've Been Talkin' in Your Sleep" (1954), "Second Choice" (1955), "Hey, Little Dreamboat" (1956), "Wish You Would" (1956), "Take a Gamble on Me" (1957), "1-2-3-4 Anyplace Road (Somewhere, USA)" (1957)

Hugh Moffatt

b. 1948 in Fort Worth, TX
country/folk singer
instruments: guitar, trumpet, piano
"The Gambler" (#95c 1978), "No Stranger to the Blues" (1987), "Last Night I Dreamed of Loving You" (1989), "Roses, Love and Promises" (1989), "Red Lips, Blue Eyes, Little White Lies" (1995), "The Dancer" (1995), "Somewhere among the Briars" (1996), "A Red Rose for Lisa" (1996), "Somewhere in Kansas" (2003), "For Mary" (2003), "After the Dance" (2003), "It Only Hurts When I Dream" (2003)
founding member of Ratz (1980-84)
duets with Katy Moffatt, "Dance Me Outside" (1992), "I Get Lonely for You" (1992, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Ronnie Milsap's "Just in Case" (#5c 1974); Johnny Rodriguez' "How Could I Love Her So Much?" (#6 1983); Lacy J. Dalton's "Wild Turkey" (#5c 1981),; co-wrote Dolly Parton's "Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You)" (#1c 1980)
brother of Katy Moffatt; md. to songwriter, Pebe Siebert
see Hugh Moffatt

Brian Poole

b. 1941 in Essex, England
pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Everything I Touch Turns to Tears" (1966), "I Need Her Tonight" (1966), "Send Her to Me" (1969)
founding member of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes (1958-66), "Do You Love Me?" (1963), "I Wish I Could Dance" (1964), "Someone, Someone" (#97 1964), "After a While" (1965), "I Want Candy" (1965)
founding member of The Corporation, "Fortune Wheel" (1970), "Candida" (1970)

Nick Semper

b. 1946 in Middlesex, England
rock/jazz musician, instrument: bass
"Something's Burning" (1980), "She Was My Friend" (1980)
founding member of Deep Purple (1968-69), "Hush" (#4 1968), "Kentucky Woman" (1968)
with War Horse, "Confident But Wrong" (2001), "Back in Time" (2001)
see Deep Purple
see Deep Purple on classic bands.com

November 4

Harry Elston

b. 1938 in Dallas, TX
rock/soul/jazz singer
founding member of The Friends of Distinction (1968-75, 1991- ), "Grazin' in the Grass" (#3 1969, he co-wrote), "Going in Circles" (#15 1969), "Love Me or Let Me Be Lonely" (#6 1970), "Time Waits for No One" (#60 1970), "It's Over" (1992, he wrote)
songwriter
limousine driver for The Temptations
see The Friends of Distinction on Wikipedia

Kim Forester

b. 1960 in Lookout Mountain, GA
country/Christian singer
founding member of The Forester Sisters (1982- ), "That's What You Do (When You're in Love)" (#10c 1985), "I Fell in Love Again Last Night" (#1c 1985), "Just in Case" (#1c 1986), "Mama's Never Seen Those Eyes" (#1c 1986), "Lonely Alone" (#2c 1986), "Too Many Rivers" (#5c 1987), "(I'd Choose) You Again" (#1c 1987), "Lyin' in His Arms" (#5c 1988), "Letter Home" (#9c 1988), "Love Will" (#7c 1989), "Men" (#8c 1991), "More Than I Am" (1996)
duet with The Bellamy Brothers, "Too Much is Not Enough" (#1c 1986)
interior designer

Tom King (Merdin Gunnar Printz Madsen)

b. 1943 in Cleveland, OH
rock/soul singer
instruments: guitar, rhythm guitar, tenor sax
founding member of The Outsiders (1964-68, and reunions), "Was it Really Real?" (1966), "Time Won't Let Me" (#5 1966, he co-wrote), "Girl in Love" (#21 1966), "Respectable" (#15 1966), "Help Me, Girl" (#37 1967), "Oh, How it Hurts" (1968)
founding member of The Starfires (1958-63), "Under the stars" (1962)
The Starfires backing Ral Donner, "Girl of My Best Friend" (#19 1961), "Loneliness of a Star" (1963)
songwriter
arranger
see The Outsiders

Jeff Lorber

b. 1952 in Philadelphia, PA
jazz/pop/R&B musician, instruments: keyboards, piano
"Always There" (1982), "Step by Step" (1984), "Pacific Coast Highway" (1984), "Really Scary" (1984), "Seventh Heaven" (1984), "Kristen" (1990), "Columbus Avenue" (1991), "Worth Waiting For" (1991), "Grasshopper" (1994), "Katherine" (1996), "Cat Paws" (1996), "I Ain't Thinkin' About You" (1998), "Dear Prudence" (1998), "Reflections" (2001), "Happy Endings" (2001), "Gigabyte" (2003), "Flipside" (2005), "He Had a Hat" (2007), "The Other Side of the Heart" (2007), "Grandma's Hands" (2007)
founding member of The Jeff Lorber Fusion (1977-81), "Rain Dance" (1979)
songwriter
music producer
md. to Mingquan Tungwarapotwitan
he has polycystic kidney disease; his wife donated a kidney that was successfully transplanted in him
see Jeff Lorber

Delbert McClinton

b. 1940 in Lubbock, TX (grew up in Fort Worth, TX)
country/rock/blues/soul singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"Wake up, Baby" (1960), "Fannie Mae" (1970), "I Know She Knows" (1970), "Giving it up for Your Love" (#8 1980), "Shotgun Rider" (#70 1981), "Just You and Me" (1993), "Lipstick, Powder and Paint" (1995), "Old Weakness (Coming on Strong)" (1997), "Sending Me Angels" (#65c 1998), "When Rita Leaves" (2001)
founding member of The Rondells, "Far Horizons" (1965), "Don't Say That You Love Me" (1965)
with Delbert and Glen, "I Received a Letter" (#90 1972, he co-wrote)
duet with Bonnie Raitt, "Good Man, Good Woman" (1991)
duet with Tanya Tucker, "Tell Me about it" (#4c 1993)
duets with Iris Dement, "The Way I Should" (1996), "There's a Wall in Washington" (1999)
played harmonica on Bruce Channel's "Hey! Baby" (#1 1962)
songwriter, wrote Emmylou Harris' "Two More Bottles of Wine" (#1c 1978)

Alan Munde

b. 1946 in Norman, OK
bluegrass/country/rock singer
instruments: banjo, guitar
"Peachie Pie" (1971), "Black Jack" (1971), "Darcy Farrow" (1975), "Beat the Heat" (1975), "Peaches and Cream" (1979), "Hamilton County Breakdown" (1980), "Clinch Mountain Back-Step" (1982), "Roanoke" (1983), "Leather Britches" (1986), "Train to Mexico" (1986), "Used to Be" (1998), "Wildflower Moon" (1998)
with the Flying Burrito Brothers (1971-72), "Tried So Hard" (1971), "Just Can't Be" (1971), "Colorado" (1971), "Dixie Breakdown" (1972), "Losing Game" (1972)
with Country Gazette (1972-88, and reunions), "I Wish You Knew" (1972), "The Fallen Eagle" (1973), "Roses for a Sunday Morning" (1974), "Holland Holiday" (1974), "Sunday Sunrise" (1974), "Still Feeling Blue" (1975), "Sure Didn't Take Him Long" (1975), "In Despair" (1977), "Another Rain Song" (1978), "Hello, Operator" (1981), "Love, Lost and Found" (1981), "Sweet Allis Chalmers" (1982), "Money in the Mail" (1982), "Cabin on a Mountain" (1986), "Right Before My Eyes" (1986), "Tallahassee" (1987), "Rosa Lee McFall" (1990), "Anywhere the Wind Blows" (1990), "Get Up There and Dance" (1990)
founding member of The Alan Munde Gazette, "Angel on the Running Board" (2006), "Cindy" (2006), "Blue Days, Black Nights" (2006)
duets with Sam Bush, "Small Change" (1977), "Clear Skies" (1977)
duets with Joe Carr, "Two Different Worlds" (1995), "Nancy Jane" (1995), "Windy Days, Dusty Skies" (1995)
session musician with Dave Ferguson, Roland White, Jimmy Martin, and others
songwriter
see Country Gazette on CMT.com

Scherrie Payne

b. 1944 in Detroit, MI
R&B/rock singer
"It Ain't the World (it's the People in it)" (1972), "Girl, You're in Love" (1982), "I'm Not in Love" (1982), "One Night Only" (1984), "Chasing Me into Someone Else's Arms" (1987), "Pure Energy" (1989, she co-wrote), "Who's Wrong, Who's Right" (1996, she co-wrote)
lead singer of Glass House (1969-72), "Crumbs off the Table" (1969, she co-wrote), "I Can't Be You (You Can't Be Me)" (1970), "Stealing Moments From Another Woman's Life" (1970), "If it Ain't Love (it Don't Matter)" (1970), "Thanks, I Needed That" (1972)
with The Supremes (1973-77, replaced Jean Terrell), "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)
backup singer with James Ingram, Billy Preston, Freda Payne, and others
songwriter
younger sister of Freda Payne
see The Supremes

William Solomon

b. 1947
doo-wop singer (baritone)
founding member of The Velvets (1959-61), * "Tonight (Could Be the Night)" (#26 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Laugh" (#90 1961), "Lana" (1961), "Who Has the Right?" (1961)

Van Stephenson (Van Wesley Stephenson)

b. 1953 in Hamilton, OH (grew up in Nashville, TN) – d. 8 Apr 2001 in Nashville, TN (malignant melanoma)
country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"You've Got a Good Love Coming" (#79 1981), "Modern-Day Delilah" (#22 1984), "What the Big Girls Do" (#45 1984), "Righteous Anger" (1984), "Heart Over Mind" (1984), "Dancing with Danger" (1986), "We're Doing Alright" (1986)
founding member of Blackhawk (til Feb 2000), "Goodbye Says it All" (#11c 1993), "I Sure Can Smell the Rain" (#9c 1994), "Every Once in a While" (#2c 1994, he co-wrote), "That's Just about Right" (#7c 1995), "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" (#2c 1995), "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" (#3c 1995), "Almost a Memory Now" (#11c 1996, he co-wrote), "Postmarked Birmingham" (#37c 1997), * "Always Have, Always Will" (1998), "There You Have it" (#41, #4c 1998), "Your Own Little Corner of My Heart" (#27c 1999)
songwriter, co-wrote Restless Heart's "Bluest Eyes in Texas" (#1c 1988), "Big Dreams in a Small Town" (#3c 1989); wrote Crystal Gayle's "Your Kisses Will" (#7c 1979)

November 5

Ryan Adams (David Ryan Adams)

b. 1974 in Jacksonville, NC
alt-country/rock singer
instrument: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica, percussions
"New York, New York" (2001), "Hey Parker, it's Christmas" (2003), "This is it" (2004), "Cold Roses" (2005)
founding member of Whiskeytown (1994-2001), "Matrimony" (1995), "Midway Park" (1995), "Pawnshops Ain't No Place for a Wedding Ring" (1997, he co-wrote), "Waiting to Derail" (1997), "Yesterday's News" (1998, he co-wrote), "Turn Around" (1998, he co-wrote), "Somebody Remembers the Rose" (1998, he co-wrote), "Don't Wanna Know Why" (2001, he co-wrote), "Reasons to Lie" (2001, he co-wrote), "Sit and Listen to the Rain" (2001, he wrote)
songwriter
see Whiskeytown on Wikipedia

Tom Biagelow

b. 1940
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member of The Duprees (1962-63), "My Own True Love" (1962), "You Belong to Me" (#7 1962), "Gone with the Wind" (#89 1963), "Have You Heard?" (#18 1963), "Why Don't You Believe Me?" (#37 1963), "The Sand and the Sea" (1963), "It's No Sin" (#74 1963)

Art Garfunkel (Arthur Ira Garfunkel aka 'Artie Garr')

b.1941 in Forest Hills, NY
pop/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"All I Know" (#9 1973), "I Shall Sing" (#38 1974), "I Only Have Eyes for You" (#18 1975), "Break Away" (#39 1976)
founding member of Simon and Garfunkel (1964-70, 1982-83, 2003-04), "The Sun is Burning" (1964), "Kathy's Song" (1966), * "Homeward Bound" (#5 1966), * "I Am a Rock" (#3 1966), "The Sound of Silence" (#1 1966), "Mrs. Robinson" (#1 1968), "A Hazy Shade of Winter" (#13 1968), "Fakin' it" (#3 1968), "At the Zoo" (#16 1968), "Scarborough Fair" (#11 1968), "The Boxer" (#7 1968), * "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (#1 1970), * "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (1970), "Cecilia" (#4 1970), "My Little Town" (#9 1975), * "Feelin' Groovy" (1982)
founding member of Tom and Jerry (1957-63), "Hey, Schoolgirl" (#49 1957), "Dancin' Wild" (1957)
songwriter
actor
see Art Garfunkel
see Simon and Garfunkel

Pablo Gomez (Juan-Pablo Samllehi)

b. 1943 in Barcelona, Spain
pop/rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Los Bravos (1965-69), "Black is Black" (#4 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "I Don't Care" (1966), "Bring a Little Lovin'" (#51 1968)
see Los Bravos on Wikipedia

Joni Harms

b. 1959 in Canby, OR
country singer
"I Need a Wife" (#34c 1989, she co-wrote), "The Only Thing Bluer Than His Eyes" (#54c 1989), "Hometown Girl" (1990), "Two-Steppin' Texas Blue" (1998), "When I Get Over You" (1998), "West Texas Waltz" (2001), "I've Got a Weakness for Cowboys" (2001), "He's More Than Your Eyes Can See" (2001), "Coyote Café" (2004), "I Still Do" (2004)
songwriter
author of children's books
rodeo rider
see Joni Harms

Roy Horton (Roy T. Horton)

b. 1914 near Broad Top, PA - d. 23 Sep 2003 in CT (diabetes and congestive heart failure)
country musician, instruments: bass, guitar
founding member of The Pinetoppers (1927- ), "Huckleberry Boogie" (1950), "Buffalo Gals" (1950), "Bluebonnet Schottische" (1950), "Flying Eagle Polka" (1950), "Mockin' Bird Hill" (#3c 1951), "Maple Leaf Waltz" (1951), "Waltz of the Roses" (1951), "Jolly Cop Polka" (1952), "Bye Bye, My Baby" (1955), "Home in the Hills" (1955)
session musician with Red River Dave McEnery, and others
brother of Vaughn Horton

Heather Kinley

b. 1970 in Philadelphia, PA
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Kinleys, "Please" (#67, #7c 1997), "Just between You and Me" (#12c 1998, she co-wrote), "Dance in the Boat" (#48c 1998), "You Make it Seem So Easy" (#49c 1998, she co-wrote), "Somebody's Out There Watching" (#64, #19c 1999), "She Ain't the Girl for You" (#34c 2000)
songwriter
md. to Mark Mendenhall (2000- ); twin sister of Jennifer Kinley
see The Kinleys on WikipediA

Jennifer Kinley

b. 1970 in Philadelphia, PA
country/pop singer
instrument: piano
founding member of The Kinleys, "Please" (#67, #7c 1997), "Just between You and Me" (#12c 1998, she co-wrote), "Dance in the Boat" (#48c 1998), "You Make it Seem So Easy" (#49c 1998, she co-wrote), "Somebody's Out There Watching" (#64, #19c 1999), "She Ain't the Girl for You" (#34c 2000)
songwriter
twin sister of Heather Kinley
see The Kinleys on WikipediA

Benny Joy (Benjamin Edison)

b. 1935 in Atlanta, GA (grew up in FL) - d. Oct 1988
rock/rockabilly musician, instrument: guitar
"Steady with Betty" (1958), "Sincerely, Your Friend" (1961, he wrote), "You Go Your Way (and I'll Go Mine)" (1961), "The Only Woman" (1965), Miss Bobby Sox" (1978, recorded 1957), "Button Nose" (1981, recorded 1958)
duets with Big John Taylor, "Spin the Bottle" (1957), "Crash the Party" (1958)
songwriter

Donnie McDougall (Don McDougall)

b. 1948
rock/blues singer
instrument: guitar
with The Guess Who (1972-74, 1979, and reunions), "Heartbroken Bopper" (#47 1972), "Guns, Guns, Guns" (1972), "Clap for the Wolfman" (#6 1974), "Star Baby" (#39 1974), "Dancin' Fool" (#28 1975)
founding member of the Donnie McDougall Band
songwriter
see The Guess Who on Wikipedia

Peter Noone (Peter Blair Dennis Bernard Noone aka 'Herman')

b. 1947 in Manchester, England
rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Oh, You Pretty Thing" (1971), "Each and Every Minute" (1972), "Something Old, Something New" (1975), "God Knows" (1989)
founding member and lead of Herman's Hermits (1962-71, and reunions), * "I'm into Something Good" (#16 1964), "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" (#1 1965), * "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" (#1 1965), * "Can't You Hear My Heartbeat?" (#2 1965), * "Silhouettes" (#5 1965), "Just a Little Bit Better" (#7 1965), * "Wonderful World" (#4 1965), "Listen People" (#3 1966), "Dandy" (#5 1966), "Leaning on a Lamp Post" (#9 1966), "A Must to Avoid" (#8 1966), "This Door Swings Both Ways" (#12 1966), "Last Bus Home" (1967), * "There's a Kind of Hush" (#4 1967), "Don't Go Out into the Rain" (#18 1967), "I Can Take or Leave Your Loving" (#22 1968), "Nobody Needs to Know" (1968), "My Sentimental Friend" (1969)
after 1965 many Herman's Hermits' recordings had session musicians – often Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones - backing Peter Noone
songwriter
actor
see Herman's Hermits
see Peter Noone

Gram Parsons (Cecil Ingram Connor III, became Gram Parsons when adopted by his step-father)

b. 1946 in Winter Haven, FL – d. 19 Sep 1973 in Joshua Tree, CA (overdose of drugs and alcohol)
country/rock singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, keyboards, banjo, mandolin
"A Song for You" (1972, he wrote), "In My Hour of Darkness" (1973, he wrote), "Return of the Grievous Angel" (1973, he co-wrote)
founding member of the International Submarine Band (1967-68), "Luxury Liner" (1968), "Miller's Cave" (1968)
with The Byrds (1968), he sang on the 'Sweethearts of the Rodeo' album, but most of his voice was removed because of his contract with another studio
founding member and lead singer of the Flying Burrito Brothers (1968-70)
founding member of The Legends (1962-63)
with The Shilos (1963-65)
duets with Emmylou Harris, "Hickory Wind" (1973, he wrote), "$1000 Wedding" (1973, he wrote), "Brass Buttons" (1973, he wrote)
backup singer with The Byrds, and others
songwriter
studied theology for one semester at Harvard
md. to Gretchen Burrell (1971- )
after his death two friends, acting on his wishes, stole his body before it could Be buried and cremated it in the Joshua Tree Dessert

Roy Rogers (Leonard Franklin Slye aka 'King of the Cowboys')

b. 1911 in Cincinnati, OH (grew up in Duck Run, OH) – d. 6 Jul 1998 (congestive heart failure)
country/gospel singer, yodeler
instruments: mandolin, guitar
"My Chickashay Gal" (#4c 1947), "My Heart Went That-a-Way" (1949), "San Fernando Valley" (1949), "Me and My Teddy Bear" (1950), "Next to the X in Texas" (1950), "Horseshoe Moon" (1951), "Ride Son, Ride" (1951), "Good Luck, Good Health, God Bless You" (1951), "Four-Legged Friend" (1952), "Money Can't Buy Love" (#35c 1970), "Hoppy, Gene and Me" (#15c 1975)
backed by the Sons of the Pioneers, "Blue Shadows on the Trail" (#6c 1948), "That Palomino Pal of Mine" (1949), "Stampede" (#8c 1950)
with The Rocky Mountaineers (1931-32)
with The Pioneer Trio (1933-34)
with The Hollywood Hillbillies
founding member of Sons of the Pioneers (1934-37), "Nellie's Blue Eyes" (1934), "Moonlight on the Prairie" (1934), "Hills of Old Montana" (1934), "Cowboy's Dance Song" (1934)
duets with Dale Evans, "New Moon Over Nevada" (1944), "The Bible Tells Me So" (1955), "Smiles Are Made of Sunshine" (1950), "Yellow Bonnets and Polka Dot Shoes" (1950), "May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You" (1950), "Happy Trails to You" (1952, he co-wrote), "California Rose" (1952), "Hazy Mountains" (1952), "You've Got a Rope Around My Heart" (1952)
duet with Clint Black, "Hold on, Partner" (#42c 1991)
songwriter
cowboy actor with his horse Trigger (b. 1932 – d. 1965)
md. 2nd to Arlene (19??-1946, her death); md. 3rd to actress, Dale Evans (1947-98, his death)
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com
see Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Billy Sherrill (Billy Norris Sherrill)

b. 1936 in Phil Campbell, AL
country/pop/blues/jazz/rock musician, instruments: sax, piano, guitar
"Like Makin' Love" (1960), "Rules of the Game" (1960), "Tipsy" (1963)
founding member of The Billy Sherrill Quintet
songwriter, wrote David Houston's "Livin' in a House Full of Love" (#2c 1965), "Almost Persuaded" (#24, #1c 1966), "With One Exception" (#1c 1967); Tammy Wynette's "He Loves Me All the Way" (#1 1970), "I Don't Wanna Play House" (#1 1967); Ronnie Milsap's "I'm a Stand by My Woman Man" (#1 1976)
co-wrote David Houston's "Already it's Heaven" (#1c 1968); Charlie Rich's "I Love My Friend" (#24, #1c 1974); Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" (#1 1968), "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" (#3c 1967), "Bedtime Story" (#1c 1972)
music producer

Ike Turner (Izear Luster Turner, Jr.)

b. 1931 in Clarksdale, MS - d. 12 Dec 2007 in San Marcos, CA (cocaine overdose)
R&B singer
instruments: piano, guitar, bass guitar
founder of his band Kings of Rhythm, "Heartbroken and Worried" (1951), "She Made My Blood Run Cold" (1957), "Walking Down the Aisle" (1959), "(I Know) You Don't Love Me" (1959), "Betcha Can't Kiss Me (Just One Time)" (1999), "Tore Up" (2001), "Gave You What You Wanted" (2001), "Cold Day in Hell" (2001)
duets with Tina Turner, "A Fool in Love" (#27 1961), "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (#14 1961), "Poor Fool" (#38 1961), "Mind in a Whirl" (1962), "Worried and Hurtin' Inside" (1962), "Proud Mary" (#4 1971), "River Deep, Mountain High" (#88 1971), "Nutbush City Limits" (#22 1973)
session musician on Jackie Brenston's "Rocket 88" (1951), Mickey and Sylvia's "Baby, You're So Fine" (#52 1961), and others
songwriter
md. 1st to Lorraine Taylor; md. 2nd to singer, Tina Turner (1962-78); md. singer, Ann Thomas (1981- ); md. to singer, Jeanette Bazzell (1995- ) (he has been married 13 times)

November 6

Rory Block (Aurora Block)

b. 1949 in Princeton, NJ (grew up in Manhattan, NY)
blues/country singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, slide guitar
"I Love My Car" (1975, she wrote), "What Do You Do With a Memory?" (1975, she wrote), "Strong and Lasting Kind" (1976, she wrote), "Feelings Cannot Lie" (1977, she wrote), "Since You Been Gone" (1981, she wrote), "Uncloudy Day" (1981), "Midnight Light" (1983, she wrote), "Lovin' Whiskey" (1986, she wrote), "Goin' Back to the Country" (1986, she wrote), "I've Got a Rock in My Sock" (1986, she wrote), "House of Hearts (for Thiele)" (1987, she wrote as a tribute to her son who died at age twenty), "Weepin' Willow Blues" (1991), "Maggie Campbell" (1992), "Levi Blues" (1994), "Rosaline" (1996), "Tired of Being Alone" (2002), "Old Friends" (2003), "Unprecedented Quiet" (2005), "Crossroad Blues" (2006)
session musician with Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Wonder, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and others
songwriter
mother of musician, Jordan Block
see Rory Block

Ralph Carlson

b. 1941 in Montreal, Canada - d. 10 Oct 2002 in Ottawa, Canada (leukemia)
bluegrass/country/rockabilly singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Country Mile (1966- ), "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" (1969), "Transport Blues" (1976), "Thanks for the Dance" (1980)
with Bytown Bluegrass, "North Carolina" (1985), "Carolina Star" (1985), "Crossties on the Railroad" (1985)
founding member of The Jive Rockets
with Ron McMunn and His Country Cousins (1961-65)
session musician
songwriter
music producer
md. to Elayne Evans

Guy Clark (Guy Charles Clark, Jr.)

b. 1941 in Monahans, TX (grew up in Rockport, TX)
country/folk singer
instruments: guitar, lute
"Instant Coffee Blues" (1975), "Texas Cookin'" (1976), "South Coast of Texas" (1981), "The Partner Nobody Chose" (#38c 1982, he co-wrote), "Homegrown Tomatoes" (#42c 1983, he wrote), "Watermelon Dream" (1988), "Old Friends" (1988), "Boats to Build" (1992), "How'd You Get This Number?" (1992), "Randall Knife" (1995), "Fool in the Mirror" (1995), "A Little of Both" (1997), "Forever, For Always, For Certain" (1999), "Indian Head Penny" (1999), "Arizona Star" (2002), "Dancin' Days" (2002), "Analog Girl" (2006), "Tornado Time in Texas" (2006)
songwriter, wrote Ricky Skaggs' "Heartbroke" (#1c 1982); The Highwaymen's "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train" (#15c 1985); Bobby Bare's "New Cut Road" (#18c 1982); co-wrote Steve Wariner's "Baby, I'm Yours" (#2c 1988); Rodney Crowell's "She's Crazy for Leavin'" (#1c 1989)
md. to singer, Susanna Clark
see Guy Clark

Mike Clifford

b. 1943 in Los Angeles, CA
pop/jazz singer
"I'm Afraid to Say I Love You" (1959), "Pretty Little Girl in the Yellow Dress" (1961), "Close to Cathy" (#12 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "She's Just Another Girl" (1962), "What to Do with Laurie" (#68 1962), "One Boy Too Late" (#96 1963), "All the Colors of the Rainbow (Turn to Blue)" (1964), "One By One the Roses Died" (1964), "Shirl Girl" (1965), "Before I Loved Her" (1965), "Cotton Dresses" (1965), "Lavender Dreams" (1965), "Send Her Flowers" (1967), "When, Cindy, When?" (1970), "You Say Love" (1971)
duets with Sandy Zacky, "Love is Everything" (2007), "Too Soon to Say Goodbye" (2007), "Come in from the Rain" (2007)
actor

Ray Conniff (Joseph Raymond Conniff)

b. 1916 in Attleboro, MA – d. 12 Oct 2002 Escondido, CA (fell and hit his head)
pop/jazz musician, instrument: trombone
founding member and leader of The Ray Conniff Orchestra and Chorus, "Piggy Bank Boogie" (1953), "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" (1956), "Walkin' the Bop" (1957), "Swingin' the Bop" (1957), "They Can't Take That Away From Me" (1957), "On the Street Where You Live" (1958), "Scarlett" (1962), "June Night" (1964), "We Must Forget We Ever Met" (1971)
founding member of The Ray Conniff Singers, "Early Evening" (1959), "Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me" (1960), "This Nearly Was Mine" (1963), "Wednesday's Child" (1966), "Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme) (#9 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Winds of Change" (1967), "Sweet Leilani" (1967), "A Walk in the Spring Rain" (1970), "Out of the Darkness" (1971), "On the Run" (1975)
the Ray Conniff Orchestra was backup on Marty Robbins' "A White Sports Coat (and a Pink Carnation)" (#2, #1c 1957), "The Story of My Life" (#15, #1c 1957), "Just Married" (#26, #1c 1958); Johnnie Ray's "Just Walkin' in the Rain" (#2 1956); Johnny Mathis' "It's Not for Me to Say" (#5 1957), "Chances Are" (#1 1957); Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues" (#1 1956); and others
songwriter
arranger
served in the Army during WWII
see Ray Conniff

Terry Fischer

b. 1946
pop singer
founding member of The Murmaids (1963-65, and reunions), "Popsicles and Icicles" (#3 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Blue Dress" (1963), "Heartbreak Ahead" (1964), "Stuffed Animals" (1965)
sister of Carol Fischer
md. to Mr. Siegel

Glenn Frey (Glenn Lewis Frey)

b. 1948 in Detroit, MI (grew up in Royal Oak, MI)
country/rock singer
instruments: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar, keyboards
"The One You Love" (#15 1982), "The Heat is on" (#2 1985), "You Belong to the City" (#2 1985), "True Love" (#13 1988)
founding member of The Eagles (1971-82, 1994-95), "Take it Easy" (#12 1972), "Witchy Woman" (#9 1972), "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (#22 1973), "Already Gone" (#32 1974), "Lyin' Eyes" (#2, #8c 1975, he co-wrote), "Best of My Love" (#1 1975), "One of These Nights" (#1 1975, he co-wrote), "New Kid in Town" (#1, #43c 1976), "Take it to the Limit" (#4 1976), "Life in the Fast Lane" (#11 1977), "Hotel California" (#1 1977), "Heartache Tonight" (#1 1979), "The Long Run" (#8 1980), "I Can't Tell You Why" (#8 1980), "Seven Bridges Road" (#21, #55c 1981), "Get Over it" (#31 1994), "The Girl From Yesterday" (#58c 1994, he co-wrote)
with the Souther Hillman Furay Band (1975-76), "Prisoner in Disguise" (1975), "Trouble in Paradise" (1975), "For Someone I Love" (1975)
sessionist on Bob Seger's "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man" (#17 1968); and with Linda Ronstadt, and others
songwriter
music producer; actor
quote by Glenn Frey: "Except for a few guitar chords, everything I've learned in my life that is of any value I've learned from women."
see The Eagles
see Glenn Frey

Stonewall Jackson

b. 1932 in Tabor City, NC or Emerson, NC
honky-tonk/country singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet" (1958), "Life to Go" (#2c 1959), * "Waterloo" (#4, #1c 1959, Pop One-Hit Wonder), "A Little Guy Called Joe" (#13c 1960), "Why I'm Walkin'" (#6c 1960, he wrote), "A Wound Time Can't Erase" (#3c 1961), "Leona" (#9c 1962), "Wild Wild Wind" (#15c 1963), "Can't Hang Up the Phone" (#11c 1963), "B.J. the DJ" (#1c 1964), "Don't Be Angry" (#4c 1964, he wrote), "I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water" (#8c 1965), "The Minute Men (Are Turning in Their Graves)" (#24c 1966), "Blues Plus Booze Means I Lose" (#12c 1966), "Stamp Out Loneliness" (#5c 1967), "You're the Sad in My Songs" (1967), "The Past is All the Future I See" (1968), "Angry Words" (#16c 1968), "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" (#7c 1971)
descendant of General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson
served in the Army (1948), served in the Navy (1949-54)

Jim Pike

b. 1936/38 in St. Louis, MO (grew up in ID)
pop singer (baritone)
with The Lettermen (1960- ), "The Way You Look Tonight (#13 1961), "When I Fall in Love" (#7 1961), "Come Back, Silly Girl" (#17 1962), * "Theme from 'A Summer Place'" (#16 1965), "Goin' Out of My Head"/"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (medley) (#7 1967), "Hurt So Bad" (#12 1969)
with Reunion, "Good Morning Starshine" (1968)
see The Lettermen

Eugene 'Sam' Pitt (Eugene Sampson Pitt)

b. 1937 in Brooklyn, NY
doo-wop/soul/pop singer
"Every Day is Like a Year" (1962)
founding member and lead singer of The Jive Five (1959- ), "My True Story" (#3 1961, he co-wrote), "What Time is it?" (1962), "These Golden Rings" (1962), "Lily Marlene" (1963), "Prove Every Word You Say" (1964), "I'm a Happy Man" (#36 1965), "A Bench in the Park" (1965), "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss" (1965), "You're a Puzzle" (1966), "Another Rainy Day" (1966), "Sugar (Don't Take My Candy Away)" (1968), "I Want You to Be My Baby" (1970), "Hurry Back" (1974), "She's My Girl" (1978), "Rain" (1978), "Magic Maker, Music Maker" (1982)
backup singer on Gloria Gaynor's "Never Can Say Goodbye" (#9 1975)
songwriter

Joseph Pope (Joseph Lee Pope)

b. 1933 in Atlanta, GA – d. 16 Mar 1996 in Decatur, GA (cirrhosis of the liver)
soul singer
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)
served in the Navy
brother of Charlie Pope
see The Tams

P. J. Proby (James Marcus Smith)

b. 1938 in Houston, TX
pop/rock/soul/blues/country singer
"Try to Forget Her" (1961), "I Apologize" (1964), "Just Call, I'll Be There" (1964), "You've Come Back" (1966), "Niki-Hoeky" (#23 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Butterfly High" (1967), "Just Holding on" (1967), "New Directions" (1969), "Reflections (of Your Face)" (1969)
recorded as Jett Powers, "Go, Girl, Go" (1957), "Teenage Quarrel" (1957)
songwriter
actor

Doug Sahm (Douglas Wayne Sahm aka Douglas Saldana)

b. 1941/42 near San Antonio, TX – d. 18 Nov 1999 in Taos, NM (heart attack)
country/blues/rock/western swing singer
instruments: guitar, steel guitar, slide guitar, piano, mandolin
"Rollin', Rollin'" (1955), "Crazy, Crazy Feelin'" (1961), "Big Hat" (1961), "Sapphire" (1962), "Two Hearts in Love" (1962), "A Year Ago Tonight" (1963), "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?" (1973), "Don't Turn Around" (1973), "If You Really Want Me to, I'll Go" (1974), "Henrietta" (1976)
leader of The Pharaohs, "If I Ever Need You" (1958), "If You Ever Need Me" (1960)
with The Markays, "Why, Why, Why?" (1960), "Baby, Tell Me" (1960)
founding member of The Texas Tornados (1973-76, 1990- ), "I Love the Way You Love (The Way I Love You)" (1976), "(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)
founding member and lead of Sir Douglas Quintet (1965- ), "She's about a Mover" (#13 1965), "The Tracker" (1965), "And the Rains Came" (#31 1966), "Mendocino" (#27 1969), "At the Crossroad" (1969), "Dynamite Woman" (1969), "What About Tomorrow?" (1970), "Pretty Flowers" (1971), "Texas Tornado" (1973), "I'm Not That Kat Anymore" (1975), "Sheila Tequila" (1981), "Let's Don't Waste a Minute" (1983), "Everybody Gets Lonely Sometimes" (1984), "Too Little Too Late" (1994), "Sooner or Later" (1998)
sessionist with Willie Nelson, and others
bandleader
songwriter
see Doug Sahm and the Sir Douglas Quintet

Gene Sullivan

b. 1914 in Carbon Hill, AL – d. 24 Oct 1984
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Good Gosh Almighty, How I Love You" (1951, he wrote), "Would You Forgive Me?" (1951, he wrote), "Please Pass the Biscuits" (#9c 1957, he wrote)
founding member of Wiley and Gene (1939- ), "All Over Nothing at All" (1939), "You've Got to Pay the Fiddler" (1941), "Live and Let Live" (1941), "Bothered By the Blues" (1945), "Don't That Moon Look Lonesome" (1945, he co-wrote), "How Does One Forget?" (1946, he co-wrote), "Make Room in Your Heart for a Friend" (#2c 1946, he co-wrote), "Kansas City Blues" (1946, he co-wrote), "My Memory Picture of You" (1947), "I'm Sorry for the One Who's Losing You" (1950)
songwriter, co-wrote Cindy Walker's "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" (#5c 1944)

Mike Whitty (Michael Whitty)

b. 1973 in Norwell, MA
country/rock singer
instrument: bass
founding member of The Thompson Brothers Band, "The Rain Came Down" (1996), "A Million Miles Away" (1998), "Back on the Farm" (1998), "Run Away with You" (1998), "Painful Days and Sleepless Nights" (1998), "Drive Me Crazy" (1999)
founding member of FreshPack (2006- )
songwriter

