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September 1

Archie Bell

b. 1944 in Henderson, TX (grew up in Houston, TX)
pop/soul singer
"Anytime is Right" (1981), "Touchin' You" (1981)
founding member of Archie Bell and the Drells (1966-79 and reunions), "She's My Woman, She's My Girl" (1968), "Tighten Up" (#1 1968, he co-wrote), "I Just Can't Stop Dancing" (#9 1968), "There's Gonna Be a Showdown" (#21 1969), "Dancing to Your Music" (1970), "Don't Let the Music Slip Away" (1970), "I Could Dance All Night" (1975), "Everybody Have a Good Time" (1977)
songwriter
served in the Army (1967-69), wounded in Vietnam
older brother of football player, Ricky Bell and singer/choreographer, Lee Bell
see The Drells on soulwalking

Boxcar Willie (Lecil Travis Martin aka Marty Martin)

b. 1931 in Sterratte, TX – d. 12 Apr 1999 in Branson, MO (leukemia)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Picture of You and Me" (1969), "I Came So Close to Callin' You Last Night" (1977), "Wabash Cannonball" (1981), "Bad News" (#36c 1982), "Hank, You Still Make Me Cry" (1980, he wrote as a tribute to Hank Williams), "Lefty Left Us Lonely" (1982, he wrote as a tribute to Lefty Frizzell), "Not on the Bottom Yet" (#87c 1984), "The Man I Used to Be" (#44c 1984) "Winds of Yesterday" (1993)
duet with Penny DeHaven, "We Made Memories" (#77c 1982)
duet with Willie Nelson, "Boxcar's My Home" (1986)
duet with Hank Williams, Jr., "Ramblin' in My Shoes" (1981)
sessionist
songwriter
served in the Air Force during the Korean War (1949-6?)
see Boxcar Willie

Greg Errico

b. 1946 in San Francisco, CA
soul/rock/pop musician, instrument: drums
founding member and drummer with Sly and the Family Stone (1966-71), "Dance to the Music" (#8 1968), "Everyday People" (#1 1969), "Hot Fun in the Summer Time" (#2 1969), "Thank You" (#1 1970), "Family Affair" (#1 1971)
Sly and the Family Stone performed at Woodstock
session musician with Greatful Dead, Larry Graham, Jerry Garcia, David Bowie, and others
songwriter
music producer
see Sly and the Family Stone

Tommy Evans

b. 1927
doo-wop/R&B singer (bass)
with The Drifters (1957-58, 1962-63, replaced Bill Pinkney), "Drip Drop" (#58 1958), "When My Little Girl is Smiling" (#28 1962), "On Broadway" (#9 1963), "Up on the Roof" (#5 1963), "I'll Take You Home" (#25 1963)

Gene Gasaway (Gene Cleaver Gasaway)

b. 1931 in Huntington, AR - d. 18 Apr 2006 in Huntington, AR (cancer)
western swing musician, instruments: fiddle
with The Texas Playboys (1962-66, 1980- ), "I'll See You to the Door" (1965), "Footsteps to Nowhere" (1966)
with Hank Thompson's band (1947-55), "Humpty Dumpty Heart" (#2c 1947), "The Wild Side of Life" (#1c 1952), "Rub-a-Dub-Dub" (#1c 1953), "Yesterday's Girl" (#8c 1953), "New Green Light" (#7c 1954), "If Lovin' You is Wrong" (#12c 1955), "Most of All" (#6c 1955), "Don't Take it Out on Me" (#5c 1956), "The Blackboard of My Heart" (#4c 1956)
with Ray Price's band (1956-61), "Crazy Arms" (#27, #1c 1956), "I've Got a New Heartache" (#1c 1956), "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (#63, #1c 1957), "Faded Love" (#3c 1957), "City Lights" (#71, #1c 1958), "The Same Old Me" (#1c 1959), "Heartaches by the Number" (#2c 1959), "One More Time" (#2c 1960), "Soft Rain" (#2c 1961)
with Mel Tillis' band (1976-80), "Lookin' for Tomorrow (and Findin' Yesterdays)" (#16c 1976), "Good Woman Blues" (#1c 1976), "Heart Healer" (#1c 1977), "I Got the Hoss" (#3c 1977), "What Did I Promise Her Last Night?" (#4c 1977), "Burning Memories" (#9c 1977), "I Believe in You" (#1c 1978), "Ain't No California" (#4c 1978), "Send Me Down to Tucson" (#2c 1979), "Coca-Cola Cowboy" (#1c 1979), "Lying Time Again" (#6c 1980), "You Body is an Outlaw" (#3c 1980)
session musician with Ray Price, and others
see The Texas Playboys

Barry Gibb (Barry Alan Crompton Gibb)

b. 1947 in Isle of Man, British Isles (moved to Australia in 1958)
pop singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"The Day Your Eyes Met Mine" (1970), "One Bad Thing" (1970)
with The Bee Gees, "Claustrophobia" (1964), "Every Day I Have to Cry" (1965), "Monday's Rain" (1966), "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (#14 1967), "To Love Somebody" (#17 1967), "The Lights Went Out in Massachusetts" (#11 1967), "I've Got to Get a Message to You" (#8 1968), "Words" (#15 1968), "I Started a Joke" (#6 1969), "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" (#1 1971), "Lonely Days" (#3 1971, he co-wrote), "Run to Me" (#16 1972), "Bad Bad Dreams" (1972, he co-wrote), "My World" (#16 1973, he co-wrote), "Nights on Broadway" (#7 1975), "Jive Talkin'" (#1 1975), "You Should Be Dancing" (#1 1976, he co-wrote), "Love So Right" (#3 1976, he co-wrote), "How Deep is Your Love?" (#1 1977, he co-wrote), "Night Fever" (#1 1978, he co-wrote), "Stayin' Alive" (#1 1978, he co-wrote), "Too Much Heaven" (#1 1979, he co-wrote), "Tragedy" (#1 1979, he co-wrote), "Love You Inside Out" (#1 1979, he co-wrote), "Rest Your Love on Me" (#39c 1979, he wrote), "One" (#7 1989)
duets with Barbara Streisand, "Guilty" (#3 1980), "What Kind of Fool?" (#10 1981)
songwriter, co-wrote Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' "Islands in the Stream" (#1, #1c 1983)
music producer
brother of Andy, Maurice and Robin

Steve Goetzman

b. 1950 in Louisville, KY
country/rock musician, instrument: drums
with Exile (1978- ), "Kiss You All Over" (#1 1978), "You Thrill Me" (#40 1979), "The High Cost of Leaving" (#27c 1983), "Woke up in Love" (#1c 1984), "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" (#1c 1984), "Give Me One More Chance" (#1c 1984), "Crazy for Your Love" (#1c 1985), "She's a Miracle" (#1c 1985), "Hang on to Your Heart" (#1c 1985), "I Could Get Used to You" (#1c 1986), "It'll Be Me" (#1c 1986), "She's Too Good to Be True" (#1c 1987), "I Can't Get Close Enough" (#1c 1987), "Just One Kiss" (#9c 1988), "Keep it in the Middle of the Road" (#17c 1990), "Nobody's Talking" (#2c 1990), "Yet" (#7c 1990), "Even Now" (#16c 1991)

Marshall Lytle (aka Tommy Page)

b. 1933 in Old Fort, NC
rock/country/rockabilly singer
instruments: string bass, double bass, guitar
"One Grain of Sand" (1958), "Click-Clackin' Heels" (1959), "I Love You So Much it Hurts" (1994), "Airmail Special" (1994), "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" (1994)
bass player with Bill Haley and His Saddlemen (1951-52, replaced Al Rex), "Down Deep in My Heart" (1951)
in mid-1952 The Saddlemen became The Comets
founding member of Bill Haley and the Comets (1952-55, and reunions), "Rock the Joint" (1952), "Crazy, Man, Crazy" (#12 1953, he co-wrote, first rock 'n' roll record to place on the pop charts), "Dim, Dim the Lights" (#11 1954), "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (#7 1954), * "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" (#1 1955, #39 1974), "Razzle Dazzle" (#15 1955), "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie" (#23 1955)
founding member of The Jodimars (1955-59, and reunions), "Well Now, Dig This" (1955), "Dancin' the Bop" (1955), "Eat Your Heart Out, Annie" (1956), "Cloud 99" (1957), "Hip Shakin' Baby" (1958)
in 1987 he and several other members of The Comets reunited to tour and record
founding member of Marshall and the Shooting Stars (1991- )
songwriter
real estate agent; motivational speaker
see Bill Haley and the Comets on The Rockabilly Hall of Fame
see The Jodimars on The Rockabilly Hall of Fame

George Maharis

b. 1928 in Astoria, NY
pop singer
"Teach Me Tonight" (#25 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "(Get You Kicks on) Route 66" (1962), "After One Kiss" (1962), "Don't Fence Me in" (#93 1963), "Alright, Okay, You Win" (1963), "Lonely People Do Foolish Things" (1965), "Ivy" (1965)
actor
see George Maharis on Wikipedia

Dennis Miccoli

b. 1948 (maybe Sep 2)
pop musician, instrument: keyboards, organ
with The Buckinghams (1966-67, left after the first hit), "Kind of a Drag" (#1 1967)
see The Buckinghams

Diane Ray

b. 1942 in Gastonia, NC
novelty/pop/rock singer
"Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard" (#31 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "You'd Be So Proud of Me" (1963), "That's All I Want from You" (1963), "Just So Bobby Can See" (1963), "Slow Dancin' With Don" (1963), "That Boy's Gonna Be Mine" (1963)
founding member of Diane Ray and the Continentals

Charlie Robison

b. 1964 in Houston, TX (grew up near Bandera, TX)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Where Do You Hide Your Heart?" (1996), "She Leaves Her Heart at Home" (1996), "Molly's Blues" (1998), "I Don't Feel That Way" (1998), "My Hometown" (#65c 1998, he wrote), "Barlight" (#60c 1998, he wrote), "I Want You Bad" (#35c 2001), "It Comes to Me Naturally" (2001)
duets with Jack Ingram and Bruce Robison, "Rayne, Louisiana" (2000), "Mustang Burn" (2000)
songwriter
md. to Emily Erwin of The Dixie Chicks (1999- )
see Charlie Robison

Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins)

b. 1933 in Friars Point, MS (grew up in Helena, AR) – d. 5 Jun 1993 in Springfield, MO (abdominal aneurysm)
country/rockabilly/pop singer
instrument: guitar
* "It's Only Make Believe" (#1 1958, he co-wrote), "Lonely Blue Boy" (#6 1959), "Hey Little Lucy (Don'tcha Put No Lipstick On)" (1959), "What Am I Living For?" (#26 1960), "Tell Me One More Time" (1960), "The Next Kiss (is the Last Goodbye)" (1961), "A Little Piece of My Heart" (1962), "The Pickup" (1962), "She Loves Me (She Don't Love You)" (1963), "Next in Line" (#1c 1968), * "I Love You More Today" (#1c 1969), "Is a Bluebird Blue?" (#35 1960), "To See My Angel Cry" (#1c 1969, he co-wrote), "That's When She Started to Stop Loving You" (#3c 1970), "Hello, Darlin'" (#60, #1c 1970, he wrote), * "Fifteen Years Ago" (#81, #1c 1970), "How Much More Can She Stand?" (#1c 1971), "I Can't See Me Without You" (#4c 1971, he wrote), "A Letter and a Ring" (1971), "I Didn't Lose Her, I Threw Her Away" (1971), "(Lost Her Love) on Our Last Date" (#1c 1972, he co-wrote), "I Can't Stop Loving You" (#1c 1972), * "She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)" (#1c 1972), * "You've Never Been This Far Before" (#22, #1c 1973, he wrote), "I See the Want in Your Eyes" (#1c 1974), "There's a Honky-Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)" (#1c 1974), * "Linda on My Mind" (#61, #1c 1975, he wrote), "Touch the Hand" (#1c 1975, he co-wrote), "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me" (#1c 1975), * "Don't Cry, Joni" (#4c 1976, he wrote), "After All the Good is Gone" (#1c 1976, he wrote), "Games That Daddies Play" (#1c 1976, he wrote), "I Can't Believe She Gives it All to Me" (#1c 1976, he wrote), "Play, Guitar, Play" (#1c 1977, he wrote), "I've Already Loved You in My Mind" (#1c 1977, he wrote), "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring" (#3c 1977), "Don't Take it Away" (#1c 1979), "I May Never Get to Heaven" (#1c 1979), "Happy Birthday Darlin'" (#1c 1979), * "(I'd Just Love to) Lay You Down" (#1c 1980), * "When the Feelin's Right" (1980), * "A Bridge That Just Won't Burn" (#3c 1980), "I've Never Seen the Likes of You" (#6c 1980), * "I Am the Dreamer (You Are the Dream)" (#1c 1981), * "Rest Your Love on Me" (#1c 1981), * "Tight Fittin' Jeans" (#1c 1981), "Red-Neckin' Love-Makin' Nights" (#1c 1981), "The Clown" (#1c 1981), * "The Rose" (1982), * "Slow Hand" (#1c 1982), "We Did, But Now We Don't" (#2c 1982), "Lost in the Feeling" (#2c 1983), "Somebody Needin' Somebody" (#1c 1984), * "I Don't Know a Thing about Love (The Moon Song)" (#1c 1984), "Ain't She Something Else?" (#1c 1984), "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" (#1c 1985), "Between Blue Eyes and Blue Jeans" (#3c 1985), "Desperado Love" (#1c 1986), * "Riverboat Gamblers" (1986), "Julia" (#2c 1987), "That's My Job" (#6c 1987), "Saturday Night Special" (#9c 1988), "Fallin' for You for Years" (#2c 1986), "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love" (#2c 1987), "(I Wish I Was) Still in Your Dreams" (#4c 1988), "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" (#2c 1989), * "Who's Gonna Know?" (#51c 1989), "Crazy in Love" (#2c 1990), "I Couldn't See You Leavin'" (#3c 1990), * "One Bridge I Didn't Burn" (#57c 1991), "Let the Pretty Lady Dance" (1991), * "An Old Memory Like Me" (1993)
duets with Loretta Lynn, * "Hello, Darlin'" (#60, #1c 1970, he wrote), "After the Fire is Gone" (#56, #1c 1971), "Lead Me on" (#1c 1971), "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" (#1c 1973), "As Soon As I Hang up the Phone" (#1c 1974, he wrote), * "It All Falls Down" (1974), "Feelin's" (#1c 1975), "The Letter" (#3c 1976, he co-wrote), "I Can't Love You Enough" (#2c 1977), * We've Been Strong Long Enough" (1981)
As of 2005 he had more #1 hits than any other country artist.
songwriter
actor
md. to Temple Maxine 'Mickey' Medley (1955- ); md. to Dee Henry (1987-93, his death)
father of Joni Lee and Jesseca James
quote by Conway Twitty: "A good country song takes a page out of somebody's life and puts it to music."

Dave White (David White Tricker)

b. 1940
rock/pop/doo-wop singer (tenor)
founding member of Danny and the Juniors (1955- ) * "At the Hop" (#1 1958, he co-wrote), "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" (#19 1958, he wrote), "Dottie" (1958), "Sassy Fran" (1958), "Somehow I Can't Forget" (1959), "Twistin' USA" (#27 1960), "Daydreamer" (1961), "Some Kind of Nut" (1961), "Your Hair's Too Long" (1961), "Twistin' All Night Long" (#68 1962), "Doin' the Continental Walk" (1962)
founding member of The Spokesmen, "The Dawn of Correction" (#36 1965, answer to Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction", One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Have Courage, Be Careful" (1965), "Better Days Are Yet to Come" (1966)
songwriter, co-wrote Leslie Gore's "You Don't Own Me" (#2 1964); Len Berry's "1-2-3" (#2 1965)
see Danny and the Juniors

September 2

Charline Arthur (Charline Highsmith)

b. 1929 in Henrietta, TX (grew up in Paris, TX) - d. 27 Nov 1987
country/honky-tonk/rockabilly singer
"I've Got the Boogie Woogie Blues" (1950, she co-wrote), "I Don't Need a Diary" (1951), "I Kept it a Secret" (1953), "Looking at the Moon and Wishing on a Star" (1953), "He Fiddled While I Burned" (1954), "The Good and the Bad" (1954, she wrote), "I'm Having a Party By Myself" (1954, she wrote), "Leave My Man Alone" (1954), "(I'm in Love With) Someone's Used to Be" (1954, she wrote), "Flash Your Diamonds (and Show Your Gold)" (1955), "Honey Bun" (1955), "Just Look, Don't Touch, He's Mine" (1956), "I Love Him Better Than You Do" (1956)
DJ
md. to bass player, Jack Arthur (1948- )

Rosalind Ashford

b. 1943 in Detroit, MI
doo-wop/soul/blues/rock/pop singer
"Solid" (1985)
founding member of Martha and the Vandellas, (1962-69, and reunions), "Come and Get These Memories" (#29 1963), "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" (#4 1963), "Quicksand" (#8 1964), * "Dancin' in the Street" (#2 1964), "Wild One" (#34 1964), "Nowhere to Run" (#8 1965), "I'm Ready for Love" (#9 1966), "Jimmy Mack" (#10 1967), "Honey Chile" (#11 1967), "I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playin'" (1968)
computer systems specialist
md. to Mr. Holmes
see The Vandellas

Ivor Aylesbury

b. 1943 in Surrey, England
folk/rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Silkie, "Close the Door Gently" (1965), "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (#10 1965, One-Hit Wonder), "City Winds" (1965, he co-wrote), "The Keys to My Soul" (1966)
songwriter

Terry Bradshaw (Terry Paxton Bradshaw)

b. 1948 in Shreveport, LA
country singer
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (#17c 1976), "Making Plans" (1976), "Less and Less" (1976), "Until You" (#73c 1980), "Getting Free" (1983)
duet with Glen Campbell, "You Never Know How Good You Got it 'til You Ain't Got it No More" (1996)
actor
quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1970-84)
md. to Melissa Babich (1972-73); md. to ice skater, JoJo Starbuck (1976-83); md. to Charlotte 'Charla' Hopkins" (1983-99)
he suffers from anxiety attacks and depression
see Terry Bradshaw on Wikipedia

Jimmy Clanton

b. 1940 in Baton Rouge, LA
rock/swamp-pop/R&B singer
"I Trusted You" (1957), "All the Words in the World" (1963), "Calico Junction" (1968), "Curly" (1969), "The Girl Who Cried Love (Once Too Often)" (1969), "I'll Never Forget Your Love" (1969)
founding member of The Rockets (1957- ), "Just a Dream" (#4 1958, he co-wrote), "A Letter to an Angel" (1958, he co-wrote), "My Own True Love" (#33 1958), "A Ship on a Stormy Sea" (1959, he co-wrote), "Go, Jimmy, Go" (#5 1960), "Another Sleepless Night" (#22 1960), "Wedding Bells" (1961), "Don't Look at Me" (1962, he wrote), "Venus in Blue Jeans" (#7 1962, he co-wrote), "Darkest Street in Town" (1963)
founding member of The Dixie Cats (1956-57)
songwriter
DJ; actor
served in the Army (1961-62)
see Jimmy Clanton

Paul Deakin (Paul Wylie Deakin)

b. 1959 in Miami, FL
country/rock musician, instruments: drums, piano
founding member of The Mavericks (1990- ), "Hey, Good Lookin'" (#74c 1992), "What a Crying Shame" (#25c 1994), "Oh, What a Thrill" (#18c 1994), "There Goes My Heart" (#20c 1994), "Here Comes the Rain" (#22c 1995), "All You Ever Do is Bring Me Down" (#13c 1996), "Dance the Night Away" (#63c 1998), "Air That I Breathe" (#59c 2003)
songwriter

Tom Glazer (Thomas Zachariah Glazer)

b. 1914 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 21 Feb 2003 in Rochester, NY
folk singer
instruments: guitar, bass, tuba
"A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore" (1944), "Why Does the Sun Shine?" (1959, he co-wrote), "It's a Scientific Fact" (1959)
with The Do-Re-Mi Children's Chorus, "On Top of Spaghetti" (#14 1963, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote, parody of "On Top of Old Smokey"), "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea" (1963), "Limericks" (1964), "Fabulous Places" (1967)
songwriter, co-wrote The Billy Vaughn Orchestra's "Melody of Love" (#2 1955); The Kingston Trio's "A Worried Man" (#20 1959)
md. to Miriam Reed Eisenberg

Sam Gooden

b. 1939 in Chattanooga, TN
soul singer
founding member of The Impressions (1958-83, and reunions), "For Your Precious Love" (#11 1958), "Come Back, My Love" (1958), "Meanwhile, Back in My Heart" (1959), "Say That You Love Me" (1959), "Gypsy Woman" (#20 1961), "Sad, Sad Girl and Boy" (1963), "It's All Right" (#4 1963), "Keep on Pushing" (#10 1964), "I Made a Mistake" (1964), "Amen" (#7 1964), "Talking about My Baby" (#12 1964), "You Must Believe Me" (#15 1964), "Long, Long Winter" (1964), "Woman's Got Soul" (#29 1965), "People Get Ready" (#14 1965), "We're a Winner" (#14 1968), "Choice of Colors" (#21 1969), "Just Before Sunrise" (1969), "Check Out Your Mind" (#28 1970), "This Love's for Real" (1972), "Thin Line" (1973), "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)" (1974), "First Impressions" (1976), "You're So Right for Me" (1977), "Maybe I'm Mistaken" (1979), "Fan the Fire" (1981), "Can't Wait Til Tomorrow" (1987)

Rusty Goodman (Charles F. Goodman)

b. 1933 in Vinemont, AL - d. 11 Nov 1990 in Gallatin, TN (cancer)
country/gospel singer
instrument: steel guitar
"You Make it Rain for Me" (1979), "All I Ever Have to Be" (1981), "Leavin' on My Mind" (1982)
with The Happy Goodman Family (1963-83, 1990)
with The Plainsmen Quartet
duet with Larry Gatlin, "How Much More?" (2005)
session musician with Martha Carson, and others
songwriter, wrote The Oak Ridge Boys' "I Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now" (1965)

Marty Grebb

b. 1946 in Chicago, IL
blues/rock/pop/country singer
musician, instruments: keyboards, baritone sax, tenor sax, alto sax, guitar, Hammond organ, piano
founding member of The Exceptions, "Down By the Ocean" (1965)
with The Buckinghams (1966-67), "I Call Her Name" (1967), "Kind of a Drag" (#1 1967), "Don't You Care?" (#6 1967), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (#5 1967), "Hey, Baby (They're Playing Our Song)" (#12 1967), "Susan" (#8 1967)
with Lovecraft
with The Fabulous Rhinestones
session musician with Bonnie Raitt, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Stevie Nicks, Otis Rush, Paul Butterfield, Roseanne Cash, David Sanborn, Greg Allman, Bonnie Bramlett, Chicago, Taj Mahal, Travis Tritt, Jennifer Warnes, Jimi Hendrix, Aaron Neville, and others
songwriter
music producer; arranger
see The Buckinghams

Rick Lewis (Richard Lewis)

b. 1933 in Philadelphia, PA – d. 19 Apr 2005 in Philadelphia, PA (kidney failure)
doo-wop/gospel singer (tenor)
founding member of The Silhouettes (1957-68, 1980-93), "I Am Lonely" (1957), "Get a Job" (#1 1958, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "What Would You Do?" (1958), "Voodoo Eyes" (1958), "Evelyn" (1959), "Never Will Part" (1959), "Bull Frog" (1959), "Wish I Could Be There" (1961), "The Push" (1962), "Your Love (is All I Need)" (1963)
songwriter
served in the Army in Korea

Victor Lundberg

b. 1923 in Grand Rapids, MI - d. 14 Feb 1990
pop singer
"An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" (#10 1967, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "To the Flower Power" (1967), "A Man's Hands" (1967), "My Buddy, Carl" (1967), "Take Two" (1968)
DJ

Hugo Montenegro

b. 1925 in New York, NY – d. 6 Feb 1981 in Palm Springs, CA (emphysema)
pop singer
founding member of the Hugo Montenegro Orchestra, "The Peanut Vendor" (1960), "Polly" (1965), "Sandals Only" (1966), "For a Few Dollars More" (1967), "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (#2 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "Yale's Pool Room" (1968), "Stutterology" (1972), "Superstition" (1974), "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (1974)
bandleader; musical director, arranger, producer
songwriter
served in the Navy