John Wilson

b. 1947/49 (maybe Dec 3) in England
rock musician, instruments: drums, guitar
with Them (1965-66, 1967-71), "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1965), * "Here Comes the Night" (#24 1965), "Mystic Eyes" (#33 1965), "Friday's Child" (1967), "I Happen to Love You" (1967), "Looking for Today" (1967), "Square Room" (1968), "We All Agreed to Help" (1969), "Memphis Lady" (1970)
see Them

George Young (George Redburn Young)

b. 1947 in Glasgow, Scotland (grew up in Australia)
rock musician, instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member and rhythm guitarist with The Easybeats (1964-69), "Friday on My Mind" (#4 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "I Wonder" (1966), "I'm Gonna Tell Everybody" (1966), "You Are the Light" (1966, he co-wrote), "Someway, Somewhere" (1966, he co-wrote), "Then I'll Tell You Goodbye" (1966, he co-wrote), "The Last Day of May" (1966, he co-wrote), "Promised Things" (1966, he co-wrote), "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)
music producer
older brother of Angus and Malcolm Young of AC/DC

November 7

Graham Bruce

b. 1943 in Calgary, Canada - d. 2004
pop singer
instrument: electric bass
founding member of The Original Caste (1968- ), "One Tin Soldier" (#34 1969), "Mr. Monday" (#119 1970), "Nothing Can Touch Me" (#114 1970), "Leaving it All Behind" (1970), "Ain't That Tellin' You People" (#117 1970), "Come Together" (1971), "When Love is Near" (1972), "Butte, Montana" (1974)
see The Original Caste

Archie Campbell (James Campbell)

b. 1914 in Bulls Gap, TN - d. 29 Aug 1987 in Knoxville, TN (heart attack)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Trouble in the Amen Corner" (#25c 1960, he wrote), "The Twelfth Rose" (1960), "Settin' My Tears to Music" (1961), "Woman's Work is Never Done" (1961), "Fool's Side of Town" (1962), "Root Beer" (1962), "Hockey Here Tonight" (1965), "Three Little Pigs" (1965), "Rindercella" (1965), "The Men in My Little Girl's Life" (#16c 1966), "Golf, Golf, Golf" (1966), "Red Silk" (1967), "As the Twig is Bent" (1970), "Walking on Fire" (1970), "Get it at the General Store" (1971), "I Just Found This Hat" (1977), "The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down" (1977)
duets with Lorene Mann, "Warm and Tender Love" (#57c 1968), "Dark End of the Street" (#24c 1968), "Tell it Like it is" (#31c 1968), "If That's the Only Way" (1968)
duet with Minnie Pearl, "Nobody's Business" (1974)
duets with Junior Samples, "Birds, Bees, Girls and Stuff Like That" (1969)
songwriter
comedian
artist; golfer
served in the Navy during WWII (1941-45)

Dee Clark (Delectus Clark)

b. 1938 in Blytheville, AR (grew up in Chicago, IL) – d. 7 Dec 1990 in Smyrna, GA (heart attack)
soul/pop singer
"Seven Nights" (1957), "Kangaroo Hop" (1957), "Nobody But You" (#21 1958), "Just Keep it up (and See What Happens)" (#18 1959), "Whispering Grass" (1959), * "Hey, Little Girl" (#20 1959), "How about That?" (#33 1960), "You're Looking Good" (1960), "Raindrops" (#2 1961), "Your Friends" (#34 1961), "I'm Going Back to School" (#52 1962), "You are Like the Wind" (1962), "Walking My Dog" (1963), "Warm Summer Breeze" (1964), "In My Apartment" (1964), "Ride a Wild Horse" (1975)
with The Kool Gents (1953-57)

Al Hirt (Alois Maxwell Hirt aka the 'round mound of sound')

b. 1922 in New Orleans, LA – d. 27 Apr 1999 in New Orleans, LA (liver failure)
Dixieland jazz/pop musician, instrument: trumpet
"And the Angels Sing" (1958), "Fidgety Feet" (1958), "Janine" (1961), "Perky" (1961), "That Old Feeling" (1962), "Wolverine Blues" (1962), "While We Danced at the Mardi Gras" (1962), "Tansy" (1963), "Java" (#4 1964), "Cotton Candy" (#15 1964), "Sugar Lips" (#30 1964), "Pink Confetti" (1964), "Gypsy in My Soul" (1965), "Strawberry Jam" (1966), "Sweet Maria" (1968), "Super Bowl Blues" (1976), "Basin Street Blues" (1976)
session musician with Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and others
served in the Army (1943-46)
md. to Estabrook Essel (1990-99, his death)

Loney Hutchins

b. 1946 in Sullivan County, TN
country singer
country/rock
instruments: piano, keyboards, bass, guitar
"Dancing in the Dark" (1985), "Still Dancing" (#92c 1987)
with The Mattoid
founding member of Kick Me Kate (2000-02), "Pronoun" (2000), "Charlene" (2000), "NOT" (2000)
session musician with Bobby Bare, Jr., and others
songwriter
music producer; sound engineer

Robin Lee (Robin Lee Irwin)

b. 1953 in Nashville, TN
country singer
instrument: piano
"Turning Back the Covers" (1982), "Safe in the Arms of of Love" (#44c 1985), "You Shouldn't Know Her That Well" (1986), "I'll Take Your Love Anytime" (#37c 1986), "If You're Anything Like Your Eyes" (#48c 1986), "Reminiscing" (1988), "This Old Flame" (#52c 1988), "Before You Cheat on Me Once" (#51c 1988), "Black Velvet" (#12c 1990), "Sad Eyes" (1990), "When I Miss You" (1991), "Nothin' But You" (#51c 1991), "Back to Bein' Blue" (1991)
duet with Lobo, "Paint the Town Blue" (#49 1985)
songwriter
md. to songwriter, Trey Bruce

Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson)

b. 1943 in Alberta, Canada
folk/rock singer (with a four octave range)
instruments: guitar, piano
"Marcie" (1968), "Chelsea Morning" (1969, she wrote), "Ladies of the Canyon" (1970, she wrote), "For the Roses" (1972, she wrote), "You Turn Me on, I'm a Radio" (#25 1972), "Help Me" (#7 1974, she wrote), "Shadows and Light" (1975), "Big Yellow Taxi" (#24 1975), "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey" (1979, she wrote), "Coyote" (1976), "Wild Things Run Fast" (1982, she wrote), "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care" (#47 1982), "Dog Eat Dog" (1985), "Good Friends" (#85 1985), "Cherokee Louise" (1991, she wrote, about abuse), "Night Ride Home" (1991, she wrote), "Not to Blame" (1994, she wrote), "Last Chance Lost" (1994, she wrote), "No Apologies" (1998, she wrote), "Taming the Tiger" (1998, she wrote), "Stay in Touch" (1998, she wrote)
duets with Don Henley, "Lakota" (1988, she co-wrote), "Snakes and Ladders" (1988, she co-wrote)
songwriter
poet; painter
had polio as a child
md. to singer, Chuck Mitchell (1965- ); md. to bass player, Larry Klein (1982- )
see Joni Mitchell

Freddie Morgan (Philip Fred Morganstern

b. 1910 in New York, NY (grew up in Cleveland, OH) - d. 1970 (heart attack)
pop singer
instrument: banjo
"I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" (1965), "The Very Thought of You" (1965), "A Bunch of Banjos" (1965, he wrote)
with The Sunnysiders, "Hey, Mister Banjo" (#12 1955, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Zoom Zoom Zoom" (1955)
with Spike Jones and His City Slickers (1947-58), "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1948), "All I Want for Christmas (is My Two Front Teeth)" (#1 1949), "End of the Little Girl's Dream" (1949), "Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (1949), "The Fairy Ball" (1949), "Wild Bill Hiccup" (1949), "I Wonder Where My Baby is Tonight" (1950), "Chinese Mule Train" (1950), "I Know a Secret" (1950), "Baby Buggy Boogie" (1950), "Hotter Than a Pistol" (1952), "I'll Never Work There Anymore" (1952), "Socko, the Smallest Snowball" (1953), "Japanese Skokiaan" (1954, he wrote), "The Sneezin' Bee" (1956, based on "Flight of the Bumblebee")
songwriter
comedian
toured with the USO
md. to Carolyn Livingston

Jumpin' Jack Neal (Jack Oliver Neal)

b. 1930 in Norfolk, VA
rock/rockabilly musician, instrument: upright bass
founding member of Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1956), "Be-Bop-a-Lula" (#7 1956), "Race with the Devil" (#96 1956), Blue Jean Bop" (#49 1956), "Waltz of the Wind" (1956), "Pink Thunderbird" (1956)
plumber
see Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps

Johnny Rivers (John Henry Ramistella)

b. 1942 in Brooklyn, NY (grew up in Baton Rouge, LA)
rock/pop/folk/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"Long, Long Walk" (1958), "Your First and Last Love" (1959), "Andersonville" (1961), "If You Want it, I've Got it" (1963), "Memphis" (#2 1964), "Mabellene" (#12 1964), "Walk Myself Home" (1964), "Mountain of Love" (#9 1964), "What Am I Doin' Here With You?" (1965), "Midnight Special" (#20 1965), "Seventh Son" (#7 1965), "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (#26 1965), "Poor Side of Town" (#1 1966), "(I Washed My Hands in) Muddy Water" (#19 1966), "Secret Agent Man" (#3 1966), "Baby, I Need Your Lovin'" (#3 1967), "The Tracks of My Tears" (#10 1967), "Summer Rain" (#14 1968), "Apple Tree" (1970), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (#6 1972), "Six Days on the Road" (#58c 1974), "Help Me, Rhonda" (#22 1975), "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')" (#10 1977), "Outside Help" (1977)
songwriter
music producer
see Johnny Rivers

Mary Travers (Mary Allin Travers)

b. 1936 in Louisville, KY - 16 Sep 2009
folk singer
"The Song is Love" (1971, she co-wrote), "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" (1971, she co-wrote), "Rhymes and Reasons" (1971), "Erika with the Windy Yellow Hair" (1971, she co-wrote), "Morning Glory" (1972), "Too Many Mondays" (1972), "Catch the Rain" (1973)
founding member of Peter, Paul, and Mary (1961-70, 1978- ), * "If I Had a Hammer" (#10 1962), * "This Land is Your Land" (1963), * "Blowin' in the Wind" (#2 1963), "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right" (#9 1963), * "Puff the Magic Dragon" (#2 1963), "Tell it on the Mountain" (#33 1964, she co-wrote), "Car-Car" (1964), * "For Lovin' Me" (#30 1965), "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" (#9 1967), "Too Much of Nothing" (#35 1967), "Yesterday's Tomorrow" (1968, she co-wrote), * "Day is Done" (#21 1969, he co-wrote), "Leatherwing Bat" (1969), * "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" (#1 1969), "The Unicorn Song" (1978), "The Best of Friends" (1978), "Like the First Time" (1978), "By Surprise" (1978), "Would You Like to Learn to Dance?" (1983), "El Salvador" (1986), "With Your Face to the Wind" (1990), "The Fox" (1993), "Seventy-Five Septembers" (1995), "Virtual Party (See_You@Party.Net)" (1996)
human rights activist
leukemia survivor since 2004
see Peter, Paul, and Mary

November 8

Gerald Alston

b. 1942 in NC
pop/doo-wop/soul singer
"Let's Try Love Again" (1988), "Any Day Now" (1990), "Nothing Can Change (the Love We Shared Before)" (1992)
lead singer with The Manhattans (1971-87, and reunions), "There's No Me Without You" (1972), "A Million to One" (1972), "The Other Side of Me" (1974), "Nursery Rhymes" (1975), "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (#37 1975), "Kiss and Say Goodbye" (#1 1976), "We Never Dance to a Love Song" (1977), "There's No Good in Goodbye" (1978), "Here Comes That Hurt Again" (1979), "(You Are My) Shining Star" (#5 1980), "Forever by Your Side" (1983), "You Send Me" (1985)
The Manhattans and Regina Belle, "Where Did We Go Wrong?" (1986)
served in the military
nephew of Shirley Alston-Reeves of The Shirelles

Al Berger (Alan Berger)

b. 1949
rock/soul/blues singer
instrument: bass
with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1975-79), "I Don't Want to Go Home" (1976), "This Time it's for Real" (1977), "Love on the Wrong Side of Town" (1977), "When You Dance" (1977), "Hearts of Stone" (1978), "All I Want is Everything" (1979)
see Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Bert Berns (Bertrand Russell Berns aka Bert Russell)

b. 1929 in the Bronx, NY – d. 31 Dec 1967 (heart failure)
soul singer
instrument: piano
"Legend of the Alamo" (1960, he wrote), "Gotta Travel on" (1960)
recorded as Russell Byrd, "Little Bug" (1961, he wrote), "Hitch Hike" (1962, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote The Jarmels' "A Little Bit of Soap" (#12 1961); co-wrote The Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout" (#17 1962); The Exciters' "Tell Him" (#4 1963); The McCoys' "Hang on, Sloopy" (#1 1965, official rock song of Ohio); Janis Joplin's "Pieces of My Heart" (#12 1968); Them's "Here Comes the Night" (#24 1965); "Wilson Pickett's "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (#29 1967)
music producer
see Bert Berns for his writing and producing credits

Bonnie Bramlett (Bonnie Lynn O'Farrell)

b. 1944 in Alton, IL (grew up in East St. Louis, MO)
blues/soul/rock/jazz singer
"Celebrate Life" (1973), "Oncoming Traffic" (1975), "Your Kind of Kindness" (1975, she co-wrote), "What if?" (2002, she co-wrote), "A Sure Sign of Something" (2002, she co-wrote), "I Can Laugh about it Now" (2006, she co-wrote)
founding member of Delaney and Bonnie (1968-72), "Get Ourselves Together" (1969), "Just Plain Beautiful" (1969), "Only You Know and I Know" (#20 1971), "Never Ending Song of Love" (#13 1971, she co-wrote), "Move 'Em Out" (1972)
backup singer for Ike and Tina Turner, Fontella Bass, Delbert McClinton, and others
songwriter, co-wrote The Carpenters' "Groupie" (aka "Superstar") (#2 1971)
actress
md. to singer, Delaney Bramlett (1967-72); md. to Danny Sheridan (1988- ); mother of singer Bekka Bramlett
see Bonnie Bramlett

Larry Burnett

b. 1951 in Washington, D.C.
rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Cinderella" (2004, he wrote), "3 a.m. in Nashville" (2004, he wrote)
founding member and guitarist with Firefall (1974-81), "You Are the Woman" (#9 1976), "Just Remember I Love You" (#11 1977), "Strange Way" (#11 1978), "Staying with it" (1981)
songwriter

Chris Connor (Mary Loutsenhizer)

b. 1927 in Kansas City, MO
jazz/pop singer
instrument: clarinet
"Sorta Kinda" (1952), "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (1952), "All about Ronnie" (1953), "Lullaby of Birdland" (1954), "Round About" (1956), "Mixed Emotions" (1956), "It's a Most Unusual Day" (1956), "I Miss You So" (#34 1957, One-Hit Wonder), "A Foggy Day" (1957), "On the First Warm Day" (1958), "Moon Ride" (1958), "Flying Home" (1959), "Something I Dreamed Last Night" (1959), "Where Flamingos Fly" (1960), "Fortune Cookies" (1960), "Ain't Nobody's Business if I Do" (1961), "I'm Gonna Go Fishin'" (1961), "Ten Cents a Dance" (1963), "You Came a Long Way From St. Louis" (1963), "Hurry, Tuesday Child" (1971), "Little White Lies" (1987), "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (1991), "The Last Dance" (1992), "Singing in the Rain" (1995)
with The Snowflakes (1947-51)
with the Stan Kenton Orchestra (1952), "Delicado" (1952)

Bucky Covington (William Joel Covington III)

b. 1977 in Rockingham, NC
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, bass, drums
"A Different World" (#58, #26c 2007), "It's Good to Be Us" (#35c 2007), "Carolina Blue" (2007, he co-wrote), "Empty-Handed" (2007), "I'll Walk" (#49c 2008)
songwriter
identical twin brother of Rocky Covington
see Bucky Covington

Rocky Covington (Robert David Covington)

b. 1977 in Rockingham, NC
country/rock singer
instrument: drums
with Swamp Cat
with Caddy Wampus, "Chasin' Dreams" (he wrote), "Honky Tonk Woman" (he wrote)
lead singer with Rule of N9ne
identical twin brother of Bucky Covington

Lee Freeman

b. 1948
country/rock singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, bass, horns
founding member of Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967-69, and reunions), "Incense and Peppermints" (#1 1967), "Strawberries Mean Love" (1967), "Tomorrow" (#23 1968), "Sit With the Guru" (#65 1968), "Barefoot in Baltimore" (#67 1968), "Sea Shell" (1968)
songwriter
see Strawberry Alarm Clock on Wikipedia

Don Murray (Donald Ray Murray)

b. 1945 in Glendale, CA (grew up in Inglewood, CA) – d. 22 Mar 1996 (complications of ulcer surgery)
rock/folk musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Turtles (1964-67), "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)
hang-glider
art director of Hot Rod magazine
md. to Kathy Knuntz
see The Turtles

Reg Nave (Robert G. Nave aka R.G. Nave)

b. 1945 in Oxford, OH
folk/rock/pop musician, instruments: organ, keyboards
founding member of The Lemon Pipers, (1966-69), "Through with You" (1967), "Rice is Nice" (#46 1967), "Blueberry Blue" (1967), "Green Tambourine" (#1 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "No Help From Me" (1968)
session musician

Patti Page (Clara Ann Fowler)

b. 1927 in Claremore, OK or Muskogee, OK (grew up in Tulsa, OK)
country/pop singer
"Confess" (#12 1948), "Money, Marbles and Chalk" (#27, #15c 1949), "So in Love" (#13 1949), "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming" (#11 1950), "All My Love (Bolero)" (#1 1950), "The Tennessee Waltz" (#1 1950, #2c 1951), "Detour" (#5 1951), "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)?" (#4 1951), "Mockin' Bird Hill" (#2 1951), "I Went to Your Wedding" (#1 1952), "Why Don't You Believe Me?" (#4 1952), "Come What May" (#9 1952), * "How Much is That Doggie in the Window?" (#1 1953), "Changing Partners" (#3 1953), "Cross Over the Bridge" (#2 1954), "Let Me Go, Lover" (#8 1955), "Allegheny Moon" (#2 1956), "Old Cape Cod" (#3 1957), "Another Time, Another Place" (#20 1958), "Belonging to Someone" (#13 1958), "One of Us (Will Weep Tonight)" (#31 1960), "2,223 Miles" (#67 1960), "Mom and Dad's Waltz" (#14, #13c 1961), "Go on Home" (#9, #13c 1962), "Most People Get Married" (#27 1962), "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (#8 1965), "Music and Memories" (1966), "Give Him Love" (#24c 1971), "You're Gonna Hurt Me (One More Time)" (#29c 1974), "No Aces" (#39c 1981), "On the Inside" (#66c 1981)
duet with Tom T. Hall, "Hello, We're Lonely" (#14c 1972)
actress
md. to Charles O'Curran (1956-72), md. to Jerry Filiciotto
see Miss Patti Page

John Perez

b. 1942
rock singer
instrument: drums
founding member of The Premiers (1962-69, and reunions), "Farmer John" (#19 1964, One-Hit Wonder), "Feel Like Dancing" (1964), "We Go Together" (1964)
session musician with The Sir Douglas Quintet, and others
brother of Lawrence Perez

Bonnie Raitt (Bonnie Lynn Raitt)

b. 1949 in Burbank, CA
blues/soul/country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, slide guitar
"My First Night Alone Without You" (1975), "Runaway" (#57 1977), "Don't it Make You Wanna Dance?" (#42c 1980), "Keep This Heart in Mind" (1982), "Thing Called Love" (1989), "Have a Heart" (#49 1990), "Something to Talk About" (#5 1991), "I Can't Make You Love Me" (#18 1991), "Not the Only One" (#34 1992), "Love Sneakin' up on You" (#19 1994), "Storm Warning" (1994), "You Got it" (#33 1995), "Silver Lining" (2002)
songwriter
political activist
daughter of singer/actor, John Raitt; md. to actor, Michael O'Keefe (1991-99)
quotes by Bonnie Raitt: "There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music."
"I would rather feel things in extreme than not at all."
see Bonnie Raitt

Minnie Riperton (Minnie Julia Riperton)

b. 1947 in Chicago, IL – d. 12 Jul 1979 in Los Angeles, CA (breast cancer)
soul/rock singer (with a five-octave range)
"Close Your Eyes and Remember" (1970), "Seeing You This Way" (1974), "The Edge of a Dream" (1974), "It's So Nice (to See Old Friends)" (1974), "Lovin' You" (#1 1975, One-Hit Wonder, she co-wrote), "Inside My Love" (1975, she co-wrote), "Wouldn't Matter Where You Are" (1977), "Memory Lane" (1979), "Lover and Friend" (1979), "Give Me Time, Love Lives Forever" (1980)
founding member of The Gems (1963- )
backup singer for Etta James, Stevie Wonder, and others
songwriter
md. to composer, Richard Rudolph
her headstone is inscribed 'Lovin' you is easy cos you're so beautiful'
see Minnie Riperton on Wikipedia

Pervis Staples

b. 1935 in Drew, MS
gospel/soul/blues/pop singer
founding member of The Staple Singers (1948-58, 1961-69), "Faith and Grace" (1953), "Use What You Got" (1962), "I Wish I Had Answered" (1963), "I'll Fly Away" (1965), "For What it's Worth" (#66 1967), "Got to Be Some Changes Made" (1968), "The Gardener" (1969)
served in the Army (1958-60)
see The Staple Singers on Wikipedia

Laura Webb

b. 1941 – d. 8 Jan 2001 (colon cancer)
R&B/pop singer
founding member of The Bobbettes (1956- ), "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")
The Bobbettes sang backup on Johnny Thunder's "Loop De Loop" (#4 1963), and others
songwriter
md. to Mr. Childress
see The Bobbettes

Scotty Wiseman (Scott Greene Wiseman aka Skyland Scotty)

b. 1909 in Spruce Pine, NC - d. 31 Jan 1981 in Gainesville, FL (heart attack)
country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Lulu Belle and Scotty (1933- ), "Homecoming Time in Happy Valley" (1934, he wrote), "Empty Christmas Stocking" (1938, he co-wrote), "The Wampus Cat" (1940), "Don't Cha" (1947, he co-wrote), "You Don't Love Me Like You Used to" (1950, he co-wrote), "Tell Her You Love Her Today" (1950, he wrote), "Between You and Me" (1955), "Come As You Are" (1957), "Mountain Dew" (1963, he co-wrote), "In the Doghouse Now" (1963, he wrote), "Does Your Spearmint Lose its Flavor (on the Bedpost Overnight)?" (1963), "Pretty Red Shoes" (1964), "The Sinking of the Titanic" (1964), "I Told Them All About You" (1965), "Sweet Evalena" (1965)
songwriter, wrote Tex Ritter's "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?", it was a hit for many artists, including: Rod Stewart (#5 1993), Tex Ritter (#3c 1946), Riders of the Purple Sage (#4c 1946)and Gene Autry (#3c 1946)
md. to Myrtle Eleanor 'Lulu Belle' Cooper (1934-81, his death)

November 9

Joe Bouchard (Joseph Bouchard)

b. 1948 in Watertown, NY
rock singer
instruments: bass, guitar, keyboards, trumpet
founding member and bassist with Blue Öyster Cult (1970-86), "Hot Rails to Hell" (1973, he wrote), "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" (#12 1976), "Burnin' for You" (1981), "Take Me Away" (1983), "Dancing in the Ruins" (1985)
founding member of Bouchard, Dunaway and Smith, "Love You Too Much" (2001), "Having the Time of My Life" (2001), "Under My Wheels" (2003), "Caught in a Dream" (2003)
session musician
songwriter
author
md. to Sara Pinckney; brother of Albert Bouchard
see Blue Öyster Cult
see Joe Bouchard

Tommy Caldwell

b. 1949 - d. 28 Apr 1980 (jeep accident)
country singer
instrument: bass
founding member and leader of The Marshall Tucker Band (1973-80), "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, he wrote), "Running Like the Wind" (1979), "It Takes Time" (#79 1980)
brother of Toy Caldwell
see The Marshall Tucker Band

Jack Cardwell

b. 1925 near Chapman, AL
country singer
"You Hid Your Cheating Heart" (1953), "The Death of Hank Williams" (#3c 1953, he wrote), "Two Arms" (1953), "I'm Gonna Write a Song About You" (1953), "Dear Joan" (#7c 1953, he wrote, reply to Jean Shepard's "Dear John Letter"), "Whiskey, Women and Loaded Dice" (1954), "Blue Lifetime" (1959)
songwriter, co-wrote Lawrence Reynolds' "Jesus is a Soul Man" (#28 1969)
DJ
served in the Navy during WWII

Leroy Fann

b. 1936 in Akron, OH – d. Nov 1973 (heart attack)
pop/doo-wop singer (bass)
founding member of Ruby and the Romantics, * "Our Day Will Come" (#1 1963), "My Summer Love" (#16 1963), "Hey There, Lonely Boy" (#27 1963), "Moonlight and Magic" (1963), "Our Everlasting Love" (#64 1964), "Does He Really Care for Me?" (1965), "When You're Young and in Love" (#48 1965), "Black Sheep" (#68 1967)
see Ruby and the Romantics

Curly Fox (Arnim LeRoy Fox)

b. 1910 in Graysville, TN - d. 10 Nov 1995
country musician, instrument: fiddle
"Soldier's Return" (1948), "It's Your Turn to Be Blue" (1948), "It's Only Forever" (1948), "Teardrops and Empty Arms" (1949), "Falling Leaf" (1949), "It's Raining Teardrops in My Heart" (1949), "Those Dreams Are Gone" (1949), "Chasin' the Fox" (1963), "Wink Your Little Eye" (1963)
duet with Texas Ruby, "Front Door Key" (1963)
with The Shelton Brothers (1934-36)
session musician
md. to singer, Texas Ruby (1937-63, her death)

Tom Fogerty (Thomas Richard Fogerty)

b. 1941 in El Cerrito, CA – d. 6 Sep 1990 in Scottsdale, AZ (respiratory failure)
country/rock singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, bass, piano
"Beauty is Under the Skin" (1972), "Train to Nowhere" (1972), "Forty Years" (1972), "(Hold On) Annie Mae" (1972), "It's Been a Good Day" (1974, he wrote), "What Did I Know?" (1974), "What about Tomorrow?" (1975), "Dance All Night" (1978), "Tricia Suzanne" (1981), "The Secret" (1981), "Rainbow Carousel" (1982), "We've Been Here Before" (1993, recorded 1988), "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1993, recorded 1988)
founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival (1967-71), "Suzie-Q" (#11 1968), "Bad Moon Rising" (#2 1969), "Proud Mary" (#2 1969), "Down on the Corner" (#3 1969), "Green River" (#2 1969), "Fortunate Son" (#14 1969), "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (#2 1970), "Up Around the Bend" (#4 1970), "Who'll Stop the Rain?" (#2 1970), "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (#8 1971)
songwriter
older brother of John Fogerty
he got AIDS from a blood transfusion which eventually led to him getting TB
see Creedence Clearwater Revival

Alan Gratzer

b. 1948 in Syracuse, NY
rock singer
instruments: drums, bass
founding member REO Speedwagon (1967-88), "157 Riverside Avenue" (1971), "Take it on the Run" (#5 1981), "In Your Letter" (#20 1981), "Keep on Loving You" (#1 1981), "Keep the Fire Burnin'" (#7 1982), "Can't Fight This Feeling" (#1 1985), "That Ain't Love" (#16 1987), "In My Dreams" (#19 1987), "Here with Me" (#20 1988)
restaurant owner

Nick Lachey (Nicholas Scott Lachey)

b. 1973 in Harlan, KY (grew up in OH)
soul/pop/rock singer
"This I Swear" (2003), "Shut Up" (2003), "I Fall in Love Again" (2003), "Edge of Eternity" (2003), "What's Left of Me" (#6 2006), "Resolution" (#77 2006), "Shades of Blue" (2006)
founding member of 98 Degrees (1997- ), "Invisible Man" (#12 1997), "Because of You" (#3 1998), "I Do (Cherish You)" (#13 1999), * "The Hardest Thing" (#5 1999), "My Everything" (#34 2000), "Can You Imagine?" (2000)
98 Degrees duet with Mariah Carey, "Thank God I Found You" (#1 2000)
songwriter
md. to singer, Jessica Simpson (2002-06); brother of Drew Lachey
actor; dancer
see Nick Lachey

Dennis Provisor

b. 1948/50 in Los Angeles, CA
folk/rock/soul singer
instruments: keyboards, piano, electric organ
"Walk on With Him" (1964), "Mickey Mouse" (1964)
with The Grass Roots (1969-72, 1975-78), "Bella Linda" (#28 1969), "Walking Through the Country" (#44 1969, he wrote), * "Heaven Knows" (#24 1969), "I'd Wait a Million Years" (#15 1969), "The River is Wide" (#31 1969), "Come on and Say it" (#61 1970, he co-wrote), "Temptation Eyes" (#15 1970), * "Baby, Hold on" (#35 1970), * "Sooner or Later" (#9 1971), "I Can Turn Off the Rain" (1971, he wrote), "Two Divided by Love" (#16 1972), "Glory Bound" (#34 1972, he co-wrote), "The Last Time Around" (1975), "Optical Illusion" (1976)
with The Hits
songwriter
see The Grass Roots
see The Hits

James Talley

b. 1943/44 in Mehan, OK
country/folk/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"Tryin' Like the Devil" (#75c 1976, he wrote), "Sometimes I Think about Suzanne" (1976), "Up from Georgia" (1977, he wrote), "Alabama Summertime" (#83c 1977, he wrote), "Not Even When it's Over" (1978), "Dixie Blue" (1978), "A Way to Say I Love You" (1985), "Open All Night" (1985), "Does Anybody Know Why Ana Maria's Mama is Crying?" (1992), "As I Waited Out the Storm" (1992), "I Ain't Got No Home" (2000), "This Land is Your Land" (2000), "Somewhere on the Edge of the World" (2004), "North Dakota Girl" (2008), "If Only You Had Stayed" (2008)
songwriter
see James Talley

Kay Thompson (Catherine L. Fink)

b. 1908 in St. Louis, MO - d. 2 Jul 1998 in New York, NY
pop singer
instrument: piano
"You Let Me Down" (1935), "Don't Mention Love to Me" (1935), "Eloise" (#59 1956, she wrote, One-Hit Wonder), "Just One of Those Things" (1956)
founding member of The Kay Thompson Swing Choir
songwriter
arranger
actress; dancer; author of The Eloise children's books series
md. 1st to trombone player, Jack Jenney (1937-39); md. to William Spier
Godmother of Lisa Minnelli

Haydn Vitera (Haydn Eric Vitera)

b. 1973 in Mexico (grew up in El Campo, TX)
western swing singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle
"Damn Your Eyes" (2005), "Shoulda Seen it Comin'" (2005, he wrote), "Throwin' the Fight" (2005, he co-wrote)
with Rick Trevino's touring band (1997-99)
with Asleep at the Wheel (2002-05), "One Six-Pack to Go" (2003), "Amarillo by Morning" (2003), "Texas, Me and You" (2005)
see Asleep at the Wheel

November 10

Steve Alaimo

b. 1938 - d. 30 Jun 1992 in NY (complications of heart surgery)
rock/pop/folk singer, instrument: bass
with The Mojo Men (1965-69) "The Loneliest Boy in Town" (1965), "Fire in My Heart" (1966), "Sit Down, I Think I Love You" (#36 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Everyday Love" (1969), "There Goes My Mind" (1969)
music producer

Sean Bryne (John Bryne)

b. 1947 in Dublin, Ireland
pop singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member of The Count Five (1964-69), "Psychotic Reaction" (#5 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Revelation in Slow Motion" (1968), "Mailman" (1969)
founding member of The Count, "See You in the Morning" (2002, he wrote), "White Powder" (2002, he wrote), "I'm in Love Again" (2002, he wrote), "Can't Sleep" (2002)
songwriter
see The Count Five

Bill Bryson

b. 1946 in Evanston, IL
bluegrass/country/rock singer
instruments: bass, guitar
founding member and bassist with the Desert Rose Band (1985-93), "Once More" (1987), "Ashes of Love" (#26c 1987), "He's Back and I'm Blue" (#1c 1987), "Love Reunited" (#6c 1987), "One Step Forward" (#2c 1987), "I Still Believe in You" (#1c 1988), "Summer Wind" (#2c 1988), "She Don't Love Nobody" (#3c 1989), "Hello, Trouble" (#11c 1989), "Start All Over Again" (#6c 1990), "In Another Lifetime" (#13c 1990), "Story of Love" (#10c 1990), "Will This Be the Day?" (#37c 1991), "You Can Go Home" (#53 1991)
with The Laurel Canyon Ramblers
with The Grateful Dudes
session musician with Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, Ry Cooder, and others
songwriter

Chris Cagle (Christian Cagle)

b. 1968 in DeRidder, LA (grew up in Baytown, TX)
country singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"My Love Goes on and on" (#76, #15c 2000, he co-wrote), * "Lovin' You Lovin' Me" (2000), * "Laredo (Don't Let Her Go)" (#60, #8c 2000, he wrote), * "I Breath In, I Breathe Out" (#35, #1c 2001, he co-wrote), "Chicks Dig it" (#53, #5c 2003, he co-wrote), "What a Beautiful Day" (#41, #4c 2003, he co-wrote), "Miss Me, Baby" (#67, #12c 2005, he co-wrote), "Wal-Mart Parking Lot" (#42c 2006), "What Kinda Gone?" (#54, #3c 2007)
songwriter
md. to teacher, Elizabeth Filer (2001- )

James 'Thunderbird' Davis (James Houston)

b. 1938 in Pritchard, AL - d. 23 Jan 1992 in St. Paul, MN (heart attack during a performance)
blues singer
"What Else is There to Do?" (1989, he wrote), "Checkout Time" (1989), "If I Had My Life to Live Over" (1989)
session musician with Joe Tex, and others
songwriter
his nickname came from an incident when he ended up in the hospital after drinking too much Thunderbird wine

Tommy 'Bubba' Facenda

b. 1939 in Portsmouth, VA
rock/rockabilly singer
"You Are My Everything" (1959, he wrote), "High School USA" (#28 1959, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "I Don't Know" (1959)
with Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps (1957-58, replaced Willie Williams), "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), "She She Little Sheila" (1958)
served in the Army
firefighter
see Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps

Donna Fargo (Yvonne Vaughan)

b. 1945 in Mount Airy, NC
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Would You Believe a Lifetime?" (1967), * "The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA" (#11, #1c 1972, she wrote, CMA single of the year 1972), * "Daddy Dumplin'" (1972), * "Funny Face" (#5, #1c 1972, she wrote), "Superman" (#41, #1c 1973, she wrote), "You Were Always There" (#93, #1c 1973, she wrote), "Little Girl Gone" (#57, #2c 1973, she wrote), "You Can't Be a Beacon (If Your Light Don't Shine)" (#57, #1c 1974), "Just a Friend of Mine" (1974), "What Will the New Year Bring?" (#58c 1975, she wrote), "Don't Be Angry" (#3c 1976), "That Was Yesterday" (#1c 1977, she wrote), "Do I Love You? (Yes in Every Way)" (#2c 1978), "Another Goodbye" (#10c 1978), "Somebody Special" (#6c 1979, she wrote), "Me and You" (#29c 1987, she wrote), "Soldier Boy" (#71c 1990)
recorded as Yvonne Vaughn, "How Could They Know?" (1964), "I'm Sorry for Hurting You" (1964), "Lonely Little Girl" (1965), "When You Gonna Tell Her About Me?" (1965)
duet with Billy Joe Royal, "Members Only" (#23c 1987)
songwriter
high school English teacher; author
md. to Stan Silver (1969- )
was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1978 but continued her career
see Donna Fargo

Ronnie Hammond

b. 1950 in Macon, GA
rock/country singer
with The Atlanta Rhythm Section, "Georgia Rhythm" (1976), "So into You" (#7 1977), "Imaginary Lover" (#7 1978), "I'm Not Gonna Let it Bother Me Tonight" (#14 1978), "Silver Eagle" (#75c 1980), "Alien" (#29 1981)
songwriter
see the Atlanta Rhythm Section