Dusty Owens (Robert James Kucharski)

b. 1930 in Fairdealing, MO (grew up in Flint, MI)
country singer
instrument: accordion
"Everything Reminds Me of You" (1954, he wrote), "Just Call on Me" (1954, he co-wrote), "Somewhere She's Waiting" (1954, he wrote), "If That's the Life You Want to Live" (1954, he co-wrote), "Forget My Broken Heart" (1955, he co-wrote), "Give Me a Little Chance" (1955, he wrote), "Wouldn't You?" (1955, he wrote), "A Place for Homeless Hearts" (1956)
with Dusty Owens and His Rodeo Boys, "Hey, Honey" (1957)
songwriter
minister
md. to Betty Russell (1949- )
see Dusty Owens

Bobby Purify (Robert Lee 'Bobby' Dickey)

b. 1939 in Tallahassee, FL
soul singer
duets with James Purify, "I'm Your Puppet" (#6 1966), "So Many Reasons" (1966), "Let Love Come between Us" (#23 1967), "Shake a Tail Feather" (#25 1967), "Wish You Didn't Have to Go" (#38 1967)
cousin of James Purify
when Dickey had health problems Ben Moore took his place as 'Bobby Purify'

Joe Simon

b. 1943 in Simmesport, LA
soul/country singer
"Call My Name" (1961), "I Keep Remembering" (1962), "Just Like Yesterday" (1964), "Let's Do it Over" (1965), "Too Many Teardrops" (1966), "Long Hot Summer" (1966), "Just a Dream" (1967), "The Girl's Alright With Me" (1967), "Nine Pound Steel" (1967), "(You Keep Me) Hangin' on" (#25 1968), "Message From Maria" (1968), "The Chokin' Kind" (#13 1969), "Farther on Down the Road" (1970), "I Ain't Givin' Up" (1971), "Power of Love" (#11 1973), "Drowning in the Sea of Love" (#11 1973), "Yours, Love" (1975)
songwriter
music producer

Johnnie Lee Wills

b. 1912 in Jewett, TX – d. 25 Oct 1984 in Tulsa, OK (heart problems)
western swing musician, instruments: tenor banjo, fiddle
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 and leader of Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys (1941-64), "Rag Mop" (#9, #2c 1950, he co-wrote), "Peter Cottontail" (#7c 1950), "I'm That Way About You" (1950), "Coyote Blues" (1950), "This Room is So Crowded" (1950), "I Like You Best of All" (1950), "I Needed You" (1951), "I'm Not Sorry I Cried Over You" (1951), "Bees in My Bonnet" (1953)
songwriter
brother of Bob and Billy Jack Wills
see The Texas Playboys

September 3

Joe Frank Carollo

b. 1939 in Leland, MS
rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
with The T-Bones, "No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's in)" (#3 1965), "Sippin' and Chippin'" (#62 1966)
founding members of Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds (1970-75), "Annabella" (1971), "Don't Pull Your Love Out" (#4 1970), "Fallin' in Love" (#1 1975)
founding member of Hamilton, Joe Frank and Dennison (1976- ), "Don't Fight the Hands (That Need You)" (1976)
see Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds

Aaron Collins

b. 1930 in Kress City, AR - d. 27 Mar 1997
doo-wop singer (lead)
with The Flares (1959-64), "Loving You" (1960), "Foot Stomping" (#25 1961, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Truck and Trailer" (1962), "Make it Be Me" (1962), "Write a Song About Me" (1964), "Sock Hop" (1964)
The Flares recording as The Peppers, "A Place in My Heart" (1961), "A Little Piece of Paper" (1963, he wrote), "It Wouldn't Be the Same" (1963)
with The Cadets (195?-58), "Annie Met Henry" (1955), "Do You Wanna Rock?" (1955), "Stranded in the Jungle" (#2 1956, One-Hit Wonder), "Love Can Do Most Anything" (1957)
with The Jacks
with White Trash
songwriter
shoe repairman

Tompall Glaser (Thomas Paul Glaser)

b. 1933 in Spaulding, NE
country/rock/folk singer
instrument: guitar
"Sold American" (1973), "Musical Chairs" (#63c 1974), "Texas Law Sez" (1974), "Put Another Log on the Fire (Male Chauvinest National Anthem)" (#21c 1975), "T for Texas" (#36c 1976), "It'll Be Her" (#45c 1977), "Sweethearts or Strangers" (1977), "Till the Right One Comes Along" (1986)
founding member of Tompall and the Glaser Brothers (195?-73, 1979-83), "Five-Penny Nickel" (1958), "She Loves the Love I Give Her" (1959), "Cry of the Wild Goose" (1961), "Winner Take All" (1965), "Through the Eyes of Love" (#27c 1967), "California Girl (and the Tennessee Square)" (#11c 1969), "Gone Girl" (#23c 1970), "That's When I Love You the Most" (1971), "Rings" (#7c 1971), "Ain't it All Worth Living For?" (#15c 1972), "She's Sweet, She's Kind and She's Mine" (1972), "Phoney World" (1972), "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" (#2c 1981), "Just One Time" (#17c 1981), "It'll Be Her" (#19c 1982), "I Still Love You (After All These Years)" (#28c 1982)
Tompall and the Glaser Brothers and Leon McAuliffe and the Cimarron Boys, "Faded Love" (#22c 1971)
backup on Marty Robbin's "El Paso" (#1, #1c 1959)
songwriter, wrote Jimmy Dean's "Stand Beside Me" (#10c 1966); co-wrote Bobby Bare's "The Streets of Baltimore" (#5c 1966)

Al Jardine (Alan Charles Jardine)

b. 1942 in Lima, OH (grew up in Hawthorne, CA)
rock/pop singer
instruments: guitar, bass
founding member of The Beach Boys (1961, 1964-1998), * "Fun, Fun, Fun" (#5 1964), "This Car of Mine" (1964), * "I Get Around" (#1 1964), "When I Grow up (to Be a Man)" (#9 1964), "Dance, Dance, Dance" (#8 1964), * "Do You Wanna Dance?" (#12 1965), "Help Me, Rhonda" (#1 1965), * "California Girls" (#3 1965), "The Little Girl I Once Knew" (#20 1965), * "Barbara Ann" (#2 1966), "Pet Sounds" (1966), "Wouldn't it Be Nice?" (#8 1966), "Good Vibrations" (#1 1966), "Heroes and Villains" (#12 1967), "I Can Hear the Music" (#24 1969), "The Nearest Faraway Place" (1970), "Rock and Roll Music" (#5 1976), "Come Go with Me" (#18 1982), "Getcha Back" (1985), "Wipeout" (#12 1987), "Kokomo" (#1 1988)
The Beach Boys and Doug Supernaw, "Long Tall Texan" (#69c 1996)
The Beach Boys and Lorrie Morgan, "Don't Worry, Baby" (#73c 1996)
The Beach Boys and James House, "Little Deuce Coupe" (#69c 1996)
songwriter
see the Beach Boys

Donna King (Donna Olivia Driggs)

b. 1918 in UT or Sanford, CO - 16 Jun 2007 in Plano, TX (asthma and cancer)
swing/jazz/pop singer
founding member of The King Sisters (1935-5?), "Half Moon on the Hudson" (1938)
The King Sisters backed by The Alvino Rey Orchestra, "The Sailor with the Navy Blue Eyes" (1940), "Where the Mountains Meet the Moon" (1941), "It's Love, Love Love" (#4 1944)
The King Sisters backed by The Buddy Cole Orchestra, "Divorce Me C.O.D." (#5c 1946)
md. to James Conkling (1943- )
see The King Sisters

Freddie King (Frederick Christian aka 'The Texas Cannonball')

b. 1934 in Gilmer, TX - d. 28 Dec 1976 in Dallas, TX (heart attack)
blues/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"That's What You Think" (1956), "You've Got to Love Her With Feeling" (1960), "Have You Ever Loved a Woman?" (1960), "Hideaway" (#29 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "The Stumble" (1961), "Side-tracked" (1961), "I'm on My Way to Atlanta" (1962), "Driving Sideways" (1964), "Some Other Day, Some Other Time" (1964), "Onion Rings" (1964), "Low Tide" (1965), "Freeway 75" (1965), "I Wonder Why" (1970), "Walking by Myself" (1971)
songwriter
md. to Jessie Burnett (1952- )
see Freddie King

Hank Thompson (Henry William Thompson)

b. 1925 in Waco, TX
country/western swing singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle" (#7c 1968, he co-wrote), "Smokey, the Bar" (#5c 1968, he co-wrote), "Clubs, Spades, Diamonds and Hearts" (1968), "Oklahoma Home-Brew" (#60c 1969, he co-wrote), "Let's Get Drunk and Be Somebody" (1969), "At Certain Times" (1969), "But That's All Right" (#54c 1970), "Next Time I Fall in Love (I Won't)" (#18c 1971), "I've Come Awful Close" (#11c 1972), * "My Little Red Wagon" (1973), "Roses in the Wine" (#70c 1973), "The Older the Violin the Sweeter the Music" (#8c 1974), "Asphalt Cowboy" (#72c 1976), "Just an Old Flame" (#92c 1977, he co-wrote), "I Hear the South Callin' Me" (#29c 1979), "Dance with Me Molly" (#88c 1979), * "A Little More Country" (1980), "Whatever Happened to Mary" (1982), "Let's Stop What We Started" (1983)
founding member and leader of Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys (1947-67), "Humpty Dumpty Heart" (#2c 1948, he wrote), "Green Light" (#7c 1948, he wrote), "Whoa, Sailor" (#6c 1949, he wrote), "Soft Lips" (#10c 1949), "The Wild Side of Life" (#1c 1952), "Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart" (#3c 1952, he co-wrote), "Rub-a-Dub-Dub" (#1c 1953, he wrote), "Yesterday's Girl" (#8c 1953, he co-wrote), "No Help Wanted" (#9c 1953), "New Green Light" (#3c 1954, he wrote), "Wake up, Irene" (#1c 1954, reply to Red Foley and Ernest Tubb's "Goodnight, Irene"), "Honky-Tonk Girl" (#9c 1954, he co-wrote), "We've Gone Too Far" (#10c 1954, he co-wrote), "If Lovin' You is Wrong" (#12c 1955, he co-wrote), "Most of All" (#6c 1955, he wrote), "Annie Over" (#13c 1955, he co-wrote), "Don't Take it Out on Me" (#5c 1955, he wrote), "The Blackboard of My Heart" (#4c 1956, he co-wrote), "I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt" (#14c 1956), "How Do You Hold a Memory?" (#11c 1958), "I've Run Out of Tomorrows" (#7c 1959), "Total Strangers" (1959), "A Six-Pack to Go" (#10c 1960, he wrote), "She's Just a Whole Lot Like You" (#14c 1960, he wrote), "I Didn't Mean to Fall in Love" (#22c 1960, he wrote), "Oklahoma Hills" (#7c 1961), "I've Convinced Everybody But Myself" (1961), "Too in Love" (#22c 1963), "I Wasn't Even in the Running" (#23c 1963, he co-wrote), "Twice As Much" (#1c 1964, he co-wrote), "Starry-Eyed Texas Girl" (2001)
duet with Merle Travis, "Wildwood Flower" (#5c 1955)
songwriter
he was of Bohemian descent
served in the Navy during WWII (1943- )
see Hank Thompson

Arthur Venosa (Arthur R. Venosa)

b. 1939/40 in Staten Island, NY
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member of The Elegants (1957- ), "Little Star" (#1 1958, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Getting Dizzy" (1958), "Please Believe Me" (1958), "Pay Day" (1959), "Little Boy Blue (is Blue No More)" (1960, reply to "Little Star"), "Get Well Soon" (1960), "Barbara, Beware" (1965), "Bring Back Wendy" (1965)
songwriter
see the Elegants

September 4

Alice de Buhr

b. 1949
rock singer
instrument: drums
founding member of Fanny (1970-73), "Charity Ball" (1971, she co-wrote), "Cat Fever" (1971), "Wonderful Feeling" (1972), "Is it Really You?" (1973)
songwriter
see Fanny

Martin Chambers

b. 1951 in Hereford, England
rock singer
instrument: drums
with The Pretenders (1978-1986, 1994- ), "Brass in Pocket" (#14 1980), "English Rose" (1981), "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (#19 1983), "Back on the Chain Gang" (#5 1983), "Middle of the Road" (#19 1983), "Don't Get Me Wrong" (#10 1986), "Never Do That" (1990), "I'll Stand by You" (#16 1994), "Biker" (1999), "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" (2002)
sessionist
see The Pretenders on Wikipedia

Sonny Charles (Charles Kemphill)

b. 1940 in Blytheville, AR (grew up in Fort Wayne, IN)
soul/doo-wop singer
"Speechless" (1964), "These Two Feet" (1964), "Put it in a Magazine" (#40 1983, he wrote), "Always on My Mind" (#53 1982)
founding member of The Checkmates, Ltd (1960-80, 1986-93), "What Do You Do?" (1962), "Searching for Love" (1962), "Kissin' Her and Crying for You" (1966), "I Can Hear the Rain" (1966), "Glad for You" (1966, he co-wrote), "Please Don't Take My World Away" (1967), "Love is All I Have to Give" (#65 1969), "Black Pearl" (#13 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Proud Mary" (#69 1969), "Sexy Ways" (1974, he co-wrote), "All Alone By the Telephone" (1976), "I'm Laying My Heart on the Line" (1977), "Take All the Time You Need" (1977)
founding member of The Continentals (as Chuck Hemphill) (1957-60)
founding member of The Emeralds (1995- )
songwriter
served in the Army (1960-62)

Gary Duncan (Gary Grubb aka Gary Cole)

b. 1946 in San Diego, CA
rock singer
instruments: guitar, synthesizer
founding member of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1965-69, 1971-79, 1986- ), "It's Been Too Long" (1968), "Light Your Windows" (1968, he co-wrote), "Gold and Silver" (1968, he co-wrote), "Happy Trails" (1969)
songwriter
longshoreman
see Quicksilver Messenger Service on Wikipedia

Melvin Dunlap (Melvin Carl Dunlap)

b. 1939 in Kansas City, MO
soul/rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (1968-71), "Do Your Thing" (#11 1969), "Till You Get Enough" (#67 1969), "Love Land" (#16 1970), "Express Yourself" (#12 1970), "Road Without an End" (1970), "Solution for Pollution" (1971), "Your Love (Means Everything to Me)" (#12 1971)
with Bill Wither's band (1972-73)
session musician on Dyke and the Blazers' "We Got More Soul" (1969), "Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man" (1969)
see The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band on Wikipedia

Greg Elmore

b. 1946 in CA
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Quicksilver Messenger Service (1965- ), "It's Been Too Long" (1968), "Gold and Silver" (1968), "Light Your Windows" (1968), "Happy Trails" (1969), "Three or Four Feet from Home" (1970), "Words Can't Say" (1970)
see Quicksilver Messenger Service on Wikipedia

Danny Gatton

b. 1945 in Washington D.C. – d. 4 Oct 1994 in Newburg, MD (shot himself)
rockabilly/country/jazz/blues musician, instruments: guitar, bass, banjo
"Cherokee" (1987), "Sky King" (1987, he co-wrote), "Elmira Street Boogie" (1990), "Cruisin' Deuces" (1993, he wrote), "Puddin' and Pie" (1993, he co-wrote)
session guitarist on Robert Gordon's "Someday, Someway" (#76 1981), and others
songwriter
see Danny Gatton

Mitzi Gaynor (Francesca Marlene von Gerber)

b. 1930/31 in Chicago, IL
pop singer
"I Wished on the Moon" (1958), "I Won't Dance" (1958), "Spring Again" (1959), "That Certain Feeling" (1959), "I Don't Regret a Thing" (1960)
dancer; actress
md. to Jack Bean (1954)
see Mitzi Gaynor

Shot Jackson (Harold B. Jackson)

b. 1920 in Wilmington, NC (grew up in GA) - d. 24 Jan 1991 (stroke)
country musician, instrument: steel guitar, dobro, electric guitar
founding member of Shot Jackson and His String Band, "If the Truth Was Known" (1952), "You Can't Take the Country Out of the Boy" (1952)
dobro player with Johnnie and Jack (1951-56), "Poison Love" (#4c 1951), "Cryin' Heart Blues" (#5c 1951), "The Only One I Ever Loved I Lost" (1952), "Private Property" (1953), "Three Ways of Knowing" (1952), "(Oh, Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" (#1c 1954), "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" (#3c 1954), "Dynamite Kisses" (1954), "You're Just What the Doctor Ordered" (1954), "Kiss-Crazy Baby" (#7c 1955), "No One Dear But You" (#14c 1955), "Tom Cat's Kittens" (1956)
steel guitarist with Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys (1957-62, 64-65), "The Tennessee Waltz" (1958), "Once More" (#8c 1958), "So Many Times" (#16c 1959), "Come and Knock (on the Door of My Heart)" (#20c 1959), "Six More Days" (1961), "Freight Train Blues" (#45c 1965)
session steel guitarist on Kitty Wells' "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels" (#1c 1952); and with George Jones, Melba Montgomery, and others
served in the Navy
md. to singer, Donna Darlene

Tony Jarrett

b. 1944 in England
pop musician, instruments: double bass, guitar
founding member of Vanity Fare (1968-72), "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

Bubba Knight (Merald Knight, Jr.)

b. 1942 in Atlanta, GA
R&B/soul singer
instruments: percussions
with Gladys Knight and the Pips, "Every Beat of My Heart" (#6 1961), "Letter Full of Tears" (#19 1961), "A Love Like Mine" (1963), "Just Walk in My Shoes" (1966), "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" (#2 1967), "The End of Our Road" (#15 1968), "Friendship Train" (#17 1969), "The Nitty Gritty" (#19 1969), "If I Were Your Woman" (#9 1970), "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" (#17 1971), "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" (#2 1973), "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare" (#19 1973), "Midnight Train to Georgia" (#1 1973), "On and on" (#5 1974), "I've Got to Use My Imagination" (1973), "The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" (#3 1974), "Try to Remember" (#11 1975), "Landlord" (1980), "Love Overboard" (#13 1988)
older brother of Gladys Knight
see Gladys Knight and the Pips

George Lanius (George A. Lanius)

b. 1939 in TN - d. 21 Apr 1996
doo-wop/rock singer
founding member and lead singer of The Crescendos, (1957-58), "Oh, Julie" (#5 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "Young and in Love" (1958), "Rainy Sunday" (1958)
songwriter
see The Crescendos

Ronald LaPraed/LaPread

b. 1946/50 in FL
R&B singer
instruments: bass, trumpet
with The Commodores (1969-86), "Machine Gun" (#22 1974), "Slippery When Wet" (#19 1975), "Sweet Love" (#5 1976), "Just to Be Close to You" (#7 1976), "Brick House" (#5 1977, he co-wrote), "Fancy Dancer" (#39 1977), "Easy" (#4 1977), * "Three Times a Lady" (#1 1978), "Still" (#1 1979), "Sail on" (#4 1979), "Heroes" (#54 1980), "Lady" (#8 1981), "Oh No" (#4 1981), "Night Shift" (#3 1985)
songwriter
see The Commodores
see Ronald LaPraed

Joe Long (Joseph LaBracio)

b. 1941 in Elizabeth, NJ
pop/rock/jazz musician, instrument: bass
with Four Seasons (Sep1965-76, replaced Nick Massi), "Working My Way Back to You" (#9 1966), "C'mon, Marianne" (#9 1967), "Let's Ride Again" (1967), "Who Loves You?" (#3 1975), "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (#1 1976)
founding member of LaBracio
founding member of Jersey Bounce
see The Four Seasons

Don Potter

b. 1946 in Glens Falls, NY
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Song to an Old Friend" (1981), "Spring Fever" (1981), "Where We Go from Here?" (1999)
session guitarist
songwriter
music producer; arranger

Dick Thomas (Richard Thomas Goldhahn)

b. 1915 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 22 Nov 2003 in Abington, PA
country singer, yodeler
instruments: piano, Hammond organ
"Cowboy in Khaki" (1944), "Sioux City Sue" (#1c 1945, he co-wrote), "Honestly" (#4c 1945), "Halfway to Montana" (1945), "Ridin' Neath the Arizona Moon" (1945), "Weary Nights and Broken Dreams" (1945, he wrote), "I've Got a Gal in Laramie" (1945, he co-wrote), "Roses Have Thorns (So They Tell Me)" (1947), "Queen of the Poconos" (1949), "If Tears Could Bring You Back" (1950), "The Little Boy I Knew" (1950), "Stolen Waltz" (1952, he co-wrote), "Barefoot Days" (1954), "Side-Tracked" (1955), "Forgetful" (1955)
founding member of Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers, "Charlotte Belle" (1947), "Esmerldy" (1947, he co-wrote), "The Sister of Sioux City Sue" (#12c 1949, he co-wrote)
session musician with Vaughn Horton, Elton Britt, and others
songwriter
served in the Army during WWII
md. to Maria 'Mickey' McGarrigan (1935-89, her death)

September 5

Mel Collins (Melvyn Desmond Collins)

b. 1947 in England
rock/soul/jazz musician, instruments: sax, flute
with The Alan Parsons Project (1982-84)
with Kokomo (1973-77, 1982), "Kitty Sittin' Pretty" (1975), "Use Your Imagination" (1976), "Keep on Dancin'" (1982), "Nowhere to Go on Tuesday Night" (1982)
with King Crimson (1970-72, 1974), "Indoor Games" (1970), "Happy Family" (1970), "Sailor's Tale" (1971)
with Camel (1977-84)
with Caravan (1981)
with Circus (1969)
session musician on The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" (#3 1978); and with Eric Burdon, Alvin Lee, 10cc, Marianne Faithfull, Eric Clapton, and others
see Kokomo
see King Crimson on Wikipedia

Dean Ford (Thomas McAleese)

b. 1946 in Coatbridge, Scotland
pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer of The Marmalade (1966-76), "It's All Leading Up to Saturday Night" (1966), "I See the Rain" (1967), "Lovin' Things" (1968), "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (1968), "Reflections of My Life" (#10 1970), "Rainbow" (1970), "Falling Apart at the Seams" (1976)

Joe 'Speedo' Frazier

b. 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
doo-wop/soul singer
founding member and lead singer of The Impalas (1958-61, 1980- ), * "Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)" (#2 1959, One-Hit Wonder), "Sandy Went Away" (1959), "I Was a Fool" (1960), "First Date" (1960), "All But the Memory of You" (1960), "My Hero" (1982)
with Love's Own (1973- )

Jamie Oldaker

b. 1951 in Tulsa, OK or Centerville, UT
country/rock musician, instruments: drums, percussion
with Bob Seger's band (1971-73), "Brand New Morning" (1971), "Maybe Today" (1971), "Let it Rock" (1972), "Turn the Page" (1973), "So I Wrote You a Song" (1973)
with Eric Clapton's band (1974-1980, 1983-86), "I Shot the Sheriff" (#1 1974), "Lay Down, Sally" (#3 1977), "Promises" (#9, #82c 1979), "I've Got a Rock and Roll Heart" (#18 1983)
founding member and lead of The Tractors (1988- ), "Baby Likes to Rock it" (#11c 1994), "Tryin' to Get to New Orleans" (#50c 1994), "Santa Claus Boogie" (#91, #41c 1994), "The Last Time" (#75c 1997), "I Wouldn't Tell You No Lie" (#72c 1999)
session musician with The Bellamy Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, Leon Russell, Stephen Stills, and others
see The Tractors

Willie Phelps (William Thomas Phelps)

b. 1914 in VA - d. 1 Mar 2004 in Chesapeake, VA
country/western swing singer (baritone)
instruments: guitar, drums
"I'm Beginning to Forget You" (1955, he wrote), "I Got a Feelin'" (1958), "I Want to Die With a Guitar in My Hands" (he wrote)
founding member of Ray Whitley and the Six-Bar Cowboys (1936- )
founding member of The Phelps Brothers
founding member of Norman Phelps and the Virginia Rounders, "Rose in Your Hair" (1936), "Beautiful Lady in Blue" (1936), "On the Road That Winds Down to the Sea" (1936)
actor
brother of Earl and Norman Phelps
when he was dieing a friend placed a guitar in his hands
see The Phelps Brothers

Jimmy Springs

b. 1911 in Mattoon, IL - d. 4 Oct 1987
R&B singer (tenor)
instrument: drums
founding member of The 5 Red Caps (1943-48, 1950-58), "Words Can't Explain" (1944), "I Learned a Lesson I'll Never Forget" (#2c 1944), "In the Quiet of the Dawn" (1945), "Boogie Woogie on a Saturday Night" (1945), "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine" (#21 1948), "I'll Never Love Anyone Else" (1950), "When You Come Back to Me" (1951), "Three Dollars and Ninety-Eight Cents" (1951), "I Went to Your Wedding" (#20 1952), "I Do, I Do, I Do" (1953), "Ouch!" (1954)
see The 5 Red Caps on R&B Notebooks

Al Stewart (Alastair Ian Stewart)

b. 1945 in Glasgow, Scotland (grew up in Dorset, England)
folk/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Pretty Golden Hair" (1967), "Denise at 16" (1967), "A Long Way Down From Stephanie" (1967), "The Ballad of Mary Foster" (1969, he wrote), "The Last Day of June 1934" (1974, he wrote), "Carol" (1975, he wrote), "Year of the Cat" (#8 1976, he co-wrote), "Sand in Your Shoes" (1978), "On the Border" (1976, he wrote), "Time Passages" (#7 1978, he co-wrote), "Life in Dark Water" (1978, he wrote), "Almost Lucy" (1978, he wrote), "Timeless Skies" (1978, he wrote), "Paint By Numbers" (1980), "Optical Illusion" (1980), "Princess Olivia" (1981), "Indian Summer" (1981), "Lori, Don't Go Right Now" (1984), "Strange Girl" (1984), "Accident on 3rd Street" (1984), "Last Days of the Century" (1988), "Josephine Baker" (1988), "Lindy Comes to Town" (1995), "The Coldest Winter in Memory" (1996), "Rain Barrel" (2005), "Katherine of Oregon" (2005), "Class of '58" (2005)
songwriter
wine collector
see Al Stewart

John Stewart

b. 1939 in San Diego, CA - 19 Jan 2008 in San Diego, CA (stroke)
folk/rock/country singer
instruments: guitar, banjo
"Rockin' Anna" (1957), "The Lady and the Outlaw" (1969), "Earth Rider" (1970), "Wild Horses Road" (1971), "Kansas Rain" (1972), "Armstrong" (#74 1973), "Wheat Field Lady" (1974), "Wingless Angels" (1975), "Morning Thunder" (1977), "Promise the Wind" (1977), "Gold" (#5 1979), "Midnight Wind" (#28 1979), "Lost Her in the Sun" (1979), "Hand Your Heart to the Wind" (1979), "Moonlight Rider" (1980), "Wheels of Thunder" (1980), "Wichita Cross Winds" (1984), "You Can't Go Back to Kansas" (1985), "Angels with Guns" (1990)
duets with Buffy Ford, "Dark Prairie" (1968), "Holly on My Mind" (1968)
founding member of The Cumberland Three (1960-61), "Come Along, Julie" (1960), "Molly Dee" (1960), "Old Dog Blue" (1961)
with The Kingston Trio (1961-67, replaced Dave Guard), "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (#21 1962), * "Ally, Ally, Oxen Free" (1963), "Greenback Dollar" (#21 1963), "Reverend Mr. Black" (#8 1963), "Desert Pete" (#33 1963)
songwriter, wrote The Monkees' "Daydream Believer" (#1 1967), Rosanne Cash's "Runaway Train" (#1c 1999)
artist
md. to singer, Buffy Ford; older brother of Mike Stewart
see The Kingston Trio

Willie Woods

b. 1936 - d. 27 May 1997 in Kalamazoo, MI (lung cancer)
R&B musician, instrument: guitar
founding member of Junior Walker and the All Stars, "Cleo's Mood" (1963), "Brainwasher" (1963), "Shotgun" (#4 1965), "Do the Boomerang (#36 1965), "Shake and Fingerpop" (#29 1965), "I'm a Road Runner" (#20 1966), "How Sweet it is (to Be Loved by You)" (#18 1966), "Pucker up, Buttercup" (#31 1967), "Come See about Me" (#24 1967), "What Does it Take to Win Your Love?" (#4 1969), "These Eyes" (#16 1969), "Gotta Hold on to This Feeling" (#21 1970), "Walk in the Night" (#46 1972)
see Junior Walker and the All Stars

September 6

Dave Bargeron

b. 1942 in NY
jazz/rock musician, instruments: trombone, tuba, acoustic bass
with Clark Terry's Big Band (1968-70)
with Blood Sweat and Tears (1970-77, 1991, 1995), "Hi-De-Ho" (#14 1970), "Lucretia MacEvil" (#29 1970), "Go Down Gamblin'" (#32 1971), "Lisa, Listen to Me" (#73 1971), "So Long Dixie" (#32 1972), "Tell Me That I'm Wrong" (#83 1974)
with the Gil Evans Orchestra (1972-2001, off and on)
session musician with Paul Simon, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, and others
see Blood, Sweat and Tears
see Dave Bargeron

Mark Chesnutt (Mark Nelson Chesnutt)

b. 1963 in Beaumont, TX
country singer
instruments: drums, rhythm guitar
"Too Cold at Home" (#3c 1990), "Brother Jukebox" (#1c 1991), "You're Love is a Miracle" (#3c 1991), "I'll Think of Something" (#1c 1992), "(All My) Old Flames Have New Names" (#4c 1992), "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" (#4c 1992), "It Sure is Monday" (#1c 1993, "Almost Goodbye" (#1c 1993), "I Just Wanted You to Know" (#1c 1993), "Texas is Bigger Than it Used to Be" (1993), "Goin' Through the Big D" (#2c 1995), "Gonna Get a Life" (#1c 1995), "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" (#37c 1996), "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" (#7c 1996), "Thank God for Believers" (#2c 1997), "It's a Little Too Late" (#1c 1997, he co-wrote), "Let it Rain" (#8c 1997, he co-wrote), "It's Not Over (If I'm Not Over You)" (#34c 1998), "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (#17, #1c 1999), "She Was" (#62, #11c 2002), "A Hard Secret to Keep" (#59 2004), "Numbers on the Jukebox" (2004), "Rollin' With the Flow" (#25c 2007)
duet with Tracy Byrd, "A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side" (#21c 2001)
songwriter
md. to Tracie (1992- )
see Mark Chesnutt

Zeke Clements (Marion R. Clements aka the 'Dixie Yodeler' aka 'The Alabama Cowboy')

b. 1911 in Empire, AL - d. 4 Jun 1994
country singer, yodeler
instrument: guitar
"In the Valley of My Dreams" (1949), "The Price I Paid for Loving You" (1949), "Blue Mexico Skies" (1950, he wrote), "Payday Saturday Night" (1952), "If I Had Known" (1953), "Honest I'm Honest with You" (1945, he wrote), "I'll Have to Live and Learn" (1945)
founding member of The Bronco Busters
with Otto Gray and the Oklahoma Cowboys
duet with Texas Ruby, "Pride of the Prairie" (1949)
songwriter, co-wrote The Texas Playboys' "Smoke on the Water" (#1c 1945); Eddy Arnold's "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long, Long Way)" (#13, #1c 1948)
voice actor, was 'Bashful' in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

David Allan Coe (David Alan Coe)

b. 1939 in Akron, OH
country singer
instruments: electric guitar, acoustic guitar
"You Never Even Called Me by My Name" (#8c 1975), "Long-Haired Redneck" (#17c 1976, he wrote), "Willie, Waylon and Me" (#25c 1976, he wrote), "Is This Just a Game?" (#45c 1978, he wrote), "Jack Daniels, if You Please" (#72c 1979, he wrote), "Mississippi Woman" (1982), "West Virginia Man" (1982), "Drinkin' to Forget" (1983), "The Ride" (#4c 1983, he wrote), "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" (#2c 1984), "It's Great to Be Single Again" (#44c 1984, he wrote), "She Used to Love Me a Lot" (#11c 1985), "Please Come to Boston" (1985), "Texas Lullaby" (1997)
duet with Willie Nelson, "I've Already Cheated on You" (#56c 1986, he co-wrote)
duets with George Jones, "Don't Cry, Darlin'" (#29c 1985), "This Bottle (in My Hand)" (1985)
duet with Bill Anderson, "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" (#46c 1980)
songwriter, wrote Tanya Tucker's "Would You Lay with Me (in a Field of Stone)?" (#46, #1c 1974); Johnny Paychecks "Take This Job and Shove it" (#1c 1978)
actor
md. to Debbie Pardue (1982- ); md. to Rebecca Yvonne Smith (1998- )
spent much of his early life in prison
see David Allan Coe

Eddie Duran (Edward Lozano Duran)

b. 1925 in San Francisco, CA
jazz/pop musician, instruments: lead guitar, lead guitar
"Why Not?" (1956), "Day Dream" (1979), "Everything I Love" (1997), "Very Early" (1997), "Star Eyes" (1997), "Out of Nowhere" (2000), "I Wish I Knew" (2000)
with The Vince Guaraldi Trio (1956-64), "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (#22 1962, One-Hit Wonder)
with the Benny Goodman Orchestra (1976-81)
session musician with Charlie Parker, Barbara Streisand, and others
see Benny Goodman

Jeff Foxworthy

b. 1958 in Atlanta, GA (grew up in Hapeville, GA)
novelty/country singer
"Redneck Stomp" (#75, #67c 1994, he co-wrote), "Redneck 12 Days of Christmas" (#18c 1995, he wrote), "The Night after Christmas" (#67c 1997, he co-wrote)
duet with Little Texas, "Party All Night" (#53c 1995, he co-wrote)
duet with Alan Jackson, "Redneck Games" (#66, #42c 1996, he co-wrote)
duet with Tim Rushlow, "Totally Committed" (#70c 1998, he co-wrote)
duet with Bill Engvall and Marty Stuart, "The Blue Collar Dollar Song" (#63c 2000, he co-wrote)
country comedian who started the "You Might Be a Redneck..." jokes
actor; author; computer engineer
see Jeff Foxworthy

Gladys Horton

b. 1944 in Inkster, MI
R&B/pop singer
founding member and lead singer of The Marvelettes (1961-68, and reunions), "Please, Mister Postman" (#1 1961), "Twistin' Postman" (#34 1962), "Beechwood 4-5789" (#17 1962), "Playboy" (#7 1962), "Locking up My Heart" (#25 1963), "Tie a String Around My Finger" (1963), "Too Many Fish in the Sea" (#25 1964), "I'll Keep Holding on" (#34 1965), "Paper Boy" (1966), "Don't Mess with Bill" (#7 1966), "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (#13 1967), "When You're Young and in Love" (#23 1967), "Destination: Anywhere" (1968), "My Baby Must Be a Magician" (#17 1968)
md. to Mr. Coleman

Mark Luna

b. 1963 in TX
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Even the Wind Can't Catch Her Now" (1996), "Somewhere to Go When it Rains" (1996), "You and I Belong" (1996)
backup singer with Lyle Lovett, Faith Hill, and others
songwriter, wrote Trisha Yearwood and Lee Roy Parnell's "When a Woman Loves a Man" (#12c 1995)
actor

Mel McDaniel

b. 1942 in Checotah, OK (grew up in Okmulgee, OK)
country singer
instruments: guitar, trumpet
"I Thank God She isn't Mine" (#70c 1976), "Have a Dream on Me" (1976), "Gentle to Your Senses (Easy on Your Mind)" (#18c 1977), "God Made Love" (#11c 1977, he co-wrote), "Border-Town Woman" (#26c 1978), "Love Lies" (#33c 1979), "Louisiana Saturday Night" (#7c 1981), "Countryfied" (#23c 1981), "Right in the Palm of Your Hand" (#10c 1981), "Take Me to the Country" (#10c 1982), "Mountain Eyes" (1983), * "I Call it Love" (#9c 1984), "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans on" (#1c 1985), "Let it Rock (Let it Roll)" (#6c 1985), "Stand Up" (#5c 1985), "Shoe String" (#22c 1986), "Stand on it" (#12c 1986), "Anger and Tears" (#49c 1987), "Real Good, Feel Good Song" (#9c 1988)
with Oklahoma Wind, "Most of All I Remember You" (#59c 1984), "Where'd That Woman Go" (#49c 1984)
songwriter

Buddy Miller (Steve Miller)

b. 1952 in Fairborn, OH
bluegrass/country singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, upright bass
"Watching Amy Dance" (1995), "Love Grows Wild" (1997), "That's How Strong My Love is" (1997), "Cruel Moon" (1999, he co-wrote), "I'm Too Used to Loving You" (1999, he co-wrote), "Sometimes I Cry" (1999, he co-wrote), "I Can't Get Over You" (2002), "When it Comes to You" (2002), "There's a Higher Power" (2004)
founding member of the Buddy Miller Band
duets with Julie Miller, "Orphans of God" (1994), "Forever Has Come to an End" (2001), "You Make My Heart Beat Too Fast" (2001), "Holding up the Sky" (2001), "Out in the Rain" (2004), "Love Snuck Up" (2004, he co-wrote)
sessionist with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Lucinda Williams, and others
songwriter
music producer
md. to singer/songwriter, Julie Miller
see Buddy and Julie Miller

Alban 'Snoopy' Pfisterer

b. 1947 in Switzerland
folk/rock/pop musician, instruments: lead guitar, harpsichord, organ, drums
with Love (1965-68), "Seven and Seven is" (#33 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Softly to Me" (1966), "My Little Red Book" (1966), "Orange Skies" (1967), "Alone Again Or" (1967)
see Love

Michelle Poe

b. 19?? in Toledo, OH (grew up in Plantation, FL)
country singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, bass guitar
"Just One of the Boys" (#3c 2005), "Teach Me Again" (2005, she co-wrote), "When Did You Know?" (2005), "That's Not Me" (2005), "One in a Row" (2005)
see Michelle Poe

Jimmy Reed (Mathis James Reed)

b. 1925 in Dunleith, MS – d. 29 Aug 1976 in Oakland, CA (respiratory failure after a seizure)
blues singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"Roll and Rumba" (1953), "Honest I Do" (#32 1957), "The Sun is Shining" (#65 1957), "You're Something Else" (1958), "Baby, What You Want Me to Do?" (#37 1960), "Bright Lights, Big City" (#58 1961), "Outskirts of Town" (1963), "A New Leaf" (1965)
songwriter
md. to songwriter, Mary Lee 'Mama' Reed
served in the Navy during WWII (1943-45)
he suffered from epilepsy
see Jimmy Reed

Curly Joe Smyth (Joseph Smyth, III)

b. 1957 in Portland, ME or Westbrook, ME
country musician, instruments: drums, percussions
founding member of Sawyer Brown (1981- ), "Leona" (#16c 1984), "Step That Step" (#1c 1985), "Used to Be Blue" (#3c 1985), "Betty's Bein' Bad" (#5c 1986), "Heart Don't Fall Now" (#14c 1986), "Still Life in Blue" (1987), "Old Photographs" (#27c 1987), "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" (#2c 1988), "My Baby's Gone" (#11c 1988), "Blue Denim Soul" (1988), "Old Pair of Shoes" (#50c 1989), "The Race is on" (#5c 1989), "The Walk" (#2c 1991), "Burning Bridges on a Rocky Road" (1991), "The Dirt Road" (#3c 1992), "Some Girls Do" (#1c 1992), "Café on the Corner" (#5c 1992), "All These Years" (#3c 1993), "Thank God for You" (#1c 1993), "Drive Away" (1993), "The Boys and Me" (#4c 1994), "Hard to Say" (#5c 1994), "This Time" (#2c 1995), "I Don't Believe in Goodbye" (#4c 1995), "Treat Her Right" (#3c 1996), "This Night Won't Last Forever" (#6c 1997), "Drive Me Wild" (#44, #6c 1998), "Circle of Your Arms" (#45c 2002), "Can You Hear Me Now?" (#57c 2002), "They Don't Understand" (#37c 2005)
Sawyer Brown and Joe Bonsall, "Out Goin' Cattin'" (#11c 1986)
see Sawyer Brown

Bobby Stevens (Robert Stevens)

b. 1939 in Fort Wayne, IN
soul/doo-wop singer
founding member of The Checkmates, Ltd (1960-77), "What Do You Do?" (1962), "Searching for Love" (1962), "Kissin' Her and Crying for You" (1966), "I Can Hear the Rain" (1966), "Glad for You" (1966, he co-wrote), "Please Don't Take My World Away" (1967), "Love is All I Have to Give" (#65 1969, he co-wrote), "Black Pearl" (#13 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Proud Mary" (#69 1969), "Sexy Ways" (1974), "All Alone By the Telephone" (1976), "I'm Laying My Heart on the Line" (1977), "Take All the Time You Need" (1977)
founding member of The Continentals (1957-60)
songwriter
served in the Army (1960-62)

Debbie Swisher (Debra Swisher)

b. 1946/47 in Hanover, PA
pop singer
"You're So Good to Me" (1966)
with The Pixies Three (1964-65, replaced Midge Bollinger, 1991- ), "Gee" (#87 1964), "It's Summertine U.S.A." (#116 1965), "Your Way" (1965)
md. Mr. Walker
see The Pixies Three

Mickey Waller

b. 1944 in London, England - d. May 2008
rock/blues musician, instrument: drums
with The Jeff Beck Group (1967-69)
with Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames (1964)
with the Andy Brown Band (1972)
with Rod Stewart's band (1970-72), "Gasoline Alley" (1970), "Maggie May" (#1 1971), "You Wear it Well" (#13 1972)
sessionist with Cat Stevens, The Walker Brothers, John Mayall, and others

Roger Waters (George Roger Waters)

b. 1943/44 in Cambridge, England
rock/folk singer
instruments: bass, guitar, synthesizer
"The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" (1984, he wrote), "What God Wants" (1992, he wrote), "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" (1992, he wrote)
founding member of Pink Floyd (1965-85), "Arnold Layne" (1967), "See Emily Play" (1967), "It Would Be So Nice" (1968), "Julia Dream" (1968, he wrote), "Remember a Day" (1968), "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (1968, he wrote), "Pigs on the Wing" (1977, he wrote), "Another Brick in the Wall" (#1 1980, he wrote)
songwriter
music producer
md. 1st to Judy Trim (1969-75); md. 2nd to Lady Carolyn Christie (1976-92); md. 3rd to actress, Priscilla Phillips (1997-2001)
he is 6'4" tall
see Pink Floyd
see Roger Waters

Warren Waters

b. 1944
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of The Chantays (1962- ), "Pipeline" (#4 1963, he co-wrote, One-Hit Wonder), "Only if You Care" (1964), "I'll Be Back Someday" (1965)

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Craig Bickhardt

b. 1945 in Philadelphia, PA or Haverton, PA
country/folk/pop musician
"You Are What Love Means to Me" (#86c 1984, he wrote), "Easy Fire" (2001, he wrote), "One Rose" (2001, he wrote), "Dance with Father Time" (2001, he wrote), "Refuge and Strength" (2004, he wrote)
founding member of Schuyler, Knobloch and Bickhardt (1987- ), "Givers and Takers" (#8c 1987, he wrote), "You Take Me Home" (1987, he co-wrote), "(There Ain't) No Easy Horses" (#19c 1987), "This Old House" (#24c 1987, he co-wrote), "American Steel" (1987, he co-wrote)
founding member of Idlewheel, "Cool Drink of Water" (2006, he co-wrote), "Howl Like a Lonesome Wind" (2006, he co-wrote), "I'd Move Heaven and Earth" (2006, he wrote), "Invisible Hope" (2006, he co-wrote), "Mona Lisa's Frown" (2006, he co-wrote), "Sweet Sadness" (2006, he co-wrote), "Twisted, Tied and Tangled" (2006, he co-wrote), "When I Tell You I Love You" (2006, he co-wrote)
sessionist
songwriter, wrote Linda Davis' "Tonight She's Climbing the Walls" (1992)
co-wrote The Judds' "Give a Little Love" (#2c 1988), "I Know Where I'm Going" (#1c 1987), "Turn it Loose" (#1c 1988); The Kinleys' "Dance in the Boat" (#48c 1998); Great Plains' "Dancin' with the Wind" (#58c 1996); Baillie and the Boys' "Wilder Days" (#9c 1988), "I Can't Turn the Tide" (#9c 1990); Ty Herndon's "It Must Be Love" (#1c 1998); Sweethearts of the Rodeo's "If I Never See Midnight Again" (#39c 1989); Pam Tillis' "In between Dances" (#3c 1995); Kathy Mattea's "You're the Power" (#5c 1987)
see Craig Bickhardt

Al Caiola (Alexander Emil Caiola)

b. 1920 in Jersey City, NJ
pop/rock/jazz/country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of Al Caiola and his Orchestra, "Cachita" (1953), "Angry" (1958), "Under a Blanket of Blue" (1960), "Bonanza" (#19 1961), "The Magnificent Seven" (1961), "The Rebel" (1961), "Poinsettia" (1980), "Skylark" (1980), "Amigo" (1993)
session musician on The Secrets, "The Boy Next Door" (#18 1963); and with Percy Faith, Tony Bennett, and others
songwriter
arranger

Ronnie Dove

b. 1940 in Herndon, VA
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Say You" (1964), "Right or Wrong" (#14 1964), * "One Kiss for Old Times Sake" (#14 1965), "A Little Bit of Heaven" (#16 1965), "I'll Make All Your Dreams Come True" (#21 1965), "Kiss Away" (#25 1965), "Keep it a Secret" (1965), * "Hello, Pretty Girl" (1965), "Cry" (#18 1966), "If I Live to Be a Hundred" (1965), * "When Liking Turns to Loving" (#18 1966), "Happy Summer Days" (1966), "Let's Start All Over Again" (#20 1966), "Years of Tears" (1966), "One More Mountain to Climb" (#45 1967), "Dancin' Out of My Heart" (1967), "Back From Baltimore" (1967), "Never Gonna Cry (The Way I'll Cry Tonight)" (1968), "Tomboy" (1968), "Livin' for Your Lovin'" (1968), "That Empty Feeling" (1969), "Kiss the Hurt Away" (#61c 1972), "Lilacs in Winter" (#69c 1973), "Things" (#25c 1975), "Guns" (1976), "The Morning After the Night Before" (1976), "Songs We Sang as Children" (1976), "Rise and Shine" (#73c 1987), "A World of Memories" (1987)
songwriter
served in the Coast Guard
see Ronnie Dove

Arthur Ferrante

b. 1921 in New York, NY
pop musician, instrument: piano
with Ferrante and Teicher (1947- ), "Theme from 'Apartment'" (#10 1960), "Exodus" (#2 1961), "Midnight Cowboy" (#10 1969)
songwriter
see Ferrante and Teicher

Gloria Gaynor (Gloria Fowles)

b. 1949 in Newark, NJ
pop/jazz/disco singer
"She'll Be Sorry" (1965), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (#9 1975), "I Will Survive" (#1 1979), "I Am What I Am" (#82 1983), "Even a Fool Would Let Go" (1983), "I Never Knew" (2002)

Ronnie Gilbert

b. 1926 in NY
folk singer
"Love Will Find a Way" (1989), "The Song With the Violins" (1989)
founding member of The Weavers (1947-52), "Hush, Little Baby" (1951), "Easy Rider Blues" (1951), "It's Almost Day" (1951), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (#19 1951), "Wimoweh" (#14 1952), "Quilting Bee" (1952)
The Weavers and Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra, "Goodnight, Irene" (#1 1950)
The Weavers and Terry Gilkyson, "Across the Wide Missouri" (1951), "On Top of Old Smokey" (#2 1951)
duets with Holly Near, "This Train Still Runs" (1996), "Through the Years" (1996), "Home is Where the Heart is" (1996)
clinical psychologist
social activist