Greg Lake (Gregory Stuart Lake)

b. 1948 in Dorset, England - d. December 7, 2016 (cancer)
rock singer
instruments: guitar, bass guitar
"The Lie" (1981), "For Those Who Dare" (1981), "I Love You Too Much" (1981), "I Don't Know Why I Still Love You" (1983), "Lay Down Your Guns" (1997), "Cat Food" (1997)
founding member of King Crimson (1969-70), "I Talk to the Wind" (1969), "Moonchild" (1969)
founding member of Emerson, Lake and Palmer (1970-79, 1991-98), "Lucky Man" (#48 1970, he wrote), "From the Beginning" (#39 1972)
founding member of Emerson, Lake and Powell (1985-87), "Touch and Go" (1987), "Learning to Fly" (1987)
songwriter
music producer
does charitable work on behalf of missing children
see King Crimson on Wikipedia
see Greg Lake

Miranda Lambert

b. 1983 in Longview, TX (grew up in Lindale, TX)
country singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
"Texas Pride" (2001), "Somebody Else" (2001), "Texas as Hell" (2004), "Me and Charlie Talking" (#27c 2005), "Bring Me Down" (#32c 2005), "Kerosene" (#61, #15c 2005), "New Strings" (#25c 2006), "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (#50c 2006), "Famous in a Small Town" (#87, #14c 2007), "Gunpowder and Lead" (#68, #12c 2008), "Automatic" (#4c 2014, CMA single of the year 2014)
songwriter
see Miranda Lambert

Dave Loggins (David Allen Loggins)

b. 1947 in Mountain City, TN
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Please Come to Boston" (#5 1974, he wrote), "Augusta" (1980, he wrote)
duet with Anne Murray, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" (#1c 1984)
duet with Gus Hardin, "Just as Long as I Have You" (#72c 1985)
songwriter, wrote Restless Heart's "Wheels" (#1c 1988), "Fast Movin' Train" (#4c 1990); Reba McEntire's "One Promise Too Late" (#1c 1987); Alabama's "She and I" (#1c 1986)
co-wrote Alabama's "Forty-Hour Week" (#1c 1985); Don Williams' "Maggie's Dream" (#11c 1984), "Just As Long As I Have You" (#4c 1990); Chrystal Gayle and Gary Morris' "Makin' up for Lost Time (The Dallas Lovers' Song)" (#1c 1987)
second cousin of Kenny Loggins
has a Master's Degree in education and psychology

Mack Rice (Bonnie Rice, aka 'Sir Mack Rice')

b. 1933 in Clarksdale, MS
R&B singer
"You Shouldn't Throw Stones" (1965), "Mini-Skirt Minnie" (1967, he wrote), "Three People in Love" (1970), "What Good is a Song?" (1978)
with The Falcons (1957-65), "You're So Fine" (#17 1959, One-Hit Wonder), "Just for Your Love" (1959), "Waiting for You" (1960), "I Found a Love" (#75 1962), "Let's Kiss and Make Up" (1963), "You're on My Mind" (1965)
songwriter, wrote Rufus Thomas' "The Breakdown" (#31 1971); Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally" (#23 1966); The Staple Singers' "Respect Yourself" (#12 1972); Johnnie Taylor's "Cheaper to Keep Her" (#15 1973)

Pat Severs

b. 1952 in Camden, SC
country/rock singer
instruments: steel guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, dobro
founding member of Pirates of the Mississippi (1987-94), "Honky-Tonk Blues" (#26c 1990), "Feed Jake" (#15c 1990), "This Ain't the Denver I Remember" (1991), "Till I'm Holding You Again" (#22c 1992), "Dream You" (#68c 1993)
session musician with Don McLean, and others

Greg Trostle

b. 1950 in Elmira, NY
country/rock musician, instrument: steel guitar
with Pirates of the Mississippi (1994-96, replaced Pat Severs), "The Biggest Broken Heart in Tennessee" (1995), "Weakness for the Weekend" (1995)

Onie Wheeler (Onie Daniel Wheeler)

b. 1921 in Senath, MO – d. 26 May 1984
country/rockabilly/bluegrass/gospel singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"I Wanna Hold My Baby" (1956), "Going Back to the City" (1957), "Jump Right Out of This Jukebox" (1959), "Too Hot to Handle" (1960), "My Stubborn Heart" (1961), "Pretty Little Tomboy" (1965), "John's Been Shucking My Corn" (#53c 1973, he wrote), "I Don't Believe We're Through" (1978), "Lucie Ann's Song" (1978)
with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys (1964-67, and off and on after that), "Freight Train Blues" (#45c 1965)
songwriter, wrote George Jones and Melba Montgomery's "Let's Invite Them Over" (#17c 1963)
served in the Army during WWII
md. to Betty Jean Crowe (1946- ); father of singer, Karen Wheeler
died onstage at the Grand Ole Opry

November 11

Dave Alvin (David Alvin)

b. 1955 in Downey, CA
country/rock/blues/rockabilly/folk singer
instrument: lead guitar
"Every Night about This Time" (1987), "I Wish it Was Saturday Night" (1987), Shenandoah" (2000), "Texas Rangers" (2000), "Dark Eyes" (2000)
founding member of The Blasters (1979-86), "Marie Marie" (1980, he wrote), "Barefoot Rock" (1980), "So Long, Baby, Goodbye" (1981), "Highway 61" (1981), "Red Rose" (1983, he wrote), "Dark Night" (1985), "Rock 'n' Roll Will Stand" (1985)
with The Knitters (1985), "Poor Little Critter on the Road" (1985)
with X (1986)
songwriter
brother of Phil Alvin
see Dave Alvin and the Blasters
see Dave Alvin

LaVern Baker (Delores Baker aka Bea Baker)

b. 1929/30 in Chicago, IL - 10 Mar 1997 in NY (heart problems and complications of diabetes)
R&B/rock/gospel singer
"Soul on Fire" (1953), "Lost Child" (1953), "Tweedlee Dee" (#14 1955), "I Can't Love You Enough" (#22 1956), "Jim Dandy" (#17 1957), "I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle" (1958), "Whipper Snapper" (1958), "I Cried a Tear" (#6 1959), "I Waited Too Long" (#33 1959), "I Didn't Know I Was Crying" (1961), "Saved" (#37 1961), "See See Rider" (#34 1962), "Better Find Yourself Another Fool" (1964), "Let Me Belong to You" (1965), "Batman to the Rescue" (1966)
duet with Jackie Wilson, "Think Twice" (1966), "Wrapped, Tied, and Tangled" (1967)
spent many years entertaining U.S. troops abroad
md. to Eugene Williams (1947)

Marshall Crenshaw

b. 1953 in Detroit, MI (grew up in Berkley, MI)
rockabilly/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Someday, Someway" (#36 1982), "Cynical Girl" (1982), "She Can't Dance" (1982), "One Day with You" (1983), "One More Reason" (1983), "The Distance Between" (1985), "Yvonne" (1985), "Mary Jean" (1987), "They Never Will Know" (1987), "You Should Have Been There" (1989), "Let Her Dance" (1989), "She Hates to Go Home" (1989), "Somewhere Down the Line" (1991), "Starting Tomorrow" (1991), "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (1994), "Starless Summer Sky" (1996), "Television Light" (1999), "You're My Favorite Waste of Time" (2001), "A Few Thousand Days Ago" (2003), "Where Home Used to Be" (2003), "I'd Rather Be With You" (2003)
songwriter
see Marshall Crenshaw

Chris Dreja (Christopher Dreja)

b. 1944/46 in Surrey, England
rock singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, bass, piano
founding member of 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)
see The Yardbirds

Narvel Felts (Albert Narvel Felts)

b. 1938 near Keiser, AR (grew up in Bernie, MO)
rock/country singer
instruments: guitar, bass
"Lonesome Feeling" (1957), "Three Thousand Miles" (#92 1959), "Honey Love" (#90 1960), "Little Miss Blue" (1962), "All That Heaven Sent" (1964), "You Didn't Tell Me, I Didn't Know" (1965), "I'd Trade All My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)" (1966), "Eighty-Six Miles" (1967), "Dee Dee" (1968), "Rockin' Little Angel" (#70c 1973), "Drift Away" (#8c 1973), "All in the Name of Love" (#13c 1973), "I Want to Stay" (#26c 1974), "When Your Good Love Was Mine" (#14c 1974), "Raindrops" (#33c 1974), "Reconsider Me" (#67, #2c 1975), "Foggy Misty Morning" (1975), "Funny How Time Slips Away" (#12c 1975), "Lonely Teardrops" (#62, #5c 1976), "Somebody Hold Me (Until She Passes By)" (#10c 1975), "My Prayer" (#14c 1976), "I Don't Hurt Anymore" (#37c 1977), "To Love Somebody" (#22c 1977), "Runaway" (#3c 1978), "Just Keep it up and See What Happens" (#31c 1978), "One Run for the Roses" (#26c 1978), "Everlasting Love" (#14c 1979), "Cry, Baby, Cry" (#52c 1980), "Hey Lady" (#51c 1985), "Fool in Paradise" (#52c 1987), "I'm Just That Kind of Fool" (#29c 1991), "Until the End of Time" (#39c 1993)
founding member of The Wolfpack, "Bull Smith Can't Dance the Cotton-Eyed Joe (#88c 1982)
songwriter
md. to Loretta Stanfield (1962- )
see Narvel Felts

Hank Garland (Walter Louis Garland aka 'Sugarfoot')

b. 1930 in Cowpens, SC – d. 27 Dec 2004 in Orange Park, FL (staph infection)
country/jazz/rock musician, instruments: guitar, mandolin
"The Cold War with You" (1949), "Seventh and Union" (1951, he wrote), "Guitar Polka" (1953), "All the Things You Are" (1961)
in Elvis Presley's band (1958-61), "Stuck on You" (#1, #27c 1960), "It's Now or Never" (#1 1960), "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" (#1, #22c 1960), "Surrender" (#1 1961)
session guitarist on The Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye, Love" (#2 1957); Patsy Cline's "Crazy" (#9, #1c 1961), "I Fall to Pieces" (#12, #1c 1961); Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman" (#1 1964, #89c 1990); Jim Reeves' "Yonder Comes a Sucker" (#4c 1955), "He'll Have to Go" (#2, #1c 1960); Ferlin Husky's "Gone" (#1c 1957), Web Pierce's "Tupelo County Jail" (#7c 1958); Jerry Lee Lewis' "What'd I Say?" (#30, #26c 1961); and with Brenda Lee, Mel Tillis, Marty Robins, Cowboy Copas, and others
songwriter
injuries from a car accident in 1961 left him unable to continue his career

Larry Laprise (Ronald Lawrence LaPrise)

b. 1912 in Detroit, MI – d. 4 Apr 1996 in Gooding, ID
pop musician
founding member of The Ram Trio, "The Hokey-Pokey" (1949)
songwriter, he has the copyright for "The Hokey-Pokey" but it's similarity to older songs has led to disputes and confusion as to the origins
postal worker
served in the Army during WWII

Glen Larson (Glen A. Larson)

b. 1937
pop singer (baritone)
founding member of The Four Preps (1956-68, and reunions), "26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" (#2 1958, he co-wrote), "Big Man" (#3 1958, he co-wrote), "Down by the Station" (#13 1960), "More Money for You and Me" (#17 1961), "A Letter to the Beatles" (#85 1964)
songwriter
television producer
see The Four Preps on Wikipedia

Roger LaVern (Roger Jackson)

b. 1937/38 in England
rock musician, instrument: piano, keyboards, organ
with The Tornadoes (1962-63), "Ridin' the Wind" (1962), "Telstar" (#1 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "Globetrotter" (1963), "Phantom Surfer" (1963), "Lightnin'" (1964)
founding member of Roger LaVern and the Microns

Vince Martell

b. 1945 in the Bronx, NY
rock singer
instrument: lead guitar
"Cause I Love You" (2000, he wrote), "Thoughts" (2000, he wrote)
founding member of Vanilla Fudge (1966-70, and reunions), "You Keep Me Hanging on" (#6 1968), "Take Me for a Little While" (#38 1968), "Shotgun" (1969), "Need Love" (1969, he co-wrote)
with the Vince Martell Band
songwriter
humanitarian
see Vanilla Fudge
see Vince Martell

Paula McCulla

b. 19?? in Reading, PA
country/Christian singer
instruments: piano, trumpet
"Thanks for Leaving Him (For Me)" (#69c 1988, she co-wrote), "Dyin' to Live" (1993), "Whole Lot of People Doing Right" (1993), "Blush" (1995), "Throw the Stone" (1995), "The Ride of My Life" (2007), "I Ain't Wrong About This" (2007), "Girl Inside the Woman" (2007)
songwriter
DJ
md. to Paul McCulloch (1980- )

Jim Peterik

b. 1950
rock singer
instrument: lead guitar
founding member of The Ides of March (1964-73, 1990- ), "You Wouldn't Listen" (#42 1966, he co-wrote), "Vehicle" (#2 1970, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "The Sky is Falling" (1970, he wrote), "L.A. Goodbye" (#73 1971, he wrote), "Tie-Dye Princess" (1971, he wrote), "Friends of Feeling" (1971, he wrote), "All Join Hands" (1972, he wrote), "Diamond Fire" (1972, he wrote), "Flip Side" (1972, he wrote), "Ride the Music" (1973, he wrote), "Friendly Stranger" (1997, he wrote), "Finally Next Year" (1998), "Rebel Girl" (2002)
founding member of Survivor (1978-88), "Eye of the Tiger" (#1 1982, he co-wrote), "I Can't Hold Back" (1983, he co-wrote), "Burning Heart" (#2 1985), "High on You" (#8 1985, he co-wrote), "The Search is Over" (#4 1985, he co-wrote)
with Pride of Lions
songwriter, co-wrote .38 Special's "Hold on Loosely" (#27 1981), "Caught up in You" (#10 1982)
music producer
see Jim Peterik

Tiny Stokes (Dwight E. Stokes)

b. 1920 in Springfield, MO - d. 12 Jan 1999
country singer (tenor)
instrument: bass
founding member of Tiny Stokes and the Frontiersmen
founding member of Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers (1940- ), "Money, Marbles and Chalk" (#12c 1949), "Come Wet Your Mustache With Me" (#14c 1949), "Washboard Boogie" (1951)
session musician with Burl Ives, and others
comedian

Russ Taff (Russell Dee Taff)

b. 1953 in Steelville, MO or Farmersville, CA
country/Christian singer
instrument: guitar
"Kathryn's Song" (1983), "Rock Solid" (1985), "Silent Love" (1985), "How Much it Hurts" (1985), "Farther on" (1989), "Guiding Light" (1990), "Love is Not a Thing" (#53c 1995), "One and Only Love" (#51c 1995), "Walk Between the Lines" (2005), "Steal Away" (2005)
duet with Leslie Phillips, "Strength of My Life" (1984)
duet with Phil Keaggy, "Your Love Broke Through" (1989)
songwriter
see Russ Taff

November 12

Walt Aldridge

b. 1955 in Florence, AL
country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer with The Shooters, "They Only Come Out at Night" (#21c 1987, he wrote), "Tell it to Your Teddy Bear" (#34c 1987, he co-wrote), "If I Ever Go Crazy" (#17 1989, he wrote), "Borderline" (#13c 1989, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Earl Thomas Conley's "Holding Her and Loving You" (#1c 1983); Ricky Van Shelton's "I Am a Simple Man" (#1c 1991), "Crime of Passion" (#7c 1987); Ronnie Milsap's "There's No Gettin' Over Me" (#1c 1981); Barbara Mandrell's "Till You're Gone" (#1c 1982); Reba McEntire's "The Fear of Being Alone" (#2c 1996); Conway Twitty's "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" (#2c 1989); Blackhawk's "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" (#3c 1996), "Your Own Little Corner of My Heart" (#27c 1999); T.G. Sheppard's "One-Owner Heart" (#4c 1985), "In Over My Heart" (#9 1986), "Doncha" (#8c 1985)
session musician
music producer; sound engineer

Bob Crewe (Stanley Robert Crewe)

b. 1931 in Normandy Beach, NJ
pop/rock singer, musician
"Cash Register Heart" (1954), "Charm Bracelet" (1957), "Torn and Tattered Heart" (1957), "Guessin' Games" (1957), "Of Sun, the Sea and the Sand" (1958), "La La Loretta" (1961), "One More Lie" (1961), "Marriage Made in Heaven" (1977, he co-wrote)
with The Bob Crewe Generation, "Girls on the Rocks" (1966), "Music to Watch Girls By" (#15 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Mini-skirts" (1967), "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "Barbarella" (1968), "Birds of Britain" (1968)
songwriter, co-wrote Billy and Lillie's "Lucky Ladybug" (#14 1959); Freddy Cannon's "Tallahassee Lassie" (#6 1959); The Four Seasons' "Sherry" (#1 1962), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (#1 1962), "Rag Doll" (#1 1964), "Walk Like a Man" (#1 1963), "Let's Hang on (to What We've Got)" (#3 1965); Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" (#2 1967), "My Eyes Adored You" (#1 1975); Patti LaBelle's "Lady Marmalade" (#1 1975); Diane Renay's "Blue, Navy Blue" (#6 1964)
music producer

Ruby Nash Curtis (aka Ruby Nash)

b. 1939 in Akron, OH
pop/R&B singer
founding member and lead singer with Ruby and the Romantics (1961-71), * "Our Day Will Come" (#1 1963), "My Summer Love" (#16 1963), "Hey There, Lonely Boy" (#27 1963), "Moonlight and Magic" (1963), "Our Everlasting Love" (#64 1964), "Does He Really Care for Me?" (1965), "When You're Young and in Love" (#48 1965), "Black Sheep" (#68 1967)
see Ruby and the Romantics

Charlotte Davis

b. 1936
doo-wop/pop singer (obbligato)
founding member of The Tune Weavers (195?-60, and reunions), "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" (#11 1957, One-Hit Wonder), "Pamela Jean" (1957), "This Can't Be Love" (1960), "Congratulations on Your Wedding" (1962), "Your Skies of Blue" (1962), "I've Tried" (1988)
cousin of Margo Sylvia; md. to Mr. Rose

Buck Dharma (Donald Roeser)

b. 1947 in Long Island, NY
rock singer
instruments: guitar, drums
"Born to Rock" (1982, he co-wrote), "That Summer Night" (1982, he wrote), "Wind, Weather and Storm" (1982, he co-wrote), "Cold Wind" (1982, he wrote)
founding member of Blue Öyster Cult (1970- ), "Hot Rails to Hell" (1973), "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" (#12 1976, he wrote), "Burnin' for You" (1981, he wrote), "Take Me Away" (1983), "Dancing in the Ruins" (1985)
songwriter
see Blue Öyster Cult

Barbara Fairchild

b. 1950 in Lafe, AR
country/pop/gospel singer
"Telegram" (1965), "Love is a Gentle Thing" (#69c 1969), "(Loving You is) Sunshine" (#33c 1971), "Thanks for the Mem'ries" (#29c 1972), "The Teddy Bear Song" (#32, #1c 1973), "Kid Stuff" (#95, #2c 1973), "Baby Doll" (#6c 1974), "His Green Eyes" (1974), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (#41c 1975), "Cheatin' is" (#14c 1976), "Let Me Love You Once Before You Go" (#22c 1977), "(I'll Meet You on) The Other Side of Morning" (1977), "The Biggest Hurt" (1982), "Just Out Ridin' Around" (#84c 1986), "All My Cloudy Days Are Gone" (1986)
duets with Billy Walker, "If We Take Our Time" (1980), "Let Me Be the One" (#74c 1980)
songwriter
md. to singer/songwriter, Milton Carroll (1982- ); md. to singer/songwriter, Roy Morris

Brian Hyland

b. 1943 in Queens, NY
pop/country/rock/novelty singer
instruments: harmonica, guitar
"Library Love Affair" (1960), * "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (#1 1960), "Don't Dilly Dally, Sally" (1960), "Lipstick on Your Lips" (1961), "Let Me Belong to You" (#20 1961), "Sealed with a Kiss" (#3 1962), "Ginny Come Lately" (#21 1962), "Warmed-Over Kisses (Left-Over Love)" (#25 1962), "If Mary's There" (1963), "Here's to Our Love" (1964), "He Don't Understand You" (1965), "I Can't Keep a Secret" (1965), * "Run, Run, Look and See" (#25 1966), "The Joker Went Wild" (#20 1966), "3,000 Miles" (1966), "Words on Paper" (1967), "Hung Up in Your Eyes" (1967), "Springfield, Illinois" (1968, he wrote), "Rainy April Morning" (1969), "Dreamy Eyes" (1969), "Gypsy Woman" (#3 1970), "Mail-Order Gun" (1970, he wrote)
songwriter
see Brian Hyland

Lezlie James (Lezlie Ann Harter)

b. 1981 in Tempe, AZ
country/rock singer
instruments: piano, guitar
founding member of Seven
founding member of The Harters, "Gettin' Out of Dodge" (2008)
sister of Scott Harter and Michael Harter

Terry 'Buzzy' Johnson (Isaiah Johnson)

b. 1938 in Baltimore, MD
R&B singer
instrument: guitar
"My Springtime" (1969), "Whatcha Gonna Do?" (1969), "Sandy" (1970)
founding member and lead singer of The Whispers (1954-56), "Fool Heart" (1955, he wrote), "Are You Sorry?" (1955, he co-wrote)
with The Flamingos (1957-61, 1974- ), "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" (#52 1958, he wrote), "I Only Have Eyes for You" (#11 1959), "At the Prom" (1959, he wrote), "Time Was" (#45 1959, he wrote), "Mio Amore" (#74 1959, he wrote), "Nobody Loves Me Like You" (#30 1960), "Your Other Love" (#54 1960), "My Memories of You" (1961)
with The Starglows, "Let's Be Lovers" (1963, he wrote), "Walk Softly Away" (1963)
songwriter
arranger, music producer

Grace Kelly (Grace Patricia Kelly)

b. 1929 Philadelphia, PA - d. 14 Sep 1982 in Monaco (had a stroke while driving)
pop singer
duet with Bing Crosby, "True Love" (#3 1956, One-Hit Wonder)
actress
md. to Prince Rainier of Monaco (1956-82, her death)

Jerry Kilgore

b. 1964 in Tillamook, OR
country/honky-tonk singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"All I've Got to Say" (1999), "Love Trip" (#36c 1999, he co-wrote), "The Look" (#49c 2000), "Cactus in a Coffee Can" (#73c 2000), "I Just Want My Baby Back" (2000), "Lookin' for a Highway" (2007), "American Car" (2007), "Down on My Luck" (2007), "What's it Take to Get a Drink in Here" (2008)
songwriter, co-wrote Tracy Byrd's "Love Lessons" (#9c 1995); John Michael Montgomery's "Cover You in Kisses" (#91, #3c 1998)

John Maus (aka John Stewart)

b. 1943 in NY (grew up in CA)
pop/rock singer
instruments: guitar, keyboards
"If I Promise" (1967), "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (1967), "Yesterday's Sunshine" (1969, he wrote), "Jamie" (1970), "Midnight Morning" (1973, he wrote), "If This is Love" (2000), "What Am I Supposed to Do?" (2000), "Shadow of Night" (2007), "Sweet Dreams" (2007)
recorded as John Walker, "You Don't Understand Me" (1967)
founding member of The Walker Brothers (1964-67, 1976-78), "Love Her" (1965), "Make it Easy on Yourself" (#16 1965), "Seventh Dawn" (1965), "Saddest Night in the World" (1966), "I Only Came to Dance with You" (1966), "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (#13 1966), "No Sad Song for Me" (1966), "No Regrets" (1976)
md. to Kathy Young
see The Walker Brothers on Wikipedia

Frank D. Rosenthal (Frank D. Rosenthal)

b. 1941
rock singer
founding member and lead singer of Dante and the Evergreens (1959-64), "Alley-Oop" (#15 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "Time Machine" (#77 1960)
attorney
see Dante and the Evergreens

Booker T. (Alan T. Jones)

b. 1944 in Memphis, TN
rock/R&B musician, instrument: piano, keyboards, organ
"Hitchhiker" (1972, he wrote), "We Could Fly" (1978), "I Want You" (1981)
founding member of Booker T. and the MGs (1962-69, and reunions), "Green Onions" (#3 1962, he wrote), "Behave Yourself" (1962), "Jellybread" (1963), "Chinese Checkers" (1963), "Burnt Biscuits" (1963), "Red Beans and Rice" (1965), "Hip Hug-Her" (#37 1967), "Groovin'" (#21 1967), "Heads or Tails" (1968), "Hang 'Em High" (#9 1968), "Time is Tight" (#6 1969)
Booker T. and the MGs were backup on Rufus Thomas' "Walkin' the Dog" (#10 1963); Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" (#21 1965); most of Otis Redding's recordings; and others
session musician on Otis Redding's "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" (#1 1968), "Try a Little Tenderness" (#25 1966); Jerry Reed and Waylon Jennings' "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (#20c 1983); Sonny James' "When Something is Wrong with My Baby" (#6c 1976); Joe Tex's "Skinny Legs and All" (#10 1967); and others
songwriter
md. to singer, Priscilla Coolidge (sister of Rita Coolidge)

Frank Troutt

b. 1940
doo-wop/soul singer
founding member of The Versitiles (1958-62), "I'll Whisper in Your Ear" (1960), "Just Words" (1962)
founding member of The Majors (1961- ), "A Wonderful Dream" (#22 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "A Little Bit Now (and a Little Bit Later)" (1962), "She's a Troublemaker" (1962), "One Happy Ending" (1963)

Mort Shuman

b. 1936 in Brooklyn, NY– d. 2 Nov 1991 (complications of liver surgery)
rock/pop singer
instrument: piano
"Imagine" (1976), "Sorrow" (1976), "Before the Fall" (1991), "Amalie" (1991)
songwriter, wrote Billy J. Kramer's "Little Children" (#7 1964); Elvis Presley's "Surrender" (#1 1961); co-wrote Elvis Presley's "(Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame" (#4 1961); Dion and the Belmonts' "Teenager in Love" (#3 1959); Andy Williams' "Can't Get Used to Losing You" (#2 1963); The Drifters' "This Magic Moment" (#16 1960), "Save the Last Dance for Me" (#1 1960)

Claudio Slon

b. 1943 in Argentina (grew up in Brazil) - d. 16 Apr 2002 in Denver, CO (lung cancer)
pop/jazz musician, instruments: drums, percussions
lead of The Walter Wanderley Trio, "Summer Samba (So Nice)" (#26 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Jet Samba" (1966), "A Certain Smile" (1966), "Cry Out Your Sadness" (1966)
with Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, "The Fool on the Hill" (#6 1968), "The Look of Love" (#4 1968)
session musician with Astrud Gilberto, Frank Sinatra, and others
see Claudio Slon

Jo Stafford (Jo Elizabeth Stafford)

b. 1918 in Coalinga, CA
country singer
"Who Can I Turn To?" (1941), "I Love You" (#8 1944), "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (#6 1944), "Things We Did Last Summer" (#10 1946), "This is Always" (#11 1946), "Feudin' and Fightin'" (#7, #5c 1947), "No Other Love" (#8 1950), "On the Outgoing Tide" (1950), "Ask Me No Questions (I'll Tell You No Lies)" (1950), "I Gotta Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" (1951), "You Belong to Me" (#1 1952), "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" (1953), "Make Love to Me" (#1 1954), "Suddenly There's a Valley" (#13 1955), "Do I Hear a Waltz?" (1965)
with The Pied Pipers, "Mairzy Doats" (#8 1944), "The Trolley Song" (#2 1944), "Dream" (#1 1945)
duet with Frankie Laine, "Pretty-Eyed Baby" (#13 1951)
duets with Gordon Macrae, "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)
recorded as Cinderella B. Stump (backed by Red Ingle and the Natural Seven), "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" (#2c 1947)
comedian
performed frequently with the USO
md. to John Huddleston; md. to Paul Weston (1952- )
see Jo Stafford on Wikipedia

Van Trevor (Robert Frances Boulanger)

b. 1940 in Lewiston, ME
country singer
"I Want to Cry" (1963), "Tuesday Girl" (1963), "Louisiana Hot Sauce" (1964), "The Girl From the Main Street Diner" (1965), "Born to Be in Love With You" (#22c 1966, he co-wrote), "Our Side" (#27c 1967, he wrote), "You've Been So Good to Me" (#26c 1967, he co-wrote), "Take Me Along With You" (1968), "The Things That Matter" (#42c 1969), "Wish I Was Home Instead" (1970), "Luziana River" (1970), "Sweet Diana" (1970), "Sticky Situation" (1974)
session musician
songwriter
music producer

Steve Trott

b. 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico
folk singer
instruments: guitar, mandolin
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)
attorney; Federal appeals court judge
see The Highwaymen

Wayne 'Wads' Wadhams

b. 1946 in Stamford, CT
pop/rock musician, instruments: piano, organ
founding member of The Fifth Estate (1964-69), "Love is All a Game" (1965), "Silly Little Girl" (1965, he co-wrote), "Someday Maybe, Someday Soon" (1965, he co-wrote), "Like I Love You" (1965, he co-wrote), "Ding Dong! the Witch is Dead" (#11 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Kisses for Breakfast" (1967, he co-wrote), "Lost Generation" (1967), "Do Drop in" (1968), "I Knew You Before I Met You" (1969)
songwriter
music producer; arranger
see The Fifth Estate on Wikipedia

Neil Young (Neil Percival Kenneth Robert Ragland Young)

b. 1945 in Toronto, Canada
folk/country/rock/rockabilly singer (tenor)
instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo, keyboards, harmonica
"The Loner" (1969, he wrote), "The Emperor of Wyoming" (1969), "What Did You Do to My Life?" (1969, he wrote), "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (#33 1970, he wrote), "Till the Morning Comes" (1970, he wrote), "Heart of Gold" (#1 1972, he wrote), "The Needle and the Damage Done" (1972, he wrote), "Words (Between the Lines of Age)" (1972, he wrote), "Ohio" (1972, he wrote), "Time Fades Away" (1973, he wrote), "Journey Through the Past" (1973, he wrote), "Last Dance" (1973, he wrote), "See the Sky about to Rain" (1974, he wrote), "Love is a Rose" (1977), "Motorcycle Mama" (1978, he wrote), "Peace of Mind" (1978, he wrote), "Coastline" (1980, he wrote), "We R in Control" (1983, he wrote), "Little Thing Called Love" (1983, he wrote), "Kinda Fonda Wanda" (1983, he co-wrote), "Betty Lou's Got a New Pair of Shoes" (1983), "Get Back to the Country" (#33c 1985, he wrote), "Are There Any More Real Cowboys?" (1985, he wrote), "Hippie Dream" (1986, he wrote), "Rockin' in the Free World" (1989, he wrote), * "Unknown Legend" (1992, he wrote), "From Hank to Hendrix" (1992, he wrote), "Natural Beauty" (1992, he wrote), "Harvest Moon" (1992, he wrote), "You and Me" (1992, he wrote), "Silver and Gold" (2000, he wrote), "Without Rings" (2000, he wrote), "Two Old Friends" (2002, he wrote), "(Quit) Don't Say You Love Me" (2002, he wrote), "Prairie Wind" (2005), "This Old Guitar" (2005), "Living with War" (2006, he wrote), "Roger and Out" (2006, he wrote)
backed by his band, Crazy Horse (1969- ), "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere" (1969, he wrote), "Cinnamon Girl" (#55 1970), "When You Dance You Can Really Love" (#93 1970, he wrote), "Walk on" (#69 1974, he wrote), "Tonight's the Night" (1975, he wrote), "Tired Eyes" (1975, he wrote), "Pardon My Heart" (1975), "The Drive Back" (1975), "Four Strong Winds" (#61 1978), "Sail Away" (1979, he wrote), "Motor City" (1981, he wrote), "Southern Pacific" (#70 1981), "Long Walk Home" (1987), "We Never Danced" (1987), "Country Home" (1990, he wrote), "White Line" (1990, he wrote), "Days That Used to Be" (1990, he wrote), "Sleeps with Angels" (1994, he wrote), "Change Your Mind" (1994, he wrote), "A Dream That Can Last" (1994, he wrote), "Changing Highways" (1996, he wrote)
duets with Stephen Stills, "Guardian Angel" (1976, he wrote), "Let it Shine" (1976)
duets with Linda Ronstadt, "The Ways of Love" (1989, he wrote), "Hangin' on a Limb" (1989, he wrote)
duet with Pearl Jam, "I Got Id (#7 1995)
founding member and lead guitarist with Buffalo Springfield (1966-68), "For What it's Worth (Stop, Hey, What's That Sound)" (#7 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Bluebird" (1967), "Rock and Roll Woman" (1967), "Merry-Go-Round" (1968), "In the Hour of Not Quite Rain" (1968), "Carefree Country Day" (1968), "On the Way Home" (1968), "Expecting to Fly" (1968)
as by Buffalo Springfield but only Neil Young and Richie Furray, "Sad Memory" (1967)
with Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young (1970-7?, 1999- ), Teach Your Children" (#16 1970), "Woodstock" (#11 1970), "Helpless" (1970, he wrote)
performed at Woodstock
session guitarist
songwriter
music producer
film director (under the name Bernard Shakey)
environmentalist, uses alternate fuels in both his tour buses and personal vehicles
he has two sons with cerebral palsy and a daughter with epilepsy (which he also has), which helps inspire his benefit concerts for The Bridge School
quotes by Neil Young: "Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them."
"I'm not into organized religion. I'm into believing in a higher source of creation, realizing we're all just part of nature."
see Neil Young on Wikipedia
see Neil Young and Crazy Horse

November 13

Herman Arnspiger

b. 1904 in Van Alstyne, TX - d. 21 Feb 1984 in Tulsa, OK
western swing musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of The Texas Playboys (1935-40), "Spanish Two-Step" (1935), "San Antonio Rose" (1938), "Maiden's Prayer" (1938), "Time Changes Everything" (1940), "Ida Red" (1940)
founding member of The Light Crust Doughboys (1930-34)
test pilot
see The Texas Playboys

Toy Caldwell (Toy Talmadge Caldwell, Jr.)

b. 1947/48 in Spartanburg, SC – d. 25 Feb 1993 (heart disease)
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, steel guitar, acoustic guitar
Searchin' for a Rainbow" (1998, he wrote), "Fly, Eagle, Fly" (1998, he wrote)
founding member and lead guitarist with The Marshall Tucker Band (1973-83), "Take the Highway" (1973, he wrote), "Southern Woman" (1973, he wrote), "Blue Ridge Mountain Sky" (1974, he wrote), "Where a Country Boy Belongs" (1974, he wrote), "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, he wrote), "Desert Skies" (1977, he wrote), "Never Trust a Stranger" (1977, he wrote), "Asking Too Much of You" (1978, he wrote), "Last of the Singing Cowboys" (#42 1979), "Melody Ann" (1979), "Running Like the Wind" (1979, he wrote), "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" (#52c 1983), "When the Love Begins to Fade" (1983), "Good Ole Hurtin' Song" (1983)
founding member and lead of The Toy Caldwell Band, "Midnight Promises" (1992, he wrote), "Wrong Right" (1992, he wrote), "Shadow Rider" (1992, he wrote)
songwriter
served in the Marines, injured in Vietnam in 1967
brother of Tommy Caldwell
see The Marshall Tucker Band

Carol Connors (Annette Kleinbard)

1940 in New Brunswick, NJ
pop singer
with The Teddy Bears, "To Know Him is to Love Him" (#1 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "I Don't Need You Anymore" (#91 1958)
songwriter, co-wrote Vicki Lawrence's "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (#1c 1973); The Rip Chords' "Hey Little Cobra" (#4 1964); Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright's "With You I'm Born Again" (#4 1979)
humanitarian
cat lover
see The Teddy Bears on Wikipedia
see Carol Connors

J.C. Crowley

b. 1947 in Houston, TX
country/pop singer
instruments: guitar, keyboards
"Right as Rain" (1988), "Harder Than it Sounds" (1988), "Paint the Town and Hang the Moon Tonight" (#13c 1989, he co-wrote), "I Know What I've Got" (#21c 1989, he co-wrote), "Beneath the Texas Moon" (#55c 1989, he co-wrote)
founding member of Player, "Come on Out" (1977, he wrote), "Baby, Come Back" (#1 1977, he co-wrote), "Melanie" (1977), "Join in the Dance" (1978, he co-wrote), "This Time I'm in it for the Love" (#10 1978), "Prisoner of Your Love" (#27 1978, he co-wrote), "Room With a View" (1980), "It Only Hurts When I Breathe" (1982)
cancer survivor