Ray Harris (Homer Raymond Harris)

b. 1927 in Mantachie, MS - d. 13 Nov 2003
country/rockabilly singer
"Come on, Little Mama" (1956, he co-wrote), "Where'd You Stay Last Night?" (1956), "Greenback Dollar, Watch and Chain" (1957, he wrote), "Lonely Wolf" (1995), "Gettin' Good at Gettin' Over You" (2003)
songwriter
served in the Air Force
construction worker

Buddy Holly (Charles Hardin Holley)

b. 1936 in Lubbock, TX – d. 3 Feb 1959 in IA (plane crash)
rock/country singer
instrument: acoustic guitar, fiddle, piano
"Raining in My Heart" (#88 1959), "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1959), "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" (1959), * "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (#13 1959), * "True Love Ways" (1960), * "Reminiscing" (1962), "Bo Diddley" (1963), "Love is Strange" (#105 1969)
founding member of Buddy Holly and the Crickets, * "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" (1957), "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" (1957), * "That'll Be the Day" (#1 1957, he co-wrote), * "Peggy Sue" (#3 1957, he co-wrote), * "Not Fade Away" (1957, he co-wrote), * "Oh, Boy" (#10 1957), * "Words of Love" (1957, he wrote), * "Tell Me How" (1957), * "Lookin' for Someone to Love" (1957, he co-wrote), * "Rave on" (#37 1958), * "Well, All Right" (1958), * "Think it Over" (#27 1958), * "It's So Easy" (1958), * "Maybe Baby" (#17 1958, he co-wrote), * "Every Day (1958), * "Heartbeat" (#82 1958), * "Listen to Me" (1958), * "I'm Gonna Love You, Too" (1958)
songwriter
one of the first Rock 'n' Roll stars
md. to Maria Elena Santiago (1958-59, his death)
almost drowned in 1958 when he tried to swim across a lake in WI
without glasses his eyesight was 20/800
Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and pilot Roger Peterson died in the same plane crash

Latimore (Benjamin 'Benny' Latimore)

b. 1939 in Charleston, TN
blues/soul singer
instrument: piano
"I'm Just an Ordinary Man" (1969), "For What it's Worth" (1973), "Let's Straighten it Out" (#31 1974), "Singing in the Key of Love" (1982), "Too Crowded in My Bed" (1985), "Sunshine Lady" (1987), "Sara Smile" (1988), "Catchin' Up" (1993), "You're Welcome to Ride" (2000), "I See Love" (2007), "Edna Mae" (2007), "Honeymoon" (2007)
with Joey Dee and the Starlighters, "Peppermint Twist" (#1 1962), "Shout" (#6 1962), "Dancing on the Beach" (1966), "She's So Exceptional" (1966)
session musician
songwriter

Boyd Martin

b. 1952 in Wellington, KS
blues/rock musician, instrument: drums
with Robbie Laws and the Urban All-Stars (1994-95), "Midnight Rain" (1995)
with Paulette and Power
with the Joanna Connor Band (1996-98), "It's Not the Rock" (1998, he wrote), "Got to Have You" (1998)
with Shade
session musician with Kenny Wheeler, and others
songwriter

Randy Seol

b. 1949
country/rock singer
instrument: drums
with Strawberry Alarm Clock (1968-69, and reunions), "Tomorrow" (#23 1968), "Sit With the Guru" (#65 1968), "Barefoot in Baltimore" (#67 1968), "Sea Shell" (1968)
see Strawberry Alarm Clock on Wikipedia

Jack Sundrud

b. 1949 in Crookston, MN
country/rock singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
"Humility" (2005, he co-wrote), "Impossible Blue" (2005, he co-wrote), "By My Own Hand" (2005, he co-wrote), "Living My Dream" (2005, he wrote), "Noonday Sun" (2005, he co-wrote), "Soul Searchin'" (2005, he wrote)
founding member of Great Plains (1990-96), "A Picture of You" (#63c 1991, he co-wrote), "Give it Some Time" (1991, he wrote), "Take Me to Topeka" (1991, he co-wrote), "Rodeo Drive" (1991, he co-wrote), "Runnin' from the Rain" (1991, he co-wrote), "I Can't Fight it Anymore" (1991, he wrote), "Faster Gun" (#41c 1992, he co-wrote), "Iola" (#63c 1992, he co-wrote), "Nothin' I Can Do about the Rain" (1996, he co-wrote), "Please Don't Walk Away" (1996, he co-wrote), "A Dream That Never Sleeps" (1996, he co-wrote), "Dancin' with the Wind" (#58c 1996, he co-wrote), "Sentimental Fire" (1996, he wrote), "Coyote Choir" (1996, he co-wrote), "Healin' Hands" (1996, he co-wrote), "Let's Talk about Love" (1996, he co-wrote), "Sleepwalkin'" (1996, he co-wrote), "Where's the Fire?" (1996, he co-wrote)
bassist with Poco (2000- ), "One Tear at a Time" (2002), "Never Get Enough" (2003, he co-wrote), "Shake it" (2003, he wrote), "Never Loved...Never Hurt Like This" (2005, he wrote), "Father's Day" (2006, he co-wrote)
founding member of Idlewheel, "Cool Drink of Water" (2006, he co-wrote), "Howl Like a Lonesome Wind" (2006, he co-wrote), "I'd Move Heaven and Earth" (2006), "Invisible Hope" (2006, he co-wrote), "Mona Lisa's Frown" (2006, he co-wrote), "Sweet Sadness" (2006, he co-wrote), "Twisted, Tied and Tangled" (2006, he co-wrote), "When I Tell You I Love You" (2006, he co-wrote)
sessionist for Vince Gill, Nicolette Larson, Gail Davies, Gary Morris, Kathy Mattea, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Ty Herndon's "It Must Be Love" (#1c 1998); 4Runner's "Cain's Blood" (#26c 1995)
see Poco
see Jack Sundrud

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Milton Brown

b. 1903 in Stephenville, TX - d. 13 Apr 1936 in Crystal Springs, TX (pneumonia after being injured in an auto accident)
western swing singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead of the first western swing band, The Musical Brownies (1932-36), "This Morning, This Evening, So Soon" (1934), "One of Us Was Wrong" (1935), "Beautiful Texas" (1935), "Little Betty Brown" (1935), "Mexicali Rose" (1936), "The Eyes of Texas" (1936), "My Galveston Gal" (1936), "If You Can't Get Five, Take Two" (1936)
founding member of The Light Crust Doughboys (1930-32)
songwriter
md. to Mary Helen
his auto accident may have been caused by narcolepsy
see Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies

Neko Case

b. 1970 in Alexandria, VA (grew up in Tacoma, WA)
alternative country/pop singer
instruments: drums, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hammered dulcimer
"Favorite" (2001, she wrote), "Things That Scare Me" (2002, she co-wrote), "Train from Kansas City" (2004), "Star Witness" (2006, she wrote), "Maybe, Sparrow" (2006, she wrote)
with Maow, "Kat Nip" (1995), "Catastrophe" (1995), "Woman's Scorn" (1996), "The Cat's Meow" (1996)
founding member of Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, "Karoline" (1997, she co-wrote), "Honky-Tonk Hiccups" (1997), "Twist the Knife" (2000, she co-wrote), "Porch Light" (2000, she co-wrote)
songwriter
see Neko Case

Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley)

b. 1932 in Winchester, VA (her family moved frequently) – d. 5 Mar 1963 near Camden, TN (plane crash)
country/rockabilly singer
* "I Love You, Honey" (1956), * "Walkin' after Midnight" (#12, #2c 1957), "Today, Tomorrow, and Forever" (1957), "A Poor Man's Roses (or a Rich Man's Gold)" (#14c 1957), * "There He Goes" (1960), "Lovesick Blues" (1960), * "I Fall to Pieces" (#12, #1c 1961), * "The Wayward Wind" (1961), * "Crazy" (#9, #2c 1961), * "Any Time" (1962, re-release #73c 1968), * "You're Stronger Than Me" (1962), * "Strange" (1962), * "Imagine That" (#21c 1962), * "She's Got You" (#14, #1c 1962), * "Heartaches" (#73 1962), * "You Belong to Me" (1962), * "Why Can't He Be You?" (1962), * "That's My Desire" (1962), * "Back in Baby's Arms" (1963), * "Faded Love" (#96, #7c 1963) * "I Cried All the Way to the Altar" (1963), * "Sweet Dreams of You" (#44, #5c 1963), "Leavin' on Your Mind" (#83, #8c 1963), * "He Called Me Baby" (#23c 1964), "In Care of the Blues" (1964), * "Always" (1964, re-released #18c 1980), "Crazy Dream" (1965), * "Frosty the Snowman" (1966)
duet with Jim Reeves (by overdubbing), "Have You Ever Been Lonely?" (#5c 1982)
md. to Gerald Cline (1953-57); md. to Charlie Dick (1957- )
she was unable to perform for eight months after an auto accident in 1961
also killed in the plane crash were Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and pilot, Randy Hughes, who was also Patsy's manager
Quote by Patsy Cline: I recorded a song called 'I Fall to Pieces,' and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm really worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called 'Crazy'.
see A Tribute to Patsy Cline

Brian Cole (Brian Leslie Cole)

b. 1942/44 in Tacoma, WA (grew up in Portland, OR) - d. 2 Aug 1972 in Hollywood Hills, CA (heroin overdose)
pop/folk/rock singer
instruments: bass, clarinet
founding member of The Association (1964-72), "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), "Under Branches" (1969), "Yes, I Will" (1969), "Just about the Same" (1969), "That's Racin'" (1971), "Darling, Be Home Soon" (1972)
father of Jordan Cole who grew up to play in The Association
see The Association on Wikipedia

Dean Daughtry

b. 1946
rock/country musician, instrument: keyboards
founding member of The Atlanta Rhythm Section (1972-82, and reunions), "All-Night Rain" (1975), "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)
with The Classic IV
session musician
see the Atlanta Rhythm Section

Dante Drowty (Donald Drowty)

b. 1941
rock singer
founding member and lead singer of Dante and the Evergreens (1959-64), "Alley-Oop" (#15 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "The Right Time" (1960), "Time Machine" (#77 1960), "Think Sweet Thoughts" (1960)
founding member and lead singer of Dante and His Friends, "Are You Just My Friend?" (1961), "Now I've Got You" (1962)
songwriter
music producer
helps underprivileged children
see Dante and the Evergreens

Billy Henderson

b. 1939 (maybe Aug 9) in Detroit, MI or Indianapolis, IN - d. 2 Feb 1907 in Daytona Beach, FL
R&B/pop/gospel singer
founding member of The Spinners (1957- ), "That's What Girls Are Made For" (#27 1961), "Heebie Jeebies" (1961), "I'll Always Love You" (#35 1965), "Truly Yours" (1966), "In My Diary" (1969), "It's a Shame" (#14 1970), "I'll Be Around (Whenever You Want Me)" (#3 1972), "Could it Be I'm Falling in Love?" (#4 1972), "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" (#11 1973), "I'm Coming Home" (#18 1974), "They Just Can't Stop it (Games People Play)" (#5 1975), "The Rubberband Man" (#2 1976), "I'm Tired of Giving" (1977), "Working My Way Back to You"/"Forgive Me Girl" (medley) (#2 1979), "Heavy on the Sunshine" (1980), "Cupid" (#4 1980)
The Spinners and Dionne Warwicke, "Then Came You" (#1 1974)

Harlan Howard (Harlan Perry Howard aka 'the Dean of Country Songwriters')

b. 1927/29 in Lexington, KY (grew up in Detroit, MI) – d. 3 Mar 2002 in Nashville, TN (heart attack)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"It's All in Your Mind" (1964), "Deepening Snow" (1964, he wrote), "Preview of Coming Attractions" (1964), "She Made One Mistake" (1966, he wrote), "Where Were You When I Was Young?" (1968), "Sunday Morning Christian" (#38c 1971, he co-wrote), "That Little Boy Who Follows Me" (1971)
songwriter (he wrote almost 150 hit songs), wrote Ray Price's "Heartaches by the Number" (#2c 1959); The Judds' "Why Not Me?" (#1c 1984); Ray Charles' "Busted" (#4c 1963); Charlie Walker's "Pick Me up on Your Way Down" (#2c 1958); Kitty Wells "Mommy for a Day" (#5c 1959); Melba Montgomery's "No Charge" (#1c 1974); Waylon Jennings' "Yours, Love" (#5c 1968); "Jim Reeves' "I Won't Forget You" (#93, #3c 1964); Warren Smith's "I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today" (#5c 1960), "Odds and Ends (Bits and Pieces)" (#7c 1961); Reba McEntire's "Somebody Should Leave" (#1c 1985); Conway Twitty's "I Don't Know a Thing about Love (The Moon Song)" (#1c 1984); Buck Owen's "Above and Beyond" (#3c 1960); Charlie Rich's "She Called Me Baby" (#47, #1c 1974); Highway 101's "Somewhere Tonight" (#1c 1987); Bobby Bare's "The Streets of Baltimore" (#5c 1966); Roy Drusky's "Second-Hand Rose" (#3c 1963); George Jones' "Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)" (#5c 1964); George Hamilton IV's "She's a Little Bit Country" (#3c 1970)
co-wrote Mel Tillis' "Life Turned Her That Way" (#11c 1967); Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" (#12, #1c 1961); Buck Owens' "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" (#25, #1c 1965), "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" (#2c 1960), "Under the Influence of Love" (#2c 1961), "Foolin' Around" (#2c 1961)
served four years as a paratrooper in the Army
md. to country singer, Jan Howard (1957-67)

Cathy Jean (Cathy Jean Giordano)

b. 1945 in Brooklyn, NY
pop singer
"One Love" (1961), "My Heart Belongs to Only You" (1963)
backed by The Roommates, "Please Love Me Forever" (#12 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "Make Me Smile Again" (1961), "Sugar Cube" (1961)
recorded as Cathy Jean Ruiz, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" (1991), "It's So Hard" (1991)

Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan (Ronald C. McKernan)

b. 1945 in San Bruno, CA – d. 8 Mar 1973 in Corte Madera, CA (liver failure caused by years of heavy drinking)
rock/blues singer
instruments: keyboards, organ, harmonica, percussions
founding member of The Grateful Dead (1965-72), "You Don't Have to Ask" (1966, he wrote), "Dark Star" (1967, he co-wrote), "The Golden Road" (1967), "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (1968, he wrote), "China Cat Sunflower" (1969), "Truckin'" (#68 1970), "Friend of the Devil" (1970), "Operator" (1970, he wrote), "Empty Pages" (1971, he wrote), "Bird Song" (1971), "Ramble on Rose" (1972), "One More Saturday Night" (1972)
songwriter
his gravestone inscription reads: "Pigpen was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead"
see The Grateful Dead

Earl Nelson (Earl Lee Nelson, Jr. aka Jackie Lee)

b. 1928 in Lake Charles, LA
soul/doo-wop/pop singer
"Come on" (1959), "No Time to Cry" (1959)
recorded as 'Jackie Lee', "The Duck" (#14 1965, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "The Shotgun and the Duck" (1966, he wrote), "Dancing in the Street" (1966)
lead singer with The Hollywood Flames (1957-66), "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz" (#11 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "Strollin' on the Beach" (1958), "A Star Fell" (1958), "Much Too Much" (1959), "If I Thought You Needed Me" (1959), "Letter to My Love" (1963), "Drop Me a Line" (1963)
founding member of Earl Nelson and the Pelicans, "Oh Gee, Oh Golly" (1957)
founding member of Voices, "Two Things I Love" (1955)
duet with Bobby Byrd (aka Bobby Day) as Bob and Earl, "When She Walks" (1958)
duet with Bobby Relf as Bob and Earl, "Harlem Shuffle" (#44 1964, he co-wrote), "Dancin' Everywhere" (1966)
songwriter
see The Hollywood Flames on R&B Notebooks

Sunny Ozuna (Ildefonso Fraga Ozuna)

b. 1943 in San Antonio, TX
R&B/rock/country singer
founding member of Sunny and the Sunglows (1959-63), "Just a Moment" (1960), "Up Town" (1960), "Talk to Me" (#11 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "Smile Now, Cry Later" (1966)
founding member of Sunny and the Sunliners (1963- )
songwriter
see Sunny Ozuna

Bill Parsons

b. 1934 in Crossville, TN
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Hand Me Down My Rockin' Shoes" (1959), "Educated Rock and Roll" (1959), "Hot Rod Volkswagen" (1960), "Guitar Blues" (1960), "A'waitin'" (1961), "The Price We Pay for Livin'" (1961)
"The All-American Boy" was attributed to him but was actually recorded by Bobby Bare
songwriter, co-wrote Bobby Bare's "The All-American Boy" (#3, #2c 1958)
served in the military

Jimmie Rodgers (James Charles Rodgers aka 'The Singing Brakeman')

b. 1897 in Meridian, MS or Pine Springs, MS - d. 26 May 1933 in NY (complications of tuberculosis)
country/folk singer, yodeler
instrument: guitar
"The Soldier's Sweetheart" (#9c 1927), "Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun Blues)" (#10c 1928, he wrote), "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" (#1c 1928, he wrote), "Way Out on the Mountain" (1928), "Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)" (1929, he wrote), "In the Jailhouse Now" (#14c 1928, he wrote), "The Brakeman's Blues" (#7c 1928, he wrote), "Waiting for a Train" (#14c 1929, he wrote), "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)" (1930, he wrote), "Blue Yodel No. 7 (Anniversary Blues)" (1930), "Blue Yodel No. 12 (Barefoot Blues)" (1933, he wrote), "Fifteen Years Ago Today" (1933)
duet with Chet Atkins and Hank Snow (by overdubbing), "In the Jailhouse Now" (#7c 1955, he wrote)
"In the Jailhouse Now" was also a hit for Webb Pierce (#1c 1955), Johnny Cash (#8c 1962), and Sonny James (#15c 1977)
songwriter, wrote Dolly Parton's "New Mule Skinner Blues" (#3c 1970)
railroad worker
md. to Sandra Kelly (1917-19); md. 2nd to Carrie Williamson (1920- )
see Jimmie Rodgers

John Sylvia

b. 1935
doo-wop/pop singer (bass)
founding member of Tune Weavers (195?-62, 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)
md. to Margo (Lopez) Sylvia

Sal Valentino (Sal Spampinato)

b. 1942 in San Francisco, CA
rock/pop/folk/country singer
"For the Longest Time" (2006), "The Highwayman" (2006), "Catherine, I Do" (2006)
lead singer and founding member of Sal Valentino and the Valentines, "I Wanna Twist" (1962), "Lisa Marie" (1962)
founding member and lead singer of The Beau Brummels (1964-68, and reunions), "Laugh Laugh" (#15 1965), * "Just a Little" (#8 1965), "You Tell Me Why" (1965), "Sad Little Girl" (1965), "Two Days Till Tomorrow" (1967), "Cherokee Girl" (1968)
founding member of Stoneground (1969-72)
see The Beau Brummels

Phil Wilson (Phillip Sanford Wilson)

b. 1941 in St. Louis, MO - d. Apr 1 1992 in New York, NY
blues/jazz/rock musician, instruments: drums, percussions
with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1967-70), "Droppin' Out" (1967), "Run Out of Time" (1967), "In My Own Dream" (1968), "Walking by Myself" (1969), "Losing Hand" (1969), "Love March" (1969, he co-wrote)
the Paul Butterfield Blues Band performed at Woodstock
with The Art Ensemble of Chicago
songwriter
see The Paul Butterfield Blues Band on Wikipedia

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Jake Carey (Jacob Carey)

b. 1926 Pulaski, VA – d. 31 Dec 1997 (heart attack)
soul singer (bass)
founding member of The Flamingos (1952-97), "A Kiss from Your Lips" (1956), "Jerri Lee" (1957), "Lovers Never Say Goodbye" (#52 1958), "I Only Have Eyes for You" (#11 1959), "At the Prom" (1959), "Time Was" (#45 1959), "Mio Amore" (#74 1959), "Nobody Loves Me Like You" (#30 1960), "Your Other Love" (#54 1960), "You, Me, and the Sea" (1960), "My Memories of You" (1961), "I Know Better" (1963), "Call Her on the Phone" (1965)
cousin of Zeke Carey
when he died his son, J.C. Carey, took his place in The Flamingos

Karl Chambers (Karl L. Chambers)

b. 1946 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 24 Feb 2002 in Philadelphia, PA (cancer)
soul/rock musician, instruments: drums, percussions
founding member of Yellow Sunshine (1972- ), "All Along the Seashore" (1973, he co-wrote), "Apollo 17" (1973, he co-wrote), "Yellow Sunshine" (1973, he co-wrote), "Tell Me Who Can Say" (1973, he co-wrote), "Don't Tell Me 'Later' Girl" (1973, he co-wrote), "Happiness" (1973, he co-wrote)
founding member of Toomorrow, "Taking Our Own Sweet Time" (1970), "Walkin' on Air" (1970)
with Realtos
with The Romeos, "Hitch-Hikin'" (1962), "Down by the Seashore" (1965), "Ain't it, Baby?" (1965), "Hard to Find the Right Girl" (1967)
session musician on The Delfonics' "La La Means I Love You" (#4 1968); The Intruders' "Together" (#48 1966), "Cowboys to Girls" (#6 1968); MFSB's "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" (#1 1974); The Soul Survivors' "Expressway to Your Heart" (#4 1967); and with The Tymes, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The O'Jays, Teddy Pendergrass, Archie Bell and the Drells, and others
songwriter
brother of guitarist, Roland Chambers

Inez Foxx (Inez Johnston)

b. 1942 in Greensboro, NC
R&B/soul/gospel singer
"A Feeling (That I Can't Explain)" (1960), "He's the One You Love" (#113 1963), "Hurt by Love" (#54 1964), "You Shouldn't Have Set My Soul on Fire" (1970), "I Had a Talk with My Man" (1973), "Circuit's Overloaded" (1974)
duets with Charlie Foxx, "Mockingbird" (#7 1963, One-Hit Wonder, she co-wrote), "La De Dah, I Love You" (#124 1964), "I Fancy You" (1964), "(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days" (#76 1968), "Speeding Ticket" (1969)
songwriter
sister of Charlie Foxx

Doug Ingle

b. 1946 in Omaha, NE (grew up in San Diego, CA)
rock singer
instruments: organ, guitar, keyboards
founding member of Iron Butterfly (1965-71, 1994-98), "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (#30 1968, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Most Anything You Want" (1968, he wrote), "Soul Experience" (#75 1969, he co-wrote), "Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)" (#66 1970), "Butterfly Bleu" (1970)
songwriter

Tommy Leonetti (Nicola Tomaso Leonetti)

b. 1929 in Bergen, NJ - d. 15 Sep 1979 in Houston, TX (cancer)
pop singer
"I Cried" (#30 1954), "Free" (#23 1956, One-Hit Wonder), "Ring on a Ribbon" (1957), "Single is Better Than Wrong" (1959), "The Year of Our Love" (1959), "A Girl Named Tamiko" (1962), "Nobody Else But Me" (1964), "Don't Stand Up in a Canoe" (1964), "Three Heartaches for a Quarter" (1964), "I Love You Today" (1966), "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (1966), "You Knew About Her All the Time" (1967), "Kum by Yah" (1969)
sang with Charlie Spivak's band, and others
songwriter
actor
md. to actress, Cindy Robbins
his gravestone reads: "Here lies a man who lived, loved, created and shared."

Murray MacLeod

b. 1940 in Chicago, IL
pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Parade, "Sunshine Girl" (#20 1967, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "This Old Melody" (1967), "She's Got the Magic" (1967), "She Sleeps Alone" (1968), "Radio Song" (1968)
founding member of Small Circle of Friends
songwriter
actor
md. to Stephanie Edwards (1975- )

Joe Negroni

b. 1940 in New York, NY – d. 5 Sep 1978 (stroke brought on by a brain tumor)
doo-wop/rock singer (baritone)
founding member of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1955-57), * "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (#6 1956), "I Want You to Be My Girl" (#13 1956), "Who Can Explain?" (1956), "The ABC's of Love" (1956), "I Promise to Remember" (1956), "Paper Castles" (1957), "Miracle in the Rain" (1957)
founding member of The Teenagers (1958-78)
see Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

Bruce Palmer

b. 1946 in Nova Scotia, Canada – d. 1 Oct 2004 in Ontario, Canada (heart attack)
folk/rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of 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), "In the Hour of Not Quite Rain" (1968), "Carefree Country Day" (1968), "On the Way Home" (1968), "Expecting to Fly" (1968)
session musician for Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and others
his drug and alcohol use held him back throughout his career

Billy Preston (William Everett Preston)

b. 1946 in Houston, TX (grew up in Los Angeles, CA) - 6 Jun 2006 in Scottsdale, AZ (kidney failure caused by severe hypertension)
R&B/soul singer
instruments: piano, keyboards, organ, drums
"Log Cabin" (1965), "Advice" (1966), "That's the Way God Planned it" (#62 1969, he wrote), "All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give it to You)" (1970), "Outa Space" (#2 1972, he co-wrote), "Will it Go Round in Circles?" (#1 1973, he co-wrote), "Space Race" (#4 1973, he wrote), "Nothing from Nothing" (#1 1974), "Struttin'" (#22 1975), "All I Wanted Was You" (1979), "One More Time for Love" (#52 1980)
duet with Syreeta Wright, "With You I'm Born Again" (#4 1980)
session musician on The Beatles' "Let it Be" (#1 1970), "Get Back" (#1 1969); Little Richard's "Great Gosh A'Mighty (Been a Long Time comin')" (#41 1986, he co-wrote); Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" (#5 1975, he co-wrote); and with Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Monkees, and others
songwriter
music producer
alcohol and drug use took a toll on his health; he received a kidney transplant in 2002; he went into a coma in November 2005 and never came out of it
see Billy Preston

Otis Redding (Otis Redding, Jr.

b. 1941 in Dawson, GA (grew up in Macon, GA) – d. 10 Dec 1967 near Madison, WI (drowned after a plane crash)
soul singer
instrument: piano
"These Arms of Mine" (#85 1962, he wrote), "Mister Pitiful" (#41 1964), "I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)" (#21 1965, he co-wrote), "Respect" (#35 1965, he wrote), "Down in the Valley" (1965), "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (#31 1966), "Try a Little Tenderness" (#25 1966), "I Love You More Than Words Can Say" (1967), "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" (#1 1968, recorded three days before his death, he wrote), "Sweet Lorene" (1968), "The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)" (#25 1968), "I've Got Dreams to Remember" (#41 1968), "Merry Christmas, Baby" (#9 1968)
duets with Carla Thomas, "Tramp" (#26 1967), "Knock on Wood" (#30 1967), "Lovey Dovey" (#60 1968), "New Years Resolution" (1968)
with The Pinetoppers (1960-62)
songwriter, co-wrote Arthur Conley's "Sweet Soul Music" (#2 1967)
music producer
four member of his backup band (The Bar-Kays) were also killed in the crash
see Otis Redding

Earl Scott (Earl Batdorf)

b. 1936 in Youngstown, OH
country singer
"Just Say Goodbye" (1959), "Tonight's the Night for Love" (1961), "Life to Go" (1961), "From a Jack to a Joker to a Clown" (1962), "Then a Tear Fell" (#8c 1962), "Loose Lips" (#23c 1963), "Guess I'll Never Learn" (1963), "Restless River" (#30c 1964), "I'll Wander Back to You" (#30c 1965)
brother of Jack Scott

Marshall Sewell

b. 1936
doo-wop singer (bass)
founding member of The Edsels (1957-63, and reunions), "What Brought Us Together?" (1960), "Three Precious Words" (1961), "My Whispering Heart" (1961), "Rama Lama Ding Dong" (#21 1961, One-Hit Wonder)

Dee Dee Sharp (Dione LaRue)

b. 1945 in Philadelphia, PA
R&B singer
instrument: piano
"Mashed Potato Time" (#1 1962), "Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes) (#9 1962), "Ride!" (#5 1962), "Do the Bird" (#10 1963), "He's No Ordinary Guy" (1964), "You're Just a Fool in Love" (1968), "What Kind of Lady?" (1968), "Nobody Could Take Your Place" (1977), "Breaking and Entering" (1981)
duet with Chubby Checker, "Slow Twistin'" (#3 1962)
duet with Ben E. King, "We've Got a Thing Goin' on" (1968)
backup singer with Lloyd Price, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, and others
songwriter
md. to music producer, Kenny Gamble (1967-1980); md. to Bill Witherspoon
see Dee Dee Sharp

Luther Simmons (Luther Simmons, Jr.)

b. 1942 in Harlem, NY
soul/R&B singer
founding member of Main Ingredient (1966-77, 1979-82, 1986, 1999- ), "You've Been My Inspiration" (#64 1970), "I'm So Proud" (#49 1970), "Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling in Love)" (#52 1970), "Everybody Plays the Fool" (#3 1972), "Girl Blue" (1973), "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" (#10 1974), "Rolling Down a Mountainside" (#92 1975), "Evening of Love" (1981)
stockbroker

Andrea Simpson

b. 1945/46 in London, England
pop/folk/rock singer
founding member of The Caravelles (1963- ), "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" (#3 1963, One-Hit Wonder), "I Was Wrong" (1963), "True Love Never Runs Smooth" (1964), "You Are Here" (1964), "Don't Blow Your Cool" (1964), "Hey Mama, You've Been on My Mind" (1966), "The Other Side of Love" (1966), "I Had to Walk Home Myself" (1967)

Butch Stahl (Burton Stahl)

b. 1949
rock/pop/R&B singer
instruments: bass, organ
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)

Freddy Weller (Wilton Frederick Weller)

b. 1947 in Atlanta, GA
country/pop/rock singer
instruments: guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo
"Walk Away Slowly" (1966), * "Games People Play" (#2c 1969), "These Are Not My People" (#5c 1969), "The Promised Land" (#3c 1971), "Indian Lake" (#3c 1971), "The Roadmaster" (#17c 1972, he co-wrote), "She Loves Me (Right Out of My Mind)" (#11c 1972, he co-wrote), "Too Much Monkey Business" (#8c 1973), * "The Perfect Stranger" (#13c 1973, he wrote), * "Sexy Lady" (#21c 1974, he wrote), "I've Just Got to Know (How Loving You Would Be)" (#11c 1974), "You're Not Getting Older (You're Getting Better)" (#16c 1974, he wrote), "Love You Back to Georgia" (#64c 1975), "Still Making Love to You" (1975), "Strawberry Curls" (#79c 1977), "Love Got in the Way" (#23c 1978, he co-wrote), "Lost in Austin" (#45c 1980, he co-wrote)
with Paul Revere and the Raiders (1968-71), "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)
founding member of Lee, Weller, and the Other Guy
session guitarist on "Billy Joe Royal's "Down in the Boondocks" (#9 1965); and with Joe South, and others
songwriter, wrote Confederate Railroad's "She Never Cried (When Ol' Yeller Died)" (#27c 1994); the Gibson/Miller Band's "Big Heart" (#37c 1993); co-wrote Bob Luman's "Lonely Women Make Good Lovers" (#4c 1972), Tommy Roe's "Dizzy" (#1 1969), "Jam up and Jelly Tight" (#8 1969);
see Paul Revere and the Raiders

Tom Wopat

b. 1951 near Lodi, WI
country/rockabilly singer
instrument: trombone
"True Love Never Did Run Smooth" (#39c 1986), "The Rock and Roll of Love" (#16c 1987), "Susannah" (#20c 1987), "A Little Bit Closer" (#18c 1988), "Not Enough Love" (#29c 1988), "Too Many Honky-Tonks (on My Way Home)" (#46c 1991), "I've Been There" (1991), "For All We Know" (2000), "Where or When" (2000), "Last Night When We Were Young" (2006), "Look Who's Been Dreaming" (2006)
songwriter
actor; dancer
see Tom Wopat

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Roy Brown (Roy James Brown)

b. 1925 in New Orleans, LA (grew up in LA and Houston, TX) - d. 25 May 1981 in San Fernando, CA (heart attack)
blues/soul/rock/country singer
instrument: piano
"Good Rockin' Tonight" (1947, he wrote), "Long About Midnight" (1948), "Rockin' at Midnight" (1948, edited version of "Good Rockin' Tonight"), "'Fore Day in the Morning" (#12c 1948, he wrote), "Hard Luck Blues" (1950), "Long about Sundown" (1950), "Barroom Blues" (1951), "Trouble at Midnight" (1954), "Letter to My Baby" (1955), "Let the Four Winds Blow" (#29 1957, One-Hit Wonder, he wrote), "Party Doll" (#89 1957), "Good Looking and Forty" (1959), "A Man With the Blues" (1960)
songwriter
pro boxer

Jose Feliciano (Jose Montserrate Feliciano Garcia)

b. 1945 in Puerto Rico (grew up in the Bronx, NY)
rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Quit While You're Ahead" (1966), "Light My Fire" (#3 1968), "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (1968), "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (1968), "High-Heel Sneakers" (#25 1968), "Old Turkey Buzzard" (1969), "My World is Empty Without You" (1969), "Once There Was a Love" (1970, he co-wrote), "Destiny" (#83 1970, he wrote), "As Long As I Have You" (1976, he wrote), "Feliz Navidad" (#70 1978), "Let's Make Love Over the Telephone" (1981), "Let's Find Each Other Tonight" (#64c 1983, he wrote)
songwriter
actor
he was blind from birth from glaucoma
see Jose Feliciano

Freddie Ferrara

b. 1945
doo-wop/rock singer (baritone)
instruments: trumpet, guitar
founding member of The Del Satins (1958-66), "I'll Pray for You" (1961), "I Remember the Night" (1961), "Counting Teardrops" (1961), "Teardrops Follow Me" (1962), "Best Wishes, Good Luck, Goodbye" (1962), "Feeling No Pain" (1963), "Two Broken Hearts" (1964), "Candy Apple 'Vette" (1965), "Throwaway Song" (1966)
The Del-Satins backing Dion, "Runaround Sue" (#1 1961), "The Wanderer" (#2 1961), "Lovers Who Wander" (#3 1962), "Little Diane" (#8 1962), "Love Came to Me" (#10 1962), "Ruby Baby" (#2 1963), "Donna, the Prima Donna" (#6 1963), "Drip Drop" (#6 1963), "Sandy" (#21 1963), "This Little Girl" (#21 1963)
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)
served in the military (1966- )
see Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge

Rosie Flores

b. 1956 in San Antonio, TX (grew up in San Diego, CA)
country/western swing/rockabilly/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"Crying Over You" (#51c 1987), "Somebody Loses, Somebody Wins" (#67c 1988), "He Cares" (#74c 1988), "This Loneliness" (1992, she wrote), "West Texas Plains" (1992, she co-wrote), "Dream Dream Blue" (1992, she wrote), "Blue Highway" (1992, she co-wrote), "Honky-Tonk Moon" (1993, she co-wrote), "His Rockin' Little Angel" (1995, she co-wrote), "The Wrong Side of His Heart" (1995, she co-wrote), "We'll Survive" (1999, she wrote), "Dance Hall Dreams" (1999, she co-wrote), "Little Bit More" (1999, she co-wrote), "The Speed of Sound" (2001, she co-wrote), "Mornin' Light" (2004, she wrote)
duets with Ray Campi, "Where Honky-Tonk Angels Spread Their Wings" (1997), "Living on Love" (1997), "All I Have to Do is Dream" (1997)
songwriter
see Rosie Flores

Danny Hutton (Daniel Anthony Hutton)

b. 1942 in Donegal, Ireland (grew up in the U.S.)
pop/rock singer
"Why Don't You Love Me Anymore?" (1964), "Roses and Rainbows" (#73 1965, he wrote), "Big Bright Eyes" (1965, he co-wrote), "Funny How Love Can Be" (1966), "Dreamin' isn't Good for You" (1966, he wrote)
founding member of Three Dog Night (1968-77, and reunions), "One" (#5 1969), "Eli's Coming" (#10 1969), "Easy to Be Hard" (#4 1969), "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (#1 1970), "Out in the Country" (#15 1970), "I Can Hear You Calling" (1970), "My Impersonal Life" (1971), "Pieces of April" (1971), "Liar" (#7 1971), * "Joy to the World" (#1 1971), "Never Been to Spain" (#5 1971), "An Old-Fashioned Love Song" (#4 1972), "Black and White" (#1 1972), "Shambala" (#3 1973), "The Show Must Go on" (#4 1974), "Sure As I'm Sitting Here" (#16 1974), "'Til the World Ends" (#32 1975)
see Three Dog Night
songwriter

Frank Jeckell (Frank Edward Jeckell)

b. 1947 in Nanticoke, PA
pop singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member of 1910 Fruitgum Company (1967-68), * "Simon Says" (#4 1968, he co-wrote), "Reflections From the Looking Glass" (1968), "May I Take a Giant Step (into Your Heart)?" (#63 1968), * "1-2-3 Red Light" (#5 1968)
session musician
songwriter

Ashley Monroe

b. 1986 in Knoxville, TN (grew up in Corryton, TN)
country singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, piano
"Satisfied" (#43c 2006), "Pony" (2006)
duet with Ronnie Dunn, "I Don't Want to" (#37c 2006)
songwriter, co-wrote Katrina Elam's "Flat on the Floor" (#52c 2007)
see Ashley Monroe on WikipediA

Cliff Leeman (Clifford Leeman aka The Sheriff aka Mr. Time)

b. 1913 in Portland, ME - d. 26 Apr 1986 in New York, NY
jazz/rock/swing musician, instrument: drums
with the Artie Shaw Band (1936-38), "Any Old Time" (1938), "Back Bay Shuffle" (1938)
with Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra (1940-43, 1949), "The Girl With the Pigtails in Her Hair" (1940), "It's a Wonderful World" (1940), "Pompton Turnpike" (1940), "Southern Fried" (1940), "Consider Yourself Kissed" (1941), "Wichita Windstorm" (1942), "The Jeep is Jumpin'" (1943)
with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (1939), "Our Love" (#1 1939)
with The Dukes of Dixieland (1963-64)
with the World's Greatest Jazz Band (1976-77)
session drummer on Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie" (#23 1955), "The Saints' Rock 'n' Roll" (#18 1958); and with Joe Turner, Woody Herman, Glenn Miller, Jimmy Dorsey, and others
served in the Army

Tommy Overstreet (Thomas Cary Overstreet II)

b. 1937 in Oklahoma City, OK (grew up in TX)
country singer (baritone)
instrument: guitar
"Every Day I Fall More in Love with You" (1968), "Rocking a Memory (That Won't Go to Sleep)" (#73c 1969), "If You're Looking for a Fool" (#56c 1970), "Gwen (Congratulations)" (#5c 1971), "I Don't Know You (Anymore)" (#5c 1971), "Ann (Don't Go Runnin')" (#2c 1972), "Heaven is My Woman's Love" (#3c 1972), "A Seed Before the Rose" (#16c 1972), "I'll Never Break These Chains" (#7c 1973), "Send Me No Roses" (#7c 1973), "(Jeannie Marie) You Were a Lady" (#3c 1974), "If I Miss You Again Tonight" (#8c 1974), "I'm a Believer" (#9c 1975), * "That's When My Woman Begins" (#6c 1975), * "Okie from Muskogee" (1975), "If Love Was a Bottle of Wine" (#11c 1976), "Ninety-Proof Lies" (1976), "Young Girl" (#29c 1976), "Don't Go City Girl on Me" (#5c 1977), "This Time I'm in it for the Love" (#20c 1977), "Yes, Ma'am" (#12c 1978), "Fadin' in, Fadin' Out" (#11c 1978), "Stolen Wine" (1979), "What More Could a Man Need?" (#23c 1979), "Fadin' Renegade" (#36c 1980)
songwriter
served in the Army
nephew of Gene Austin; not related to Paul Overstreet

Don Powell (Donald George Powell)

b. 1946 in West Midlands, England
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Slade (1966-91, 1993- ), "My Oh My" (#37 1983), * "Run Run Away" (#20 1984)
songwriter
a serious auto accident in 1973 left with short-term memory problems and no sense of taste or smell

Raymond Scott (Harry Warnow)

b. 1908 in Brooklyn, NY - 8 Feb 1994 in North Hills, CA
pop/jazz musician, instrument: piano
founding member of The Raymond Scott Quintette (1936-39), "The Toy Trumpet (#17 1937, he wrote), "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" (1937, he wrote), "Twilight in Turkey" (1937), "Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner" (1937), "Bumpy Weather Over Newark" (1939), "New Year's Eve in a Haunted House" (1939, he wrote), "Jackrabbit" (1949)
founding member of the Raymond Scott Orchestra, "Pretty Little Petticoat" (1940), "I Touched a Star" (1941), "Just a Little Bit South of North Carolina" (1941), "The Merry Carousel" (1941), "Carrier Pigeon" (1942), "Eight Letters in the Mailbox" (1942), "Powerhouse" (1944), "Enchanted Forest" (1946), "Tired Teddy Bear" (1947), "In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room" (1950, he wrote), "Little Tin Soldier" (1963), "Little Miss Echo" (1963), "Dorothea" (1963)
the Raymond Scott Orchestra backing Dorothy Collins, "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)
songwriter
sound engineer; electronic instrument inventor
md. 1st to Pearl Zimney (1935-50); md. 2nd to singer, Dorothy Collins (1952-64); md. 3rd to Mitzi Curtis (1967- )
see Raymond Scott

Luke Wills (Luther M. Wills)

b. 1920 in Hall County, TX - d. 21 Oct 2000 in Las Vegas, NV
country/western swing singer
instruments: tenor banjo, upright bass, guitar
founding member of Luke Wills and His Rhythm Busters (1947-48), "Corn-Fed Arkansas Girl" (1948)
with The Texas Playboys (1945-46, 1949-50, 1952-1964), "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), "Thorn in My Heart" (#10c 1949), "Ida Red (Likes the Boogie)" (#10c 1950), "Faded Love" (#8c 1950), "Waltzing in Old San Antone" (1954), "Cadillac in Model 'A'" (1954), "So Let's Rock" (1956), "Heart to Heart Talk" (#5c 1960)
served in the Navy during WWII (1943-44)
younger brother of Bob Wills
see The Texas Playboys

September 11

Beth Nielsen Chapman

b. 1958 in Harlington, TX
country/pop singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, electric slide dulcimer, piano, organ, keyboards
"That's the Easy Part" (1990, she wrote), "I Keep Coming Back to You" (1990, she co-wrote), "All I Have" (1990, she co-wrote), "Dancer to the Drum" (1993, she wrote), "The Moment You Were Mine" (1993, she co-wrote), "Dance with Me Slow" (1993, she wrote), "Seven Shades of Blue" (1997, she wrote), "Sand and Water" (1997, she wrote)
duet with Paul Carrack, "In the Time it Takes" (1993, she wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote Faith Hill's "This Kiss" (#1c 1998); Lorrie Morgan's "Five Minutes" (#1c 1990); Willie Nelson's "Nothing I Can Do about it Now" (#1c 1989); Tanya Tucker's "Strong Enough to Bend" (#1c 1988); Martina McBride's "Happy Girl" (#2c 1998); Alabama's "Here We Are" (#2c 1992); Colin Raye's "Somebody Else's Moon" (#5c 1993); Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Almost Home" (#85, #22c 1999)
she is a breast cancer survivor
see Beth Nielsen Chapman

Jimmie Davis (James Houston Davis)

b. 1899 in Beech Springs, LA – d. 5 Nov 2000 in Baton Rouge, LA
country/blues/gospel singer, yodeler
"She's a Hum Dinger" (1931), "Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland" (1938), "You are My Sunshine" (1940, state song of Louisiana, he co-wrote), "Is it Too Late Now?" (#3c 1944, he wrote), "There's a Chill on the Hill Tonight" (#4c 1944), "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" (#1c 1945, he co-wrote), "Grievin' My Heart Out for You" (#4c 1946, he co-wrote), "Bang Bang" (#4c 1947, he wrote), "Where the Old River Flows" (#15c 1962, he wrote), "Bury Me Beneath the Willow" (1968), "Lord, Have You Forgotten Me?" (1972), "Pretending She's You" (1978)
songwriter
actor
governor of Louisiana (1944-48, 1960-64)
md. to Alverna Adams (19??-67, her death); md. 2nd to singer, Anna Carter Gordon (19??-2000, his death)

Bernie Dwyer

b. 1940 in Manchester, England - d. 4 Dec 2002 (lung cancer)
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Freddie and the Dreamers (1961- ), "Send a Letter to Me" (1963), * "I'm Telling You Now" (#1 1965), * "You Were Made for Me" (#21 1965), "Do the Freddie" (#18 1965), "Get Around Downtown Girl" (1969)
see Freddie and the Dreamers

Jack Ely

b. 1943
rock singer
instruments: lead guitar, bass
founding member of The Kingsmen (1959-63), "Louie, Louie" (#2 1963)
founding member of Jack Ely and the Courtmen (1965-68, and reunions), "Louie, Louie 66" (1966), "David's Mood" (1966)
see The Kingsmen

Lola Falana (Loletha Elaine Falana)

b. 1942 in Camden, NJ (grew up in Philadelphia, PA)
R&B singer
"Coconut Grove" (1967), "Stand by Your Man" (1972), "There's a Man Out There Somewhere" (1975)
dancer; actress
md. to singer, Feliciano 'Butch' Tavares (1971-75)
she has multiple sclerosis

Mickey Hart

b. 1943 in Brooklyn, NY
rock musician, instruments: drums, percussion, pedal steel guitar
"Rolling Thunder (Shoshone Invocation)" (1972), "Down the Road" (1996, he co-wrote)
with The Grateful Dead (1967-71, 1974-95), "Dark Star" (1967), "The Golden Road" (1967), "Caution (Do Not Stop on Tracks) (1968), "China Cat Sunflower" (1969), "Truckin'" (#68 1970), "Friend of the Devil" (1970), "Bird Song" (1971), "The Music Never Stopped" (#81 1975), "Dancin' in the Streets" (1977), "Alabama Getaway" (#68 1980), "Dire Wolf (#37 1981), "Touch of Grey" (#9 1987), "Hell in a Bucket" (#3 1987), "Throwing Stones" (#15 1987), "West L.A. Fadeaway" (#40 1987), "Foolish Heart" (#8 1989), "The Eyes of the World" (1990), "Looks Like Rain" (1990)
founding member of New Riders of the Purple Sage (1969-71), "Louisiana Lady" (1971), "Last Lonely Eagle" (1971)
author
see New Riders of the Purple Sage
see The Grateful Dead
see Mickey Hart

Ben Hewitt

b. 1935 in NY - d. 8 Dec 1996 in MD
pop singer
instrument: guitar
"You Break Me Up" (1959), "Patricia June" (1959), "For Quite a While" (1959), "My Search" (1960), "Whirlwind Blues" (1960), "Border City Call Girl" (1975), "To an Old Friend" (1987), "The Right Place in My Heart" (1987)
songwriter

Randy Hughes (Ramsey Hughes)

b. 1928 in Gum, TN - d. 5 Mar 1963 near Camden, TN
country musician, instrument: acoustic guitar
"Not Big Enough" (1952) (not sure if this is the same Randy Hughes)
session musician on Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" (#12, #1c 1961), "Crazy" (#9, #2c 1961), "She's Got You" (#14, #1c 1962), "Heartaches" (#73 1962), "Faded Love" (#96, #7c 1963), "Sweet Dreams of You" (#44, #5c 1963), "Leavin' on Your Mind" (#83, #8c 1963), "He Called Me Baby" (#23c 1964), "Always" (1964, re-released #18c 1980), and others
killed the same plane crash with Patsy Cline; he was her manager and pilot of the plane
son-in-law of Cowboy Copas

Leo Kottke

b. 1945 in Athens, GA
folk/blues/jazz singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, slide guitar
"The Last of the Arkansas Greyhounds" (1971, he wrote), "Busted Bicycle" (1971, he wrote), "Eight Miles High" (1971), "Hear the Wind Howl" (1971, he wrote), "Standing in My Shoes" (1971, he co-wrote), "The Wrong Track" (1983, he wrote), "Three Quarter North" (1986, he wrote), "Busy Signal" (1988, he wrote), "Driver" (1991, he wrote), "The Other Day (Near Santa Cruz)" (1991, he wrote)
duets with Mike Gordon, "June" (2002, he co-wrote), "Middle of the Road" (2002, he wrote)
session musician with Chet Atkins, Lyle Lovett, and others
songwriter
served in the Navy Reserves
a firecracker caused partial deafness in one ear