Joe Cubert (Joseph Cubert)

b. 1947 - d. 1991 (liver cancer)
rock/soul musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels (1966- ), "Jenny Take a Ride" (#10 1965), "Little Latin Lupe Lu" (#17 1966), "Devil with a Blue Dress on" (#4 1966), "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (1966), "Sock it to Me, Baby" (#6 1967), "Linda Sue Dixon" (1968), "For the Love of a Stranger" (1968), "Box of Old Roses" (1972)

Sonny Fisher (Therman Fisher)

b. 1931 near Chandler, TX (grew up in Tacoma, WA) - d. 8 Oct 2005 in Houston, TX
rockabilly/country singer
instrument: guitar
"Rockin' Daddy" (1955), "Hey Mama" (1955), "Pink and Black" (1956), "Little Red Wagon" (1956), "Mathilda" (1982), "Shake That Thing" (1982), "Truck-Stop Baby" (1983), "Rockabilly Tonight" (1983)
songwriter

Dick Flood (aka Okefenokee Joe)

b. 1932 in Philadelphia, PA
country/folk singer
"The Three Bells (The Jimmy Brown Story)" (#23 1959, a One-Hit Wonder), "It Only Costs a Dime" (1960), "Carita" (1960), "These Things Make a Heartache" (1965), "Don't Sweetheart Me" (1966), "Slow it Down" (1971), "Speak My Name" (1971)
with The Country Lads
founding member of The Pathfinders (1959- ), "Between Two Worlds" (1965), "From Warm to Cool to Cold" (1965)
recorded as Okefenokee Joe, "I Saw the Eagle Cry" (2002), "Swampy the Dog, Skeeter the Cat, and Me" (2004), "The Hazards of the Trade" (2004), "The Wintertime Truce" (2004), "Nothin' But a Cat" (2008), "An Eagle When it Flies" (2008), "It's Only a Tree" (2008), "If You Don't Need it, Leave it" (2008), "Keeper of the Earth" (2008)
songwriter, wrote The Wilburn Brothers' "Trouble's Back in Town" (#4c 1962); Jean Shepard's "I Want to Go Where Nobody Knows Me" (#18c 1958)
performed with the USO
environmentalist
served in the Army
see Okefenokee Joe

Cary Fridley

b. 196? in Covington, VA
country/bluegrass/folk singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, stand-up bass, banjo, fiddle
"Shadow of the Pines" (2006), "On a Hill Lone and Gray" (2006), "Neighbor Girl" (2006), "Early Early in the Spring" (2006)
with Down South, "Barlow Knife" (2007), "Making Believe" (2007), "I Have No Mother Now" (2007), "Cheatin'" (2007, she wrote)
with The Freight Hoppers, "Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm" (1996), "Little Sadie" (1996), "Cornbread, Molasses, and Sassafras Tea" (1996), "Young Emily" (1998), "Polecat Blues" (1998), "Back-Step Cindy" (1998)
songwriter

Jack Guthrie (Leon Jerry Guthrie)

b. 1915 in Olive, OK - d. 15 Jan 1948 in Livermore, CA (tuberculosis)
country/western swing singer, yodeler
instruments: guitar, fiddle
backed by his band, The Oklahomans, "Welcome Home, Stranger" (1944), "Oklahoma Hills" (#1c 1945, he co-wrote), "I'm Brandin' My Darlin' with My Heart" (#5c 1945), "Oklahoma's Calling" (1946, he wrote), "In the Shadows of My Heart" (1946), "The Clouds Rained Trouble Down" (1946), "Oakie Boogie" (#3c 1947)
songwriter
served in the Army (1944-46)
rodeo trick rider
cousin of Woody Guthrie; md. to Ruth Henderson (1934- )

Eddie Harder

b. 1942
doo-wop singer
founding member and second tenor of The Earls (1957-70), "Spinnin'" (1957), "Believe Me, My Love" (1957), "Life is But a Dream" (1961), "Remember Then" (#24 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Eyes" (1963)
songwriter
see Larry Chance and the Earls on Wikipedia

Ray Wylie Hubbard

b. 1946 in Soper, OK (grew up in Oak Cliff, TX)
country/folk/rock/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"Dust of the Chase" (1994), "I've Seen That Old Highway" (1994), "Bless the Hearts of the Lonely" (1994), "Twist of Fate" (1995), "These Eyes" (1995), "Dangerous Spirits" (1997, he wrote), "The Last Younger Son" (1997, he wrote), "Without Love (We're Just Wastin' Time)" (1997, he wrote), "There are Some Days" (1999, he wrote), "After the Harvest" (1999), "Black Dog" (2001), "Stolen Horses" (2003, he wrote), "Purgatory Road" (2003, he wrote), "Rock and Roll Gypsies" (2005), "Kilowatts" (2006, he wrote), "The Way of the Fallen" (2006, he wrote), "Polecat" (2006)
songwriter
see Ray Wylie Hubbard

Bobby Manuel

b. 1945 in Memphis, TN
soul/rock musician, instrument: guitar
with Booker T. and the MGs (1973- )
with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1981-82)
session musician with Leon Russell, Little Milton, Elvis Presley, Rufus Thomas, Isaac Hayes, Billy Preston, and others
see Booker T. and the MGs on Wikipedia

Terry Reid

b. 1949 in Huntingdon, England
rock/folk/country/bluegrass singer
instrument: guitar
"Silver White Light" (1969), "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" (1970), "Sea of Memory" (1976), "Brave Awakening" (1976), "The Way You Walk" (1976), "Stop and Think it Over" (1979), "Fifth of July" (1991), "Right to the End" (1991)
with Jay and the Jaywalkers (1959-67), "Nuts and Bolts" (1966), "The Hand Don't Fit the Glove" (1967)
session musician with Bonnie Raitt, Don Henley, and others
songwriter
see Terry Reid on WikipediA

Tracy Schwartz

b. 1938 in New York, NY
country/folk/bluegrass singer
instruments: fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bass, accordion
with The New Lost City Ramblers (1963- ), "Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm" (1963), "Pretty Little Miss Out in the Garden" (1963), "There Ain't No Bugs on Me" (1963), "Saddle Up the Grey" (1964), "Cowboy Waltz" (1964), "The Cyclone of Rye Cove" (1965), "Fishin' Creek Blues" (1965), "Automobile Trip Through Alabama" (1965), "Cat's Got the Measles, Dog's Got the Whooping Cough" (1966), "Henry Ford's Model A" (1968)
duets with Ginny Hawker, "Katie Dear" (2004), "Those Blue Eyes" (2004), "Lonesome" (2004)
songwriter
see Ginny Hawker and Tracy Schwartz

Timmy Thomas

b. 1944 in Evansville, IN
soul singer
instruments: organ, piano, keyboards
"Why Can't We Live Together?" (#3 1973, he wrote), "What Can I Tell Her?" (1973), "Let Me Be Your Eyes" (1973), "People Are Changin'" (1974), "One Brief Moment" (1974), "You're the Song (I've Always Wanted to Sing)" (1974), "The Coldest Days of My Life" (1974), "I've Got to See You Tonight" (1974), "Running Out of Time" (1977), "Touch to Touch" (1978), "Drown in My Own Tears" (1980), "Gotta Give a Little Love" (1984), "New York Eyes" (1985), "(Dying Inside) to Hold You" (1990)
sessionist
songwriter
music producer

Baby Washington (Justine Washington aka Jeanette Washington)

b. 1940 in Bamberg, SC (grew up in Harlem, NY)
soul singer
instrument: piano
"The Bells (On Our Wedding Day)" (1959), "Tears Fell" (1960), "Nobody Cares (About Me)" (#60 1961), "A Handful of Memories" (1962), "That's How Heartaches are Made" (#40 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "You and the Night and the Music" (1963), "It'll Never Be Over for Me" (#98 1964), "Only Those in Love" (#73 1965), "Either You're With Me (or Either You're Not)" (1967), "You Are What You Are" (1967), "Is it Worth it?" (1970), "Can't Get Over Losing You" (1974), "I Wanna Dance" (1978), "Tear After Tear" (1978)
with The Hearts, "Disappointed Bride" (1956), "Dancing in a Dream World" (1958), "You Wouldn't Tell, I Know" (1958)
duet with Don Gardner, "I Just Wanna Be Near to You" (1973)
she is not related to the Jeanette Washington who backed James Brown and George Clinton
see Baby Washington on Wikipedia

November 14

Joe Billingslea (Joesph Billingslea, Jr.)

b. 1937 in Hamtramck, MI (grew up in Detroit, MI)
soul singer
founding member of The Contours (1959-64, and reunions), "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)?" (#3 1962, #11 1988, One-Hit Wonder), "Shake Sherry" (#43 1963), "Pa, I Need a Car" (1963), "Can You Do it?" (#41 1964)
served in the Air Force 1955-58
correctional officer
see The Contours

Noel Boggs (Noel Edwin Boggs)

b. 1917 in Oklahoma City, OK - d. 31 Aug 1974 (heart attack)
western swing musician, instrument: steel guitar
"My Best to You" (1947), "Make-Believe Heart" (1954)
founding member and lead of The Noel Boggs Trio
founding member and lead of The Noel Boggs Quintet (1956- )
with The Texas Playboys (1944-46, replaced Leon McAuliffe), "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), "Hang Your Head in Shame" (#3c 1945), "Texas Playboy Rag" (#2c 1945), "You Don't Care What Happens to Me" (#5c 1945), "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (1945), "Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight" (#1c 1945), "Texas Two-Step" (1945), "White Cross in Okinawa" (#1c 1946), "New Spanish Two-Step" (#1c 1946), "Stay a Little Longer" (#2c 1946)
with Spade Cooley's band (1947-54), "Minuet in Swing" (1947), "You Can't Take Texas Out of Me" (1947), "The Tuesday Two-Step" (1947), "My Heart is Broken in Three" (1951), "One Sweet Letter from You" (1952), "Baltimore Bounce" (1953), "Anita" (1954), and others
founding member of Red Ingle and the Natural Seven
Red Ingle and the Natural Seven backing Jo Stafford, "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)" (#2c 1947)
he was the owner of the first Fender steel guitar; helped design the double-necked steel guitar
see The Texas Playboys

Buddy Brayfield

b. 1951
country/rock singer
instruments: keyboards, oboe
founding member of Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1971-76), "If You Want to Get to Heaven" (#14c 1974, he co-wrote), "It Probably Always Will" (1974), "Kansas, You Fooler" (1974, he wrote), "Jackie Blue" (#3c 1975, he co-wrote), "If I Only Knew" (1975), "Homemade Wine" (1976), "You Made it Right" (#84c 1976)
songwriter
doctor

Ken 'Shorty' Carson (Hubert Ken Carson)

b. 1914 near Colgate, OK (grew up in Los Angeles, CA) - d. 7 Apr 1994 in Jacksonville, FL (Lou Gehrig's disease)
country singer (tenor), whistler
guitar, harmonica
with The Beverly Hill Billies, "When the Bloom is on the Sage" (1930)
founding member of The Ranch Boys (1936-41)
with Ken Carson and the Choraliers, "Full Moon Over Texas" (he wrote)
with Sons of the Pioneers (1943-47, replaced Lloyd Perryman), "Let Me Keep My Memories" (1943, he wrote), "No One to Cry to" (#6c 1946), "Home in Oklahoma" (1946), "Baby Doll" (#5c 1947), "Teardrops in My Heart" (#4c 1947, #7c 1948), "Cool Water" (#4c 1947, #7c 1948), "The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma" (1947), "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (#11c 1948)
songwriter
co-wrote "From Now Until the End of Time" and sang it at Tricia Nixon's wedding
actor
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

J.T. Carter (Jay Carter)

b. 1939
doo-wop/pop/jazz singer (bass)
founding member of The Crests (1956-59), "My Juanita" (1957), "I Thank the Moon" (1958), "16 Candles" (#2 1959), "The Angels Listened in" (#22 1959), "Molly Mae" (1959)

Steve Chapman

b. 1949 in London, England
country/rock/pop singer
instrument: drums
with Poco (1978- , replaced Timothy B. Schmit), "Crazy Love" (#17, #95c 1979), "Heart of the Night" (#20, #96c 1979), "Nothin' to Hide" (#39 1990), "One Tear at a Time" (2002), "Never Get Enough" (2003), "Shake it" (2003), "Never Loved...Never Hurt Like This" (2005), "Father's Day" (2006)
see Poco

Johnny Desmond (Giovanni Alfredo De Simone)

b. 1920 in Detroit, MI - d. Sep 6 1985 in Los Angeles, CA (cancer)
pop/jazz singer
instrument: piano
"Don't You Remember Me?" (#21 1946), "Guilty" (#12 1947), "Don't Cry, Joe" (#9 1949), "Just Say I Love Her" (#24 1950), "The Picnic Song" (#20 1950), "Because of You" (#17 1951), "One-Way Heart" (1952), "Woman" (#9 1953), "Play Me Hearts and Flowers (I Wanna Cry)" (#6 1955), "Gentlemen Marry Brunettes" (1955), "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (#3 1955), "I Only Know I Love You" (1956), "18th Century Music Box" (1957), "Hello, Honey" (1962), "I Wanna Believe You" (1966)
founding member of The Bob-O-Links (1940-41), they backed Bing Crosby on "You Forgot about Me" (#15 1940), "Do You Care?" (#18 1940)
lead singer for Gene Krupa and His Orchestra (1941), "All Those Wonderful Years" (#21 1941)
duet with Don Cornell and Alan Dale, "The Gang That Sang 'Heart of My Heart'" (#10 1953)
served in the Army (1942-44) as a part of Glenn Miller's Army Air Force Orchestra
see Gene Krupa

Freddie Garrity

b. 1936 in Lancashire, England - d. 19 May 2006 in Wales
pop singer
instrument: guitar
"You Belong to Me" (1968), "Susan's Tuba" (1970)
founding member and lead of Freddie and the Dreamers (1963-69, and reunions), * "I'm Telling You Now" (#1 1965, he co-wrote), * "You Were Made for Me" (#21 1965), "Do the Freddie" (#18 1965), "Get Around Downtown Girl" (1969)
songwriter
he was 5'3" tall
see Freddie and the Dreamers

James Gilreath (James William Gilreath)

b. 1936 near Prairie, MS - d. 7 Sep 2003 (tractor accident)
country/rock/pop singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Time Hasn't Helped" (1962, he wrote), "Little Band of Gold" (#21 1963, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "I'll Walk with You" (1963, he wrote), "Blue is My Color" (1964, he wrote), "Your Day is Coming" (1965, he wrote), "Pearls, Silver and Gold" (1965, he wrote), "The Only Hell My Mama Raised Was Me" (1966), "Learning to Lose You" (1966)
songwriter, wrote Sonny James' "Little Band of Gold" (#5c 1975)
md. to Kay Long (1972-2003, his death
see James Gilreath on Wikipedia

Cornell Gunter (Cornelius E. Gunter)

b. 1936/38 in Coffeyville, KS (grew up in Los Angeles, CA) – d. 26 Feb 1990 in Las Vegas, NV (shot in his car by someone unknown)
pop/R&B/doo-wop/soul/novelty singer (tenor)
"The Green-Eyed Blonde" (1953), "If We Should Meet Again" (1957), "Neighborhood Dance" (1957), "It Ain't No Use" (1962), "If I Had the Key to Your Heart" (1965)
founding member of The Platters (1953- ), "Tell the World" (1954), * "Only You (and You Alone)" (#5 1955), "I'm Just a Dancing Partner" (1955), "The Great Pretender" (#1 1956), "My Prayer" (#1 1956), "(You've Got) the Magic Touch" (1956), "On My Word of Honor" (1957), "My Dream" (1957), "Twilight Time" (#1 1958), "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (#1 1959), "Harbor Lights" (#8 1960), "I'll Never Smile Again" (#25 1961), "It's Magic" (1962), "Endless Street" (1965), "I Love You 1000 Times" (1966)
lead singer of The Coasters (1958-61), "Three Cool Cats" (1958), * "Yakety Yak" (#1 1958), * "Charlie Brown" (#2 1959), "Along Came Jones" (#9 1959), "Poison Ivy" (#7 1959), "Wake Me, Shake Me" (#51 1960)
with The Flairs, "She Loves to Rock" (1956), "In Self Defense" (1956)
with The Ermines, "Peek, Peek-a-Boo" (1955), "You Broke My Heart" (1956)
brother of Shirley and Gloria Gunter
see The Coasters

Clancy Hayes (Clarence Leonard Hayes

b. 1908 in Caney, KS - d. 1972 in San Francisco, CA
Dixieland jazz singer
instruments: 6-string banjo, guitar, percussions
"Dancing Fool" (1962), "Waitin' for the Evening Mail" (1962), "Rose of Washington Square" (1964), "Tin Roof Blues" (1964), "Oh! By Jingo" (1964)
with The Yerba Buena Jazz Band (1940-49)
with Bob Scobey's Frisco Jazz Band (1950-59), "Ace in the Hole" (1953), "Silver Dollar" (1953), "Parsons, Kansas Blues" (1955, he wrote), "Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet" (1958)
songwriter

Ken Lattimore (John Kenneth Lattimore)

b. 1960 in North Wilkesboro, NC
country singer
instrument: fiddle
with Sons of the Pioneers (1998- )
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

Lance Leslie (Lance Aaron Leslie)

b. 1976 in Dallas, TX
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)
see South Sixty-Five on CMT.com

Jay Migliori

b. 1930 in Erie, PA - d. 2 Sep 2001 in Mission Viejo, CA (colon cancer)
jazz/bebop musician, instruments: tenor sax, flute, clarinet
"Lunatic Waltz" (1996), "Bluesology" (1996), "The Song is You" (1996)
founding member of Supersax (1972- )
with Woody Herman's band (1957-58)
session musician with Miles Davis, The Four Seasons, Ray Charles, Terry Gibbs, The Ronettes, The Monkees, The Righteous Brothers, Maynard Ferguson, The Beach Boys, Glen Campbell, Celine Dion, Frank Zappa, Van Dyke Parks, and others
served in the Air Force (1951-52)

Gretchen Peters

b. 1957 in Bronxville, NY (grew up in NY and Boulder, CO)
country/folk singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"When You Are Old" (#68c 1996, she wrote), "Museum" (1994, she wrote), "Imogene" (1994, she wrote), "Waiting for the Light to Turn Green" (1996), "Souvenirs" (2001, she wrote), "Love and Texaco" (2001), "Waiting for Amelia" (2001), "Ghost" (2007, she wrote), "Breakfast at Our House" (2007, she wrote), "Jezebel" (2007, she wrote)
duet with Alabama, "New Years Eve 1999" (#55c 2000)
songwriter, wrote George Strait's "The Chill of an Early Fall" (#3c 1991); Andy Griggs' "If Heaven" (#65, #5c 2004); Martina McBride's "Independence Day" (#12c 1993), "My Baby Loves Me" (#2c 1993); Trisha Yearwood and Don Henley's "Inside Out" (#31c 2001); Pam Tillis' "Let That Pony Run" (#4c 1993); "You Don't Even Know Who I Am" (#5c 1995); Michelle Wright's "Nobody's Girl" (#50c 1996)
see Gretchen Peters

Colleen Peterson (Colleen Susan Peterson)

b. 1950 in Ontario, Canada - d. 9 Oct 1996 in Toronto, Canada (cancer)
country/folk/rock singer
"Souvenirs" (#100c 1976), "You Make it Look So Easy" (1977), "The Closest Thing to You" (1977), "One-Horse Town" (1978), "Last Time I Saw You" (1978), "I Had it All" (1986), "Weather the Storm" (1989), "No Pain, No Gain" (1991)
founding member of Quartette
backup singer with the Charlie Daniels Band, Waylon Jennings, Janie Fricke, Marty Stuart, and others
songwriter

Randy Rickman

b. 1953 (grew up in Wichita, KS) - d. 16 Oct 2004 in Beaumont, CA
rock/Christian singer
instrument: guitar
with The Velvet Rainbow
with Hard Road
with Exile (1978), "Kiss You All Over" (#1 1978)
with Head East (199?- )

Alec John Such

b. 1956 in Yonkers, NJ
rock singer
instrument: bass
founding member of Bon Jovi (1983-94), "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)
motorcycle shop owner
see Bon Jovi

James 'J.Y.' Young

b. 1949 in Chicago, IL
rock musician, instruments: guitar, keyboards, piano, clarinet
"Out on a Day-Pass" (1994), "Toys for American Boys" (1994)
founding member of The James Young Group, "Into the Fire" (1995), "Love (and Love Alone)" (1995), "Faith, Love and Hope" (1995)
founding member of Styx (1970- ), "Best Thing" (#82 1972), "Lady" (#6 1975), "Lorelei" (#27 1976), "Come Sail Away" (#8 1977), "Babe" (#1 1979), "The Best of Times" (#3 1981), "Too Much Time on My Hands" (#9 1981), "Don't Let it End" (#6 1983), "Show Me the Way" (#3 1991)
duets with Jan Hammer, "Something to Remember You By" (1985), "Wild Dogs in the Night" (1985)
songwriter
see Styx
see James 'J.Y.' Young

November 15

Petula Clark (Sally Owen)

b. 1932 in Surrey, England
country/pop singer
"Tell Me Truly" (1953), "Where Did My Snowman Go?" (1953), "Three Little Kittens" (1953), "Jumble Sale" (1962), * "Downtown" (#1 1965), * "You're the One" (1965), "'Round Every Corner" (#21 1965), "I Know a Place" (#3 1965), * "My Love" (#1 1966), * "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love" (#9 1966), * "It's a Sign of the Times" (#11 1966), * "Don't Sleep in the Subway" (#5 1967), "Color My World" (#16 1967), * "The Cat in the Window (the Bird in the Sky)" (#26 1967), "This is My Song" (#3 1967), "Don't Give Up" (#37 1968), "The Other Man's Grass (is Always Greener)" (1968), "Kiss Me Goodbye" (#15 1968), "I Wanna See Morning with Him" (1970), "The Wedding Song (There is Love)" (#61 1972), "Natural Love" (#20c 1982), "Give it a Try" (1986), "Mad About You" (1986)
songwriter
actress
md. to Claude Wolff (1961- )
see Petula Clark

Joe Hinton

b. 1929 in Evansville, IL - d. Aug 13 1968 in Boston, MA (skin cancer)
soul/gospel singer
"Will You?" (1959), "A Thousand Cups of Happiness" (1960), "My Love is Real" (1961), "Tired of Walkin'" (1962), "You Know it Ain't Right" (1963), "Better to Give Than Receive" (1963), "Funny (How Time Slips Away)" (#13 1964, One-Hit Wonder), "I Want a Little Girl" (1964), "Just a Kid Named Joe" (1965), "If I Had Only Known" (1966), "Close to My Heart" (1967)
backup singer with Gladys Knight, The Supremes, and others

Jack Ingram (Jack Owen Ingram)

b. 1970 in Houston, TX
country/rock/folk singer
instrument: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussions
backed by his Beat up Ford Band, "Flutter" (#51c 1997), "Don't You Remember?" (1997), "I Would" (1999, he co-wrote), "Work This Out" (1999, he co-wrote), "How Many Days?" (#64c 1999), "Barbie Doll" (2000), "Goodnight, Moon" (2002), "Mary Go Round" (2004), "Beat up Ford" (2004), "Wherever You Are" (#63, #1c 2005), "Love You" (#87, #12c 2006), "Lips of an Angel" (#77, #16c 2007), "Measure of a Man" (#49c 2007)
Jack and the band performed in the movie Hope Floats
songwriter
see Jack Ingram

Little Willie John (William Edward/Edgar John)

b. 1937 in Cullendale, AR (grew up in Detroit, MI) – d. 26 May 1968 in Walla Walla, WA (heart attack)
R&B/rock singer (tenor)
"All Around the World" (#6 1955), "Home at Last" (1955), "Letter From My Darling" (1956), "Fever" (#24 1956, he co-wrote), "Talk to Me, Talk to Me" (#20 1958), "Leave My Kitten Alone" (#60 1959), "I'll Carry Your Love Wherever I Go" (1959), "Sleep" (#13 1960), "Heartbreak (it's Hurtin' Me)" (#38 1960), "(I've Got) Spring Fever" (1961), "Take My Love (I Want to Give it All to You)" (#87 1961), "Drive Me Home" (1961), "Without a Friend" (1962), "Inside Information" (1963)
songwriter
he died while in prison for stabbing a man to death in a bar fight in 1964)

Steve Kolander

b. 1961 in Lake Charles, LA (grew up in Austin, TX)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Listen to Your Woman" (#54, #63c 1994, he wrote), "Can't Tame Your Love" (1994), "Can't Undo What's Been Done" (1994), "Black Dresses" (#54, #70c 1995), "Pieces of a Puzzle" (1996), "Full Moon Fever" (1996), "Still Crazy 'Bout You" (1996), "That's Not All" (2007)
songwriter

Chad Kroeger (Chad Robert Turton)

b. 1974 in Alberta, Canada
rock/country singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"Hero" (#3 2002)
founding member of Nickelback (1995- ), "How You Remind Me" (2002), "Never Again" (2002), "Someday" (#7 2003), "Photograph" (#2 2005), * "Far Away" (#8 2006), "Rockstar" (#6 2006), "If Everyone Cared" (#17 2007), "Side of a Bullet" (2007)
session musician with Carlos Santana, Travis Tritt, and others
songwriter
half-brother of Mike Kroeger
see Nickelback

Don Les (Dominic Leshinski)

b. in 1914 - d. 25 Aug 1994 in Madison, WI
pop musician, instrument: bass harmonica
founding member of The Harmonicats (1944- ), "Peg O' My Heart" (#1 1947), "Hair of Gold, Eyes of Blue" (#22 1948), "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1958), "Pink Dresden Doll" (1958), "The Wooden Soldier and the China Doll" (1958), "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" (1960), "You Tell Me Your Dream (I'll Tell You Mine)" (1960), "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes" (1961), "Orchids in the Moonlight" (1961), "Tea for Two" (1962), "Valencia" (1963), "Linden Trees" (1963), "Get Off of My Cloud" (1966)
The Harmonicats backing Jerry Byrd "Harbor Lights" (#19 1950)
The Harmonicats backing Jan August "Bewitched" (#8 1950)
see The Harmonicats

Mantovani (Annunzio Paolo Mantovani)

b. 1905 in Venice, Italy (grew up in England) - d. 29 Mar 1980 in England
pop musician, instruments: piano, violin
founding member of Mantovani and His Orchestra, "Serenade to the Night" (1936), "Wyoming" (1951), "Charmaine" (#10 1952), "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (#26 1952), "Red Petticoats" (1952, he wrote), "Swedish Rhapsody" (1953), "Royal Blue Waltz" (1954, he wrote), "The Lonely Ballerina" (1954, he co-wrote), "Toyshop Ballet" (1956, he wrote), "Brass Buttons" (1956, he wrote), "Around the World in 80 Days" (#12 1957), "Midnight Waltz" (1958, he wrote), "Theme from 'Exodus'" (#31 1960), "Aura Lee" (1964), "The Carousel Waltz" (1961), "Last Summer" (1968, he wrote), "Come September (I'll Remember)" (1969), "Gwendolyn" (1971), "Eye Level" (1974), "Golden Earrings" (1975)
songwriter as Paul Lambrecht, Paul Remy and others

C.W. McCall (William Dale 'Bill' Fries)

b. 1928 in Audubon, IA
country/pop singer
instrument: clarinet
"Old Home, Filler Up an' Keep on Truckin' Café" (#54, #19c 1974, he co-wrote), "Night Rider" (1974, he co-wrote), "Wolf Creek Pass" (#40, #12c 1975, he co-wrote), "Black Bear Road" (#24c 1975, he co-wrote), "Classifieds" (#13c 1975, he co-wrote), "Long Lonesome Road" (1975, he co-wrote), "Convoy" (#1, #1c 1976, he co-wrote), "There Won't Be No Country Music (There Won't Be No Rock 'n' Roll)" (#19c 1976, he co-wrote), "Crispy Critters" (#32c 1976, he co-wrote), "Four-Wheel Cowboy" (#88c 1976), "Round the World With the Rubber Duck" (#40c 1976, he co-wrote), "Windshield Whispers in the Rain" (1976, he co-wrote), "Aurora Borealis" (1976, he co-wrote), "Audubon" (#56c 1977, he co-wrote), "Roses for Mama" (#2c 1977), "I Don't Know (and I Don't Care)" (1977, he co-wrote), "Outlaws and Lone Star Beer" (#81c 1979), "Wheels of Fortune" (1979)
songwriter
advertising executive; mayor of Ouray, CO (1986-92)
environmentalist
see C.W. McCall

Clyde McPhatter (Clyde Lensley McPhatter aka Clyde Ward)

b. 1932 in Durham, NC (grew up in NJ) – d. 13 Jun 1972 in NY (heart attack after liver and kidney disease)
doo-wop/R&B singer
"Seven Days" (#44 1956), "Treasure of Love" (#16 1956), "Without Love (There is Nothing)" (#19 1957), "Just to Hold My Hand" (#26 1957), * "A Lover's Question" (#6 1958), "Lovey Dovey" (#49 1959), "I'll Love You Til the Cows Come Home" (1961), "Lover, Please" (#7 1962), "Little Bitty Pretty One" (#25 1962), "The Best Man Cried" (1962), "Crying Won't Help Now" (1965), "Little Bit of Sunshine" (1966), "Lavender Lace" (1967), "Only a Fool" (1968), "Baby, I Could Be So Good at Loving You" (1969)
founding member and lead singer of the Dominoes (1950-53), "Do Something for Me" (1951), "Sixty-Minute Man" (#17 1951), "The Bells" (1953), "Ringing in a Brand New Year" (1953), "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" (1953)
founding member and lead singer of The Drifters (1953-1954), "Money Honey" (1953), "Honey Love" (1954)
duet with Ruth Brown, "Love Has Joined Us Together" (1955)
served in the military (1955- )
see The Dominoes
see Clyde McPhatter on Wikipedia

Danny Patton (Daniel L. Patton)

b. 1965 (grew up in Gary, IN) - d. 21 May 2006 near Montgomery, AL (auto accident)
country/bluegrass singer
instruments: banjo, guitar
with The Billy Walker Band (2000-06)
founding member of Flintlock
with The Born to Boogie Band
killed in the same accident as Billy Walker and Charles Lilly
see Danny Patton

Rusty Richards (Vincent Richards)

b. 1933 in Long Beach, CA
country singer, yodeler
instrument: guitar
"Scarlet Ribbons" (2002), "Diamond in the Rough" (2002), "Middle Hand Road" (2002), "Quarrels (Are a Sad Sad Thing)" (2002), "Early Mornin' Trails" (2007), "Fence Rider" (2007), "Wild Wolves" (2007)
with Sons of the Pioneers (1963-66, 1974-84), "San Antonio Rose" (1968), "I'll Hold You in My Heart" (1968), "Pretty Painted Ladies" (1976)
The Sons of the Pioneers and Rex Allen, Jr., "Can You Hear Those Pioneers?" (#17c 1976)
songwriter
stuntman; horse trainer
served in the Marines (1950-51)
md. to Amy Fitzpatrick
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

Charlie Webber (Charles D. Webber)

b. 1945 in Kingstree, SC (grew up in Greenwood, SC) - d. 17 Jan 2003 in Greenwood, SC (cancer)
rock/pop/R&B singer
instrument: trumpet
founding member of The Swingin' Medallions (1965-69), "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" (#17 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "She Drives Me Out of My Mind" (#71 1966), "Bow and Arrow" (1967), "Hey, Hey, Baby" (1968)
law enforcement officer
md. to Victoria Capps
see The Medallions

November 16

Toni Brown

b. 1938 in Madison, WI
folk/rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Everything Comes in Time" (1974), "Wild Bird" (1974), "Angel of Love" (1979), "I Get Crazy" (1980)
founding member of Joy of Cooking (1969-73), "Dancing Couple" (1970, she wrote), "Too Late, But Not Forgotten" (1970, she wrote), "Red Wine at Noon" (1971), "First Time, Last Time" (1971), "Closer to the Ground" (1971), "Brownsville/Mockingbird" (#66 1971), "Hometown Man" (1972), "Waiting for the Last Plane" (1972)
songwriter
photographer

Keith Burns

b. 1963 in Atlanta, GA
country singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
founding member of Trick Pony (1996- ), "Pour Me" (#71, #12c 2000), * "On a Night Like This" (#47, #4c 2001), "Just What I Do" (#13c 2002), "On a Mission" (#20c 2002), "The Bride" (#27c 2002), "It's a Heartache" (#22c 2005)
session musician with Joe Diffie, and others

Chi Coltrane

b. 1948 in Racine, WI
rock/pop/jazz singer
instrument: piano
"Thunder and Lightning" (#17 1972), "I Will Not Dance" (1972), "You Were My Friend" (1972), "Go Like Elijah" (1973), "Road to Tomorrow" (1977), "Slow Driver" (1977)
songwriter
music producer; arranger

Larry Cordle

b. 1949 in Cordell, KY
bluegrass/country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Lonesome Standard Time (1990-95, 1998- ), "Highway 40 Blues" (1992, he wrote), "Lonesome As it Gets" (1995), "Anything Southbound" (1995), "Possession's Nine-Tenths of the Law" (1995), "Murder on Music Row" (1999, he co-wrote), "Stray Cat" (2002), "Southern by the Grace of God" (2004)
songwriter
served in the military
see Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time

Bob Gibson

b. 1931 in New York, NY – d. 28 Sep 1996 (degenerative brain disease)
folk/novelty singer
instruments: 12-string guitar, banjo, guitar
"Your Eyes Tell Me You Love Me" (1951, he co-wrote), "I'm Never to Marry" (1956, he wrote), "Katie Morey" (1957), "Over in the Meadow" (1957), "When I First Came to This Land" (1958), "Ski Patrol" (1959), "Wastin' Your Time" (1964, he co-wrote), "Stella's Got a New Dress" (1964, he co-wrote), "Leavin' for the Last Time" (1969, he co-wrote), "A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" (1970), "I Never Got to Know Her Very Well" (1974), "Tom-Cattin' Time" (1984, he wrote), "Rest of the Night" (1984, he wrote), "Here's to the People (Whose Birthday it isn't)" (1988), "Stops Along the Way" (1991, he co-wrote), "Still Gonna Die" (1991), "Never Be This Young Again" (1995)
duets with Bob Camp as Gibson and Camp, "Old Blue" (1961), "Two in the Middle" (1961), "Betty and Dupree" (1961, he co-wrote), "Chicago Cops" (1961, he co-wrote), "Homemade Music" (1978, he wrote), "Lookin' for Trouble" (1978), "You Can Tell the World" (1986, he co-wrote), "Well, Well, Well" (1986, he co-wrote)
songwriter
see Bob Gibson

Will Goleman (William James Goleman)

b. 1963 in Shreveport, LA
country/rock musician, instruments: banjo, 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)
founding member of Walk the West (1984-89), "Do You Wanna Dance?" (1986), "Precious Times" (1986), "Think it Over" (1986)

Blue Lovett (Winfred Lovett)

b. 1943 in Macon, GA
pop/doo-wop singer (bass)
founding member of The Manhattans (1962-90, and reunions), "What Should I Do?" (1962), "For the Very First Time" (1964), "I Wanna Be (Your Everything)" (1964), "Follow Your Heart" (1965), "Alone on New Years Eve" (1966), "We Were Made As One" (1967, re-recorded 1985), "Til You Come Back to Me" (1968), "If My Heart Could Speak" (1970), "There's No Me Without You" (1972), "A Million to One" (1972), "The Other Side of Me" (1974), "Nursery Rhymes" (1975), "Don't Take Your Love from Me" (#37 1975), "Kiss and Say Goodbye" (#1 1976, he wrote), "We Never Dance to a Love Song" (1977), "There's No Good in Goodbye" (1978), "Here Comes That Hurt Again" (1979), "(You Are My) Shining Star" (#5 1980), "Forever by Your Side" (1983), "You Send Me" (1985), "Just a Matter of Time" (1989)
The Manhattans and Regina Belle, "Where Did We Go Wrong?" (1986)
songwriter
served in the military