Joe Morris (Joseph W. Morris)

b. 1943 in Ninety Six, SC
rock/pop/R&B singer
instruments: drums, percussions
founding member of The Swingin' Medallions (1963- ), "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), "Don't Let Your Feet Touch the Ground" (1971)
session musician
see The Medallions

Charles Patrick

b. 1938 in Newark, NJ
doo-wop/rock singer
founding member and lead singer of The Monotones (1955-62 and reunions), "(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)
songwriter
see The Monotones on Wikipedia

Tommy Shaw (Tommy Roland Shaw)

b. 1953 in Montgomery, AL
rock singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
with Styx (1976-8?, 1995- , replaced John Curulewski), "Mademoiselle" (#36 1976, he wrote), "Shooz" (1976, he co-wrote), "Come Sail Away" (#8 1978), "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" (#29 1978, he wrote), "Blue-Collar Man (Long Nights)" (#21 1978, he wrote), "Renegade" (#16 1979, he wrote), "Babe" (#1 1979), "Borrowed Time" (#63 1980, he co-wrote), "Why Me?" (#26 1980), "The Best of Times" (#3 1981), "Too Much Time on My Hands" (#9 1981, he wrote), "Don't Let it End" (#6 1983), "Music Time" (#40 1984), "Dear John" (1997, he wrote), "While There's Still Time" (1999), "Great Expectations" (1999), "Waiting for Our Time" (#37 2003, he co-wrote)
Styx is a mythical river that people cross over to get into Hell
founding member of Damn Yankees (1989-93), "High Enough" (#3 1990), "Come Again" (#50 1991), "Where You Goin' Now?" (#6 1992)
songwriter
see Styx

Dennis Tufano

b. 1946 in Chicago, IL
rock singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
founding member and lead singer of The Buckinghams (1966-70), "I Call Her Name" (1967), "Kind of a Drag" (#1 1967), "Don't You Care?" (#6 1967), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (#5 1967), "Hey, Baby (They're Playing Our Song)" (#12 1967), "Susan" (#8 1967)
actor
see The Buckinghams

September 12

Jewel Akens

b. 1940 in Houston, TX (grew up in Los Angeles, CA)
R&B/pop singer
"Wee Bit More of Your Lovin'" (1962), "Tic-Tac-Toe" (1964), "A Slice of Pie" (1965), * "The Birds and the Bees" (#3 1965, One-Hit Wonder), "Georgie Porgie" (#68 1965), "It's the Only Way to Fly" (1965), "He Who Hesitates is Lost" (1965), "Dancing Jenny" (1965), "Born a Loser" (1967), "Mississippi Syrup Sopper" (1969)
founding member of The Turn-Arounds, "Run Away and Hide" (1964)
founding member of The Feathers (1989-91)
music producer

Gus Backus (Donald Backus)

b. 1937 in Long Island, NY
pop/rock/doo-wop singer
"You Can't Go it Alone" (1958, he co-wrote), "My Chick is Fine" (1958, he co-wrote)
with The Del-Vikings (1957-58, replaced Don Jackson), "Whispering Bells" (#9 1957), "Cool Shake" (#12 1957)
songwriter
served in the Air Force (1956- )

Gerry Beckley

b. 1952 in Fort Worth, TX
folk/rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Goodbye Highway" (2000), "Hard to Sleep" (2000), "Emma" (2000), "With Me Always" (2006), "Somewhere Somehow" (2006), "3 a.m." (2006)
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), "California Dreamin'" (#56 1979), "You Can Do Magic" (#8 1982), "The Border" (#33 1983)
session musician with Carl Wilson, and others
songwriter
see America
see Gerry Beckley

Steve Canaday

b. 1944 in Springfield, MO - d. 25 Sep 1999 (plane crash)
country/rock singer
instruments: drums, guitar, bass
with Ozark Mountain Daredevils (1977-79, 1989), "Giving it All to the Wind" (1977), "River to the Sun" (1978)

Helen Carter (Helen Myrl Carter)

b. 1927 in Maces Springs, VA – d. 2 Jun 1998 (heart failure)
country singer
instruments: guitar, accordion, piano, mandolin, autoharp
"Yankee Doodle" (1939), "Fiddlin' Around" (1951), "I Like My Lovin' Overtime" (1952), "Sweet-Talkin' Man" (1957), "There Ain't No Future for Me" (1957)
duet with Don Davis, "Counterfeit Kisses" (1951)
duet with Grant Turner, "My Dearest and Best" (1952)
with The Carter Sisters, "Corina" (1939), "My Life with You" (1951), "Sun's Gonna Shine in My Back Door" (1952)
duet with Anita Carter, "My Love Loves Me" (1964)
duet with June Carter, "My Gold Watch and Chain" (1939)
songwriter, wrote Bob Gallion's "Wall-to-Wall Love" (#5c 1962); Johnny Cash's "Rosanna's Going Wild" (#91, #2c 1968); Margie Bowes' "Poor Old Heartsick Me" (#10c 1959)
daughter of Ezra and Maybelle Carter, sister of June and Anita Carter; md. to Glenn Jones
see The Carter Family

Maurice Chevalier (Maurice Auguste Chevalier)

b. 1888 in Paris, France - d. 1 Jan 1972 in Paris, France
pop singer
"My Ideal" (#12 1930), "You Brought Me a New Kind of Love" (1930), "Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight" (1930), "Mimi" (1932), "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (1957), "I Remember it Well" (1957), "A Breath of Scandal" (1960)
sessionist with Duke Ellington
actor
md. to dancer, Nita Raya
see Maurice Chevalier

Judy Clay (Judith Grace Gatewood aka Judy Guions)

b. 1938 in St. Paul, NC - d. 19 Jul 2001 (auto accident)
country/soul/gospel singer
"Do You Think That's Right?" (1962), "You Can't Run Away from Your Heart" (1967), "Bed of Roses" (1968)
with The Drinkard Singers (1953- )
duets with Billy Vera, "Country Girl, City Man" (#38 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "Reaching for the Moon" (1969)
duet with William Bell, "Private Number" (1968), "Left-Over Love" (1968)
sister of Sylvia Shemwell

Warren Corbin

b. 1938/39 – d. Jun 1978 (cancer)
R&B singer (bass)
founding member of The Cleftones (1955-64 and reunions), "Little Girl of Mine" (#57 1956), "Can't We Be Sweethearts?" (1956), "See You Next Year" (1957), "Heart and Soul" (#18 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "For Sentimental Reasons" (1961)
see The Cleftones on SoulWalking

Eddy Howard

b. 1914 in Woodland, CA – d. 23 May 1963 in Palm Desert, CA (cerebral hemorrhage)
pop/jazz singer
founding member and leader of Eddy Howard and His Orchestra (1941- ), "Miss You" (#21 1942), "Careless" (1946, he wrote), "To Each His Own" (#1 1946), "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (#4 1947), "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" (#5c 1947), "My Adobe Hacienda" (#4 1947), "I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder" (#3 1947), "On a Slow Boat to China" (#12 1948), "A Room Full of Roses" (#4 1949), "Maybe it's Because" (1949), "To Think You've Chosen Me" (#9 1950), "(It's No) Sin" (#1 1951), "Stolen Love" (1952), "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" (1952), "Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart" (#4 1952), "Teenager's Waltz" (#90 1955)
with the Dick Jurgens Orchestra (1934-40), "You're Slightly Terrific" (1934, he co-wrote), "It's a Hundred to One You're in Love With Me" (1939, he co-wrote), "In an Old Dutch Garden (By an Old Dutch Mill)" (1940), "A Million Dreams Ago" (1940, he co-wrote)
songwriter

George Jones (George Glenn Jones aka 'Crown Prince of Country Music' aka 'Possum')

b. 1931 in Saratoga, TX (grew up near Beaumont, TX)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Why, Baby, Why?" (#4c 1956, he co-wrote), * "You Gotta Be My Baby" (#7c 1956, he wrote), "Gonna Come Get You" (1956, he wrote), "Too Much Water Under the Bridge" (1957), "Just One More" (#3c 1957, he wrote), "Treasure of Love" (#6c 1958, he co-wrote), "White Lightning" (#73, #1c 1959), "Who Shot Sam?" (1959), "Accidentally on Purpose" (#19c 1960, he co-wrote), "The Window up Above" (#2c 1961, he wrote), "Tender Years" (#76, #1c 1961), "Aching, Breaking Heart" (#5c 1962), "Bubbles in My Beer" (1962), * "She Thinks I Still Care" (#1c 1962), "The Race is on" (#96, #3c 1964), "Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)" (#5c 1964), "Take Me" (#8c 1965, he co-wrote), "Love Bug" (#6c 1965), "I Can't Get Used to Being Lonely" (1965), "Wrong Number" (#14c 1965), "I'm a People" (#6c 1966), "Four-O-Thirty-Three" (#5c 1966) "Till I Hear it From You" (1966), "If My Heart Had Windows" (#7c 1967), "I Can't Get There from Here" (#5c 1967), "Developing My Pictures" (1967), "Walk Through This World with Me" (#1c 1967), "As Long As I Live" (#3c 1968), "When the Grass Grows Over Me" (#2c 1969), "I'll Share My World with You" (#2c 1969), "If Not for You" (#6c 1969), "She's Mine" (#6c 1969), "Barbara Joy" (1969), "For Better or Worse" (1969), "A Good Year for the Roses" (#2c 1970), "Loving You Could Never Be Better" (#2c 1972), "We Can Make it" (#2c 1972), "A Picture of Me Without You" (#5c 1972), "Another Way to Say Goodbye" (1972), "What My Woman Can't Do" (#6c 1973, he co-wrote), "Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You)" (#7c 1973), "Once You've Had the Best" (#3c 1974), * "Borrowed Angel" (1974), "The Grand Tour" (#1c 1974), "The Telephone Call" (#25c 1974), "The Door" (#1c 1975), "These Days I Barely Get By" (#10c 1975, he co-wrote), "Memories of Us" (#21c 1975), "Her Name Is..." (#3c 1976), "If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)" (#24c 1977), "I'll Just Take it Out in Love" (#11c 1978), * "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (#1, #1c 1980, CMA single of the year 1980), "I'm Not Ready Yet" (#2c 1980), "If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)" (#8c 1980), "Still Doin' Time" (#1c 1981), "Same Ole Me" (#5c 1982), "Shine on (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" (#3c 1983), "I Always Get Lucky with You" (#1c 1983), "Tennessee Whiskey" (#2c 1983), "You've Still Got a Place in My Heart" (#3c 1984), "She's My Rock" (#2c 1984), "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" (#3c 1985), "Wine-Colored Roses" (#10c 1986), "The One I Loved Back Then (the Corvette Song)" (#3c 1986), "The Right Left Hand" (#8c 1987), "I'm a One-Woman Man" (#5c 1989), "You Couldn't Get the Picture" (#32c 1991), "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (#34c 1992), "High-Tech Redneck" (#24c 1993), "Never Bit a Bullet Like This" (#52c 1993), "Choices" (#30c 1999), * "Fifty Thousand Names" (#55c 2001)
founding member of George Jones and the Jones Boys, "A Girl I Used to Know" (#3c 1962), "Not What I Had in Mind" (#7c 1963), "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong" (#13c 1970)
duets with Melba Montgomery, "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (#3c 1963), "Let's Invite Them Over" (#17c 1963)
duet with Patty Loveless "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (#14c 1998)
duet with Randy Travis, "A Few Ole Country Boys" (#8c 1990)
duets with Margie Singleton, "Did I Ever Tell You?" (#15c 1961), "Waltz of the Angels" (#11c 1962)
duet with Shooter Jennings, "4th of July" (#26c 2005)
duets with Tammy Wynette, "The Ceremony" (#6c 1972), "We're Gonna Hold on" (#1c 1973, he co-wrote), "(We're Not) the Jet Set" (#15c 1974), "We Loved it Away" (#8c 1974), "Golden Ring" (#1c 1976), "Near You" (#1c 1977), "Southern California" (#5c 1977), "Two-Story House" (#2c 1980), "A Pair of Old Sneakers" (#19c 1980)
duet with Barbara Mandrell, * "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" (1c 1981)
duet with Lacy J. Dalton "Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)" (#19c 1985)
duet with Jeannette Hicks, "Yearning" (#10c 1957, he co-wrote)
duets with Merle Haggard, "Yesterday's Wine" (#1c 1982), "C.C. Waterback" (#10c 1982)
duet with Ray Charles and Chet Atkins, "We Didn't See a Thing" (#6c 1983)
duet with Benny Barnes, "I've Got a New Heartache" (1964)
duet with Shelby Lynne, "If I Could Bottle This Up" (#43c 1988)
duets with Gene Pitney as George and Gene, "I've Got Five Dollars and it's Saturday Night" (#16c 1965), "Louisiana Man" (#25c 1965), "Things Have Gone to Pieces" (#9c 1965)
duets with Johnny Paycheck, "Maybelline" (#7c 1980), "Kansas City" (1980), "You Can Have Her" (#14c 1980)
songwriter, co-wrote Alan Jackson's "Tall, Tall Trees" (#1c 1995)
As of 2005 he had more top forty hits than any other country artist
he was nicknamed 'No-Show Jones' in the late 1970's because his alcoholism and cocaine addiction caused him to miss so many scheduled shows; he had numerous accidents and DUIs, including a near-fatal accident in 1999
served in the Marines (1950-52)
md. 1st to Dorothy Bonvillion (1950-51); md. 2nd to Shirley Ann Corley 1954-68); md. 3rd to singer, Tammy Wynette (1969-75); md. 4th to Nancy Sepulveda (1983- )
see George Jones

Mark Knopfler (Mark Freuder Knopfler)

b. 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland
country/rock/blues singer
instrument: lead guitar
"A Night in Summer Long Ago" (1996), "Speedway at Nazareth" (2000), "Sands of Nevada" (2000), "Prairie Wedding" (2000), "A Place Where We Used to Live" (2002), "All That Matters" (2004, he wrote), "Song for Sonny Liston" (2004, he wrote)
founding member of The Notting Hillbillies (1986- ), "That's Where I Belong" (1990), "Feel Like Going Home" (1990)
founding member of Dire Straits (1977-95), "Sultans of Swing" (#4 1979), "Lady Writer" (#45 1979), "Skateaway" (#58 1981), "So Far Away" (#19 1985), "Money for Nothing" (#1 1985), "Walk of Life" (#7 1986)
duets with Emmylou Harris, "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" (2006, he wrote), "This is Us" (2006, he wrote), "Boulder to Birmingham" (2006)
session musician with Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, Chet Atkins, and others
songwriter
motorcycle enthusiast
he is left-handed but plays guitar right-handed
md. 2nd to Lourdes Salamone (1983-93); md. to actress, Kitty Aldridge
see Mark Knopfler

Ella Mae Morse

b. 1924 in Mansfield, TX – d. 16 Oct 1999 in Bullhead, AZ (respiratory failure)
blues/pop/country singer
"No Love, No Nothin'" (#4 1944), "Blacksmith Blues" (#3 1952), "Oakie Boogie" (#23 1952), "Greyhound" (1953), "Forty Cups of Coffee" (1953)
duet with Tennessee Ernie Ford, "False-Hearted Girl" (1952)
md. 2nd to Jack Bradford (1959-99, her death)

Jennifer Nettles

b. 1974 in Douglas, GA
country singer
founding member of Soul Miner's Daughter (1996-98)
founding member of the Jennifer Nettles Band (1999-2002)
founding member and lead singer with Sugarland (2002- ), "Baby Girl" (#38, #2c 2004, she co-wrote), "Something More" (#35, #2c 2005, she co-wrote), "Just Might (Make Me Believe)" (#60, #7c 2005), "Want to" (#32, #1c 2006), "Settlin'" (#65, #8c 2007)
songwriter
md. to Todd Van Sickle
see Sugarland
see Jennifer Nettles

Larry Ray

b. 1945 in San Francisco, CA
rock musician, instrument: guitar
founding member and lead guitarist of Syndicate of Sound (1964-66), "Little Girl" (#8 1966, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "So Alone" (1966)
see Syndicate of Sound

Barry White (Barrence Eugene Carter)

b. 1944 in Galveston, TX (grew up in Los Angeles, CA) - d. 4 Jul 2003 in Los Angeles, CA (kidney failure)
soul/disco singer
instruments: keyboards
"I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby" (#3 1973), "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up" (#7 1974), "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (#1 1974), "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (#2 1975), "What Am I Gonna Do Without You?" (#8 1975), "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (#4 1977), "Your Sweetness is My Weakness" (#60 1978), "Practice What You Preach" (#18 1994)
with Love Unlimited, "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" (#14 1972), "I Belong to You" (#27 1975)
songwriter
arranger
md. to singer, Glodean James (1974- )
see Barry White

Ali-Ollie Woodson

b. 1951 in Detroit, MI (grew up in Town Creek, AL)
R&B/soul singer
instrument: keyboards
"Turn Out the Stars" (2003), "Whatever it Takes" (2003)
lead singer of The Temptations (1983-86, 1988-96), "Treat Her Like a Lady" (1984, he co-wrote), "She Got Tired of Loving Me" (1985), "Someone" (1986)
session musician with Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and others
songwriter
see The Temptations

Colin Young

b. 1944 in the West Indies
soul/pop singer
instrument: guitar
with The Foundations (1968-70, replaced Clem Curtis), "Build Me up, Buttercup" (#3 1969), "In the Bad Bad Old Days (Before You Loved Me)" (#51 1969), "A Walk Through the Trees" (1969)
founding member of The New Foundations
see The Foundations on Wikipedia

Wanda Young

b. 1944 in Inkster, MI
R&B/pop singer
with The Marvelettes (1962-70, and reunions), "Twistin' Postman" (#34 1962), "Beechwood 4-5789" (#17 1962), "Playboy" (#7 1962), "Locking up My Heart" (#25 1963), "Tie a String Around My Finger" (1963), "Too Many Fish in the Sea" (#25 1964), "I'll Keep Holding on" (#34 1965), "Paper Boy" (1966), "Don't Mess with Bill" (#7 1966), "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" (#13 1967), "When You're Young and in Love" (#23 1967), "Destination: Anywhere" (1968), "My Baby Must Be a Magician" (#17 1968), "That's How Heartaches Are Made" (#97 1969)
songwriter
md. to Bobby Rogers of The Miracles

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Becky Alicen

b. 1961 in FL
country singer
instrument: guitar
* "She Can Fly", * "What Can I Do?", "She's Leaving"

Aaron Benward

b. 1973 in Auburn, IN
Christian/country singer
founding member of Aaron Jeoffrey (199?-97), "He is" (1995), "One Million Reasons" (1995), "After the Rain" (1996), "A Matter of When" (1996), "Leave a Legacy" (1997), "Unexpected Guest" (1997)
founding member of Blue Country, "Good Little Girls" (#63, #11c 2004), "That's Cool" (#24c 2004, he co-wrote), "Sunday Driver" (2004), "Ride on" (2004), "Nothin' But Cowboy Boots" (#38c 2005, he co-wrote), "I Get to" (#51c 2006), "Firecrackers and Ferris Wheels" (2006)
son of singer, Jeoffrey Benward; father of actor, Luke Benward
see Blue County

Charles Brown

b. 1922 in Texas City, TX – d. 21 Jan 1999 in Oakland, CA (congestive heart failure)
blues singer
instrument: piano
"Get Yourself Another Fool" (1949), "Homesick Blues" (1950), "Black Night" (1951), "Still Water" (1952), "Everybody's Got Trouble" (1954), "My Silent Love" (1954), "Trouble Blues" (1956), "Come Back" (1960), "Please Come Home for Christmas" (1960, he wrote), "If You Play With Cats" (1961)
founding member of The Three Blazers (1943-48), "Driftin' Blues" (1945, he wrote)
songwriter
chemist
md. 1st to singer Mabel Scott (1949- )

Peter Cetera (Peter Paul Cetera)

b. 1944 in Chicago, IL
pop/rock singer
instruments: bass, guitar
"Glory of Love" (#1 1986, he wrote), "One Good Woman" (#4 1988), "Restless Heart" (#35 1992)
founding member and lead singer of Chicago (1968-85), "Introduction" (1969), "In the Country" (1970), "25 or 6 to 4" (#4 1970), "Memories of Love" (1970), "Color My World" (1970), "Make Me Smile" (#9 1970), "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is?" (#7 1971), "I Don't Want Your Money" (1971), "I'm a Man" (#49 1971), "Questions 67 and 68" (#24 1971), "Saturday in the Park" (#3 1972), "Just You 'N' Me" (#4 1973), "Wishing You Were Here" (#11 1974, he wrote), "Call on Me" (#6 1974), "Old Days" (#5 1975), "Till We Meet Again" (1975), "If You Leave Me Now" (#1 1976, he wrote), "Hope for Love" (1976), "Another Rainy Day in New York City" (#32 1976), "Baby, What a Big Surprise" (#4 1977, he wrote), "Little One" (1977), "Mississippi Delta City Blues" (1977), "Alive Again" (#14 1978), "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (#1 1982, he co-wrote), "Hard Habit to Break" (#3 1984), "You're the Inspiration" (#3 1985), "Will You Still Love Me?" (#3 1988), "Look Away" (#1 1988), "I Don't Want to Live Without Your Love" (#3 1988), "You're Not Alone" (#10 1989), "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" (#5 1990), "Chasin' the Wind" (#39 1991)
duet with Cher, "After All" (#6 1989)
duet with Amy Grant, "The Next Time I Fall" (#1 1986)
duet with Crystal Bernard, "(I Wanna Take) Forever Tonight" (#86 1995)
backup singer on Billy Joel's "My Life" (#3 1978); Paul Anka's "Hold Me Til the Morning Comes" (#40 1983); and others
songwriter
actor
motorcycle enthusiast
md. 1st to Diane Nini (1983-91)
see Chicago
see Peter Cetera

Ray Charles (Charles Raymond Offenberg)

b. 1918 in Chicago IL
founding member and leader of The Ray Charles Singers, "A Touch of Pink" (1959), "Love Me with All Your Heart" (#3 1964), "Sweet Little Mountain Bird" (1964), "Al-Di-La" (#29 1964), "Till the End of Time" (1964), "This is My Prayer" (#72 1965), "One More Time" (#32 1965), "A Toy for a Boy" (1965), "Walkin' Lonely" (1967), "Little by Little and Bit by Bit" (1967)
arranger
songwriter
NOT the well-known singer - he has been described as "the deaf Ray Charles, not the blind Ray Charles"
served in the Navy (1944-46)

David Clayton-Thomas (David Henry Thomsett)

b. 1941 in Surrey, England (grew up in Toronto, Canada)
rock/blues/jazz singer
instrument: guitar
"Walk That Walk" (1965), "Out of the Sunshine" (1966), "Born with the Blues" (1966), "No, No, No" (1969), "Yesterday's Music" (1972), "Friday the 13th Child" (1978, he wrote)
with Blood Sweat and Tears (1969-72, 1975-78, 1980- ), "You've Made Me So Very Happy" (#2 1969), "More and More/Spinning Wheel" (#2 1969, he wrote), "And When I Die" (#2 1969), "Hi-De-Ho" (#14 1970), "Lucretia MacEvil" (#29 1970), "Go Down Gamblin'" (#32 1971, he wrote), "Lisa, Listen to Me" (#73 1971, he co-wrote)
songwriter
see Blood, Sweat and Tears

Bobbie Cryner (Phyllis Eileen Cryner)

b. 1961 in Woodland, CA
country/pop singer
"This Heart Speaks for itself" (1993), "He Feels Guilty" (#68c 1993), "You Could Steal Me" (#72c 1994), "Girl of Your Dreams" (1996), "You Think He'd Know Me Better" (#56c 1996, she wrote), "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" (1996, she wrote)
songwriter

Ray Elliott

b. 1943
rock musician, instruments: piano, keyboards, sax
with Them (1965-67), "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)
see Them