Garnet Mimms (Garrett Mimms)

b. 1933 in Ashton, WV (grew up in Philadelphia, PA)
doo-wop/soul singer
"Welcome Home" (1965), "We Can Find That Love" (1969), "Another Time, Another Place" (1972)
founding member of Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters, "Baby, Don't You Weep" (#30 1963), "Cry Baby" (#4 1963), "For Your Precious Love" (#26 1963), "A Quiet Place" (1964), "I'll Take Good Care of You" (#30 1966)
founding member of Garnet Mimms and the Truckin' Company, "What it is" (1977), "Right Here in the Palm of My Hand" (1978)
served in the military

Mark Orr (Mark S. Orr)

b. 1949 in Charlotte, MI
country/rock singer
lead singer of Kentucky Headhunters (1993-98, replaced Ricky Lee Phelps), "Singin' the Blues" (#70c 1997)
the Kentucky Headhunters and Johnnie Johnson, "That'll Work" (1993), "I Know You Can" (1993), "Derby Day Special" (1993)
see The Kentucky Headhunters

John Ryanes

b. 1940 in Newark, NJ – d. 30 May 1972 in Newark, NJ
doo-wop/rock singer (bass)
founding member of The Monotones (1955-62), "(Who Wrote) the Book of Love" (#5 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "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)
brother of Warren Ryanes
see The Monotones on Wikipedia

Pattie Santos (Patricia D. Santos)

b. 1949 in San Francisco, CA - d. 14 Dec 1989 (auto accident)
folk/rock singer
founding member of It's a Beautiful Day (1967- ), "White Bird" (#118 1969), "Time is" (1969), "The Dolphins" (1970), "Essence of Now" (1970), "Anytime" (1971), "Place of Dreams" (1971), "Angels and Animals" (1972), "Going to Another Party" (1972), "Ridin' Thumb" (1973), "Pick Up Sticks" (2000), "Hot Summer Day" (2000)
founding member of The Cockrell-Santos Band
md. to Bud Cockrell

Troy Seals

b. 1938 in Big Hill, KY (grew up in OH)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Star of the Bar" (#78c 1974, he co-wrote), "Honky-Tonkin'" (#81c 1974, he co-wrote), "Easy" (#76c 1975, he co-wrote)
duet with Jo Ann Campbell, "Same Old Feeling" (1965)
session musician
songwriter, co-wrote Conway Twitty's "Don't Take it Away" (#1c 1979), "Red-Neckin' Love-Makin' Nights" (#1c 1981), "There's a Honky-Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" (#1c 1974); Randy Travis' "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" (#1c 1987); Eddy Raven's "Joe Knows How to Live" (#1c 1988); George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" (#3c 1985); Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty's "I Can't Love You Enough" (#2c 1977); Ray Charles and Willie Nelson's "Seven Spanish Angels" (#1 1985); Ronnie Milsap's "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (#1c 1985); Vince Gill's "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" (#60, #5c 1998)
md. to singer, Jo Ann Campbell

Jesse Stone (Jesse A. Stone aka Chuck Calhoun)

b. 1901 in Atchison, KS (grew up in Kansas City, KS) - d. 1 Apr 1999 in Altamonte Springs, FL (heart and kidney disease)
rock/blues/soul/jazz singer
instrument: piano
"Oh, That'll Be Joyful" (1954), "A Penny for Your Thoughts" (1962), "I'll Find Someone" (1962)
founding member of Jesse Stone and His Band, "Hey, Sister Lucy" (1947), "Bling-a-ling-a-ling" (1948), "Cole Slaw" (1949)
founding member of The Charlie Calhoun Orchestra, "(I Don't Know) Why the Car Won't Go" (1955), "Come and Dance with Me" (1956, he co-wrote)
founding member of Jesse Stone and His Blues Serenaders (1926-29), "Boot to Boot" (1927, he wrote), "Starvation Blues" (1927, he wrote)
songwriter under the name Charles/Chuck Calhoun, wrote Little Richard's "Good Golly, Miss Molly" (#10 1958); Benny Goodman's "Idaho" (#4 1942); Roy Hamilton's "Don't Let Go" (#13 1958); Bill Haley and the Comets' "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (#7 1954), "Razzle Dazzle" (#15 1955)
music producer; arranger
md. to singer, Evelyn McGee

November 17

Tom Adams

b. 1958 in Gettsyburg, PA
bluegrass singer
instruments: banjo, mandolin
"Fireball Mail" (1990), "Cumberland Gap" (1990), "Box Elder Beetles" (2001), "Lock, Stock and Barrel" (2001), "Dance Around Molly" (2001)
with Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys
with The Johnson Mountain Boys, "I'm Still to Blame" (1983), "Say You'll Take Me Back" (1983), "Five Speed" (1983), "Making up Stories" (1984), "I'll Never See You Anymore" (1984), "Let the Whole World Talk" (1987), "Memories That We Shared" (1987), "I've Found a Hiding Place" (1988), "I Could Change My Mind" (1988), "Cold and Windy Night" (1988), "Now Just Suppose" (1989), "Teardrops Fell Like Raindrops" (1992), "It Don't Bring You Back to Me" (1993), "Our Last Goodbye" (1993), "The Future Remains" (1993)
session musician with Lynn Morris, Rhonda Vincent, and others
see Tom Adams

Butch Atkinson (Byron Craig Atkinson)

b. 1947 in Springfield, MO - d. 13 Oct 1998
pop musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Count Five (1964-69), "Psychotic Reaction" (#5 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Revelation in Slow Motion" (1968), "Mailman" (1969)
founding member of The Count, "See You in the Morning" (2002), "White Powder" (2002), "I'm in Love Again" (2002), "Can't Sleep" (2002)
see The Count Five

Bob Avery (Bob Tousignant)

b. 1947
rock/pop/R&B musician, instruments: harmonica, drums, percussions
founding member of Crazy Elephant (1969-70), "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'" (#12 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Dark Part of My Mind" (1969), "Sunshine Red Wine" (1969), "Pam" (1969)
founding member of The Music Explosion (1966-68), "Little Bit o' Soul" (#2 1967), "Sunshine Games" (#63 1967), "We Gotta Go Home" (1967), "Rewind" (1968), "Road Runner" (1968), "Dazzling" (1968), "Jack in the Box" (1968)

Gene Clark (Harold Eugene Clark)

b. 1944 in Tipton, MO – d. 24 May 1991 in Sherman Oaks, CA (complications of a bleeding ulcer)
folk/rock/country/bluegrass singer
instruments: percussions, guitar, tambourine, harmonica
"I Knew I'd Want You" (1967, he wrote), "Here Tonight" (1970), "With Tomorrow" (1971, he co-wrote), "One in a Hundred" (1971, he wrote), "Full Circle Song" (1972, he wrote), "No Other" (1974, he wrote), "Some Misunderstanding" (1974, he wrote), "Strength of Strings" (1974, he wrote)
founding member, singer and guitarist with The Byrds (1964-67, 1972), "Mr. Tambourine Man" (#1 1965), * "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)" (#1 1965), "Eight Miles High" (#14 1966, he wrote), "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (#29 1967), "Renaissance Fair" (1967), "Cowgirl in the Sand" (1972)
with The New Christy Minstrels, "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" (1963), "Green, Green" (1963), "Today" (#17 1964)
founding member of Dillard and Clark (1968-70), "The Radio Song" (1969)
duets with Carla Olson, "Gypsy Rider" (1987, he wrote), "Are We Still Making Love?" (1987)
duets with The Gosdin Brothers, "To Ramona" (1966), "Hangin' on" (#37c 1967), "She Still Wishes I Were You" (1968)
session musician with the Flying Burrito Brothers, and others
songwriter
he had a strong fear of flying; his long time alcoholism most likely contributed to his death
see The New Christy Minstrels

Harry Elston

b. 1938 - d. 8 Oct 1978 (heart attack)
jazz/soul/pop/novelty singer
"I Want My Baby Back" (#92 1965)
founding member of The Friends of Distinction (1968-75), "Grazin' in the Grass" (#3 1969, he co-wrote), "Going in Circles" (#15 1969), "Love Me or Let Me Be Lonely" (#6 1970), "Time Waits for No One" (#60 1970)
see The Friends of Distinction on Wikipedia

Bob Gaudio (Robert John Gaudio)

b. 1942 in the Bronx, NY
pop singer
instruments: organ, piano, keyboards
founding member of The Royal Teens (1956-59), "Short Shorts" (#3 1958, he co-wrote), "Harvey's Got a Girlfriend" (1958), "Believe Me" (#28 1959, he co-wrote), "Little Cricket" (1959)
with The Four Seasons (1962-72, 1975- ), "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (#23 1962), "Sherry" (#1 1962, he wrote), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (#1 1962, he co-wrote), "Walk Like a Man" (#1 1963, he wrote), "Candy Girl" (#3 1963), "Marlena" (#36 1963), "Ronnie" (#6 1964, he wrote), "Rag Doll" (#1 1964, he wrote), "Lucky Ladybug" (1964), "Dawn (Go Away)" (#3 1964, he wrote), "Save it for Me" (#10 1964, he wrote), "Stay" (#16 1964), "Bye Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (#12 1965), "Let's Hang on" (#3 1965), "Working My Way Back to You" (#9 1966), "Tell it to the Rain" (#10 1966), "C'mon, Marianne" (#9 1967), "Let's Ride Again" (1967), "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" (#24 1968), "Who Loves You?" (#3 1975, he co-wrote), "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (#1 1976, #14 1994, he co-wrote)
The Four Seasons recording as The Wonder Who?, "Don't Think Twice" (#12 1965), "Sassy" (1965)
songwriter, co-wrote The Tremeloes' "Silence is Golden" (#11 1967); The Walker Brothers "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" (#13 1966)
music producer
md. to songwriter, Judy Parker
see The Four Seasons
see Bob Gaudio on Wikipedia

Isaac Hanson (Clarke Isaac Hanson)

b. 1980 in Tulsa, OK
pop/rock/soul singer
instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, mandolin, bass
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 Nicole Summer Dufresne (2006)
older brother of Jordan and Zachary Hanson
see Hanson

Andrew 'Chet' Jones

b. 1934 - d. 25 Jun 1998
doo-wop singer (bass)
founding member and lead singer of The Turbans (1953-60), "Let Me Show You (Around My Heart)" (1955), "When You Dance" (#33 1955, #114 1961, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "I'll Always Watch Over You" (1955), "It Was a Nite Like This" (1956, he wrote), "All of My Love" (1956), "Sister Sookey" (1956), "B-I-N-G-O (Bingo)" (1956), "I Promise You Love" (1958), "Diamonds and Pearls" (1960)
songwriter

Samantha Jones (Jean Owen)

b. 1943 in Liverpool, England
pop singer
"Why Can't I Remember (to Forget You)?" (1967), "Make Me Rainbows" (1967), "Today (Without You)" (1969), "One More Mountain" (1971), "I Believed it All" (1974)
with Vernon Girls (1961-64), "Lover, Please" (1962), "You Know What I Mean" (1962), "Only You Can Do it" (1964)
Vernon Girls recording as The Carefrees, "We Love you Beatles" (#39 1964, One-Hit Wonder)

Gordon Lightfoot

b. 1938 in Ontario, Canada
country/folk/pop singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Day Before Yesterday" (1963), "Canada Railroad Trilogy" (1967, he wrote), "Pussywillows, Cat Tails" (1968, he wrote), "Affair on Eighth Avenue" (1968, he wrote), "Marie Christine" (1968, he wrote), "Mountains and Maryann" (1968), "Leaves of Grass" (1969, he wrote), "Poor Little Allison" (1970, he wrote), "If You Could Read My Mind" (#5 1970, he wrote), "Cobwebs and Dust" (1970, he wrote), "Second Cup of Coffee" (1972, he wrote), "Farewell to Annabel" (1972, he wrote), "Carefree Highway" (#10, #81c 1974, he wrote), "Sundown" (#1, #13c 1974, he wrote), "Rainy Day People" (#26, #47c 1975, he wrote), "Race Among the Ruins" (#65 1976, he wrote), "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (#2, #50c 1976, he wrote), "The Circle is Small (I Can See it in Your Eyes)" (#33, #92c 1977, he wrote), "Daylight Katy" (1978, he wrote), "Dream Street Rose" (#80c 1980, he wrote), "Blackberry Wine" (1982, he wrote), "Broken Dreams" (1983, he wrote), "Anything for Love" (#71c 1986, he co-wrote), "East of Midnight" (1986, he wrote), "Wild Strawberries" (1993, he wrote), "Red Velvet" (1998), "Stone Cold Sober" (1999), "A Message to the Wind" (1999)
songwriter, wrote Marty Robbins' "Ribbon of Darkness" (#1c 1965); Anne Murray's "Cotton Jenny" (#71, #11c 1972); George Hamilton IV's "Early Morning Rain" (#9c 1966)
arranger
see Gordon Lightfoot

Aaron Lines

b. 1977 in Alberta, Canada
country singer
instrument: guitar
"I Can Read Your Heart" (2001), * "You Can't Hide Beautiful" (#38, #4c 2003), "Love Changes Everything" (#39c 2003, he co-wrote), "Waitin' on the Wonderful" (#36c 2005), "The Lights of My Hometown" (2005), "Cheaper to Keep Her" (2007), "Moments That Matter" (2008)
songwriter

Rebecca Lynn

b. 1952 in Dallas, TX
country singer
"No More Tears" (1974), "Cold Carolina Morning" (1974), "Bicycle Morning" (1976), "I'll Break the Habit" (1976), "He's Too Busy Working (to Cheat on Me)" (1976), "Country Nights, Country Days" (1976), "He Loves Me All to Pieces" (1978), "Music, Music, Music" (#39c 1978), "Goody Goody" (#83c 1979), "Make Believe You Love Me" (#69c 1979), "Fairytale" (#87c 1980)

Dino Martin (Dean Paul Martin, Jr.)

b. 1951 - d. 21 Mar 1987 in San Bernardino, CA (Air National Guard plane crash during a training mission)
pop singer
founding member of Dino, Desi and Billy (1964-70), "I'm a Fool" (#17 1965), "If You're Thinkin' What I'm Thinkin'" (1966), "I Hope She's There Tonight" (1966), "Not the Lovin' Kind" (#25 1966), "Two in the Afternoon" (1967)
actor; tennis pro
md. to actress, Olivia Hussey; md. to Olympic skater, Dorothy Hamill
son of Dean Martin

Wiley Walker (Winston Lee Moore)

b. 1911 in Laurel Hill, FL – d. 17 May 1966
country singer
instrument: fiddle
"Teardrop Waltz" (1950, he co-wrote), "Stolen Kisses" (1950)
with Wiley and Gene (1939- ), "All Over Nothing at All" (1939), "You've Got to Pay the Fiddler" (1941), "Live and Let Live" (1941, he co-wrote), "How Does One Forget?" (1946, he co-wrote), "Make Room in Your Heart for a Friend" (#2c 1946, he co-wrote), "I'm Sorry for the One Who's Losing You" (1950)
songwriter, co-wrote Cindy Walker's "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" (#5c 1944)

November 18

Jessi Alexander

b. 1972 in Jackson, TN (grew up in TN and GA)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"So Wrong" (2003), "Honeysuckle Sweet" (#52c 2004, she co-wrote), "Make Me Stay or Make Me Go" (#57c 2004, she co-wrote), "Reasons to Run" (2005), "Canyon Prayer" (2005), "I'd Run Right Back to You" (2005), "This World is Crazy" (2005, she co-wrote)
songwriter

Hank Ballard (John Henry Kendricks aka Henry Bernard Ballard)

b. 1927 in Detroit, MI (grew up in Bessemer, AL) – d. 2 Mar 2003 in Los Angeles, CA (throat cancer)
R&B/doo-wop singer
"Here Comes the Hurt" (1967), "Which Way Should I Turn?" (1967)
with The Royals, "Starting From Tonight" (1952), "Too Much of a Little Bit" (1952)
lead of The Midnighters (1953- ), "Work with Me, Annie" (#22 1954), "Rock and Roll Wedding" (1955), "Moonrise" (1955), "Partners for Life" (1956), "Let Me Hold Your Hand" (1957), "Rain Down Tears" (1959), "Cute Little Ways" (1959), "Finger Poppin' Time" (#7 1960), "The Coffee Grind" (1960), "The Twist" (#28 1960, he wrote), "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" (#6 1960), "Hoochie Coochie Coo" (#23 1961), "Let's Go Again (Where We Went Last Night)" (1961), "The Rising Tide" (1963)
duets with Bettye LaVette, "Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go" (1970), "Hello, Sunshine" (1970)
songwriter
cousin of Florence Ballard
quote by Hank Ballard: "If you're looking for youth, you're looking for longevity, just take a dose of rock 'n' roll - it keeps you going. Just like the caffeine in your coffee, rock 'n' roll is good for the soul, for the well being, for the psyche, for your everything. I love it. I can't even picture being without rock 'n' roll."
see Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

Dorothy Collins (Marjorie Chandler)

b. 1926 in Ontario, Canada – d. 21 Jul 1994 in NY (respiratory problems brought on by asthma)
pop singer
"My Boy, Flat Top" (#16 1955), "Seven Days" (#17 1956), "He's Got Me, Hook, Line and Sinker" (1956), "All Full of Empty" (1959), "Everything I Have is Yours" (1959)
backed by the Raymond Scott Orchestra, "A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening" (1944), "I'm Playing with Fire" (1950), "Yesterday's Ice Cubes" (1951), "If'n" (1953), "Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow" (1956), "Never Love a Stranger" (1958)
duet with Snooky Lanson, "I Will Still Love You" (1953)
comedian; actress
md. to bandleader, Raymond Scott (1952-65); md. to actor/singer, Ron Holgate (1996- )

John Duckworth

b. 1946 in Springfield, MO
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Syndicate of Sound (1964-67, 1990- ), "Little Girl" (#8 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "So Alone" (1966), "That Kind of Man" (1967)
served in the military
see Syndicate of Sound

Jerry Irby (Gerald Irby)

b. 1917 (maybe Nov 20) in Pineland, TX or New Braunfels, TX - d. 1983
country/western swing/rockabilly singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Jerry Irby and His Texas Ranchers, "You Don't Love Me No More" (1945), "My Life is Filled With Sorrow" (1946), "Rocks and Gravel" (1946), "Corn-fed Gal" (1947), "Roses Have Thorns" (1947), "Cryin' in My Beer" (#11c 1948, he wrote), "(If I Had a) Great Long Pistol" (#10c 1948, he wrote), "Memory of a Rose" (1949), "There's Nothing Left for Me" (1949), "My Gal From Tennessee" (1949, he wrote), "Hillbilly Boogie" (1949, he wrote), "Uptown Swing" (1949, he wrote), "One-Way Blues" (1949, he wrote), "Buy Me a Bottle of Beer" (1951), "Crying My Eyes Out" (1951), "I've Got the Blues for Texas" (1951, he wrote), "First Time I Saw That Gal" (1952, he wrote), "I'd Give Anything in This World" (1957)
songwriter, wrote Floyd Tillman's "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin" (#2c 1946); co-wrote Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys' "Keeper of My Heart" (#8c 1948)

Laura Lynch

b. 1956
country singer, yodeler
instrument: acoustic bass
founding member and lead singer ofDixie Chicks (1989-95), "West Texas Wind" (1990), "Little Ol' Cowgirl" (1992), "She'll Find Better Things to Do" (1992)
songwriter
md. to Mac Tull
see The Dixie Chicks

John McFee

b. 1953 in Santa Cruz, CA
country singer
instruments: guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro, fiddle
with The Doobie Brothers (1979-83, 1993- ), "What a Fool Believes" (#1 1979), "Minute by Minute" (#14 1979), "Real Love" (#5 1980), "Rockin' Down the Highway" (1996), "Wild Ride" (1996), "Angels of Madness" (2000, he wrote)
with Clover (1967-78)
founding member of Southern Pacific (1983-91), "Luanne" (1985), "Perfect Stranger" (#18c 1985, he co-wrote), "Reno Bound" (#9c 1986, he co-wrote), "A Girl Like Emmylou" (#17c 1986, he co-wrote), "Don't Let Go of My Heart" (#26c 1987), "Midnight Highway" (#14c 1988, he co-wrote), "New Shade of Blue" (#2c 1988, he co-wrote), "Bail Out" (1988), "Wheels on the Line" (1988), "Honey, I Dare You" (#5c 1989, he co-wrote), "Any Way the Wind Blows" (#4c 1990, he co-wrote), "Side Saddle" (1990), "Reckless Heart" (#32c 1990, he co-wrote), "I Go to Pieces" (#31c 1990)
Southern Pacific and Carlene Carter, "Time's Up" (#26c 1989)
Southern Pacific and Emmylou Harris, "Thing about You" (#14c 1985)
songwriter
see The Doobie Brothers
see Southern Pacific on Wikipedia

Johnny Mercer (John Herndon Mercer)

b. 1909 in Savannah, GA – d. 25 Jun 1976 in Bel-Air, CA (complications after brain surgery)
pop/blues/jazz singer
"One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" (1941, he co-wrote), "G.I. Jive" (#11 1944), "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (#1 1945), "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (#1 1945), "Personality" (#1 1946), "A Gal in Calico" (#5 1946), "Scarecrow Ballet" (1956), "Sent for You Yesterday (and Here You Come Today)" (1969)
songwriter, wrote The McGuire Sisters' "Somethings Gotta Give" (#5 1955); co-wrote Woody Herman's "Blues in the Night" (#1 1941); Margaret Whiting "Come Rain or Come Shine" (#17 1946), "That Old Black Magic" (#10 1943); Jerry Butler's "Moon River" (#11 1961); Duke Ellington Orchestra's "Satin Doll" (#27 1953); Roger Williams's "Autumn Leaves" (#1 1955); Bing Crosby's "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (#1 1938); Ricky Nelson's "Fools Rush in" (#12 1963)
see Johnny Mercer on Wikipedia

Herman Rarebell (Hermann Erbel)

b. 1949 in Germany
rock musician, instrument: drums
"I'll Say Goodbye" (1981), "Two-Timer" (1981)
with Scorpions (1977-95), "Is There Anybody There?" (1979), "No One Like You" (#65 1982), "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (#25 1984, he co-wrote), "Rhythm of Love" (#75 1988), "I Can't Explain" (1990), "Wind of Change" (#4 1991), "Send Me an Angel" (#44 1991), "Hit Between the Eyes" (1992), "Daddy's Girl" (1993, about abuse), "Alien Nation" (1993), "Under the Same Sun" (1994), "Wild Child" (1996), "Mysterious" (1999)
songwriter
see Herman Rarebell

Jacky Ward

b. 1946 in Groveton, TX
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Dance Her By Me One More Time" (#38c 1976), "Texas Angel" (1977), "Fools Fall in Love" (#9c 1977), * "Rhythm of the Rain" (#11 1978), "Wisdom of a Fool" (#8c 1979), "Save Your Heart for Me" (#8c 1980), "That's the Way a Cowboy Rocks and Rolls" (#7c 1980), "Somethin' on the Radio" (#13c 1981), "The Night's Almost Over" (#85c 1983, he wrote), "Can't Get to You From Here" (#83c 1988)
duet with Reba McEntire, "That Makes Two of Us" (#26c 1979)
songwriter

Mark Weitz

b. 1945 in Brooklyn, NY
country/rock singer
instruments: keyboards, organ
founding member of Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967-69), "Incense and Peppermints" (#1 1967, he co-wrote), "Strawberries Mean Love" (1967), "Tomorrow" (#23 1968, he co-wrote), "Sit With the Guru" (#65 1968), "Barefoot in Baltimore" (#67 1968, he co-wrote), "Sea Shell" (1968)
songwriter
music producer
see Strawberry Alarm Clock on Wikipedia

November 19

Jason Albert

b. 19??
country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer of Heartland, "I Loved Her First" (#34, #1c 2006), "Boys Like Us" (2006), "Freebird in a Firebird" (2006), "Built to Last" (#58c 2007), "Once a Woman Gets a Hold of Your Heart" (#52c 2007)

Charlie Coe

b. 1944
rock musician, instrument: bass
with Paul Revere and the Raiders (1968- , replaced Fang Volk), "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), "Ain't Nothin' Wrong" (1976)
see Paul Revere and the Raiders'

Ray Collins

b. 1936
rock/doo-wop singer
instrument: tambourine
with Little Julian and the Tigers, "I Remember Linda" (1957)
founding member of The Mothers of Invention (1964-74), "Trouble Every Day" (1965), "Who are the Brain Police?" (1966), "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" (1966), "Brown Shoes Don't Make it" (1967, about abuse), "Plastic People" (1967), "Telephone Conversation" (1968), "The Chrome-Plated Megaphone of Destiny" (1968), "Dog Breath" (1969), "Nine Types of Industrial Pollution" (1969), "Legend of the Golden Arches" (1969), "Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" (1970), "Tuna Fish Promenade" (1971), "Dental Hygiene Dilemma" (1971), "Magdalena" (1972, about abuse), "Excentrifugal Forz" (1974)
songwriter
see The Mothers of Invention on Wikipedia

Joe Correro, Jr.

b. 1946 in Greenwood, MS
rock/pop musician, instrument: drums
with Paul Revere and the Raiders (1968- , replaced Smitty Smith), "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), "Ain't Nothin' Wrong" (1976)
session musician with Helen Reddy, Duck Dunn, Joe Cocker, Leon Russell, and others
see Paul Revere and the Raiders'

Billy Currington (William Matthew Currington)

b. 1973 in Savannah, GA (grew up in Rincon, GA)
country singer
"Walk a Little Straighter" (#67, #8c 2003, he co-wrote about his alcoholic step-father), "I Got a Feelin'" (#50, #5c 2004, he co-wrote), "Must Be Doin' Somethin' Right" (#39, #1c 2005), "Why, Why, Why?" (#99, #13c 2006, he co-wrote), "Good Directions" (#42, #1c 2006), "Tangled Up" (#30c 2007)
duet with Shania Twain, "Party for Two" (#58, #7c 2004)
songwriter

Tommy Dorsey (Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr, aka The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing)

b. 1905 in Shenandoah, PA - d. 26 Nov 1956 in Greenwich, CT (choked to death while sedated by sleeping pills after a heavy meal)
swing/jazz/big band musician, instrument: trombone
with The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1927-35, 53-56), "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (#1 1930), "Lullaby of Broadway" (#1 1935), "Chasing Shadows" (#1 1935), "The Music Goes Round and Round" (#1 1936)
founding member and lead of The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1935-46, 47-53), "On Treasure Island" (#1 1935), "Alone" (#1 1936), "You" (#1 1936), "The Dipsy Doodle" (#1 1937), "Marie" (#1 1937), "Once in a While" (#1 1937), "Satan Takes a Holiday" (#1 1937), "Music, Maestro, Please" (#1 1938), "Our Love" (#1 1939), "Indian Summer" (#1 1940), "All the Things You Are" (#1 1940), "I'll Never Smile Again" (#1 1940), "Imagination" (#1 1940), "Only Forever" (#7 1940), "Take Me" (#5 1942), "Say it (Over and Over Again)" (#12 1940), "The Fable of the Rose" (1940), "Looking for Yesterday" (1940), "There Are Such Things" (#1 1943), "In the Blue of the Evening" (#1 1943), "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (#9 1947), "Song of India" (#5 1948), "Until" (#4 1948), "The Hucklebuck" (#5 1949), "You're Not in My Arms Tonight" (1950), "I Hadn't Anyone to Tell" (1950), "It All Begins and Ends With You" (1950), "Tea for Two Cha Cha" (#7 1958), "Dancing" (1966), "Motherhood" (1966)
session musician
actor
md. 1st to Mildred Kraft (1922-43); md. to actress, Pat Dane (1943-47); md. 3rd to dancer, Jane New (1948-56, his death)
see Tommy Dorsey on Wikipedia

Jerry Foster (Jerry Gaylen Foster)

b. 1935 in Tallapoosa, Missouri
country singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"(She Was) My First Love" (1959), "Let's Never Mention Old Times Again" (1962), "Looking Back" (#51c 1974), "I Knew You When" (#86c 1976, he co-wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote Ferlin Husky's "Rosie Cries a Lot" (#17c 1974); Johnny Paycheck's "Someone to Give My Love to" (#4c 1972); Nat Stuckey's "Take Time to Love Her" (#10c 1973); Narvel Felts' "When Your Good Love Was Mine" (#14c 1974); "Mark Chesnutt's "I'll Think of Something" (#1c 1992); Bob Luman's "When You Say Love" (#6c 1972)
sergeant in the Marines

Dave Guard

b. 1934 in San Francisco, CA (grew up in HI) – d. 22 Mar 1991 (lymphoma)
folk singer
instruments: banjo, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin
"Emily Remembers" (1988), "Sing at the Wheel" (1988), "For My Fantastic Friend" (1988)
founding member of Kingston Trio (1956-61), "Tom Dooley" (#1 1958), "The Tijuana Jail" (#12 1959), "M.T.A." (#15 1959), "Round about the Mountain" (1959), "A Worried Man" (#20 1959), "El Matador" (#32 1960)
founding member and lead of David Guard and the Whiskeyhill Singers, "The Wild Rippling Water" (1962)
author
see The Kingston Trio

Chad Jeffers

b. 1975
country musician
instruments: dobro, lap steel guitar
founding member of Pinmonkey (2001-06), "Barbed Wire and Roses" (#25c 2002), "I Drove All Night" (#36c 2003), "The Longest Road" (2002), "Fallin' All the Time" (2006), "Big Shiny Cars" (2006), "Mountain Song" (2006, he co-wrote)
session musician with Keith Urban, and others
songwriter
brother of Michael Jeffers
see Chad Jeffers

Fred Lipsius

b. 1943/47 in The Bronx, NY
rock/jazz singer
instruments: sax, alto sax, piano
"Dreaming of Your Love" (1995, he wrote), "You Sparkle" (1995, he wrote)
founding member of Blood Sweat and Tears (1967-71), "Meagan's Gypsy Eyes" (1968), "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (#2 1969), "More and More/Spinning Wheel" (#2 1969), "And When I Die" (#2 1969), "Hi-De-Ho" (#14 1970), "Lucretia MacEvil" (#29 1970), "Go Down Gamblin'" (#32 1971), "Lisa, Listen to Me" (#73 1971)
session musician
arranger
music teacher
see Blood, Sweat and Tears
see Fred Lipsius

Trade Martin

b. 1943 in Union City, NJ
blues/jazz/folk/rock/soul/country singer
instrument: guitar
"La Mer" (1960), "That Stranger Used to Be My Girl" (#28 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "We'll Be Dancing on the Moon" (1962), "Something in the Wind" (1962), "Lucky Boy, Happy Girl, Lonely Me" (1963), "Spend Your Life With Me" (1964), "She's Got the Wind in Her Hair" (1967), "Sulky Driver (Funky Rider)" (1971), "A Chilly Windy Rainy Morning" (1971), "If You Don't Hear From Me By Monday" (1971)
session musician on The Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout" (#17 1962); and with Ben E. King, and others
songwriter, wrote Vanilla Fudge's "Take Me for a Little While" (#38 1968)
arranger; music producer
actor; harness racer
see Trade Martin

Andy McCulloch (Andrew McCulloch)

b. 1945 in Dorset, England
rock/jazz musician, instrument: drums
with King Crimson (1970), "Indoor Games" (1970), "Happy Family" (1970)
founding member of Greenslade (1972-75), "Sundance" (1972), "Time to Dream" (1973), "Spirit of the Dance" (1974), "Time" (1975)
yachtmaster
see King Crimson on Wikipedia

Hank Medress

b. 1938 in Brooklyn, NY - d. 18 Jun 2007 in Manhattan, NY (lung cancer)
doo-wop singer (tenor)
founding member of The Tokens (1960- ), "When I Go to Sleep at Night" (1961), "(Hey Hey) Juanita" (1961), "Tonight I Fell in Love" (#15 1961), * "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" (#1 1961), "Please Write" (1963), "Two Cars" (1963), "Let's Go to the Drag Strip" (1963), "(A Girl Named) Arlene" (1964), "Sylvie Sleepin'" (1965), "Only My Friend" (1965), "I Hear the Trumpets Blow" (#30 1966), "The Greatest Moments in a Girl's Life" (1966), "Green Plant" (1967), "Portrait of My Love" (#36 1967), "She Let's Her Hair Down (Early in the Morning)" (1970), "I Could See Me (Dancin' With You)" (1970)
The Tokens were backup singers on The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" (#1 1963); and with Connie Francis, Del Shannon, Bob Dylan, and others
songwriter
music producer
see The Tokens on Wikipedia

Katy Moffatt (Katherine Louella Moffatt)

b. 1950 in Fort Worth, TX
country/folk/rock/blues singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
"I Can Almost See Houston from Here" (#83c 1976), "Kansas City Morning" (1978, she wrote), "Didn't We Have Love?" (1978, she wrote), "Under-Loved and Over-Lonely" (#66c 1983), "This Ain't Tennessee and He Ain't You" (#66c 1984), "If Anything Comes to Mind" (1989, she co-wrote), "I Know the Difference Now" (1989), "Lonely Avenue" (1990), "Blow Out the Candle" (1990), "She's Drivin' Home Tonight" (1993, she wrote), "Born with a Broken Wing" (1993, she co-wrote), "Better Let Her Run" (1993, she co-wrote), "Jigsaw Love Affair" (1998), "Wheel" (1999), "Fools Fall in Love" (1999), "When I Was a Cowboy" (2001)
duets with Hugh Moffatt, "Dance Me Outside" (1992), "I Get Lonely for You" (1992)
backup singer for Willie Nelson, Lynn Anderson, "Jimmy Buffett, Poco, and others
songwriter
actress
younger sister of singer, Hugh Moffatt

Pete Moore (Warren Moore)

b. 1939 in Detroit, MI
soul singer (bass)
founding member of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (1955-78), "Who's Loving You?" (1960), "Come on, Do the Jerk" (1961), "Shop Around" (#2 1961), "If Your Mother Only Knew" (1962), "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (#8 1962), "Mickey's Monkey" (#8 1963), "I've Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" (#35 1963), "I Like it Like That" (#27 1964), "Ooo Baby Baby" (#16 1965, he co-wrote), "My Girl Has Gone" (#14 1965), "The Tracks of My Tears" (#16 1965, he co-wrote), "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (#17 1966), * "I Second That Emotion" (#4 1967), "More Love" (#23 1967), "Yester Love" (#31 1968), "Special Occasion" (#26 1968), "If You Can Want" (#11 1968), "Abraham, Martin and John" (#33 1969), "Baby Baby Don't Cry" (#8 1969), "Doggone Right" (1969), "The Tears of a Clown" (#1 1970), "Flower Girl" (1971), "Do it, Baby" (#13 1974), "Smog" (1976), "Love Machine" (#1 1976, he co-wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote The Temptations' "Since I Lost My Baby" (#17 1965); Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar?" (#8 1965), "I'll Be Doggone" (#8 1965)
financial consultant

Allan Smethurst (aka 'the Singing Postman')

b. 1927 in England - 23 Dec 2000 (heart attack)
pop/novelty singer
instrument: guitar
"Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy" (1966), "Come Along a Me" (1966), "I Wear Horn-Rimmed Glasses" (1966)
songwriter
postman
in his later years he was a homeless alcoholic

Valjean (Valjean Johns)

b. 1934 in Shattuck, OK
pop musician, instrument: piano
backed by the Lew Douglas Orchestra, "Theme from 'Ben Casey'" (#28 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "Wagons Ho!" (1964)
backed by the Ernie Freeman Orchestra, "Till There Was You" (#100 1962)
songwriter

Robert White

b. 1936 in Billmyre, PA – d. 27 Oct 1994 in Los Angeles, CA (complications of heart surgery)
R&B/soul musician, instrument: guitar
with The Funk Brothers
session musician on The Supremes' "You Keep Me Hangin' on" (#1 1966), "You Can't Hurry Love" (#1 1966); The Temptations' "My Girl" (#1 1965); Stevie Wonder's "My Cherie Amour" (#4 1969), "For Once in My Life" (#2 1968); Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "I Second That Emotion" (#4 1967); and others

November 20

Duane Allman (Howard Duane Allman aka 'Skydog')

b. 1946 in Nashville, TN - d. 29 Oct 1971 in Macon, GA (motorcycle accident)
rock/blues/country musician, instruments: lead guitar, electric slide guitar
founding member of the Allman Brothers Band (1969-71), "Black-Hearted Woman" (1969), "Revival" (#92 1971)
founding member of The Allman Joys, "You Deserve Each Other" (1966)
founding member of The Hour Glass (1967-68), "Nothing But Tears" (1967), "Now is the Time" (1968)
session guitarist on Wilson Pickett's "Hey, Jude" (#23 1968); Derek and the Dominos, "Layla" (#10 1972, recorded 1970); and with Eric Clapton, Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Joe Cocker's "Midnight Rider" (#27 1972)
Barry Oakley died in a motorcycle accident a year later just three blocks from where Duane died, they are buried beside each other
see The Allman Brothers
see Duane Allman on Wikipedia