Dick Haymes

b. 1916 in Buenos Aires, Argentina - 28 Mar 1980 in Los Angeles, CA (lung cancer)
pop singer
"In My Arms" (#7 1943), "You'll Never Know" (#1 1943), "It Can't Be Wrong" (1943), "It Might as Well Be Spring" (#5 1945), "That's for Me" (#6 1945), "Til the End of Time" (#3 1945), "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" (#9 1947), "Mam'selle" (#4 1947), "It's Magic" (#13 1948), "Little White Lies" (#3 1948), "Nature Boy" (#16 1948), "You Can't Be True Dear" (#9 1948), "Every Day I Love You (Just a Little Bit More)" (1950), "Keepsakes" (1950), "Marta" (1950), "If You Were Only Mine" (1950), "I Guess I'll Have to Dream the Rest" (1951), "Once Upon a Time Today" (1952), "As Young as You Feel" (1958)
backed by the Harry James Orchestra, "Lament to Love" (1941), "I've Heard That Song Before" (#1 1943, duet with Helen Forrest), "I'll Get by (As Long As I Have You)" (#1 1944)
duets with Patty Andrews, "Why Won't You?" (1950), "I Oughta Know More About You" (1950), "Can I Come in for a Second?" (1950)
duet with Helen Forrest, "Some Sunday Morning" (1945)
actor
md. 2nd to actress, Joanne Dru (1941-49); md. 3rd to Nora Eddington; md. 4th to actress, Rita Hayworth (1953-55); md. 5th to Fran Jeffries (1956-65); md. 6th to Wendy Smith (1965-80, his death)
see Dick Haymes

Kelvin Holly (Kelvin Lee Holly)

b. 1954 in Fort Dix, NY
country/rock/blues singer
instrument: lead guitar
with The Amazing Rhythm Aces (1997-98), "Waitin' on Sundown" (1997), "Cold, Cold Rain" (1997), "I Feel Forever" (1997), "Out of the Storm" (1997)
with The Decoys
session musician with Little Richard, Gregg Allman, Bobby Bland, and others

Charlie James

b. 1940 in Birmingham, AL
R&B/rock singer
founding member and first tenor of The Cleftones (1955-64, and reunions), "Little Girl of Mine" (#57 1956), "Can't We Be Sweethearts?" (1956), "See You Next Year" (1957), "Heart and Soul" (#18 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "For Sentimental Reasons" (1961)
see The Cleftones on SoulWalking

Jimmy James (Michael James)

b. 1939/40 in Jamaica
soul singer
"Bewildered and Blue" (1959, he wrote), "Come to Me Softly" (#70 1960, he wrote)
founding member of Jimmy James and the Vagabonds (1961- ), "Ain't Love Good, Ain't Love Proud" (1966), "I Gotta Dance to Keep from Crying" (1966), "(I Believe) Love is a Doggone Good Thing" (1967), "Come to Me Softly" (1968), "Help Yourself" (1971), "A Man Like Me" (1972), "Now is the Time" (1976), "I'll Go Where the Music Takes Me" (1976), "I Can't Stop My Feet From Dancin'" (1978)

Jimmy Johnson (James Johnson)

b. 1939 in Brooklyn, NY
R&B/soul singer
"All Dressed Up" (1956), "Cat Daddy" (1956)
founding member and lead singer of The Jayhawks (1955-59), "Stranded in the Jungle" (#18 1956, One-Hit Wonder), "I Wish the World Owed Me a Living" (1959), "Betty Brown" (1959)
founding member of The Vibrations (1959-76), "So Blue" (1960), "The Watusi" (#25 1961), "Let's Pony Again" (1961), "Hamburgers on a Bun" (1962), "Cause You're Mine" (1963), "My Girl, Sloopy" (#26 1964), "Keep on Keeping on" (1965), "Finding Out the Hard Way" (1965), "You Better Beware" (1967), "A Shot of Love" (1968), "Expressway to Your Heart" (1969), "Man Overboard" (1972)
The Vibrations recording as The Marathons, "Peanut Butter" (#20 1961), "Talkin' Trash" (1961)
see The Jayhawks on R&B Notebooks
see The Vibrations on SoulWalking

Randy Jones

b. 1952 in Raleigh, NC
pop/disco singer
"Pretty Woman" (1982), "Rhinestone Cowboy" (2007), "I'm a Believer" (2007), "If I Can't Have You" (2007)
founding member of Village People (1977-81, 1987-90, cowboy character), "Macho Man" (#25 1978), * "Y.M.C.A." (#2 1978), "Hot Cop" (1978), "In the Navy" (#3 1979), "Go West" (1979), "Can't Stop the Music" (1980), "Do You Wanna Spend the Night?" (1981), "5 O'Clock in the Morning" (1981)
contrary to the group's image, only Felipe Rose was actually gay
actor
see Village People
see Randy Jones

Bill Monroe (William Smith Monroe aka 'the Father of Bluegrass')

b. 1911 near Rosine, KY – d. 9 Sep 1996 in Springfield, TN (stroke)
bluegrass singer (tenor)
instruments: mandolin, guitar, banjo
founding member and leader of The Blue Grass Boys, "Orange Blossom Special" (1942), "Honky-Tonk Swing" (1942, he wrote), "Kentucky Waltz" (#3c 1946), "Footprints in the Snow" (#5c 1946), "Blue Moon Over Kentucky" (1947, re-recorded 1954, became KY state song in 1988, he wrote), "My Rose of Old Kentucky" (1948, he wrote), "Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong" (#11c 1948, he co-wrote), "When You Are Lonely" (#12c 1949, he co-wrote), "Heavy Traffic Ahead" (1949, he wrote), "Along about Daybreak" (1949, he wrote), "Uncle Pen" (1950, he wrote about his uncle Pendleton), "Christmas Time's a Comin'" (1951), "In the Pines" (1952), "Mighty Pretty Waltz" (1952), "Letter from My Darlin'" (1952), "Country Waltz" (1953), "Wishing Waltz" (1954), "Cheyenne" (1955), "Brand New Shoes" (1958), "Sally Jo" (1958), "Gotta Travel on" (#15c 1959, he wrote), "You Live in a World All Your Own" (1960), "Lonesome Wind Blues" (1960), "Devil's Dream" (1963), "Shenandoah Breakdown" (1964), "Scotland" (#27c 1965, he wrote), "I Live in the Past" (1965), "My Little Georgia Rose" (1966, he wrote), "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" (1967), "Easy Way Out" (1967), "That's What Tears Me Up" (1968), "I Haven't Seen Mary in Years" (1969), "Walk Softly on My Heart" (1969), "Sweet Mary and the Miles in Between" (1969), "My Florida Sunshine" (1976), "My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darling" (1977)
He named his band The Blue Grass Boys after Kentucky (the Bluegrass state), eventually his style of music came to Be called 'bluegrass'. He formed the band originally in 1939 and there were many members through the years.
founding member of The Monroe Brothers (1934-39), "Drifting Too Far from the Shore" (1936), "Darling Corey" (1936), "Katy Cline" (1937), "He Will Set Your Fields on Fire" (1937)
songwriter, co-wrote Kentucky Headhunters' "Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" (#25c 1989)
he is a descendant of President James Monroe
see The Blue Grass Boys

Joe Don Rooney

b. 1975 in Baxter Springs, KS (grew up in Picher, OK)
country singer
instruments: electric guitar, steel guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin
founding member of Rascal Flatts (2000- ), "Prayin' for Daylight" (#38, #3c 2000), "This Everyday Love" (#9c 2001), "Long Slow Beautiful Dance" (#73c 2001), "While You Loved Me" (#60, #7c 2001), * "I'm Moving on" (#37, #4c 2001), * "These Days" (#23, #1c 2002), "Love You Out Loud" (#30, #2c 2003), "I Melt" (#33, #2c 2003), "Mayberry" (#21, #1c 2004), "Bless the Broken Road" (#29, #1c 2005), "Fast Cars and Freedom" (#38, #1c 2005), "Skin (Sarabeth)" (#42, #2c 2005), "What Hurts the Most" (#6, #1c 2006), "Pieces" (#57c 2006), "Life is a Highway" (#7, #18c 2006), "My Wish" (#28, #1c 2006), "Me and My Gang" (#50, #6c 2006), "Stand" (#46, #1c 2007), "Take Me There" (#1c 2007)
songwriter
md. to Tiffany Fallon (2006- )
see Rascal Flatts

Lewis Steinberg

b. 1933
soul musician, instruments: bass, electric bass
founding member and bass player with Booker T. and the MGs (1962-64), "Green Onions" (#3 1962, he co-wrote), "Behave Yourself" (1962), "Jellybread" (1963), "Chinese Checkers" (1963)
Booker T. and the MGs were backup on Rufus Thomas' "Walkin' the Dog" (#10 1963); most of Otis Redding's recordings; and with Wilson Pickett, and others
session musician
songwriter
see Booker T. and the MGs on Wikipedia

Mel Torme (Melvin Howard Torme aka 'the Velvet Fog')

b. 1925 in Chicago, IL - d. 5 Jun 1999 in Los Angeles, CA (stroke)
jazz/pop singer
instruments: drums, piano
"Careless Love" (#1 1949), "The Four Winds and the Seven Seas" (1949), "California Suite" (1949, he wrote), "The Queen of Hearts is Missing" (1950), "Recipe for Romance" (1951), "I Know Why (and So Do You)" (1955), "Mountain Greenery" (1956), "Swingin' on the Moon" (1960, he wrote), "Moonlight in Vermont" (1960), "Comin' Home Baby" (#36 1962), "Sunday in New York" (1963), "Forty-Second Street" (1963), "The Brooklyn Bridge" (1963), "Didn't We?" (1968), "Here's to My Lady" (1983)
backed by The Page Cavanaugh Trio, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (1947)
founding member of The Mel-Tones (1944-48), "I'm Down to My Last Dream" (1945), "Willow Road" (1946), "You've Driving Me Crazy" (1948)
songwriter, co-wrote Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (1946)
arranger
actor; author
md. 1st to Candy Toxton (1949–55); md. 2nd to Arlene Miles (1956–65); md. 3rd to Janette Scott (1966–77); Ali Severson (1984–99, his death)
see Mel Torme on Wikipedia

King Moe Uzzell (Moses Uzzell)

b. 1939 in La Grange, NC
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member of The Corsairs (1961- ), "Smokey Places" (#12 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "I'll Take You Home" (#68 1962), "Dancing Shadows" (1962), "At the Stroke of Midnight" (1962)
brother of Jay and James Uzzell; cousin of George Wooten

Blake Weldon (Kevin Blake Weldon aka Kevin Weldon)

b. 1966 in Lufkin, TX
country singer
"Here Goes" (2000), "Dancing on the Edge of My Heart" (2000), "I Would Have Loved You Anyway" (2000)
founding member of Texas Fire
founding member of Blake and Brian (1995-99), "Another Perfect Day" (#45c 1997), "There is No End" (1997, he co-wrote), "The Wish" (#62c 1998), "Amnesia" (#68c 1998)
songwriter

September 14

Peter Agnew

b. 1946 in Scotland
rock singer
instrument: bass guitar
founding member of Nazareth (1968- ), "Broken-Down Angel" (1973), "Rose in the Heather" (1975), "My White Bicycle" (1975), "Love Hurts" (#8 1975), "Place in Your Heart" (1977), "Holiday" (#87 1980), "Moonlight Eyes" (1981), "Love Leads to Madness" (1982), "Ruby Tuesday" (1984)
songwriter
see Nazareth

Bowzer Bauman (John Baumann)

b. 1947 in Brooklyn, NY
pop/rock singer (bass)
instrument: keyboards
founding member and leader of Sha Na Na (1968-82), "Remember Then" (1969), "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" (1971), "Top Forty" (1971), "At the Hop" (1971), "Don't Want to Say Goodbye" (1975), "Shot Down in Denver" (1975), "Only One Song" (1978)
Sha Na Na performed at Woodstock
songwriter
actor; movie producer
social activist
see Sha Na Na

John Berry (John Berry, Jr.)

b. 1959 in Aiken, SC (grew up near Atlanta, GA)
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Love is Forever" (#16 1986), "Kiss Me in the Car" (#22c 1993, he co-wrote), "What's in it for Me?" (#5c 1993), "Your Love Amazes Me" (#1c 1994), "You and Only You" (#4c 1995), "I Think about it All the Time" (#4c 1995), "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye" (#2c 1995, he co-wrote), "Change My Mind" (#10c 1996), "She's Taken a Shine" (#2c 1997), "I Will if You Will" (#19c 1997), "Power Windows" (#43c 1999)
songwriter
his legs were badly injured in a motorcycle accident in 1981

Tommy Blake (Thomas Levan Givens)

b. 1931 in Dallas, TX - d. 24 Dec 1985 in Carthage, TX (shot by his wife)
country/rockabilly singer
founding member of The Rhythm Rebels, "Flat-Foot Sam" (1957), "Sweetie Pie" (1958), "I Dig You, Baby" (1958), "Kool it" (1958)
songwriter, co-wrote , Rex Allen, Jr.'s "Lonely Street" (#8c 1978); Johnny Horton's "The Woman I need (Honky-Tonk Mind)" (#9c 1957); Carl Belew's "Am I That Easy to Forget?" (#9c 1959)
served in the Marines

Bill Harrell (William Harrell)

b. 1934 in Marion, VA
bluegrass/folk/gospel singer
instruments: piano, guitar, mandolin
"Tragic Highway" (1959), "Love is a Stranger" (1959), "Eatin' Out of Your Hand" (1959), "Are You Waiting Just for Me?" (1995), "A Flower Blooming in the Wildwood" (1995), "Don't Say Goodbye if You Love Me" (1995)
with The Rocky Mountain Boys
founding member of The Virginians (1960-65, 197?-9?), "Walking in the Early Morning Dew" (1983), "Cold November Rain" (1991), "After the Sunrise" (1994), "Look at Me and Tell Me" (1998), "Tennessee Border" (1998), "This Danged Old Town" (1998)
with The Tennessee Cut-Ups (1966- ), "Sweet Miss Sarah Jane" (1972), "Katy Hill" (1973)
served in the military

Billy Hughes

b. 1908 in Sallisaw, OK - d. 6 May 1995 in Horatio, AR
western swing/country singer
instruments: fiddle, guitar
with Jack Guthrie's Oklahomans (1944-46), "Welcome Home, Stranger" (1944), "Oklahoma Hills" (#1c 1945), "I'm Brandin' My Darlin' with My Heart" (#5c 1945), "Oklahoma's Calling" (1946), "In the Shadows of My Heart" (1946, he wrote), "The Clouds Rained Trouble Down" (1946), "Oakie Boogie" (#3c 1947)
founding member of Billy Hughes and His Buckaroos, "Waitin' for Saturday Night" (1959, he wrote)
session musician
songwriter, wrote Red Foley's "Tennessee Saturday Night" (#1c 1949)

Ed King

b. 1949 in Glendale, CA
country/rock singer
instrument: lead guitar, bass
founding member of Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967-71), "Incense and Peppermints" (#1 1967, he co-wrote), "Strawberries Mean Love" (1967), "Tomorrow" (#23 1968), "Sit With the Guru" (#65 1968), "Barefoot in Baltimore" (#67 1968, he co-wrote), "Sea Shell" (1968)
with Lynyrd Skynyrd (1972-75), "Sweet Home Alabama" (#8 1971, he co-wrote), "Tuesday's Gone" (1973), "Freebird" (#19 1974), "Saturday Night Special" (#27 1975, he co-wrote)
founding member of the new Lynyrd Skynyrd (1987-95, left because of congestive heart failure), "Pure and Simple" (1991), "Can't Take That Away" (1993)
songwriter
see Strawberry Alarm Clock on Wikipedia
see Lynyrd Skynyrd

Alex 'Butch' St. Claire (Alexis Clair Snouffer)

b. 1941 in Los Angeles County, CA - d. 6 Jan 2006 in Lancaster, CA (heart attack)
rock/blues/R&B musician, instruments: slide guitar, trumpet, drums
founding member of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (1964-68, 1972-74), "Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" (1966), "Yellow Brick Road" (1967), "Too Much Time" (1973)
session musician
songwriter
artist

Don Walser (Donald Ray Walser)

b. 1934 in Brownfield, TX - 20 Sep 2006 (complications of diabetes)
country/honky-tonk/western swing singer, yodeler
instrument: guitar
founding member of the Pure Texas Band (1984- ), "The John Deere Tractor Song" (1994), "Rolling Stone from Texas" (1994, he wrote), "Shotgun Boogie" (1994), "Hill Country Waltz" (1995), "Two-Stepping Lady" (1995), "She's Got Everything But Me" (1995), "Tomorrow is a Million Miles Away" (1995), "Shelly's Winter Love" (1995), "You Walk By" (1996), "Weary Blues from Waiting" (1996), "Hot Rod Mercury" (1998), "Rose Marie" (1998), "Here's to Country Music" (1999), "Tennessee Saturday Night" (1999), "Hungry Eyes" (2000), "Rock-a-Billy Rage" (2000)
songwriter
served in the National Guard
see Don Walser

Malcolm Yelvington

b. 1918 in Covington, TN - d. 21 Feb 2001 in Memphis, TN (pneumonia)
rockabilly/western swing/country singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
"Born to Be a Hillbilly Rockin' Man" (1997), "Little Girl of Four" (1997), "There's a Little Life Left in the Old Boy Yet" (1997), "Make Yourself at Home in My Heart" (1997)
founding member of Malcolm Yelvington and the Star Rhythm Boys, "Just Rolling Along" (1955), "Rockin' with My Baby" (1957, he wrote), "It's Me, Baby" (1957), "My First and Last Love" (1957)
with The Tennesseans (19??-52)
with The Esquire Trio, "Yakety-Yak" (1955), "A Gal Named Jo" (1955)
with The Carpenter's Crew

September 15

Roy Acuff (Roy Claxton Acuff aka 'The King of Country Music')

b. 1903 in Maynardville, TN – d. 23 Nov 1992 in Nashville, TN (congestive heart failure)
country singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle, harmonica
"Back in the Country" (#51c 1974)
with Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans, "The Great Speckled Bird" (1937)
founding member of The Smoky Mountain Boys (1938- ), "Old Age Pension Check" (1940), "Precious Jewel" (1941), "Fireball Mail" (1942), "Night Train to Memphis" (1943), "Low and Lonely" (1943), "The Prodigal Son" (#4c 1944), "I'll Forgive You But I Can't Forget" (#3c 1944), "Write Me, Sweetheart" (#6c 1944, he wrote), "I Think I'll Go Home and Cry" (1945, he co-wrote), "The Waltz of the Wind" (#8c 1948), "Tennessee Waltz" (#12c 1948), "Wreck on the Highway" (1949), "Wabash Cannonball" (1949), "Is it Love or is it Lies?" (1953), "The Tennessee Waltz" (1958), "Once More" (#8c 1958), "So Many Times" (#16c 1959), "Come and Knock (on the Door of My Heart)" (#20c 1959), "Six More Days" (1961), "Do You Wonder Why?" (1964), "Freight Train Blues" (#45c 1965, he wrote), "Back in the Country" (#51c 1974), "We Robbed Trains" (1981)
duet with Charlie Louvin, "The Precious Jewel" (#87c 1989, he wrote)
songwriter
music publisher; actor
semi-pro baseball player until side-lined by sunstroke
ran unsuccessfully for governor of TN in 1948
md. to Mildred Louise Douglas (1936- )
quote by Roy Acuff: "My health is good, it's my age that's bad."

Cannonball Adderley (Julian Edwin Adderley)

b. 1928 in Tampa, FL - d. 8 Aug 1975 in Gary, IN (a stroke while on tour)
jazz/soul/blues singer
instruments: alto sax, soprano sax
"Somethin' Else" (1958)
founding member and lead of The Adderley Quintet (19??-56, 1959-75), "Spontaneous Combustion" (1955), "Jeanie" (1957), "Stars Fell on Alabama" (1959), "This Here" (1959), "Kelly Blue" (1961), "Waltz for Debby" (1961), "The Work Song" (1962), "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" (#11 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Walk Tall" (1969), "Country Preacher" (1970)
founding member and lead of The Cannonball Adderley Octet, "Cynthia's in Love" (1955), "Purple Shades" (1955)
founding member and lead of The Cannonball Adderley Sextet, "Two Left Feet" (1958), "Chocolate Shake" (1958), "Jessica's Birthday" (1962), "Little Boy With Sad Eyes" (1964), "Sewing Machine" (1964)
with The Miles Davis Quintet (1957-59)
session musician with Nancy Wilson, and others
served in the Army (1953-55)
brother of Nat Adderley; md. to singer, Olga James (1962- )
see The Cannonball Adderley Rendez-vous

Pat Barrett

b. 1933 in Toronto, Canada
pop singer (tenor)
founding member of The Crew-Cuts (1952-64, 1977- ), "Crazy 'Bout You, Baby" (1954, he co-wrote), "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)
songwriter
see The Crew-Cuts on Wikipedia

Les Braid (William Leslie Braid)

b. 1937 in Liverpool, England - d. 31 Jul 2005 in Liverpool, England (cancer)
rock/jazz singer
instruments: double bass, guitar, keyboards, organ
founding member of The Swinging Blue Jeans (1958-2005), "Dizzy Chimes" (1961), * "Hippy Hippy Shake" (#24 1964, One-Hit Wonder), "Rumors, Gossip, Words Untrue" (1966), "Don't Go Out in the Rain" (1967), "What Have They Done to Hazel?" (1968), "Rainbow Morning" (1973)
songwriter
see The Swinging Blue Jeans

Jimmy Gilmer

b. 1940 in Chicago, IL (grew up in Amarillo, TX)
pop singer
instruments: rhythm guitar, piano
"Because I Need You" (1959), "I'm Gonna Go Walkin'" (1963)
lead singer of The Fireballs (1960-69), "Sweet Talk" (1960), "Quite a Party" (#27 1961), "Gunshot" (1961), "Callin' the Sheriff" (1961), "My Heart is Free" (1963), "Sugar Shack" (#1 1963), "Daisy Petal Pickin'" (#15 1964), "Daytona Drag" (1964), "Thunder 'n' Lightin'" (1964), "Cinnamon Cindy" (1965), "Somebody Stole My Watermelon" (1965), "Wild Roses" (1966), "Ain't That Rain?" (1966), "Shy Girl" (1967), "Bottle of Wine" (#9 1968), "Three Minutes' Time" (1968), "Light in the Window" (1969), "Watch Her Walk" (1969)
with The Crickets
see The Fireballs

Sonia Goring

b. 1940
pop/doo-wop singer
founding member of The Chantels (1957-70, and reunions), "He's Gone" (#71 1957), "Maybe" (#15 1958), "Every Night (I Pray)" (#39 1958), "I Love You So" (#42 1958), "Look in My Eyes" (#14 1961), "Well, I Told You" (#29 1961, reply to Ray Charles' "Hit the Road, Jack"), "There's Our Song Again" (1961), "Eternally" (#77 1963), "Some Tears Fall Dry" (1963), "There's No Forgetting You" (1965)
special education teacher
md. Mr. Wilson

Tommy Gough (Talmadge Gough)

b. 1940
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member and first tenor 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)

Gene Pearson (Eugene Pearson)

b. 1935 - d. 6 Apr 2000 (lung cancer)
doo-wop/R&B singer (baritone)
founding member and lead of The Rivileers (1953- ), "Eternal Love" (1954, he wrote), "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (1955), "Who is That Girl?" (1957)
with The Cleftones (1959-64 and reunions, replaced William McClain), "Heart and Soul" (#18 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "For Sentimental Reasons" (1961)
with The Drifters (1962-66), "When My Little Girl is Smiling" (#28 1962), "On Broadway" (#9 1963), "Up on the Roof" (#5 1963), "I'll Take You Home" (#25 1963), "Under the Boardwalk" (#4 1964), "Saturday Night at the Movies" (#18 1964), "At the Club" (#43 1965), "Answer the Phone" (1965), "I'll Take You Where the Music's Playing" (1965), "Memories Are Made of This" (#48 1966)
songwriter
see The Cleftones on SoulWalking