Dierks Bentley

b. 1975 in Phoenix, AZ
country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"What Was I Thinkin'?" (#22, #1c 2003, he co-wrote), "My Last Name" (#102, #17c 2003, he co-wrote), "How Am I Doin'?" (#49, #4c 2004, he co-wrote), "Lot of Leavin' Left to Do" (#47, #3c 2005, he co-wrote), "Come a Little Closer" (#31, #1c 2005), "Settle for a Slowdown" (#42, #1c 2006), "Every Mile a Memory" (#48, #1c 2006), "Long Trip Alone" (#66, #10c 2006), "Free and Easy (Down the Road I Go)" (#46, #1c 2007), "Trying to Stop Your Leaving" (#73, #10c 2008)
duet with Harley Allen, "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby" (2003)
songwriter
md. to Cassidy Black
see Dierks Bentley

Jim Brickman

b. 1961 in Cleveland, OH
country/pop musician, instrument: piano
"Rocket to the Moon" (1994), "By Heart" (1996), "If You Believe" (2006)
duet with Martina McBride, "Valentine" (#50, #9c 1998)
duet with Lila McCann, "I'm Amazed" (#59c 2005)
duet with Mark Schultz, "Till I See You Again" (2004)
duet with Collin Raye and Susan Ashton, "The Gift" (#51c 1997)
duet with Michelle Wright, "Your Love" (#74c 2000)
songwriter
see Jim Brickman

Tony Butala (Anthony F. Butala)

b. 1940 in Sharon, PA
pop singer
"Long Black Stockings" (1987)
founding member of The Lettermen (1960- ), "The Way You Look Tonight (#13 1961), "When I Fall in Love" (#7 1961), "Come Back, Silly Girl" (#17 1962), * "A Summer Place" (#16 1965), "Goin' Out of My Head"/"Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (medley) (#7 1967), "Hurt So Bad" (#12 1969)
backup singer with Frank Sinatra, and others
see The Lettermen

Steve Butts

b. 1940 in New York, NY
folk singer (bass)
instruments: 5-string banjo, guitar, oboe
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)
academic administrator
see The Highwaymen

George Grantham

b. 1947 in Cordell, OK
country singer
instrument: drums
founding member of Poco (1968-77, 1989-2004), "A Good Feelin' to Know" (1972), "Keep on Tryin'" (1975), "Rose of Cimarron" (1976), "Call it Love" (#18 1989), "Nothin' to Hide" (#39 1990), "One Tear at a Time" (2002), "Never Get Enough" (2003), "Shake it" (2003)
he was forced to retire in 2004 after suffering a stroke while performing
see Poco

Norman Greenbaum

b. 1942 in Malden, MA
folk/rock/novelty singer
instrument: guitar
"Marcy" (1969, he wrote), "Twentieth Century Fox" (1969), "Spirit in the Sky" (1970, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Canned Ham" (1970), "Weird" (1970, he wrote), "5 Pennies" (1973, he wrote), "Dairy Queen" (1973, he wrote)
founding member of Dr. West's Medicine Show and Jug Band, "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago" (1968), "Bullets Laverne" (1968)
songwriter
see Norman Greenbaum Music

Billy Jones (William Harry Jones)

b. 1949 in Ann Arbor, MI (grew up in Tampa, FL) - d. 7 Feb 1995 (suicide)
country/rock singer
instruments: lead guitar, keyboards
with The Outlaws (1974-81), "There Goes Another Love Song" (#34 1975, he wrote), "Green Grass and High Tides" (1975, he wrote), "Girl From Ohio" (1976), "Hearin' My Heart Talkin'" (1977), "Hurry Sundown" (#60 1977, he wrote), "Falling Rain" (1978), "(Come on) Dance With Me" (1979)
see The Outlaws

Sarah Jory

b. 1969 in Berkshire, England
country singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, steel guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
"On the Way to a Dream" (1994), "Even Then" (1994), "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" (1995), "Backseat Driver" (1995), "When Promises Made Are Promises Kept" (1995), "Same Track, Different Train" (1995), "Talk to Me" (1999), "Eyes of Love" (1999), "Stay the Night" (1999)
session musician with Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and others

Peter Kraemer

b. 1943 in Virginia City, NV
rock singer
instruments: sax, flute
founding member of Sopwith Camel (1965-67), "Hello, Hello" (#26 1967, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Postcard From Jamaica" (1967, he co-wrote), "Saga of the Lowdown Letdown" (1967), "Maybe in a Dream" (1967, he co-wrote), "Walk in the Park" (1967)
songwriter
see Sopwith Camel

Raymond Lefevre

b. 1929 in Calais, France
pop musician, instrument: piano
founding member and leader of Raymond Lefevre and His Orchestra, "Butterfingers" (1958), "La Belle Helene" (1959), "Soul Coaxing (Ame Caline)" (#37 1968), "La La La (He Gives Me Love)" (1968)
songwriter

Curly Putman (Claude Putman, Jr.)

b. 1930 in Princeton, AL
country singer
instruments: guitar, steel guitar
"The Prison Song" (#23c 1960, he wrote), "My Elusive Dreams" (#41c 1967, he co-wrote), "Hurtin' Like a Heartache" (1967), "Set Me Free" (#67c 1967, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Porter Waggoner's "Green Green Grass of Home" (#4c 1965); co-wrote David Houston and Tammy Wynette's "My Elusive Dreams" (#1c 1967); Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (#63, #1c 1968); George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (#1c 1980); The Kendalls' "It Don't Feel Like Sinnin' to Me" (#2c 1978); Moe Bandy's "It's a Cheatin' Situation" (#2c 1979); T.G. Sheppard's "I'll Be Coming Back for More" (#1c 1980), "Do You Wanna Go to Heaven?" (#1c 1980), "War is Hell on the Home Front, Too" (#1c 1982); Ricky Van Shelton's "I Meant Every Word He Said" (#2c 1990); Tanya Tucker's "Blood Red and Going Down" (#1c 1973)

Dick Smothers (Richard Remick Smothers)

b. 1938 in New York, NY (grew up in CA)
novelty/folk singer
instruments: string bass, guitar
with The Smothers Brothers, "Down in the Valley" (1961), "They Call the Wind Maria" (1961), "Stella's Got a New Dress" (1962), * "I Talk to the Trees" (1963), "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (1964)
comedian
songwriter
older brother of Tommy Smothers
md. to "Lorraine Martin, md. to Denby Franklin (1997- )
see The Smothers Brothers

R.J. 'Sunny' Spencer (Robert J. Spencer)

b. 1929/30 in Bowen, KY - d. 5 Feb 2005 in Tucson, AZ (complications of valley fever)
country singer
instruments: sax, fiddle, bass, guitar, mandolin, banjo, trumpet, clarinet
with The Sunshine Exchange
with Sons of the Pioneers (1984-05)
founding member of Sunny Spencer's Korny Kats (1950-53)
founding member of The Sunny Spencer Trio (1957-71)
session musician with Dale Warren, Gene Austin, and others
md. to Linda Caidwell; father-in-law of Gary LeMaster
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

Josh Turner (Joshua Otis Turner

b. 1977 in Florence, SC (grew up in Hannah, SC)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Long Black Train" (#72, #13c 2003, he wrote), "What it Ain't" (#31c 2004), "Your Man" (#38, #1c 2006), "Would You Go with Me?" (#43, #1c 2006), "Firecracker" (#50, #2c 2007)
duet with Trisha Yearwood, "Another Try" (#96, #15c 2008)
songwriter
md. to singer, Jennifer Ford (2003- )
see Josh Turner

Joe Walsh (Joseph Fidler Walsh)

b. 1947 in Cleveland, OH (grew up in Wichita, KS)
country/rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Rocky Mountain Way" (#23 1973), "Life's Been Good" (#12 1978), "All Night Long" (#19 1980), "A Life of Illusion" (#34 1981), "Class of '65" (1983), "Shadows" (1983), "In My Car" (1987)
with The Eagles (1976-82, 1994-95), "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), "Life in the Fast Lane" (#11 1977), "Hotel California" (#1 1977), "Heartache Tonight" (#1 1979), "The Long Run" (#8 1980), "I Can't Tell You Why" (#8 1980), "Seven Bridges Road" (#21, #55c 1981), "Get Over it" (#31 1994), "The Girl From Yesterday" (#58c 1994)
founding member of The James Gang (1968-71, 1996- ), "The Bomber" (1970), "Walk Away" (#51 1971)
see The Eagles
see The James Gang on Wikipedia
see Joe Walsh

November 21

Tony Goulden

b. 1944 in Kent, England
pop musician, instrument: lead guitar
founding member of Vanity Fare (1968-71), "I Live for the Sun" (1968), "Highway of Dreams" (1969), "Early in the Morning" (#12 1969), * "Hitchin' a Ride" (#5 1970), "Summer Morning" (#97 1970)
see Vanity Fare

Coleman 'Hawk' Hawkins (Coleman Randolph Hawkins aka 'Bean')

b. 1904 in St. Joseph, MO (grew up in Topeka, KS) - d. 19 May 1969 (pneumonia)
swing/bebop musician, instruments: tenor sax, bass sax, clarinet, piano
"Body and Soul" (#13 1940), "Rainbow Mist" (1944), "Picasso" (1948), "Dark Corners" (1952), "Lucky Duck" (1955), "Dali" (1959), "Disorder at the Border" (1959)
founding member of the Coleman Hawkins Orchestra, "The Day You Came Along" (1933), "I Mean You" (1946), "I'll Follow My Secret Heart" (1953)
founding member of The Coleman Hawkins Quartet, "Recollections" (1944)
with Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra (1923-34)
duet with Ben Webster, "Blues for Yolande" (1957)
duet with Duke Ellington, "You Dirty Dog" (1962)
session musician with Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Roy Eldrige, Duke Ellington, and others

Dr. John (Malcolm 'Mac' John Rebennack Jr.)

b. 1940 in New Orleans, LA
blues/R&B/rock singer
instruments: piano, keyboards, drums, guitar, bass
"I Walk on Gilded Splinters" (1968), "What Goes Around Comes Around" (1970), "Familiar Reality" (1971, he co-wrote), "Iko Iko" (1972), "Those Long Lonely Nights" (1972), "Right Place, Wrong Time" (#9 1973, he co-wrote), "Such a Night" (1973, he wrote), "R U 4 Real?" (1974), "Me Minus You Equals Loneliness" (1974), "Dance the Night Away With You" (1978), "Wade in the Water" (1991, he wrote), "Dorothy" (1991, he wrote), "The Nearness of You" (1999, he wrote), "Bald Head" (1987), "Goin' Home Tomorrow" (1992), "Cat and Mouse Game" (1999)
session musician for Joe Tex, Professor Longhair, Aretha Franklin, and others
songwriter, wrote Lloyd Price's "Lady Luck" (#14 1960)
bandleader; music producer
see Dr. John on Wikipedia

Lorna Luft

b. 1952 in Los Angeles, CA
pop singer
"Our Day Will Come" (1973), "Long Time" (1981), "Where the Boys Are" (1984), "Prove Me Wrong" (1984)
actress
daughter of singer/actress, Judy Garland; sister of singer/actress, Liza Minnelli
see Lorna Luft

Lisa McCarter (Lisa Kaye McCarter)

b. 1966 in Knoxville, TN (grew up in Sevierville, TN)
country/bluegrass/Christian singer
founding member of 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)
sister of Jennifer McCarter, twin of Teresa McCarter

Teresa McCarter (Teresa Faye McCarter)

b. 1966 in Knoxville, TN (grew up in Sevierville, TN)
country/bluegrass/Christian singer
founding member of 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)
sister of Jennifer McCarter, twin of Lisa McCarter

Kelsi Osborn (Kelsi Marie Osborn)

b. 1974 in Magna, UT
country singer
instrument: piano
founding member of SHeDaisy, "Little Goodbyes" (#43, #3c 1999), "This Woman Needs" (#57, #9c 2000), "I Will...But" (#43, #2c 2000), "Lucky 4 You (Tonight I'm Just Me)" (#79, #11c 2000), "Brand New Year (My Revolution)" (2000), "Passenger Seat" (#66, #12c 2004), "Come Home Soon" (#75, #14c 2004), "Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing" (#59, #7c 2005), "I'm Taking the Wheel" (#22c 2006)
the group name came from a Navajo word meaning 'my little sister'
md. to Steve Simpson
sister of Kristyn and Kassidy Osborn
see SHeDaisy

Jean Shepard (Ollie Imogene Shepard)

b. 1933 in Paul's Valley, OK (grew up in Bakersfield, CA)
country/honky-tonk singer
instrument: upright bass
"The Glass That Stands Beside You" (1954), "Let's Kiss and Try Again" (1954), "A Satisfied Mind" (#4c 1955), "Take Possession" (#13c 1955), "Beautiful Lies" (#4c 1955), "He's My Baby" (1958), "I Want to Go Where Nobody Knows Me" (#18c 1958), "Have Heart, Will Love" (#30c 1959), "Lonely Little World" (1960), "How Long Does it Hurt (When a Heart Breaks)?" (1961), "That's What Lonesome is" (1963), "Second Fiddle (to an Old Guitar)" (#5c 1964), "Someone's Gotta Cry" (#30c 1965), "If Teardrops Were Silver" (#10c 1966), "Our Past is in My Way" (1966), "Heart, We Did All That We Could" (#12c 1967), "My World is You" (1968), "Old Bridge" (#52c 1968), "Seven Lonely Days" (#18c 1969), "Then He Touched Me" (#8c 1970), "Another Lonely Night" (#12c 1970), "Maybe if I Close My Eyes" (1970), "With His Hand in Mine" (#24c 1971), "Just As Soon As I Get Over Loving You" (#55c 1971), "Just Like Walkin' in the Sunshine" (#46c 1972), "We Go Good Together" (1972), "Slippin' Away" (#55, #4c 1973), "I Think I'll Go Somewhere and Cry Myself to Sleep" (1973), "At the Time" (#13c 1974), "It Doesn't Hurt to Ask" (1975), "Another Neon Night" (#44c 1975), "Ain't Love Good" (#41c 1976), "Hardly a Day Goes By" (#82c 1977), "The Real Thing" (#85c 1978)
with The Melody Ranch Girls
duets with Ferlin Husky, "A Dear John Letter" (#4, #1c 1953), "Forgive Me, John" (#4c 1953), "My Wedding Ring" (1953)
duet with Ray Pillow, "I'll Take the Dog" (#9c 1966), "I'd Fight the World" (1966)
songwriter
md. to singer, Hawkshaw Hawkins (1960-63, his death), they were married on stage in Wichita, KS
see Jean Shepard on Wikipedia

Livingston Taylor

b. 1950 in Boston, MA (grew up in Chapel Hill, NC)
folk/rock singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, banjo
"Carolina Day" (1970, he wrote), "In My Reply" (1970, he wrote), "Good Friends" (1970, he wrote), "Get Out of Bed" (1971, he wrote), "I Will Be in Love With You" (#30 1979), "I'll Come Running" (#82 1979), "Going Around One More Time" (1978), "First Time Love" (#38c 1980), "Pajamas" (1980, he co-wrote), "Glad I Know You Well" (1988), "No Easy Way to Break Somebody's Heart" (1993), "Our Turn to Dance" (1993), "Songs That Should Never Be Played on the Banjo" (1994), "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (1996), "Bicycle" (1996), "Best of Friends" (2006), "You're the Boss of Me" (2006)
duet with Leah Kunkel, "Loving Arms" (#94c 1988)
songwriter
brother of James Taylor
he has had problems with depression
see

Randy Z (Randy Zehringer)

b. 1949 in Celina, OH
rock/pop musician, instrument: drums
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 Johnny Winter's band, "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" (1972)
songwriter
brother of Rick Zehringer (aka Rick Derringer)
see The McCoys on Wikipedia

November 22

Bill Bartlett (William Bartlett)

b. 1946/47 in Oxford, OH
folk/rock/pop singer
instruments: guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica
founding member and lead guitarist of The Lemon Pipers, (1966-69), "Through with You" (1967, he wrote), "Rice is Nice" (#46 1967), "Blueberry Blue" (1967), "Green Tambourine" (#1 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "No Help From Me" (1968)
founding member Ram Jam, "Black Betty" (#18 1977, he co-wrote), "Keep Your Hands on the Wheel" (1977)
songwriter
see Bill Bartlett

Steve Caldwell (Stephen Caldwell)

b. 1942 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 28 Jan 2002 in Atlanta, GA (pancreatic cancer)
rock/pop/R&B/novelty singer
instruments: keyboards, sax
founding member of The Orlons (1960-64, and reunions), "The Wah Watusi" (#2 1962), "Don't Hang Up" (#4 1962), "Please Let it Be Me" (1962), "Them Terrible Boots" (1963), "South Street" (#3 1963), "Not Me" (#12 1963), "Crossfire" (#19 1963), "Shimmy Shimmy" (#66 1964), "Knock, Knock" (#64 1964), "Everything Nice" (1964)
The Orlons sang backup on Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time" (#2 1962), "Gravy (for My Mashed Potatoes)" (#9 1962)
founding member of The Swingin' Medallions (1964-67), "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" (#17 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "She Drives Me Out of My Mind" (#71 1966), "Bow and Arrow" (1967)
with Pieces of Eight (1967-68), "The Lonely Drifter" (1967), "Come Back, Girl" (1967), "I'd Pay the Price" (1968)
software designer
humanitarian
see The Medallions

Joey Forgione (Joseph P. Forgione)

b. 1943 - d. 20 Oct 2003 (heart attack after a show)
soul musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Soul Survivors (1966-68, 1974), "Shakin' with Linda" (1966), "Expressway to Your Heart" (#5 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Explosion in My Soul" (#33 1967), "Impossible Mission (Mission Impossible)" (1967), "Go Out Walking" (1968)

Dennis Larden

b. 1948 in NY
rock/folk singer
instruments: guitar, banjo
founding member of Every Mother's Son (1967-69), "Come on Down to My Boat" (#6 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Put Your Mind at Ease" (1967), "The Proper Four-Leaf Clover" (1967), "What Became of Mary?" (1967, he wrote), "Alison Dozer" (1967, he wrote), "Didn't She Lie?" (1967, he wrote), "No One Knows" (1968), "Pony with the Golden Mane" (1968), "Rainflowers" (1968)
with Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band
brother of Larry Larden

Doye O'Dell (Allen Doye O'Dell)

b. 1912 near Plainview, TX - d. 3 Jan 2001 in Northridge, CA
western swing singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle
"Dear Oakie" (#12c 1948, he co-wrote), "Give Me Texas" (1948), "Without Your Wedding Ring" (1949), "According to the Evidence" (1956), "Strange Nights" (1958), "Half Past a Heartache" (1961), "Little Scraps of Paper" (1963)
with Sons of the Pioneers (1977- )
session guitarist with Johnny Bond, and others
songwriter
actor
served in the Marines in WWII
retired in 1995 after a stroke left him partially paralyzed
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

Rod Price (Roderick Michael Price)

b. 1947 in North London, England – d. 22 Mar 2005 in England (heart attack)
rock/blues singer
instruments: guitar, slide guitar, dobro
"Long Distance Call" (2000), "Straight-Laced Breakdown" (2003), "I Love Your Truth" (2003)
founding member of Foghat (1971-80, and reunions), "Slow Ride" (#20 1975), "Drivin' Wheel" (#34 1976)
session musician with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, and others
his heart attack caused him to fall down a flight of stairs and hit his head, not sure which caused his death

David Slater

b. 1962 in Dallas, TX
country singer
instrument: piano
"I'm Still Your Fool" (#36c 1988), "The Other Guy" (#30c 1988), "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" (#63c 1988), "We Fell in Love Anyway" (1989), "That Close" (1989)
in the past few years he has served time in jail for theft and forgery

Ethel Smith (Ethel Goldsmith)

b. 1902 in Pittsburgh, PA - d. 10 May 1996 in Palm Beach, FL
pop singer
instruments: organ, guitar, percussions, piano
"Tico Tico" (#14 1944), "The Green Cockatoo" (1944), "The Café Mozart Waltz" (1950), "Cuban Cutie" (1950), "Monkey on a String" (1951), "Pretty Polly Polka" (1951), "Lemon Merengue" (1955)
duets with Bing Crosby, "Just a Prayer Away" (1944), "Sweetest Story Ever Told" (1945)
songwriter
actress
md. 2nd to actor, Ralph Bellamy (1945-47)
see Ethel Smith

Floyd Sneed (Floyd Chester Sneed)

b. 1943 in Alberta, Canada
rock musician, instrument: drums
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), "Celebrate" (#19 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
see Floyd Sneed

Terry Stafford (Terry LaVerne Stafford)

b. 1941 in Hollis, OK (grew up in Amarillo, TX) - d. 17 Mar 1996 in Amarillo, TX
country/pop/rock singer
"Kiss Me Quick" (1961), "She Wishes I Were You" (1963), "Slowly But Surely" (1963), "Suspicion" (#3 1964), "I'll Touch a Star" (#25 1964), "Pocket Full of Rainbows" (1964), "Invitation to a Kiss" (1964), "Margarita" (1964), "Alone (Never to Love Again)" (1967), "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose?" (#35c 1973), "Let's Keep the Memories Warm" (1973), "Amarillo by Morning" (#31c 1974, he co-wrote), "It Sure is Bad to Love Her" (1974), "Captured" (#24c 1974), "Stop if You Love Me" (#69c 1974), "Darling, Think it Over" (1975), "Deja Vu" (1985, he wrote), "Long Haul Fever" (1985, he wrote), "Strangers With the Same Last Name" (1989), "Falling (it's a Long Way From Hollis, Oklahoma)" (1989), "Lonestar Lonesome" (#89c 1989)
songwriter, co-wrote George Strait's "Amarillo by Morning" (#4c 1983)

Jesse Colin Young (Perry Miller)

b. 1941/44 in New York, NY
rock/folk singer
instruments: guitar, bass
"Drifter's Blues" (1964), "Song for Juli" (1973), "Morning Sun" (1973), "Motorcycle Blues" (1974), "Walkin' Off the Blues" (1974), "Peace Song" (1974), "Miss Hesitation" (1976), "On the Edge" (1982), "The Perfect Stranger" (1982), "Erica" (1987), "When You Dance" (1987), "The Highway is for Heroes" (1987), "Misty Roses" (1994), "Sweet Good Times" (2003)
founding member and lead of The Youngbloods (1965-72), "Grizzly Bear" (#52 1967), "Get Together" (#62 1967, re-release #5 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Euphoria" (1967), "Darkness, Darkness" (1969, he wrote), "Sunlight" (1969, he wrote)
songwriter
see The Youngbloods
see Jesse Colin Young

November 23

Betty Everett

b. 1939 in Greenwood, MS – d. 19 Aug 2001 in Beloit, WI (heart problems)
soul/pop singer
instrument: piano
"My Life Depends on You" (1957), "Ain't Gonna Cry" (1958), "You're No Good" (#51 1964), * "It's in His Kiss (Shoop Shoop Song)" (#6 1964), "I Can't Hear You" (#66 1964), "Can I Get to Know You?" (1964), "Getting Mighty Crowded" (#65 1965), "The Shoe Won't Fit" (1966), "Love Comes Tumbling Down" (1967), "There'll Come a Time" (#26 1969), "1900 Yesterday" (1969), "Unlucky Girl" (1970), "I Got to Tell Somebody" (#96 1971), "Ain't Nothing Going to Change Me" (1971), "Innocent Bystanders" (1972), "Danger" (1973), "Wondering" (1974)
duets with Jerry Butler, "Let it Be Me" (#5 1964), "Smile" (#42 1965)
songwriter

Bruce Hornsby (Bruce Randall Hornsby)

b. 1923 in Williamsburg, VA
bluegrass/folk/jazz/rock/blues singer
instruments: piano, keyboards, accordion
"China Doll" (1993, he wrote), "Fields of Grey" (#69 1993), "Long Tall Cool One" (1993, he wrote), "Rainbow's Cadillac" (1994), "Walk in the Sun" (#54 1995), "White-Wheeled Limousine" (1995, he wrote), "Cruise Control" (1995, he wrote), "Sad Moon" (1998, he wrote), "Listen to the Silence" (1998, he wrote), "Shadowlands" (2000)
founding member of Bruce Hornsby and the Range (1984-91), "The Way it is" (#1 1986), "Every Little Kiss" (#14 1987), "Mandolin Rain" (#4, #38c 1987, he co-wrote), "The Road Not Taken" (1988, he wrote), "Look Out Any Window" (#35 1988, co-he wrote), "The Valley Road" (#5 1988, he co-wrote), "Across the River" (#18 1990, he co-wrote), "These Arms of Mine" (1990, he wrote)
founding member of Bruce Hornsby and the Noise Makers (1998- ), "Sunflower Cat" (2000), "The Valley Road" (2000, he co-wrote), "Sticks and Stones" (2003, he wrote), "Dreamland" (2004, he wrote)
duets with Ricky Skaggs, "Hills of Mexico" (2007), "A Night on the Town" (2007, he co-wrote), "Mandolin Rain" (2007, he co-wrote)
session musician on Don Henley's "The End of the Innocence" (#8 1989, he co-wrote); Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" (#18 1991); and with Bob Dylan, Crosby, Still and Nash, Shawn Colvin, Sara Evans, Leon Russell, Clint Black, Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Bob Seger, and others
songwriter
see Bruce Hornsby on Wikipedia

Gloria Lynne (Gloria Alleyne)

b. 1931 in New York, NY
soul/pop/jazz/blues singer
"Way Beyond the Hills" (1959), "Little Boy Blues" (1959), "Love, I Found You" (1960), "Condemned Without Trial" (1960), "(You Don't Have to Be a) Tower of Strength" (1961, reply to Gene McDaniel's "Tower of Strength"), "I'm Not Afraid Anymore" (1961), "I'm Glad There is You" (1962), "Stormy Monday Blues" (1963), "Record Company Blues" (1963), "I'll Buy You a Star" (1963), "Through a Long and Sleepless Night" (1964), "I Wish You Love" (#28 1964, One-Hit Wonder), "Wouldn't it Be Loverly?" (1964), "Folks Who Live on a Hill" (1965), "The Touch of Your Lips" (1965), "A Long Long Story" (1966), "Foolish Dreamer" (1967), "No Easy Way Down" (1969), "Problem Child" (1969)
songwriter, co-wrote Mongo Santamaria's "Watermelon Man" (#10 1963)

Jack Marshall (Jack Wilton Marshall)

b. 1921 in El Dorado, KS - d. 20 Sep 1973 in Newport Beach, CA
pop/jazz musician, instrument: acoustic guitar
"Baby, it's Cold Outside" (1959), "Walkin' Around" (1959), "Tuff Jack" (1963), "Night Train" (1963)
songwriter; wrote Marty Robbins' "Early Morning Sunshine" (#9c 1971)
music producer; arranger
see Jack Marshall on AllMusic

Ray Pennington (Ramon Pennington)

b. 1933 in Clay County, KY
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Boogie Woogie Country Girl" (1956), "My Steady Baby" (1958), "The First Step Down is the Longest" (1963), "Your Diary" (1963), "Who's Been Mowing the Lawn (While I Was Gone)" (#43c 1966, he wrote), "Ramblin' Man" (#29c 1967, he wrote), "My Mind is No Match for Your Memory" (1968), "What Eva Doesn't Have" (#70c 1969, he wrote), "Cold Gray Light of Dawn" (1969), "This Song Don't Care Who Sings it" (#69c 1969, he wrote), "I Wouldn't Treat a Dog (the Way You're Treatin' Me)" (1969), "She Wanted a Little Bit More" (#79c 1978, he wrote), "The Memories That Last" (1983, he wrote), "Nothing to Go on" (1983, he wrote), "Then I Can Face Your Memory" (1983, he co-wrote)
recorded as Ray Starr, "Billy Jo" (1960), "Donna Lou" (1960), "I Have to Laugh to Keep From Crying" (1962), "In the Middle of Two Hearts" (1962), "Please Save Your Love for Me" (1964)
with Bluestone
with The Swing Shift Band, "(Turn Me Loose and) Let Me Swing" (#76c 1988, he wrote), "I'm Getting Nowhere (at Getting Over You)" (1988, he co-wrote), "Blue of a Kind" (1988, he co-wrote), "My Weakness is Too Strong" (1988, he co-wrote), "Triple Play" (1988), "Someone Out in Dallas (Has Your Number)" (1988, he co-wrote), "(My Life's Like a) Dusty Road" (1988, he wrote), "One Minute With You" (1988, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Waylon Jennings' "Ramblin' Man" (#1c 1974); Kenny Price's "Happy Tracks" (#7c 1967), "Walking on New Grass" (#7c 1966); Ray Price's "Somewhere in Texas" (#55c 1982); Roy Drusky's "Three Hearts in a Tangle" (#35, #2c 1961)

John Persh (aka John Parrish)

b. 1942 - d. 1976 (staph infection)
rock/soul singer
instruments: trombone, bass
with The Sunliners (1962-67)
founding member of Rare Earth (1968-71), "When Joannie Smiles" (1970), "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (#7 1970), "Get Ready" (#4 1970), "Born to Wander" (#17 1971), "I Just Want to Celebrate" (#7 1971), "Hey, Big Brother" (1971)
founding member of Pywackett
see Rare Earth on Wikipedia

Charlie Sizemore

b. 1960 in Richmond, KY
country/bluegrass/gospel singer
instrument: guitar
"Time Can't Take Your Memory Away" (1994), "Watering Poison Ivy" (1994), "Nothing Happening Every Minute" (1994), "You Never Know Until You Cry" (1994), "I'll Never Do Better Than You" (2002), "Kentucky in the Morning" (2002), "Pamela Brown" (2002)
with The Clinch Mountain Boys (1976- ), "Traveling the Highway Home" (1977), "Amazing Grace" (1977), "Beautiful Star of Bethlehem" (1977)
founding member of the Charlie Sizemore Band (1985- ), "Gravel Road" (1988), "Sidewalk Ballerina" (1988), "Louisiana Red Dirt Highway" (1996), "Bristlecone Pine" (1996), "I Know the Way to You by Heart" (1996), "No Blues is Good News" (2007), "Hey, Moon" (2007)
duets with Ralph Stanley, "I Love No One But You" (1993), "Little Bessie" (1993)
songwriter
author; attorney

Jerry Sullivan

b. 1933 in Wagarville, AL
bluegrass/gospel singer
instrument: guitar
"Curly-Headed Baby" (1959), "Ella Mae" (1959)
duets with Tammy Sullivan, "What a Wonderful Savior is He" (1991), "Brand New Church" (1991), "Darkness and Light" (1995), "At the Feet of God" (1995), "You Never Mentioned Him to Me" (2000), "Show Me the Way Home" (2000), "Don't Let Me Fall" (2000)
father of Tammy Sullivan

November 24

Tommy Allsup

b. 1931 in Owasso, OK
rock/western swing/rockabilly musician, instruments: guitar, bass
with The Crickets (1958-59), "Rave on" (#37 1958), "Well, All Right" (1958), "Think it Over" (#27 1958), "It's So Easy" (1958), "Maybe Baby" (#17 1958), "Every Day (1958), "Heartbeat" (#82 1958), "Listen to Me" (1958), "I'm Gonna Love You, Too" (1958), "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (#13 1959), "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1959), "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (1959)
founding member of The Southernaires (1953-58)
with The Texas Playboys (1963)
session musician on Gary Lewis and the Playboys' "This Diamond Ring" (#1 1965), and others
music producer
he lost a coin toss with Ritchie Valens that saved him being in the plane crash that killed Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper
see The Texas Playboys

Captain Stubby (Tom C. Fouts)

b. 1918 in Carroll County, IN - d. 26 May 2004 in Kokomo, IN (stroke)
country singer (bass)
founding member of Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers (1940- ), "Concert in the Park" (1946), "Terrible Terry the Termite" (1946), "Piccolo Pete" (1946), "Brazen Little Raisin" (1946), "Kiss, Kiss, Kissin' in the Corn" (1947), "Money, Marbles and Chalk" (#12c 1949), "Tennessee Tears" (1949), "Come Wet Your Mustache With Me" (#14c 1949)
backup singer with Burl Ives, and others
voice actor
comedian
served in the Navy during WWII

Eileen Barton (aka Jolly Gillette)

b. 1924 in Brooklyn, NY - d. 27 Jun 2006 in West Hollywood, CA (ovarian cancer)
pop singer
"Would You Believe Me?" (1947), "If I Knew You Were Comin', I'd've Baked a Cake" (#1 1950), "Honey, Won't You Honeymoon With Me?" (1950), "May I Take Two Giant Steps?" (1950), "Wishin'" (#30 1952), "Tennessee Tango" (1952), "Pretend" (#17 1953), "Toys" (1953), "A Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow" (1953), "Anytime, Anywhere" (1953), "Signpost" (1954), "Sway" (#21 1954), "This-a-Way, That-a-Way" (1954), "Twilight Time in Tennessee" (1954), "On a Lonely Walk" (1955), "Here I am in Love With You Again" (1955), "Spring it Was" (1956), "The Earth Stood Still" (1963)
duet with Jimmy Wakely, "Bright-Eyed and Bushy-Tailed" (1954)
actress
see Eileen Barton

Pete Best (Randolph Peter Best)

b. 1941 in India (grew up in Liverpool, England)
rock musician, instrument: drums
"The Way I Feel About You" (1965), "Keys to My Heart" (1965)
founding member of Beatles (1958-62, fired and replaced by Ringo Starr), "You'll Be Mine" (1960), "Cayenne" (1960)
with Lee Curtis and the All Stars (1963)
founding member of The Pete Best Combo, "More Than I Need Myself" (1981)
founding member and leader of the Pete Best Band (1988- ), "Be My Baby" (1988), "Rock and Roll Music" (1988)

Bob Burns (Robert Burns)

b. 1950
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd (1965-71, 1973-75), "Sweet Home Alabama" (#8 1971), "Tuesday's Gone" (1973), "Freebird" (#19 1974), "Saturday Night Special" (#27 1975)
with Blackfoot (1971-72)
songwriter
see Lynyrd Skynyrd

James Bryan

b. 1953 in Mentone, AL
bluegrass musician, instrument: fiddle
"Lovely Lady" (1983), "Love is Blue" (1983), "Julianne Flanigan" (1986), "The First of May" (1986), "Grey Eagle" (1986), "Willow Creek" (1986), "Sunny Songs" (2005, he co-wrote), "Kelly" (2005, he co-wrote)
with Norman Blake's Rising Fawn String Ensemble
songwriter

Johnny Carver (John David Carver)

b. 1940 near Jackson, MS
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Poverty Stricken Heart" (1966), "Think About Her All the Time" (1966), "You're Lily White Hands" (#21c 1968), "I Still Didn't Have the Sense to Go" (#48c 1968), "That's Your Hang Up" (#41c 1969, he co-wrote), * "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" (Round the Old Oak Tree)" (#5c 1973), "You Really Haven't Changed" (#6c 1973, he co-wrote), "Country Lullaby" (#27c 1974), "Start All Over Again" (#74c 1975), * "Afternoon Delight" (#9c 1976), "Snap, Crackle, and Pop" (#77c 1976), "It Don't Hurt to Be a Dreamer" (1976), "Sweet City Woman" (#48c 1977), "Living Next Door to Alice" (#29c 1977), "Apartment" (#72c 1977), "Double Exposure" (1977), "S.O.S." (#73c 1981)
songwriter
see Johnny Carver

Donald 'Duck' Dunn (Donald V. Dunn)

b. 1941 in Memphis, TN
rock/soul singer
instrument: bass guitar
with Booker T. and the MGs (1963-69, and reunions, replaced Lewis Steinberg), "Jellybread" (1963), "Chinese Checkers" (1963), "Burnt Biscuits" (1963), "Red Beans and Rice" (1965), "Hip Hug-Her" (#37 1967), "Groovin'" (#21 1967), "Heads or Tails" (1968), "Hang 'Em High" (#9 1968), "Time is Tight" (#6 1969)
Booker T. and the MGs were backup on Rufus Thomas' "Walkin' the Dog" (#10 1963); Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" (#21 1965); most of Otis Redding's recordings; and with others
founding member of The Mar-Keys (1958-62), "About Noon" (1961), "Foxy" (1961), "One Degree North" (1961) (he was not on "Last Night")
session musician for Jerry Lee Lewis, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, and others
songwriter
music producer
see Booker T. and the MGs on Wikipedia
see Duck Dunn

Wayne Jackson (aka 'the West Memphis Flash')

b. 1941 in West Memphis, AR
R&B musician, instruments: trumpet, guitar
founding members of The Mar-Keys (1958- ), "Last Night" (#3 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "About Noon" (1961), "Foxy" (1961), "One Degree North" (1961), "Philly Dog" (1966)
with The Memphis Horns
session trumpet player on Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" (#25 1966), "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" (#1 1968); Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" (#21 1965), "Mustang Sally" (#23 1966); "Steve Winwood's "Roll with it" (#1 1988); Hank Williams, Jr.'s "Born to Boogie" (#1c 1987); Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" (#1 1966); Willie Nelson's "City of New Orleans" (#1c 1985); The Boxtops' "Cry Like a Baby" (#2 1968); Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" (#1 1970), "Sweet Caroline" (#4 1969); and others

Claude Johnson (aka 'Juan')

b. 1934 - d. 31 Oct 2002/04
doo-wop/soul singer
with The Genies (1958-59), "Who's That Knockin'?" (#71 1959, One-Hit Wonder), "Crazy Feeling" (1961)
founding member of Don and Juan (1962-67), "What's Your Name?" (#7 1962, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Pot Luck" (1962), "Magic Wand" (#91 1962), "Could This Be Love?" (1963), "Maryana Cherie" (1964), "All That's Missing is You" (1964), "The Heartbreaking Truth" (1965)
songwriter

Steve Maines

b. 1952
country/rock singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
founding member of The Maines Brothers Band (1976- ), "Dream Spinner" (1980), "Farm Road 40" (1980), "I Finally Got it Right" (1981), "On a Real Good Night" (1981), "Panhandle Dancer" (1982), "Flatland Farmer" (1982), "Easy to Love" (1982), "You Are a Miracle" (#85c 1984), "Everybody Needs Love on a Saturday Night" (#24c 1985), "Danger Zone" (#59c 1986), "River of Love" (1987), "Red Hot and Blue" (1987), "Dark Hearts" (1987), "Pink and Black Song" (1987), "You Can't Get the Hell Out of Texas" (1987), "Dry Land Farm" (1990), "Gonna Be a Cowboy" (1990), "Let the Rain Come Down" (1990)
see The Maines Brothers Band

Lee Michaels (aka Mike Olsen)

b. 1945 in Los Angeles, CA
rock/soul/blues singer
instruments: keyboards, organ, piano, guitar
"My Friends" (1968, he wrote), "If I Lose You" (1968, he wrote), "Tell Me How You Feel" (1969), "Do You Know What I Mean?" (#6 1971, he wrote), "Can I Get a Witness?" (#39 1971), "Didn't Have to Happen" (1971, he wrote)
songwriter

Freddie Tamburo (Frederick J. Tamburo)

b. 1936 - d. 27 dec 2000
doo-wop singer
instrument: sax
founding member of The Voxpoppers, "Wishing For Your Love" (#18 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "The Last Drag" (1958), "Can't Understand it" (1959), "A Blessing After All" (1959)
with The Bell Hops, "Please Don't Say No to Me" (1956)
brother of Sal and Frankie Tamburo

Teddy Wilson (Theodore Shaw Wilson)

b. 1912 in Austin, TX (grew up in AL) - 31 Jul 1986 in New Britain, CT
jazz/swing/big band musician, instruments: piano, violin
founding member of Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra, "If I Had Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes" (1936), "Breaking in a Pair of Shoes" (1936), "I Found a Dream" (1936)
founding member of The Teddy Wilson Sextet (1940-44)
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra backing Billie Holiday, "Miss Brown to You" (1935), "A Sunbonnet Blue (and a Yellow Straw Hat)" (1935), "These 'n' That 'n' Those" (1936), "Life Begins When You're in Love" (1936), "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" (1936), "I Cried for You" (1936), "It's Like Reaching for the Moon" (1936)
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra backing Thelma Carpenter, "This is the Moment" (1939)
with The Benny Goodman Trio (1936-39)
session musician with Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, and others
songwriter
see Benny Goodman

Jim Yester

b. 1939 in Birmingham, AL
pop/rock/folk singer
instrument: guitar
with The Modern Folk Quartet
founding member and lead singer of The Association (1964-76, 1979-83), "Along Comes Mary" (#7 1966), * "Cherish" (#1 1966), "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (#35 1966), "No Fair at All" (#51 1966), "Looking Glass" (1966), * "Windy" (#1 1967), * "Never, My Love" (#2 1967), "Everything That Touches You" (#10 1968), "Time for Livin'" (#39 1968), "Birthday Morning" (1968, he wrote), "Under Branches" (1969), "Yes, I Will" (1969), "Just about the Same" (1969), "That's Racin'" (1971), "Darling, Be Home Soon" (1972), "Names, Tags, Numbers and Labels" (#81 1973), "Dreamer" (#66 1981)
founding member of The Yesterdaze
songwriter
younger brother of Jerry Yester
see The Association on Wikipedia

November 25

Nat Adderley (Nathaniel Adderley)

b. 1931 in Tampa, FL - d. 2 Jan 2000 in Lakeland, FL (diabetes)
jazz/soul/bop musician, instruments: cornet, trumpet
"Branching Out" (1958), "What Next?" (1959), "Pretty Memory" (1960, he wrote), "Scrambled Eggs" (1960), "Chatterbox" (1962), "R.S.V.P." (1962), "Jive Samba" (1964, he wrote), "The Old Country" (1964, he wrote)
with The Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956, 1959-75), "Stars Fell on Alabama" (1959), "This Here" (1959), "Kelly Blue" (1961), "Waltz for Debby" (1961), "The Work Song" (1962, he wrote), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (#11 1967), "Walk Tall" (1969), "Country Preacher" (1970)
with Miles Davis' band (1957-59)
session musician with Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae, and others
songwriter
served in the military (1951-53)
brother of sax player, Cannonball Adderley

Biff Collie (Hiram Abiff Collie)

b. 1926 in Little Rock, AR (grew up in San Antonio, TX) - d. 19 Feb 1992 in Brentwood, TN
country singer
"What This Old World Needs" (1955), "Empty Kisses" (1956), "All of a Sudden" (1956)
recorded as Billy Bob Bowman, "Miss Pauline" (#55c 1972), "Showers" (1972), "Thirty-Four Cents Till Thursday" (1974)
DJ
md. to Shirley Collie

Gary Coveyou (Gary James Coveyou)

b. 19??
pop singer
instruments: sax, reeds, woodwinds
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)

Paul Desmond (Paul Emil Breitenfeld)

b. 1924 in San Francisco, CA - d. 30 May 1977 in NY (lung cancer)
jazz musician, instrument: alto sax
"I Still Look at You That Way" (1963), "Take Ten" (1963), "The One I Love (Belongs to Someone Else)" (1963), "Samba with Some Barbecue" (1968), "East of the Sun" (1971)
member of The Dave Brubeck Octet (1948-50)
founding member of The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1951-67, and reunions), "Take Five" (#25 1960, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote, in 5/4 time), "Unsquare Dance" (1961), "Far More Blue" (1961)
founding member of The Paul Desmond Quartet
songwriter
in his will he left all proceeds from "Take Five" to the Red Cross

Val Fuentes

b. 1947 in Chicago, IL
folk/rock singer
instrument: drums
founding member of It's a Beautiful Day (1967-74, 1997- ), "White Bird" (#118 1969), "Time is" (1969), "The Dolphins" (1970), "Essence of Now" (1970), "Anytime" (1971), "Place of Dreams" (1971), "Angels and Animals" (1972), "Going to Another Party" (1972), "Ridin' Thumb" (1973), "Pick Up Sticks" (2000), "Hot Summer Day" (2000)
with New Riders of the Purple Sage (1982-97)
see New Riders of the Purple Sage

Jim Fuller

b. 1947 (grew up in Glendora, CA)
rock/folk musician, instrument: lead guitar
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

Amy Grant (Amy Lee Grant)

b. 1960 in Augusta, GA (grew up in Nashville, TN)
country/Christian/pop singer
"Find a Way" (#29 1985), "Baby, Baby" (#1 1991), "That's What Love is For" (#7 1991, she co-wrote), "Every Heartbeat" (#2 1991, she co-wrote), "Ask Me" (1991, she co-wrote, about abuse), "Good for Me" (#8 1992, she co-wrote), "I Will Remember You" (#20 1992, she co-wrote), "Lucky One" (#18 1994), Take a Little Time" (#21 1997) "Till the Season Comes Round Again" (1999), "Simple Things" (#23 2003), "Innocence Lost" (2003)
Christian music #1 songs, "Father's Eyes" (1979), "Sing Your Praises to the Lord" (1982), "El Shaddai" (1982), "Angels" (1984), "Find a Way" (1985), "Stay for a While" (1986), "Saved By Love" (1988), "Lead Me on" (1988), "What About the Love?" (1988), "Hope Set High" (1991), "Helping Hand" (1994), "Children of the World" (1995), "Nothing is Beyond You" (1998)
duet with Peter Cetera "The Next Time I Fall" (#1 1986)
duet with Vince Gill, "House of Love" (#37 1995)
songwriter
actress
md. to Gary Chapman (1982-99); md. to singer, Vince Gill (2000- )
see Amy Grant

Erin Hay

b. 1970 in CA
country singer
"If the Phone Don't Ring" (2000), * "You're a Lesson I've Already Learned" (2000), "I Got the Blues Again" (2000), "The Circle" (2001), "False Eyelashes" (2001), "Country Roads" (2003), "Seed Catalog" (2003), "Somebody's Angel" (2003), "Givin' Old Memories Away" (2003), "The Tree" (2005), "Ten Thousand Teardrops Ago" (2005)

Nancy Jenkins

b. 19?? in Anchorage, KY
country/bluegrass singer
founding member of The Jenkins, "Blame it on Mama" (#34c 2004, she co-wrote), "Getaway Car" (#38c 2004), "Tame Little Heart" (2004), "He Feels Like Home" (2004, she co-wrote), "For All I Know" (2004, she co-wrote), "Stay a Little While" (2004, she co-wrote)
mother of singers, Kacie and Brodie Jenkins; md. to Bob Jenkins (1981- )

Etta Jones

b. 1928 in Aiken, SC (grew up in Harlem, NY) - d. 16 Oct 2001 in Mount Vernon, NY (cancer)
jazz/blues singer
"Long, Long Journey" (1944), "So Tired" (1945), "What Every Woman Knows" (1947), "Don't Go to Strangers" (#36 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "Lonely Crowd" (1966), "Save Your Love for Me" (1981)
backup singer
md. to saxophonist, Houston Preston

Linda LaFlamme

b. 1947
folk/rock musician, instruments: keyboards, organ, piano, harpsichord
founding member of It's a Beautiful Day (1967-69), "White Bird" (#118 1969, she co-wrote), "Time is" (1969)
songwriter
md. to David LaFlamme

Les Lawless

b. 1975 in Abilene, TX
country/rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Randy Rogers Band, "This Time Around" (2004), "Tonight's Not the Night (for Goodbye)" (#43c 2005), "Down and Out" (#48c 2005), "Kiss Me in the Dark" (#45c 2006), "If I Told You the Truth" (2006), "If Anyone Asks" (2006), "One More Goodbye" (#53c 2007)
see The Randy Rogers Band

Bob Lind (Robert Neale Lind)

b. 1942/44 in Baltimore, OH
folk singer
"Elusive Butterfly" (#5 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Cheryl's Goin' Home" (1966, he wrote), "Remember the Rain" (1966), "Truly Julie's Blues (I'll Be There)" (1966), "Just My Love" (1967), "Goodbye, Neon Lies" (1968)
songwriter
author

Roy Lynes (Roy Alan Lynes)

b. 1943 in Surrey, England
rock singer
instruments: organ, keyboards
with Status Quo (1967-70), "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Ice in the Sun" (1968), "Technicolor Dreams" (1969), "Paper Plane" (1972), "Down Down" (1975), "Rockin' All Over the World" (1977), "Again and Again" (1978), "Whatever You Want" (1979)
songwriter
see Status Quo

Percy Sledge (aka the 'Golden Voice of Soul')

b. 1940 in Leighton, AL
soul/R&B singer
"When a Man Loves a Woman" (#1 1966, he co-wrote), "Love Me Like You Mean it" (1966), "It Tears Me Up" (#20 1966), "Warm and Tender Love" (#17 1966), "Love Me Tender" (#40 1967), "Out of Left Field" (#59 1967), "Take Time to Know Her" (#11 1968, he wrote), "Sudden Stop" (#63 1968), "Stop the World Tonight" (1971), "I'll Be Your Everything" (#62 1974), "Fall Inside Your Eyes" (2004)
songwriter
cousin of Jimmy Hughes

Eddie Stubbs

b. 1961 in Gaithersburg, MD
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: fiddle
founding member of The Johnson Mountain Boys (1978-89, 1991- ), "I'm Still to Blame" (1983), "Say You'll Take Me Back" (1983), "Five Speed" (1983), "Making up Stories" (1984), "I'll Never See You Anymore" (1984), "Let the Whole World Talk" (1987), "Memories That We Shared" (1987), "I've Found a Hiding Place" (1988), "I Could Change My Mind" (1988), "Cold and Windy Night" (1988), "Now Just Suppose" (1989), "Teardrops Fell Like Raindrops" (1992), "It Don't Bring You Back to Me" (1993), "Our Last Goodbye" (1993), "The Future Remains" (1993)
DJ

November 26

Jerome Arnold

b. 1936 in Chicago, IL
blues/rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member and lead of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1963-66), "Born in Chicago" (1965), "Thank You, Mr. Poobah" (1965), "Our Love is Drifting" (1965), "East-West" (1966), "Mary, Mary" (1966)
session bassist
see The Paul Butterfield Blues Band on Wikipedia

Ray Brown

b. 1938
pop singer
with The Four Freshmen (1973-77), "Laughter in the Rain" (1977), "Here's That Rainy Day" (1977), "For Once in My Life" (1977)
see The Four Freshmen

Linda Davis (Linda Kaye Davis)

b. 1962 in Dodson, TX
country singer
instrument: guitar
"All the Good One's Are Taken" (#50c 1988), "Tonight She's Climbing the Walls" (1992), "Years After You" (1992), "Company Time" (#43c 1994), "Some Things Are Meant to Be" (#13c 1995), "A Love Story in the Making" (#33c 1996), "I'm Yours" (#38c 1998), "I Wanna Remember This" (#20c 1998)
founding member of Skip and Linda, "If You Could See You Through My Eyes" (#63c 1982), "This Time" (#89c 1982)
duet with Reba McEntire, "Does He Love You?" (#1c 1993)
md. to Lang Scott

Steve Grisaffe

b. 1965 in New Iberia, LA
country/rock/pop singer
instrument: bass
"That's What I Get for Closing My Eyes" (2001), "If it's Really Got to Be This Way" (2001)
with River Road (1990-2000), "I Broke It, I'll Fix it" (#48c 1997), "Nickajack" (#37c 1997), "Wishful Thinkin'" (1997), "As if You Didn't Know" (1997), "Somebody Will" (#51c 1998), "Breathless" (#41c 2000)
with Trace Adkins' band (1985-86)
with Sammy Kershaw's band (1987-89)
session musician with Pam Tillis, David Allen Coe, T. Graham Brown, and others
songwriter
actor
see River Road on Wikipedia

Robert Goulet (Robert Gerard Goulet)

b. 1933 in Lawrence, MA (grew up in Canada) - d. 30 Oct 2007 in Los Angeles, CA
pop singer
"The Story of a Starry Night" (1961), "Always You" (1962), "Sincerely Yours" (1962), "New York's My Home" (1964), "Welcome Home, Angelina" (1964), "My Love, Forgive Me (Amore, Scusami)" (#16 1965, One-Hit Wonder)
actor
md. 1st to Louise Longmore (1956-63); md. 2nd to Carol Lawrence (1963-81); md. 3rd to Vera Novak (1982-2007, his death)
he died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis while waiting for a lung transplant
see Robert Goulet

Alan Henderson

b. 1944 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of Them (1964-69), "Baby, Please Don't Go" (1965), * "Here Comes the Night" (#24 1965), "Mystic Eyes" (#33 1965), "Friday's Child" (1967), "I Happen to Love You" (1967), "Looking for Today" (1967), "Square Room" (1968), "We All Agreed to Help" (1969)
see Them

Phil Humphrey

b. 1937 in Madison, WI
country/pop singer
instrument: Fender guitar
founding member of The Fendermen (1958-62), "Mule Skinner Blues" (#5, #16c 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "Janice" (1959), "Heartbreakin' Special" (1961), "Everglades" (1964), "Jack of Diamonds" (1964)

Buzzy McClain (William McClain)

b. 1938
R&B/rock singer
founding member and lead of The Cleftones (1955-59), "Little Girl of Mine" (#57 1956), "Can't We Be Sweethearts?" (1956), "See You Next Year" (1957)

John McVie (John Graham McVie)

b. 1945 in London, England
rock/blues musician, instrument: bass guitar
with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1963-68), "Key to Love" (1966), "Broken Wing" (1968)
founding member of Fleetwood Mac (1967-80, 1981-82), "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues" (1968), "No Place to Go" (1969), "Oh Well" (#55 1969), "Rattlesnake Shake" (1969), "Say You Love Me" (#11 1976), "You Make Loving Fun" (#9 1977), "Little Lies" (#4 1987), "Go Your Own Way" (#10 1977), "Dreams" (#1 1977), "Don't Stop" (#3 1977), "Sara" (#7 1980), "Hold Me" (#4 1982)
songwriter
md. to singer, Christine Perfect (1971-77); md. 2nd to Julie Ann Reubens (1978- )
see John Mayall

Jim Mullen

b. 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland
rock/jazz musician, instrument: guitar
with Kokomo (1973-75), "Kitty Sittin' Pretty" (1975), "Forever" (1975)
with Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
founding member of Morrissey - Mullen, "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" (1979)
with The AllStars
session musician with Jimmy Witherspoon, Georgie Fame, and others
see Kokomo

Joe Nichols (Joe Edward Nichols)

b. 1976 in Rogers, AR
country singer
"To Tell You the Truth, I Lied" (1997), "The Impossible" (#29, #3c 2002), "Brokenheartsville" (#27, #1c 2002), "If Nobody Believed in You" (#68, #10c 2004), "What's a Guy Gotta Do?" (#64, #4c 2005, he co-wrote), "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off" (#32, #1c 2005), "Size Matters (Someday)" (#73, #9c 2006), "I'll Wait for You" (#71, #7c 2006), "Another Side of You" (#99, #17c 2007), "It Ain't No Crime" (#16c 2008)
songwriter
worked for UPS
md. to Heather Singleton (2007- )
see Joe Nichols

Tom Nystrom (Thomas Nystrom)

b. 1943 in Minneapolis, MN - d. 22 May 2004 in Minneapolis, MN (colon cancer)
rock/country singer
instrument: drums
with The Underbeats (1965-69, 1972-73, 1999), "Darling Lorraine" (1966), "Shake it for Me" (1966), "It's Gonna Rain Today" (1967)
with The Accents (1963-65, 1974-75), "Wherever There's a Will" (1964), "Searchin'" (1964)
with Ringer (2000-01)
with The Alfalpha Males (2002-03)

John Paine

b. 1937 in Okanogan, WA
folk/pop singer (baritone)
instrument: 6-string guitar
founding member of The Brothers Four (1957- ), * "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

Sue Richards (Maggie Sue Wimberly)

b. 1941/46 in Muscle Shoals, AL
country singer
"I Just Had You on My Mind" (#48c 1974, she wrote), "Tower of Strength" (#32c 1975), "Sweet Sensuous Feelings" (#25c 1976), "Please Tell Him I Said Hello" (#50c 1976)
recorded as Maggie Sue Wimberly, "Daydreams Come True" (1955), "How Long Can it Be?" (1955)
duet with Stan Hitchcock, "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers" (#85c 1979)
backup singer with Tammy Wynette, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Narvel Felts' "Somebody Hold Me (Until She Passes By)" (#10c 1975); Jody Miller and Johnny Paycheck's "Let's All Go Down to the River" (#13c 1972)

John Rossall

b. 1948 in England
musician, instrument: trumpet, sax, trombone
"I Was Only Dreaming" (1975), "Every Night and Every Day" (1975)
founding member of Glitter Band, "Angel Face" (1974), "Don't Make Promises (You Can't Keep)" (1977), "Gotta Get a Message to You" (1977)

Isaac Slade

b. 1981 in Boulder, CO
rock singer
instrument: piano
founding member of The Fray (2002- ), "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (#8 2005, he co-wrote), "How to Save a Life" (#3 2006, he co-wrote), "Look After You" (#59 2007)
songwriter

Jim Sundquist

b. 1937 in Niagara, WI
country/pop musician, instrument: lead Fender guitar
"Molly and Ten Brooks" (1963)
founding member of The Fendermen (1958-62, and reunions), "Mule Skinner Blues" (#5, #16c 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "Janice" (1959), "Heartbreakin' Special" (1961), "Everglades" (1964), "Jack of Diamonds" (1964)

Jean Terrell (Velma Jean Terrell)

b. 1944 in Belzoni, MS
R&B/jazz singer
"How Can You Live Without Love?" (1978), "I Had to Fall in Love" (1978)
lead singer of The Supremes (1970-73, replaced Diana Ross), "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)
sister of boxer, Ernie Terrell
see The Supremes

Tina Turner (Annie Mae Bullock)

b. 1939 in Nutbush, TN
rock/ R&B/soul/pop singer
"Whole Lotta Love" (1975), "What's Love Got to Do with it?" (#1 1984), "Better Be Good to Me" (#5 1984), "Private Dancer" (#7 1985), "We Don't Need Another Hero" (#2 1985), "Typical Male" (#2 1986), "Steamy Windows" (1989), "I Don't Wanna Fight" (#9 1993)
duets with Ike Turner, "A Fool in Love" (#27 1961), "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (#14 1961), "Poor Fool" (#38 1961), "Mind in a Whirl" (1962), "Worried and Hurtin' Inside" (1962), "I'm Hooked" (1966), "Proud Mary" (#4 1971), "Nutbush City Limits" (#22 1973)
songwriter
dancer; actress
md. to Ike Turner (1962-78)
see the Tina Turner Fan Club

Ben Wysocki (Benjamin Joseph Wysocki)

b. 1984 in CO
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Fray (2002- ), "Over My Head (Cable Car)" (#8 2005), "How to Save a Life" (#3 2006), "Look After You" (#59 2007)

November 27

Randy Brecker

b. 1945 in Philadelphia, PA
jazz/rock musician, instruments: trumpet, flugelhorn
"Hit or Miss" (1986, he wrote), "Thrifty Man" (1988, he wrote), "Moontide" (1988, he wrote), "Foregone Conclusion" (2003, he wrote)
founding member of Blood Sweat and Tears (1967, only on first album), "Meagan's Gypsy Eyes" (1968)
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 James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa, and others
songwriter
md. to singer/pianist, Elaine Elias; md. to sax player, Ada Rovatti
older brother of Michael Brecker
see Blood, Sweat and Tears
see Randy Brecker

Kit Carson (Liza Morrow)

b. 1913/14 in Brooklyn, NY - d. 24 Jun 2001
pop/swing singer
"Band of Gold" (#11 1955, One-Hit Wonder), "Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters" (1955)
recorded as Liz Morrow, "When They Ask About You" (1952), "Mississippi Cake Walk" (1952), "Satin Pillows" (1953)
with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, "Symphony" (#2 1946), "Give Me the Simple Life" (1946)
md. to Dale McMickle
see Benny Goodman

Buzz Cason (James E. Cason)

b. 1939 in Nashville, TN
western swing/country/rock/rockabilly singer
"The Good Side of June" (1966)
recorded as Garry Miles, "Look for a Star" (#16 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "Afraid of Love" (1960)
founding member of The Casuals, "My Love Song for You" (1956, he co-wrote), "Somebody Help Me" (1957), "Don't Pass Me By" (1958), "Mustang 2+2" (1964), "Walk" (1965), "If You Don't" (1966), "Jesamine (a Butterfly Child)" (1968)
with The Statues, "Blue Velvet" (1959)
founding member of B.C. and the Dartz (1986)
backup singer on Ronny and the Daytonas' "Sandy" (#27 1965, he co-wrote), "GTO" (#4 1964); and with The Texas Playboys, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Roy Orbison, Bob Wills, Brenda Lee, Conway Twitty, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Jan and Dean's "Popsicle" (#21 1966); Tommy Overstreet's "Ann (Don't Go Runnin')" (#2c 1972); Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love" (#13 1967); The McCarters' "Timeless and True Love" (#5c 1988); Mel Tillis' "A Million Old Goodbyes" (#8c 1981); Martina McBride's "Love's the Only House" (#42, #3c 1999)
music producer
author
"Looking for a Star was first recorded by Gary Mills, as it started to climb the charts Cason put out his recording as 'Garry Miles'

Werly Fairburn (Lewi Werly Fairburn aka the 'Singing Barber'

b. 1924 in New Orleans, LA (grew up in Folsom, LA) - d. 18 Jan 1985 (lung cancer)
rockabilly singer
instrument: guitar
"Camping with Marie" (1953), "I Feel Like Cryin'" (1954), "That Sweet Love of Mine" (1955), "Everybody's Rockin" (1956), "Telephone Baby" (1957), "Doggone That Moon" (1962)
with The Delta Boys, "I'm a Fool about Your Love" (1956)
songwriter
barber
served in the Navy during WWII
md. 1st to Yvonne Myers; md. 2nd to Louise Herman

Jimi Hendrix (James Marshall Hendrix aka Jimmy James)

b. 1942 in Seattle, WA – d. 18 Sep 1970 in London, England (asphyxiation after a barbiturate overdose)
rock singer
instrument: electric guitar
"Third Stone from the Sun" (1967, he wrote), "Up from the Skies" (1967, he wrote), "May This Be Love" (1967, he wrote), "51st Anniversary" (1967)
founding member of Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
founding member and lead of Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966-69), "Purple Haze" (#65 1967), "The Wind Cries Mary" (1967), "Foxy Lady" (#67 1967), "All Along the Watchtower" (#20 1968), "Crosstown Traffic" (#52 1968), "Come on (Let the Good Times Roll)" (1968)
guitarist with The Isley Brothers using the name 'Jimmy James' (1964-65), "Move on Over and Let Me Dance" (1965)
founding member of Gypsy Sun and Rainbows
Gypsy Sun and Rainbows performed at Woodstock
founding member of Band of Gypsies (1969-70), "Earth Blues" (1970), "Izabella" (1970)
sessionist
songwriter
served in the Army
he was born Johnny Allen Hendrix but his father changed his name in 1946
he was right-handed but usually played his guitar left-handed
see The Isley Brothers
see Jimi Hendrix

Al Jackson, Jr.

b. 1935 in Memphis, TN - d. 1 Oct 1975 in Memphis, TN (murdered)
rock/soul musician, instrument: drums
founding member and drummer with Booker T. and the MGs (1962-69, 1975), "Green Onions" (#3 1962), "Behave Yourself" (1962), "Jellybread" (1963), "Chinese Checkers" (1963), "Burnt Biscuits" (1963), "Red Beans and Rice" (1965), "Hip Hug-Her" (#37 1967), "Groovin'" (#21 1967), "Hang 'Em High" (#9 1968), "Heads or Tails" (1968), "Time is Tight" (#2 1969)
Booker T. and the MGs were backup on Rufus Thomas' "Walkin' the Dog" (#10 1963); Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" (#21 1965); most of Otis Redding's recordings; and with others
session musician on Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" (#1 1972), and with Eric Clapton, Freddie King, others
songwriter
he was shot by intruders in his home; his wife Barbara was suspected of being involved but nothing was ever proved
see Booker T. and the MGs on Wikipedia

Kevin Kavanaugh

b. 1951
rock/soul/blues singer
instrument: keyboards
founding member of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes (1975-86), "I Don't Want to Go Home" (1976), "This Time it's for Real" (1977), "Love on the Wrong Side of Town" (1977), "When You Dance" (1977), "Hearts of Stone" (1978), "All I Want is Everything" (1979), "Can't Stop Thinking of You" (1983), "Tell Me Lies" (1984)
session musician
see Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes

Sammy Pruett (Samuel K. Pruett)

b. 1926 - d. 17 Mar 1988 in Birmingham, AL
country musician, instrument: electric guitar
with Hank Williams' backup band Drifting Cowboys Band (1944, 1949, 1950-51), "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" (#6c 1949), "Lovesick Blues" (#1c 1949), "Mind Your Own Business" (#5c 1949), "You're Gonna Change (or I'm Gonna Leave)" (#4c 1949), "Lost Highway" (#12c 1949), "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (1949), "Never Again" (#6c 1949), "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (#1c 1950), "Why Don't Ya Love Me?" (#1c 1950), "Moanin' the Blues" (#1c 1950), "Cold, Cold Heart" (#1c 1951), "Hey, Good Lookin'" (#1c 1951), "I Can't Help it (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (#2c 1951), "Howlin' at the Moon" (#3c 1951), "Jambalaya" (#1c 1952)
with Carl Smith's band The Tunesmiths (1952- ), "There's a Bottle Where She Used to Be" (1955), "I Just Don't Care Anymore" (1955)
session musician with Charlie Walker, and others

Eddie Rabbitt (Edward Thomas)

b. 1941 in Brooklyn, NY (grew up in East Orange, NJ) – d. 7 May 1998 in Nashville, TN (lung cancer)
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"The Bed" (1968), "Forgive and Forget" (#12c 1975, he co-wrote), "I Should Have Married You" (#11c 1975, he co-wrote), "Sweet Janine" (1975), "Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)" (#1c 1976, he co-wrote), "Rocky Mountain Music" (#76, #5c 1976, he wrote), * "Do You Right Tonight" (#5c 1976, he co-wrote), "Two Dollars in the Jukebox (Five in a Bottle)" (#3c 1977, he wrote), "I Can't Help Myself" (#77, #2c 1977, he co-wrote), "Is There a Country Song on the Jukebox?" (1977), "You Don't Love Me Anymore" (#53, #1c 1978), "I Just Want to Love You" (#1c 1978, he co-wrote), * "Every Which Way But Loose" (#30, #1c 1979, he wrote), "Suspicions" (#13, #1c 1979, he co-wrote), "Gone Too Far" (#82, #1c 1980, he co-wrote), "Drivin' My Life Away" (#5, #1c 1980, he co-wrote), "I Love a Rainy Night" (#1, #1c 1981, he co-wrote), "Step by Step" (#5, #1c 1981, he co-wrote), "Someone Could Lose a Heart Tonight" (#15, #1c 1981, he co-wrote), "I Don't Know Where to Start" (#35, #2c 1982), "You Can't Run from Love" (#55, #1c 1983, he co-wrote), "The Best Year of My Life" (#1c 1984, he co-wrote), * "Repetitive Regret" (#4c 1986), "I Wanna Dance with You" (#1c 1988, he co-wrote), "The Wanderer" (#1c 1988), "On Second Thought" (#1c 1989, he wrote), "Runnin' with the Wind" (#8c 1990, he co-wrote), "Hang Up the Phone" (#50c 1991)
duet with Crystal Gayle, "You and I" (#7, #1c 1982)
duet with Juice Newton, "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" (#1c 1986)
songwriter, wrote, Elvis Presley's "Kentucky Rain" (#16, #31c 1970), Ronnie Milsap's "Pure Love" (#1c 1974)
humanitarian

November 28

Bob Berryhill

b. 1947 (grew up in Glendora, CA
rock musician, instrument: rhythm guitar
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

Beeb Birtles (Gerard Bertlekamp)

b. 1948 in Amsterdam, Netherlands (grew up in Adelaide, Australia)
rock musician, instruments: guitar, piano
founding member of Little River Band (1975-83), "It's a Long Way There" (#28 1976, he wrote), "Help is on the Way" (#14 1977), "Reminiscing" (#3 1978), "Happy Anniversary" (#16 1978, he co-wrote), "Lady" (#10 1979), "Cool Change" (#10 1979), "Lonesome Loser" (#6 1979), "The Night Owls" (#6 1981), "Take it Easy on Me" (#10 1981), "Man on Your Mind" (#14 1982), "The Other Guy" (#11 1982), "We Two" (#22 1983), "You're Driving Me Out of My Mind" (#35 1983)
songwriter
md. to Donna Brooks
see Beep Birtles
see Little River Band

Bruce Boudin (aka Bruce Bowdin)

b. 1946
folk/rock/pop musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Rose Garden (1963-68), "Next Plane to London" (#17 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Flower Town" (1967), "If My World Falls Through" (1968), "February Sunshine" (1968)
served in the military
see Rose Garden

Cecil Brower (Cecil Lee Brower aka Cousin Cecil Brower)

b. 1914 in Bowie, TX - d. 21 Dec 1965
country swing musician, instruments: fiddle, viola
with The Musical Brownies (1934-35), "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" (1934), "One of Us Was Wrong" (1935), "Beautiful Texas" (1935), "Little Betty Brown" (1935)
with Milton Brown's Musical Cowboys, "High-Geared Daddy" (1937), "Long, Long Ago" (1937), "Confessin' (That I Love You)" (1937)
with The Texas Playboys (1937)
session musician with Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, Marty Robbins, and others
songwriter
see The Texas Playboys
see Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies

Bruce Channel (Bruce McMeans)

b. 1940 in Jacksonville, TX
rock/blues/country singer
"Slow Down, Baby" (1960), "Hey! Baby" (#1 1962, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "If Only I Had Known" (1962), "Number One Man" (1962), "Going Back to Louisiana" (1964), "You Never Looked Better" (1964), "Somewhere in This Town" (1965), "Mister Bus Driver" (1967), "Keep on" (1968)
songwriter, wrote John Conlee's "As Long As I'm Rockin' with You" (#1c 1984); T.G. Sheppard's "Party Time" (#1c 1981); Mel McDaniel's "Stand Up" (#5c 1985); co-wrote Janie Fricke's "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" (#1c 1982); Kieran Kane's "You're the Best" (#14c 1981)

John Charles (John Carlos Cecchino)

b. 1940
pop/rock singer
instrument: bass
founding member of The Knickerbockers (1964-70, and reunions), "All I Need is You" (1965), "Lies" (#20 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "One-Track Mind" (#45 1966), "Please Don't Love Him" (1966), "What Does That Make You?" (1967), "A Matter of Fact" (1968)
brother of Beau Charles
see The Knickerbockers on Wikipedia

Earl Christian

b. 1939
doo-wop/rock singer
founding member of The Jarmels (1959- ), "She Loves to Dance" (1961), "Little Lonely One" (1961), "A Little Bit of Soap" (#12 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Come on, Girl" (1963)
Jarmel is a street in Harlem

Clem Curtis

b. 1940 in Trinidad
soul/pop singer
"Marie, Take a Chance" (1969), "Caravan" (1969)
founding member and lead singer of Foundations (1967-68, and reunions), * "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)
with The Traveling Wrinklies
boxer
see The Foundations on Wikipedia

Tom Eldridge

b. 1941 - d. 19 Jun 2000
doo-wop/rock singer
founding member of The Jarmels (1959- ), "She Loves to Dance" (1961), "Little Lonely One" (1961), "A Little Bit of Soap" (#12 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Come on, Girl" (1963)
Jarmel is a street in Harlem

Janis Gill (Janis Louise Oliver)

b. 1954/55 in Manhattan Beach, CA
country/bluegrass/rockabilly singer
instruments: violin, guitar
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, she co-wrote), "Chains of Gold" (#4c 1987), "Satisfy You" (#5c 1988, she co-wrote), "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, she co-wrote), "I Know Who You Are" (1996, she wrote), "Beautiful Lies" (1996)
songwriter
music producer
sister of Kristine Oliver Arnold; md. to Vince Gill (1980-97), md. to Roy Cummings (2000- )
many sources list her as born Mar 1, which is her sister's birth date

R.B. Greaves (Ronald Bertman Aloysius Greaves III)

b. 1944 in British Guyana (grew up on a Seminole reservation in CA)
soul/pop singer
"Take a Letter, Maria" (#2 1969, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Home to Stay" (1969, he wrote), "Always Something There to Remind Me" (1970), "Over You Now" (1971), "Rock and Roll" (1975, he wrote), "Let's Try it Again" (1975, he wrote), "Who's Watching the Baby (Margie)?" (1977, he wrote), "What's All the Fuss?" (1977, he wrote)
recorded as Sonny Childs with The TNTs
songwriter
nephew of Sam Cooke

Geoffrey Hill

b. 1978 in Houston, TX
country/rock singer
instrument: bass
founding member of The Randy Rogers Band, "This Time Around" (2004), "Tonight's Not the Night (for Goodbye)" (#43c 2005), "Down and Out" (#48c 2005), "Kiss Me in the Dark" (#45c 2006), "If I Told You the Truth" (2006), "If Anyone Asks" (2006), "One More Goodbye" (#53c 2007)
see The Randy Rogers Band

Randy Newman (Randall Stuart Newman)

b. 1943 in Los Angeles, CA (spent much of his childhood in New Orleans, LA)
rock/pop/novelty/blues singer
instrument: piano
"Golden Gridiron Boy" (1962), "The Beehive State" (1968), "Have You Seen My Baby?" (1970, he wrote), "Short People" (#2 1972), "Sail Away" (1972, he wrote), "He Gives Us All His Love" (1972, he wrote), "Political Science" (1972, he wrote), "God's Song" (1972, he wrote), "Simon Smith and His Amazing Dancing Bear" (1972, he wrote), "Wedding in Cherokee County" (1974), "Louisiana 1927" (1974, he wrote), "Birmingham" (1974, he wrote), "Baltimore" (1977, he wrote), "Rider in the Rain" (#78c 1978, he wrote), "The Story of a Rock and Roll Band" (1979, he wrote), "I Love L.A." (1983), "Real Emotional Girl" (1983), "Dixie Flyer" (1988), "It's Money That Matters" (1988), "My Country" (1999, he wrote), "Shame" (1999, he wrote), "I'm Dead (But I Don't Know it)" (1999, he wrote), "Potholes in Memory Lane" (2006, he wrote), "Missing You" (2006, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Three Dog Night's "Mama Told Me Not to Come" (#1 1970)
he was diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus in 1984
see Randy Newman

Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (Andrew Newman)

b. 1943 in London, England
rock/jazz musician, instrument: piano
founding member of Thunderclap Newman (1969-71), "Something in the Air" (#37 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "The Reason" (1970), "Hollywood Dream" (1970), "Accidents" (1970), "Wilhelmina" (1970, he wrote)
postal clerk

Doodle Owens (Arthur Leon Owens)

b. 1930/31 in Waco, TX - d. 4 Oct 1999 in Nashville, TN (heart attack)
country singer
"Grapevine" (1959), "Honky-Tonk Toys" (#78c 1978, he co-wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote Connie Smith's "Just for What I Am" (#5c 1972); Doug Stone's "Fourteen Minutes Old" (#6c 1990); George Jones' "The Right Left Hand" (#8c 1987), "Wine-Colored Roses" (#10c 1986); Jerry Lee Lewis' "Touching Home" (#3c 1971); Charley Pride's "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" (#1c 1970), "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me" (#71, #1c 1971), "All I Have to Offer You is Me" (#91, #1c 1969)

Ray Perkins

b. 1932 in Canada
pop singer (bass)
founding member of The Crew-Cuts (1952-64, 1977- ), "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" (1954), "Angels in the Sky" (#13 1954), "Sh-Boom (Life Could Be a Dream)" (#1 1954), "Don't Be Angry" (#14 1955), "Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)" (#3 1955), "Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So)" (#10 1955), "A Story Untold" (#16 1955), "Mostly Martha" (#31 1955), "Gum Drop" (#10 1955), "Whatever, Whenever, Whoever" (1957), "Forever My Darling" (1958), "Fraternity Pin" (1959), "Hip-Huggers" (1963)
brother of John Perkins
see The Crew-Cuts on Wikipedia

Gary Troxel (Gary Robert Troxel)

b. 1939 in Centralia, WA
pop/doo-wop singer
instrument: trumpet
"Nothing Left But Gone" (1968), "Things I Didn't Say" (1968)
founding member of The Fleetwoods (1958-64, and reunions), * "Come Softly to Me" (#1 1959, he co-wrote), "Mr. Blue" (#1 1959), "Graduation's Here" (#39 1959), "Outside My Window" (#28 1960), "Runaround" (#23 1960), "Tragedy" (#10 1961), "(He's) the Great Impostor" (#30 1962), "Lovers by Night, Strangers by Day" (#36 1962), "Goodnight, My Love" (#32 1963), "Lonely is as Lonely Does" (1964), "Before and After (Losing You)" (1964), "Ten Times Blue" (1964)
songwriter
served in the Navy
see The Fleetwoods
see The Fleetwoods Official Web Site

George Wettling (George Godfrey Wettling)

b. 1907 in Topeka, KS - d. 6 Jun 1968 in New York, NY
Dixieland jazz/swing/pop musician, instrument: drums
"If it Ain't the Humidity, it's the Beat" (1954), "Long Ago" (1954)
founding member and lead of George Wettling's Chicago Rhythm Kings, "How Come You Do Me Like You Do?" (1944)
founding member and lead of The George Wettling Trio, "Everybody Loves My Baby" (1944)
founding member and lead of George Wettling's New Yorkers, "You Brought a New Kind of Love" (1942)
founding member and lead of George Wettling's Jazz Band, "Rose Room" (1951)
with Artie Shaw's band (1936)
with Eddie Condon's band
with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1938-40), "Liza" (1938), "At the Storybook Ball" (1940)
sessionist with Red Norvo, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, and others
artist

November 29

Don Atkins

b. 1949
rock/pop/R&B musician, instrument: lead guitar
founding member of The Music Explosion (1966-68), "Little Bit o' Soul" (#2 1967), "Sunshine Games" (#63 1967), "We Gotta Go Home" (1967), "Rewind" (1968), "Road Runner" (1968), "Dazzling" (1968), "Jack in the Box" (1968)

Artie Cantanzarita

b. 1949
R&B/rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of The Brooklyn Bridge (1968- ), "From My Window" (1968), "The Worst That Could Happen" (#3 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "You'll Never Walk Alone" (1969), "Blessed is the Rain" (1969), "Opposites" (1970)
see Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge

Felix Cavaliere

b. 1943 in Pelham, NY
soul/rock singer
instruments: Hammond organ, keyboards
"A High Price to Pay" (1974), "Long Times Gone" (1974), "It's Been a Long Time" (1974), "Never Felt Love Before" (1975), "I Can Remember" (1975), "Light of My Life" (1975), "Only a Lonely Heart Sees" (#36 1980)
founding member of The (Young) Rascals (1965-72), "Good Lovin'" (#1 1966), "Groovin'" (#1 1967, he co-wrote), "How Can I Be Sure?" (#4 1967, he co-wrote), "I've Been Lonely Too Long" (#16 1967, he co-wrote), "A Girl Like You" (#10 1967), "Any Dance'll Do" (1968), "A Ray of Hope" (#24 1968), "People Got to Be Free" (#1 1968, he co-wrote), "A Beautiful Morning" (#3 1968, he co-wrote), "See" (#27 1969), "Heaven" (#39 1969), "Carry Me Back" (#26 1969)
the group dropped 'Young' from their name in 1968
with Little Steven and the Disciples of the Soul (1982), "Forever" (#63 1982), "Men Without Women" (1982)
session musician with Joey Dee, and others
songwriter
music producer
see The Young Rascals

Tommy Charles

b. 1929 in Chattanooga, TN - d. 8 Aug 1996
pop singer
"Our Love Affair" (#43 1956), "If You Were Me" (1956), "(I'm Afraid) the Masquerade is Over" (1957), "Love, You're a Stranger" (1957)
DJ

Tony Coe (Anthony George Coe)

b. 1934 in Canterbury, England
jazz/bop musician, instruments: alto sax, tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet, bass clarinet
"Some Other Autumn" (1983, he wrote), "Re: Person I Knew" (1983), "Backward Tracking" (1998, he wrote), "More Than You Know" (1998)
duets with Alan Barnes, "Deep in a Dream" (1997), "Who Cares?" (1997)
with Humphrey Lyttelton's band (1957-62)
leader of his own band (1962-64)
with the Johnny Dankworth Orchestra (1967-69), "Just Like a Woman" (1967)
songwriter
music producer
served in the Army (1953-56)

Tim Davis

b. 1943 in Milwaukee, WI - d. 20 Sep 1988
rock/novelty singer
instruments: drums, percussions
"Buzzy Brown" (#91, 1972, he wrote), "On the Rocks" (1972)
founding member of the Steve Miller Band (1968-70), "Sittin' in Circles" (1968), "Living in the U.S.A." (#49 1968), "Quicksilver Girl" (1968), "Song for Our Ancestors" (1969), "Going to the Country" (#69 1970, he co-wrote)
session musician with Jefferson Airplane, and others
songwriter

Denny Doherty (Dennis Gerrard Stephen Doherty)

b. 1940 in Nova Scotia, Canada - d. 19 Jan 2007 (complications of surgery for an abdominal aneurysm)
pop singer
founding member of The Mamas and the Papas (1964-68, and reunions), * "California Dreamin'" (#4 1966), "I Saw Her Again (Last Night)" (#5 1966), "Monday, Monday" (#1 1966), "John's Music Box" (1967), * "Creeque Alley" (#5 1967), * "Dedicated to the One I Love" (#2 1967)
songwriter
see Dream a Little Dream
see The Mamas and the Papas

Bobbi Martin (Barbara Ann Martin)

b. 1943 in Brooklyn, NY (grew up in Baltimore, MD) – d. 2 May 2000 (cancer)
rock/pop/country singer
instrument: guitar
"I Need Your Love" (1962), "Tired and Blue" (1962), "Brenda, Brenda" (1962), "Don't Forget I Still Love You" (#19 1964), * "I Don't Want to Live (Without Your Love)" (1965), "On the Outside (Looking in)" (1965), "I Can't Stop Thinking of You" (1965), "A Million Thanks to You" (1965), "Oh, Lonesome Me" (#64c 1966), "He Called Me Baby" (1968), "For the Love of Him" (#13 1970)
songwriter

Hal McIntyre (Harold W. McIntyre)

b. 1914 in Cromwell, CT - d. 5 May 1959 in Los Angeles, CA (house fire)
swing/jazz musician, instruments: alto sax, clarinet
founding member of The Glenn Miller Orchestra (1937-41)
founding member and leader of The Hal McIntyre Orchestra (1941- ), "Ecstasy" (1941), "Daisy May" (1942), "Friday Afternoon" (1942), "Play Number 49" (1944), "I'm Making Believe" (#14 1945), "I'd Do it All Over Again" (#9 1945), "I'll Buy That Dream" (#8 1945), "Sentimental Journey" (#3 1945), "Cement Mixer" (1946), "Patience and Fortitude" (1946), "30 Miles an Hour" (1946), "Scarlet and Amber" (1946), "I've Got the Sun in the Morning" (1947)
The Hal McIntyre Orchestra were backup on The Mills Brothers' "Glow Worm" (#1 1952)
session musician with Benny Goodman, and others
see The Glenn Miller Orchestra

Jody Miller (Myrna Joy Brooks)

b. 1941 in Phoenix, AZ (grew up in Blanchard, OK)
country/folk/pop/Christian singer
instrument: guitar
"He Walks Like a Man" (1964), "Looking at the World Through a Tear" (1964), "Home of the Brave" (#25 1965), "Queen of the House" (#12, #5c 1965, reply to Roger Miller's "King of the Road"), "Long Black Limousine" (#73c 1968), "Look at Mine" (#21c 1970), "If You Think I Love You Now (I Just Started)" (#19c 1971), "He's So Fine" (#53, #5c 1971), "Baby, I'm Yours" (#91, #5c 1971), "Be My Baby" (#15c 1971), "There's a Party Goin' on" (#4c 1972), "Darlin', You Can Always Come Back Home" (#12c 1973), "Good News" (#9c 1973), "Reflections" (#55c 1974), "Jimmy's Roses" (1974), "Country Girl" (#43c 1974), "When the New Wears Off Our Love" (#35c 1976)
duet with Johnny Paycheck, "Let's All Go Down to the River" (#13c 1972)
songwriter
md. to Mr. Miller

Mike Mincelli

b. 1941
doo-wop/rock singer (tenor)
founding member and first tenor of The Capris (1958-59, 1961- ), "My Promise to You" (1959), "There's a Moon Out Tonight" (#3 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Some People Think" (1961), "Girl in My Dreams" (#92 1961), "Limbo" (#99 1962), "From the Vine Came the Grape" (1963), "Morse Code Love" (1982), "There's a Moon Out Again" (1982)
school bus driver
see The Capris

Merle Travis (Merle Robert Travis)

b. 1917 in Rosewood, KY – d. 20 Oct 1983 in Tahlequah, OK (heart attack)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"No Vacancy" (#3c 1946, he co-wrote), "Cincinnati Lou" (#2c 1946, he co-wrote), "Divorce Me C.O.D." (#1c 1946, he co-wrote), "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" (#1c 1947, he co-wrote), "Steel Guitar Rag" (#4c 1947, he co-wrote), "Three Times Seven" (#4c 1947, he co-wrote), "Fat Gal" (#4c 1948, he wrote), "Faithful Fool" (1951), "Shut Up and Drink Your Beer" (1953)
duet with Hank Thompson, "Wildwood Flower" (#5c 1955)
session guitarist with Jackie Lee Cochran, Hank Thompson, The Brown Ferry Four, and others
songwriter, wrote Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons" (#1, #1c 1955); Tex Williams' "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette" (#1, #1c 1947)
guitar designer; actor
father of musician, Thom Bresh
he suffered from severe stage fright
see Merle Travis on Wikipedia

Wendy Waldman

b. 1950 in Burbank, CA
country/pop singer
instruments: guitar, keyboards
"Natural Born Fool" (1973, she wrote), "Thinking of You" (1973, she wrote), "The Road Song" (1974, she wrote), "You Got to Ride" (1974, she wrote), "Western Lullaby" (1975, she wrote), "Secrets" (1975, she wrote), "Back by Fall" (1976, she wrote), "The Wind in New York City" (1978, she wrote), "Long Hot Summer Nights" (1978, she wrote), "Gotta Get Over You" (1982, she wrote), "Time Like Your Wire Wheels" (1982, she wrote), "What is the Price of Love?" (1987, she co-wrote), "The Crossroads" (1987, she wrote), "When I Rode Next to You" (2003, she wrote), "Wherever You Are" (2003, she wrote), "That's What Love is" (2007, she wrote), "Never Love Again" (2007, she wrote)
founding member of Bryndle (1969-71, 1995-97, 2001-02), "Woke up This Morning" (1970), "On the Wind" (1995, she co-wrote), "Under the Rainbow" (1995, she co-wrote), "Til the Storm Goes By" (1995, she co-wrote), "Forever Ride" (2001, she co-wrote), "All I Need to Know" (2001, she co-wrote)
songwriter, wrote Vanessa Lynne Williams' "Save the Best for Last" (#1 1992), "The Sweetest Days" (#18 1994); Crystal Gayle's "Baby, What About You?" (#83, #1c 1983); co-wrote the Dirt Band's "Fishin' in the Dark" (#1c 1987), "Home Again in My Heart" (#3c 1985), "Down That Road Tonight" (#6c 1989)
music producer
see Wendy Waldman

Peanuts Wilson (Johnny Ancil Wilson)

b. 1935 in Riversville, WV (grew up in Odessa, TX) - d. Sep 1980 (heart attack)
rockabilly singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"Cast Iron Arm" (1957), "You've Got Love" (1957, he wrote), "I've Had it" (1958)
recorded as Johnny Wilson, "Little Miss Fortune" (1963), "Twi-Light Zone" (1963)
with Roy Orbison's Teen Kings (1956), "Ooby Dooby" (#59 1956)
session musician
songwriter, wrote Billy "Crash" Craddock's "Easy As Pie" (#2c 1975); C.W. McCall's "Roses for Mama" (#2c 1977); Jeanne Pruett's "It's Too Late" (#9c 1980); Kenny Rogers' "Love the World Away" (#14, #4c 1980)

November 30

Jimmy Bowen

b. 1937 in Santa Rita, NM (grew up in Dumas, TX)
pop/rockabilly/country singer
instruments: bass, guitar, trumpet, sax, drums, mandolin
"Ever Since That Night" (1957), "Can She Kiss" (1958), "The Two-Step" (1958), "You're Just Wasting Your Time" (1959), "It's Against the Law" (1962), "The Big Bus" (1964), "The Golden Eagle" (1965)
founding member of The Rhythm Orchids, "Party Doll" (#1 1957, he co-wrote), "I'm Stickin' with You" (#14 1957, he co-wrote)
songwriter
music producer
see Buddy Knox
see The Rhythm Orchids

Adam Clark

b. 1979 in VA
country singer
instrument: mandolin
founding member of The Clark Family Experience (1993- ), "Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch" (#80, #18c 2001), "To Quote Shakespeare" (#51c 2001), "Just Emily" (2001), "Standin' Still" (#36c 2001), "Going Away" (#44c 2002), "It'll Always Be You" (2002)
brother of Alan, Aaron, Ashley, Andrew, and Austin Clark
see The Clark Family Experience on Wikipedia

Dick Clark (Richard Wagstaff Clark, aka 'America's Oldest Teenager')

b. 1929 in Mt. Vernon, NY
host of American Bandstand
music producer; DJ
game-show host; actor
md. 1st to Barbara Mallery (1952-61); md. 2nd to Loretta Martin (1962-71); md. 3rd to Kari Wigton 1977- )
he suffered a stroke in 2004 but recovered enough by 2005 to appear on New Year's Rockin' Eve as he had every year since 1972
see Dick Clark on Wikipedia

Roger Glover (Roger David Glover)

b. 1945 in South Wales (grew up in England)
rock backup singer
instruments: bass guitar, keyboards, percussions, synthesizer, acoustic guitar
"The First Ring Made of Clay" (1978, he wrote), "The Next a Ring of Fire" (1978, he wrote), "The Third Ring's Watery Flow" (1978, he wrote), "The Fourth Ring With the Wind" (1978, he co-wrote), "Don't Look Down" (1984, he wrote)
with Deep Purple (1970-73, 1984-88, 1990- , replaced Nick Semper), "Speed King" (1970, he co-wrote), "Highway Star" (1972, he co-wrote), "Lazy" (1972, he co-wrote), "Smoke on the Water" (#4 1973, he co-wrote), "Woman from Tokyo" (1973, he co-wrote), "Smooth Dancer" (1973, he co-wrote), "Perfect Strangers" (1984, he co-wrote), "Wasted Sunsets" (1984, he co-wrote), "Too Much is Not Enough" (1990), "Breakfast in Bed" (1990, he co-wrote), "The Battle Rages on" (1993, he co-wrote), "Anya" (1993, he co-wrote), "A Touch Away" (1996, he co-wrote), "Watching the Sky" (1998, he co-wrote), "Sun Goes Down" (2003, he co-wrote), "Picture of Innocence" (2003, he co-wrote), "Don't Let Go" (2005, he co-wrote), "Clearly Quite Absurd" (2005, he co-wrote)
founding member of Episode Six (1964-69), "Here, There and Everywhere" (1966), "Lucky Sunday" (1968)
with Rainbow (1979-84), "I Surrender" (1981), "Stone Cold" (1982)
duets with Randall Bramblett, "If I Could Fly" (2002, he wrote), "When it Comes to You" (2002, he co-wrote), "What You Don't Say" (2002, he co-wrote)
duets with Ian Gillan, "Clouds and Rain" (1988, he co-wrote), "Telephone Box" (1988, he co-wrote), "I Can't Dance to That" (1988, he co-wrote)
session musician with Dan McCafferty, Jon Lord, and others
songwriter
music producer
see Deep Purple
see Deep Purple on classic bands.com
see Roger Glover

Rob Grill (Robert Frank Grill)

b. 1943 in Los Angeles, CA - d. 11 Jul 2011 in Tavares, FL (complications of a head injury)
folk/rock singer
instrument: bass guitar
"Where Were You When I Needed You?" (1979), "Strangers" (1979)
founding member and lead singer of The Grass Roots (1967-76, 1982- ), "Let's Live for Today" (#8 1967), "Things I Should Have Said" (#23 1967), "No Exit" (1967), * "Midnight Confessions" (#5 1968), "Bella Linda" (#28 1969), "Walking Through the Country" (#44 1969), * "Heaven Knows" (#24 1969), "I'd Wait a Million Years" (#15 1969), "The River is Wide" (#31 1969), "Come on and Say it" (#61 1970, he co-wrote), "Temptation Eyes" (#15 1970), * "Baby, Hold on" (#35 1970), * "Sooner or Later" (#9 1971), "I Can Turn Off the Rain" (1971), "Two Divided by Love" (#16 1972), "Glory Bound" (#34 1972), "Love is What You Make it" (#55 1973), "We Can't Dance to Your Music" (1973), "The Last Time Around" (1975), "Optical Illusion" (1976)
songwriter
see The Grass Roots

Frank Ifield (Francis Edward Ifield)

b. 1937 in Coventry, England (moved to Australia at age fifteen)
pop/country singer, yodeler
instrument: guitar
"Lucky Devil" (1960), "I Remember You" (#5 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "I Listen to My Heart" (1962), "She Taught Me How to Yodel" (#44 1962), "I'm Confessin' That I Love You" (1963), "Wayward Wind" (1963), "No One Will Ever Know" (#42c 1966), "Call Her Your Sweetheart" (#28c 1966), "Stranger to You" (1967), "Morning in Your Eyes" (1968), "The Lights of Home" (1969)
songwriter
actor
see Frank Ifield

Luther Ingram (Luther Thomas Ingram)

b. 1937 in Jackson, TN (grew up in Alton, IL) - d. 19 Mar 2007 in Belleville, IL (heart failure)
soul/country singer
"Ain't That Nice?" (1965), "Foxy Devil" (1965), "Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)?" (1970), "I'll Just Call You Honey" (1972, he co-wrote), "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (#3 1972), "I'll Be Your Shelter (in Time of Storm)" (1972), "These Are the Things" (1976), "Let's Steal Away to the Hideaway" (1977), "Trying to Find My Love" (1978), "Seeing You Again" (1984), "Baby, Don't Go Too Far" (1986)
songwriter, co-wrote The Staples Singers' "Respect Yourself" (#12 1972)
he had many health problems because of diabetes

Jeannie Kendall (Jeannie Kuykendall)

b. 1954 (maybe Nov 13) in St. Louis, MO
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Baby Went Bye Bye" (1974), "Come Back Home" (1974), "Love Chooses You" (2003), "Just a Memory" (2003), "The Color of Her Eyes" (2003), "Old Friends" (2003), "It Always Rains" (2005), "Worn Around the Edges" (2005), "You Just Don't Get Me, Do You?" (2005)
founding member of The Kendalls (1969-98), "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (#52c 1970), "Big Silver Jet" (1972), "Diesel Gypsy" (1975), "Heaven's Just a Sin Away" (#69, #1c 1977, CMA single of the year 1978), "It Don't Feel Like Sinnin' to Me" (#2c 1978), "Pittsburg Stealers" (#6c 1978), "Sweet Desire" (#1c 1978), "Old-Fashioned Love" (#1c 1978), "I Had a Lovely Time" (#5c 1979), "You'd Make an Angel Wanna Cheat" (#5c 1980), "I'm Already Blue" (#5c 1980), "Teach Me How to Cheat" (#7c 1981), "If You're Waitin' on Me (You're Backin' Up)" (#10c 1981), "Thank God for the Radio" (#1c 1984), "My Baby's Gone" (#15c 1984), "I'd Dance Every Dance with You" (#20c 1984), "I Never Looked Good in Blue" (1984), "Four-Wheel Drive" (#27c 1985), "Two-Heart Harmony" (#45c 1985), "Dancin' with Myself Tonight" (#51c 1987), "Temporarily Out of Order" (1989), "Central Standard Time" (1994), "Make a Dance (of Everything You Do)" (1995)
daughter of Royce Kendall
see The Kendalls on Wikipedia
see Jeannie Kendall

Leon Lyons

b. 1944 in England
rock/R&B musician, instrument:bass
founding member of Ten Years After (1967-74), "I Can't Keep from Crying" (1967), "Losing the Dogs" (1967), "Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl" (1969), "I'd Love to Change the World" (#40 1970, One-Hit Wonder)
Ten Years After performed at Woodstock
see Ten Years After

George McArdle

b. 1954 in Melbourne, Australia
rock musician, instrument: bass
with Little River Band (1976-79, replaced Roger McLachlan), "It's a Long Way There" (#28 1976), "Help is on the Way" (#14 1977), "Reminiscing" (#3 1978), "Happy Anniversary" (#16 1978), "Lady" (#10 1979), "Cool Change" (#10 1979), "Lonesome Loser" (#6 1979)
see Little River Band

Mindy McCready (Melinda Gayle McCready)

b. 1975 in Fort Myers, FL
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Ten Thousand Angels" (#6c 1996), "Guys Do it All the Time" (#72, #1c 1996), "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" (#4c 1997), "What if I Do?" (#26c 1997), "You'll Never Know" (#19c 1998), "The Other Side of This Kiss" (#41c 1998), "All I Want is Everything" (#57c 1999), "Scream" (#46c 2001), "Maybe, Maybe Not" (#49c 2002)
duet with Richie McDonald, "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" (#18c 1997)
songwriter
has had several arrests drug charges, DUI's, and other offenses

Brownie McGhee (Walter Brown McGhee)

b. 1915 in Knoxville, TN (grew up in Kingsport, TN) - 16 Feb 1996 in Oakland, CA (stomach cancer)
folk/blues/country singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Me and My Dog Blues" (1940), "I'm Callin' Daisy" (1940), "My Barkin' Bulldog Blues" (1940), "Barbecue Any Old Time" (1940), "My Fault" (1948), "New Baseball Boogie" (1949), "Cheatin' and Lyin'" (1954), "Living with the Blues" (1958), "One Thing for Sure" (1962), "I Don't Know the Reason" (1972), "Parcel Post Blues" (1973), "I Couldn't Believe My Eyes" (1973), "When the Wind Blows" (1985), "Don't Abuse Your Woman" (1985)
session musician
songwriter
limped from having polio as a child

Bob Moore

b. 1932 in Nashville, TN
country musician, instrument: stand-up bass
backup for Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Red Foley, and others
founding member of the Bob Moore Orchestra, "Mexico" (#7 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Mais Oui" (1961), "Autumn Souvenirs" (1962), "Flea Circus" (1962), "The Flowers of Florence" (1963), "Hell's Angels" (1966), "Pistolero" (1966), "Gonna Come in Like a Lion" (1970)
not sure if he is the same Bob Moore who was with The Texas Playboys (1965-1967)
session musician on Brenda Lee's "Sweet Nothin's" (#4 1960), "I'm Sorry" (#1 1960), "Break it to Me Gently" (#4 1962); Patsy Cline's "Walkin' after Midnight" (#12, #2c 1957), "Crazy" (#9, #1c 1961), "I Fall to Pieces" (#12, #1c 1961); George Jones' "The Grand Tour" (#1c 1974), "White Lightning" (#73, #1c 1959), "The Door" (#1c 1975), "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (#1, #1c 1980), "She Thinks I Still Care" (#1c 1962); Brook Benton's "Rainy Night in Georgia" (#4 1970); Elvis Presley's "(Marie's the Name of) His Latest Flame" (#4 1961), "All Shook Up" (#1, #1c 1957), "Return to Sender" (#2 1962), "Stuck on You" (#1, #27c 1960), "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (#1, #1c 1957); Jim Reeves' "He'll Have to Go" (#2, #1c 1960); Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans" (#1, #1c 1959), "North to Alaska" (#4, #1c 1960); Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (#1, #1c 1975); Ray Price's "City Lights" (#71, #1c 1958), "Heartaches by the Number" (#2c 1959), "Crazy Arms" (#27, #1c 1956), "For the Good Times" (#11, #1c 1970); Roy Orbison's "Running Scared" (#1 1961), "Only the Lonely" (#2 1960), "Crying" (#2 1961), "Mean Woman Blues" (#5 1963), "Dream Baby" (#4 1962); Tammy Wynette's "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" (#3c 1967), "Stand by Your Man" (#19, #1c 1968), "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" (#63, #1c 1968), "I Don't Wanna Play House" (#1 1967); Bobby Bare's "Detroit City" (#16, #6c 1963); Roger Miller's "Chug-a-Lug" (#9, #3c 1964), "Husbands and Wives" (#26, #5c 1966), "King of the Road" (#4 #1c 1965); Marty Robbin's "Ruby Ann" (#18, #1c 1962), "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" (#2, #1c 1957), "Devil Woman" (#16 #1c 1962); Crystal Gayle's "Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (#2, #1c 1977), "Talkin' in Your Sleep" (#18, #1c 1978); The Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall" (#4, #2c 1965), "I'll Go to My Grave Loving You" (#93, #3c 1975); Ferlin Huskey's "Gone" (#1c 1957), "Wings of a Dove" (#12, #1c 1960); Conway Twitty's "I See the Want in Your Eyes" (#1c 1974), "Only Make Believe" (#1 1958), "Hello, Darlin'" (#60, #1c 1970), "Lonely Blue Boy" (#6 1959); Faron Young's "Hello, Walls" (#12, #1c 1961), "Wine Me Up" (#2c 1969); Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make it Through the Night" (#8, #1c 1970); Webb Pierce's "There Stands the Glass" (#1c 1953), "In the Jailhouse Now" (#1 1955); Don Gibson's "Sea of Heartbreak" (#21, #2c 1961); Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' on" (#1c 1950); LeRoy Van Dyke's "Walk on By" (#5, #1c 1961); Floyd Cramer's "Last Date" (#2, #11c 1960); Clyde McPhatter's "Lover, Please" (#7 1962); Hank Locklin's "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" (#8, #1c 1960); Freddy Hart's "Easy Lovin'" (#17, #1c 1971); Jeanie Pruitt's "Satin Sheets" (#28, #1c 1973); Dave Dudley's "Six Days on the Road" (#32, #2c 1963); Bobby Helms' "My Special Angel" (#7, #1c 1957); Mark Dining's "Teen Angel" (#1 1960); Simon and Garfunkel's "The Boxer" (#7 1968); Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler" (#16, #1c 1979); Jack Green's "There Goes My Everything" (#65, #1c 1966); Claude King's "Wolverton Mountain" (#6, #1c 1962); Joe Dowell's "Wooden Heart" (#1, #1c 1961); Sonny James' "Young Love" (#1, #1c 1957); Tom T. Hall's "I Love" (#12, #1c 1974); and others
songwriter
father of R. Stevie Moore and Linda Faye Moore
see Bob Moore

June Pointer (June Antoinette Pointer)

b. 1954 in East Oakland, CA - d. 11 Apr 2006 in Santa Monica, CA (lung cancer)
soul/pop/country singer
"I'm Ready for Love" (1983), "New Love, True Love" (1983, she co-wrote), "Tight on Time (I'll Fit U in)" (1989), "Keeper of the Flame" (1989)
founding member of The Pointer Sisters (1972-2004), "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 Dionne Warwick, "Heartbreak of Love" (1987)
songwriter
actress
md. to William Oliver Whitmore, II (1978-81)

Buddy Ray (Robert James Ray)

b. 1919 in Waco, TX - d. 3 Sep 2003 in Waskom, LA
western swing singer
instruments: fiddle, sax, guitar
with The Texas Playboys (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), "You Don't Care What Happens to Me" (#5c 1945), "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (1945), "Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight" (#1c 1945), "Texas Two-Step" (1945)
with The Texas Wanderers
sessionist with Tex Ritter, Merle Travis, Ray Price, and others
songwriter
toured many times with the USO
see The Texas Playboys

Jack Reno

b. 1935 near Bloomfield, IA
country singer
guitar
"The Moon Won't Tell" (1960), "Nine Stitches" (1963), "My Knees Turn to Jelly" (1963), "Repeat after Me" (#10c 1967), "Bigger Than Love" (1968), "I Want One" (#19c 1969), "I've Heard That Song Before" (1969), "Albuquerque" (1969), "We All go Crazy" (1969), "I'm a Good Man (in a Bad Frame of Mind)" (1969), "That's the Way I See it" (#67c 1970), Hitchin' a Ride" (#12c 1971), "Do You Want to Dance?" (#38c 1972), "Arizona Clay" (1972), "I Can Still See Him in Your Eyes" (1972), "What I've Never Let Go" (1973), "Jukebox" (#70c 1974, he co-wrote), "Blue Roses" (1978), "That's the Chance I'll Have to Take" (1979), "I Hate This Lovin' You" (1992)
songwriter
DJ

Allan Sherman (Allan Copelon)

b. 1924 in Chicago, IL – d. 20 Nov 1973 in Los Angeles, CA (respiratory failure)
novelty/pop/folk singer
"Sarah Jackman" (1962, parody of Frere Jacques), "Mexican Hat Dance" (1963), * "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (Letter From Camp)" (#2 1963), "Here's to the Crabgrass" (1963), "Hungarian Goulash" (1963), "Green Stamps" (1964), "Crazy Downtown" (#40 1965), "Go to Sleep, Paul Revere" (1965, he co-wrote), "Peyton Place" (1965, he co-wrote), "The Laarge Daark Aardvark Song" (1965), "The Drinking Man's Diet" (1965), "Fig Leaves Are Falling" (1968), "Juggling" (1968)
songwriter
comedian
he was the voice of the 'Cat in the Hat' in the 1971 animation
author
his emphysema was made worse by his obesity

Paul Stookey (Noel Paul Stookey)

b. 1937 in Baltimore, MD
folk singer
"The Wedding Song (There is Love)" (#24 1971, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Blessed" (1973)
founding member of Peter, Paul, and Mary (1961- ), * "If I Had a Hammer" (#10 1962), * "This Land is Your Land" (1963), * "Blowin' in the Wind" (#2 1963), "Don't Think Twice, it's All Right" (#9 1963), * "Puff the Magic Dragon" (#2 1963), "Tell it on the Mountain" (#33 1964, he co-wrote), "Car-Car" (1964), * "For Lovin' Me" (#30 1965), "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" (#9 1967, he co-wrote), "Too Much of Nothing" (#35 1967), "Yesterday's Tomorrow" (1968), * "Day is Done" (#21 1969, he co-wrote), "Leatherwing Bat" (1969, he co-wrote), * "Leavin' on a Jet Plane" (#1 1969), "The Unicorn Song" (1978), "The Best of Friends" (1978), "Like the First Time" (1978), "By Surprise" (1978, he co-wrote), "Would You Like to Learn to Dance?" (1983), "El Salvador" (1986), "With Your Face to the Wind" (1990), "The Fox" (1993), "Seventy-Five Septembers" (1995), "Virtual Party (See_You@Party.Net)" (1996, he co-wrote)
songwriter
see Peter, Paul, and Mary
see Noel Paul Stookey

Teddy Wilburn (Thurman Theodore Wilburn)

b. 1931 in Hardy, AR of Thayer, MO – d. 24 Nov 2003 in Nashville, TN (congestive heart failure)
country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Wilburn Brothers (1953- ), "I'm So in Love with You" (#10c 1956), "Go Away With Me" (#6c 1956), "Which One to Blame?" (#4c 1959), "Somebody's Back in Town" (#6c 1959), "A Woman's Intuition" (#9c 1959), "Knoxville Girl" (#18c 1959), * "Trouble's Back in Town" (#4c 1962), "Roll Muddy River" (#4c 1963), "Tell Her So" (#10c 1963), "It's Another World" (#5c 1965), "Someone Before Me" (#8c 1966), "Hurt Her Once for Me" (#3c 1966), "Roarin' Again" (#13c 1967), "Arkansas" (#47c 1972)
The Wilburn Brothers sang backup on Webb Pierce's "In the Jailhouse Now" (#1 1955)
The Wilburn Brothers duets with Ernest Tubb, "Mister Love" (#8c 1957), "Hey, Mister Bluebird" (#9c 1958)
songwriter
The Wilburn Brothers duet with Webb Pierce, "Sparkling Brown Eyes" (#4c 1954)
songwriter
served in the military during the Korean War (1951-53)

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