Larry Sparks

b. (maybe 25 Sep) 1947 in Lebanon, OH
bluegrass singer
instruments: guitar, mandolin, dobro
"Each Night I Dream of You" (1982), "Brown-Eyed Darling" (1983), "Blue Mountain Memories" (1996), "Shenandoah Moon" (2003), "This Old Road" (2003), "Let's Turn Back the Clock" (2003)
with The Clinch Mountain Boys (1966-69), "The End of the Road" (1966), "The Hills of Roan County" (1967), "Hemlock and Primrose" (1967), "Highway Ambush" (1969), "I'll Just Go Away" (1969)
The Clinch Mountain Boys were also known as The Stanley Brothers
founding member of The Lonesome Ramblers (1970- ), "Memories of the Past" (1974)
songwriter
see Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers

Signe Toly (Signe Ann Toly aka Signe Toly Anderson)

b. 1941 in Seattle, WA (grew up in Portland, OR)
rock/folk/jazz singer
founding member of Jefferson Airplane (1965-66), "It's No Secret" (1966), "Bringing Me Down" (1966)
md. to Jerry Anderson (1965-74); md. to Michael Alois Ettlin (1997- )
see Jefferson Airplane

Vik Venus (Jack Spector)

b. 1928 in NY - d. 8 Mar 1994 (heart attack while on the air as a DJ)
pop/novelty singer
"Moonflight" (#38 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Everybody's on Strike" (1969), "Moon Welcome" (1969)
DJ

Billy Ward (Robert L. Williams)

b. 1921 in Savannah, GA (grew up in Philadelphia, PA) – d. 16 Feb 2002 in Inglewood, CA
R&B/rock singer
instrument: piano
founding member of The Dominoes (1950- ), "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), "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (1954), "The Handwriting on the Wall" (1954), "Give Me You" (1955), "Bobby Sox Baby" (1956), "Treasure of Love" (#16 1956), "St. Therese of the Roses" (#27 1956), "Without Love (There is Nothing)" (#19 1957), "Deep Purple" (#20 1957), "Star Dust" (#13 1957)
songwriter
arranger
served in the military
see The Dominoes

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David Bellamy (David Milton Bellamy)

b. 1950 in Darby, FL
country/rock/pop singer
instruments: guitar, banjo, accordion, mandolin, fiddle, keyboards
"Nothin' Heavy" (#77 1975), "Satin Sheets" (1975)
founding member of The Bellamy Brothers (1968- ), "Let Your Love Flow" (#1, #21c 1976), "Satin Sheets" (#73 1976), "Hell Cat" (#70 1976), "Lovin' on" (#16c 1978), "Bird Dog (#86c 1978), "If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold it Against Me?)" (#39, #1c 1979, he wrote), "You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" (#5c 1979, he wrote), "Sugar Daddy" (#1c 1980, he wrote), "Dancin' Cowboys" (#1c 1980, he wrote), "Lovers Live Longer" (#3c 1980, he wrote), "You're My Favorite Star" (#7c 1981, he wrote), "Do You Love As Good As You Look?" (#1c 1981), "For All the Wrong Reasons" (#1c 1982, he wrote), "Redneck Girl" (#1c 1982, he wrote), "Long Distance Love Affair" (1982), "Strong Weakness" (#15c 1983, he wrote), "When I'm Away from You" (#1c 1983), "I Need More of You" (#1c 1985, he wrote), "Old Hippie" (#2c 1985, he wrote), "Kids of the Baby Boom" (#1c 1987, he wrote), "Crazy from the Heart" (#3c 1987, he co-wrote), "Rebels Without a Clue" (#9c 1988, he wrote), "You'll Never Be Sorry" (#10c 1989, he co-wrote), "I Could Be Persuaded" (#7c 1990, he co-wrote), "She Don't Know She's Perfect" (#46c 1991, he co-wrote), "Cowboy Beat" (#23c 1992, he co-wrote)
The Bellamy Brothers with The Forester Sisters, "Too Much is Not Enough" (#1c 1986)
songwriter, co-wrote Jim Stafford's "Spiders and Snakes" (#3, #66c 1973)
md. to Janet (1993- )
see The Bellamy Brothers

Richard Blandon

b. 1934 in Montgomery, AL - d. 30 Dec 1991 in NY
doo-wop singer
founding member and lead singer of The Dubs (1956-58, 1959-91), "Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely" (#72 1957, he wrote), "Could This Be Magic?" (#23 1957, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Somebody Goofed" (1957), "Beside My Love" (1958), "Chapel of Dreams" (#74 1959), "Down, Down, Down I Go" (1961), "This, to Me, is Love" (1962), "You're Free to Go" (1962), "Your Very First Love" (1963), "Connie" (1973), "We Three" (1973), "You're Welcome" (1975), "Peace of Mind" (1987)
with The Vocaleers (1958-59), "Have You Ever Loved Someone?" (1959)
songwriter
served in the Air Force
cousin of singer, Bill Carlisle
see The Dubs on R&B Notebooks

Roger Bush

b. 1940 in Hollywood, CA (grew up in El Monte, CA)
country/rock/bluegrass singer
instruments: string bass, acoustic guitar, banjo
founding member of Country Gazette (1971, 1972-75), "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)
with The Kentucky Colonels (1961-66)
with the Flying Burrito Brothers (1971-72), "Tried So Hard" (1971), "Just Can't Be" (1971), "Colorado" (1971), "Dixie Breakdown" (1972), "Losing Game" (1972)
session musician on Dave Ferguson's "Brazos River Waltz" (1976), "Sheryl's Polka" (1976); and with Roland White, Alan Munde, and others
songwriter
see Country Gazette on CMT.com

Joe Butler

b. 1943 in Long Island, NY
pop/rock/folk singer
instrument: drums
"War Games" (1969), "Where Are You Going?" (1970)
founding member and drummer with The Lovin' Spoonful (1965-69, 1991- ), * "Do You Believe in Magic?" (#9 1965), * "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (#10 1965), "Daydream" (#2 1966), * "Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?" (#2 1966), "Summer in the City" (#1 1966), "Rain on the Roof" (#10 1966), "Six O'Clock" (#18 1967), "Darling, Be Home Soon" (#15 1967), "She's Still a Mystery to Me" (#27 1967), "Nashville Cats" (#8 1967), "Never Goin' Back" (#14 1968)
served in the Air Force
father of actress, Yancy Butler
see The Lovin' Spoonful

Charlie Byrd (Charlie Lee Byrd)

b. 1925 in Suffolk, VA (grew up in Chuckatuck, VA) - d. 2 Dec 1999 in Annapolis, MD (cancer)
jazz/pop/swing musician, instrument: acoustic guitar
"Blues for Night People" (1957), "A Long Way From St. Louis" (1959), "Prelude to a Kiss" (1959), "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (1961), "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart" (1961), "Mood Indigo" (1965), "Crystal Silence" (1973), "Song for Autumn" (1973), "Isn't it a Lovely Day?" (1979), "The Gentle Rain" (1980)
founding member of The Charlie Byrd Trio, "To Ginny" (1960), "Nice Work if You Can Get it" (1960), "Taking a Chance on Love" (1960), "Some Other Spring" (1963), "I Could Write a Book" (1984), "I Didn't Know What Time it Was" (1984)
duet with Stan Getz, "Desafinado" (#15 1962)
founding member of The Great Guitars
session musician
served in the Army (1943- )

Bernie Calvert (Bernard Bamford Calvert)

b. 1942 in Lancashire, England
rock musician, instruments: bass guitar, piano, organ, harpsichord
with The Hollies (1966-78), "Look Through Any Window" (#32 1966), "Bus Stop" (#5 1966), "Stop Stop Stop" (#7 1966), "Carrie Anne" (#9 1967), "Pay You Back with Interest" (#28 1967), "On a Carousel" (#11 1967), "Pegasus" (1967), "Jennifer Eccles" (#40 1968), "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (1969), "Reflections of a Long Time Past" (1969, he wrote), "Long Dark Road" (1971), "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (#2 1972), "The Air That I Breathe" (#6 1974)
with The Dolphins
songwriter
see The Hollies

Kenney Jones (Kenneth Thomas Jones)

b. 1948 in East London, England
pop/rock musician, instrument: drums
with Small Faces (1965-69), "I Can't Dance With You" (1966), "Itchycoo Park" (#16 1967, One-Hit Wonder), "Tin Soldier" (#73 1967), "I'm Only Dreaming" (1967), "Lazy Sunday" (1968)
with The Faces (1969-75), "Love Lives Here" (1971), "Stay with Me" (#17 1972), Cindy Incidentally" (#48 1973)
with The Who (1978-83, and reunions, replaced Keith Moon), "Who Are You?" (#14 1978), "You Better You Bet" (#18 1981), "Athena" (#28 1982)
sessionist with The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pete Townshend, and others
polo player; humanitarian
see The Faces
see The Small Faces

Betty Kelley

b. 1944 in Attalla, AL (grew up in Detroit MI)
doo-wop/soul/blues/rock/pop singer
with Martha and the Vandellas (1964-67, replaced Annette Beard), * "Dancin' in the Street" (#2 1964), "Wild One" (#34 1964), "Old Love (Let's Try it Again)" (1964), "Dancing Slow" (1964), "Motoring" (1965), "Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)" (1965), "Nowhere to Run" (#8 1965), "I'm Ready for Love" (#9 1966), "Third Finger, Left Hand" (1967), "Jimmy Mack" (#10 1967), "Honey Chile" (#11 1967)
with The Velvelettes (1961-64, and reunions), "That's the Reason Why" (1963), "Needle in a Haystack" (1964)
see The Vandellas

B.B. King (Riley B. King aka 'King of the Blues')

b. 1925 in Itta Bena, MS
blues/soul singer
instruments: guitar, electric guitar
"Walkin' and Cryin'" (1950), "Three O'Clock Blues" (1951), "Please Hurry Home" (1953), "Ten Long Years" (1955), "Be Careful of a Fool" (#95 1957), "Days of Old" (1958), "Sweet Sixteen" (1960), "Bad Luck Soul" (1961), "Your Letter" (1962), "By Myself" (1962), "The Road I Travel" (1963), "How Blue Can You Get?" (#97 1964), "Rock Me, Baby" (#34 1964), "Beautician Blues" (1964), "You're Still a Parallelogram" (1965), "Early Every Morning" (1966), "Don't Answer the Door" (#72 1966), "Bad Breaks" (1967), "Growing Old" (1967), "Paying the Cost to Be the Boss" (#39 1968), "The Woman I Love" (1968), "The Thrill is Gone" (#15 1970), "I've Been Blue Too Long" (1972), "I Got Some Help I Don't Need" (#92 1972), "I Like to Live the Love" (#28 1974), "Let Me Make You Cry a Little Longer" (1978), "Into the Night" (1985)
duet with Eric Clapton, "Riding with the King" (2000)
duet with U2, "When Love Comes to Town" (#68 1988)
songwriter
he calls his guitar 'Lucille'
He had a radio show called "The Beale Street Blues Boy"; his nickname 'B.B.' stands for 'Blues Boy'

Phil Lee (Philip Pearson)

b. 1951 in Durham, NC
country/rock/pop singer
instrument: drums, harmonica
"Nobody But You" (1999), "She Ran Out of Give (Before I Ran Out of Take)" (1999), "I'm the Why She's Gone" (1999), "Blueprint for Disaster" (1999), "Nobody's Gotta Know" (2001, he co-wrote), "You Should Have Known Me Then" (2001, he wrote), "Any Harder Than it is" (2001, he co-wrote)
songwriter

Sonny LeMaire

b. 1946/47 in Fort Lee, VA
country/rock singer
instruments: bass, keyboards
with Exile (1978- ), "Kiss You All Over" (#1 1978), "You Thrill Me" (#40 1979), "The High Cost of Leaving" (#27c 1983), "Woke up in Love" (#1c 1984), "I Don't Want to Be a Memory" (#1c 1984, he co-wrote), "Give Me One More Chance" (#1c 1984, he co-wrote), "Crazy for Your Love" (#1c 1985, he co-wrote), "She's a Miracle" (#1c 1985, he co-wrote), "Hang on to Your Heart" (#1c 1985, he co-wrote), "I Could Get Used to You" (#1c 1986, he co-wrote), "It'll Be Me" (#1c 1986, he co-wrote), "She's Too Good to Be True" (#1c 1987, he co-wrote), "I Can't Get Close Enough" (#1c 1987, he co-wrote), "Just One Kiss" (#9c 1988, he co-wrote), "Keep it in the Middle of the Road" (#17c 1990, he co-wrote), "Nobody's Talking" (#2c 1990, he co-wrote), "Yet" (#7c 1990, he co-wrote), "Even Now" (#16c 1991)
founding member of Burnin' Daylight (1996- ), "Love Worth Fighting For" (#49c 1996, he co-wrote), "Say Yes" (#37c 1997), "Live to Love Again" (#58c 1997), "Some Hearts Get all the Breaks" (1997), "The Only Way I Know" (1997)
songwriter, co-wrote Clay Walker's "Fall" (#56, #5c 2007)
see Burnin' Daylight on Wikipedia

Little Willie Littlefield

b. 1931 in El Campo, TX
blues/jazz singer
instruments: piano, guitar
"It's Midnight (No Place to Go)" (1949), "Farewell" (1949), "I've Been Lost" (1951), "K.C. Loving" (aka "Kansas City") (1952), "Pleading at Midnight" (1953), "My Best Wishes and Regards" (1953), "Falling Tears" (1954), "Ruby Ruby" (1957), "Little Willie's Boogie" (1980)
songwriter

Richard Marx (Richard Noel Marx)

b. 1963 in Winnetka, IL
pop singer
instruments: piano, keyboards, guitar
"Don't Mean Nothing" (#3 1987), "Should've Known Better" (#3 1987), "Hold on to the Nights" (#1 1988), "Endless Summer Nights" (#2 1988), "Satisfied" (#1 1989), "Right Here Waiting" (#1 1989), "Angelia" (#4 1989), "Too Late to Say Goodbye" (#12 1989), "Wait for the Sunrise" (1989), "Take This Heart" (#20 1991), "Hazard" (#9 1991), "Now and Forever" (#7 1994), * "Nothing Left Behind Us" (1994), "Until I Find You Again" (#42 1997), "Can't Lie to My Heart" (1997), "Almost Everything" (2000)
backup singer with Lionel Ritchie, Donna Lewis, Madonna, and others
songwriter, co-wrote Kellie Coffey's "Dance With My Father" (#41c 2004); Emerson Drive's "Last One Standing" (#89, #21c 2004)
music producer
md. to Cynthia Rhodes (1989- )
see Richard Marx

Terry McBride

b. 1958 in Austin, TX or Taylor, TX
country singer
instrument: guitar, bass
founding member of McBride and the Ride (1989-95, 2000-02), "Can I Count on You?" (#15c 1991, he co-wrote), "Same Old Star" (#28c 1991, he co-wrote), "Sacred Ground" (#2c 1992), "Going Out of My Mind" (#5c 1992, he co-wrote), "Just One Night" (#5c 1992, he wrote), "Love on the Loose, Heart on the Run" (#3c 1993), "No More Cryin'" (#26c 1993, he co-wrote), "Hurry Sundown" (#17c 1993), "Somebody Will" (#57c 1995), "Anything That Touches You" (#50c 2002, he co-wrote)
session musician with Delbert McClinton
songwriter, co-wrote Brooks and Dunn's "He's Got You" (#2c 1997), "If You See Him, If You See Her" (#1c 1998), "I Can't Get Over You" (#51, #5c 1999), "That's What She Gets" (#51, #6c 2003), "Play Something Country" (#37, #1c 2005)
son of singer, Dale McBride
see McBride and the Ride on Wikipedia

Terri Sue Newman

b. 1954 in Levelland, TX
country singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Gypsy Eyes" (#43c 1979), "Once a Day"

Bobby 'Rockin'' Randall

b. 1952 in Midland, MI
country singer
instrument: lead guitar
founding member of Sawyer Brown (1981-91), "Leona" (#16c 1984), "Step That Step" (#1c 1985), "Used to Be Blue" (#3c 1985), "Betty's Bein' Bad" (#5c 1986), "Heart, Don't Fall Now" (#14c 1986), "Still Life in Blue" (1987), "Old Photographs" (#27c 1987), "This Missin' You Heart of Mine" (#2c 1988), "My Baby's Gone" (#11c 1988), "Blue Denim Soul" (1988), "Old Pair of Shoes" (#50c 1989), "The Race is on" (#5c 1989), "The Walk" (#2c 1991), "Burning Bridges on a Rocky Road" (1991)
Sawyer Brown and Joe Bonsall, "Out Goin' Cattin'" (#11c 1986)
songwriter
see Sawyer Brown

Joe Reisman

b. 1924 in Dallas, TX - 25 Sep 1987 in Los Angeles, CA (heart attack)
pop musician, instruments: tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet
founding member of Joe Reisman and His Orchestra, "Bubble Boogie" (1955), "I'll Take You Dancing" (1956), "Make Believe Dreams" (1956), "Pamela Throws a Party" (1957), "El Dorado" (1957), "Navajo Nocturne" (1957), "Lady Chatterly's Lover" (1959), "So Goes Our Love Song" (1959), "The Guns of Navarone" (1961)
with The Casa Loma Orchestra
with The Jack Teagarden Orchestra
songwriter
arranger; music producer

Michael Rhodes

b. 1953 in West Monroe, LA
country musician, instrument: bass
with The Notorious Cherry Bombs (2002- ), "Making Memories of Us" (2004), "Forever Someday" (2004), Let it Roll, Let it Ride" (2004), "If I Ever Break Your Heart" (2004)
with The Fortunate Sons
with The Vinyl Kings
session musician with Neal McCoy, The Dixie Chicks, "Randy Travis, Faith Hill, Chely Wright, George Jones, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Rodney Crowell, and others
see The Notorious Cherry Bombs

Mark Schultz

b. 1970 in Kansas City, KS (grew up in Colby, KS)
Christian/pop singer
instruments: piano, acoustic guitar
"I Am the Way" (2000), "He's My Son" (2000, he wrote), "Back in His Arms Again" (2001, he wrote), "Faith, Hope and Love" (2001), "Letters From War" (2003, he wrote), "Running Just to Catch Myself" (2003), "Broken and Beautiful" (2006), "Walking Her Home" (2006)
duet with Jim Brickman, "Till I See You Again" (2004)
songwriter
humanitarian
see Mark Schultz

Joe Venuti (Giuseppi Venuti)

b. 1903 on a ship coming to America from Italy - d. 14 Aug 1978 in Seattle, WA
jazz/swing musician, instruments: violin, bass
founding member of Joe Venuti's Blue Four/Five/Six, "Cheese and Crackers" (1927), "Little Buttercup" (1931), "My Dancing Lady" (1933)
founding member of Joe Venuti's Rhythm Boys, "There's No Other Girl" (1931)
duets with Dave McKenna, "Runnin' Ragged" (1977), "Satin and Velvet" (1977)
duet with Zoot Sims, "I'll See You in My Dreams" (1974)
with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra (1929-33), "A Bundle of Old Love Letters" (1929), "My Angeline" (1929), "A Rose and a Kiss" (1931), "Sylvia" (1931), "A Boy and a Girl Were Dancing" (1932)
session musician with Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, The Dorsey Brothers, and others
served in the Army during WWII

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Sil Austin (Sylvester Austin)

b. 1929 in Dunnellon, FL - d. 1 Sep 2001 (prostate cancer)
jazz/pop musician, instrument: tenor sax
"Stagecoach" (1954), "Volleyball" (1954), "Shuffle Board" (1954), "Danny Boy" (#59, 1959), "Slow Walk" (#17 1956, One-Hit Wonder), "It's the Talk of the Town" (1959)
with Tiny Bradshawin's band (1952-54), "Mailman's Sack" (1952), "Blues Come Pouring Down" (1953)
session musician
songwriter

Bill Black (William Patton Black, Jr.)

b. 1926 in Memphis, TN – d. 21 Oct 1965 (complications of brain tumor surgery)
rock/rockabilly/blues musician, instruments: bass, guitar
founding member and lead of The Bill Black Combo (1959-65), "White Silver Sands" (#9 1960), "Don't Be Cruel" (#11 1960), "Blue Tango" (1960), "Hearts of Stone" (#20 1961), "Twist-Her" (#26 1962), "Hot Taco" (1962), "Soft Winds" (1964)
with Elvis Presley's band (1954-58), "Heartbreak Hotel" (#1, #1c 1956), "Don't Be Cruel" (#1, #1c 1956), "Hound Dog" (#1 1956), "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" (#1c 1956), "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" (#1, #1c 1956), "Love Me Tender" (#1, #1c 1956), "Too Much" (#1, #3c 1957), "All Shook Up" (#1, #1c 1957), "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" (#1, #1c 1957), "Jailhouse Rock" (#1, #1c 1957), "Don't" (#1, #2c 1958), "Hard-Headed Woman" (#1 1958), and others
with The Starlite Wranglers, "My Kind of Carryin' on" (1954), "Now She Cares No More for Me" (1954)
session bass player on Johnny Horton's "Honky-Tonk Man" (#96, #9c 1956, #11c 1962), and others
songwriter

Jimmy Boyer (James Wayne Boyer)

b. 1941 in St. Genevieve, MO - d. 21 Jun 2002 in Dearborn, MI (complications of cancer)
rockabilly/country singer
instrument: drums
with The Red Kohn Band
founding member of Jimmy Boyer and the Newports (1962- ), "Little Miss Heartbreak" (1962)
founding member of 6 O'Clock News, "Working on the Road" (1969), "Train Ride Down Jasper Way" (1969)
with Marshall, Newell and Boyer
with The Billy Swan Band
session musician with Bob Luman, Steve Warner, and others

Phil Cracolici

b. 1937 in Brooklyn, NY
doo-wop singer
founding member and lead singer of The Mystics (1958-59, 1981, and reunions), "Hushabye" (#20 1959, One-Hit Wonder), "Adam and Eve" (1959), "Don't Take the Stars" (#98 1959)

Shelby Flint

b. 1939 in North Hollywood, CA
pop/folk/jazz singer
instruments: acoustic guitar, piano
"Ugly Duckling" (1960), "Angel on My Shoulder" (#22 1961, One-Hit Wonder), "I Love a Wanderer" (1962), "Little Dancing Doll" (1963), "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (#61 1966)
songwriter
voice-over actress

Billy Hinds (William Frank Hinds)

b. 1946 in Covington, KY
country/rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Pure Prairie League (1971-87), "Boulder Skies" (1972), "Falling in and Out of Love" (1972), "Amie" (#27 1974, recorded 1972), "Two-Lane Highway" (#97 1975), "Kentucky Moonshine" (1975), "Kansas City Southern" (1975), "Tornado Warning" (1976), "Dance" (1976), "That'll Be the Day" (#96c 1976), "Just Fly" (1978), "I Can't Believe" (1979), "I'm Almost Ready" (#34 1980), "Let Me Love You Tonight" (#10 1980), "Still Right Here in My Heart" (#28 1981), "You're Mine Tonight" (#68 1981)
Pure Prairie League's name came from a women's temperance group in the 1939 movie Dodge City
see Pure Prairie League

Jimmy Hodder

b. 1947 - d. 15 Jun 1990 (drowned in a swimming pool)
rock/jazz/country musician, instruments: drums, percussions
founding member of Steely Dan (1972-74), "My Old School" (#63 1973), "Do it Again" (#6 1973), "Reelin' in the Years" (#11 1973), "Rikki, Don't Lose That Number" (#4 1974), "Pretzel Logic" (#57 1974)
see Steely Dan

Lamonte McLemore

b. 1939/40 in St. Louis, MO
R&B singer
founding member of The Fifth Dimension (1965-2006), "I'll Be Lovin' You Forever" (1966), "Paper Cup" (1967), "Go Where You Wanna Go" (#16 1967), "Up, up and Away" (#7 1967), "Stoned Soul Picnic" (#3 1968), "Sweet Blindness" (#13 1968), "California Soul" (#25 1969), "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine in" (#1 1969), "Wedding Bell Blues" (#1 1969), "Blowing Away" (#21 1970), "A Love Like Ours" (1970), "One Less Bell to Answer" (#2 1970), "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" (#19 1971), "Never, My Love" (#12 1971), "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (#8 1972), "If I Could Reach You" (#10 1972), "Everything's Been Changed" (1973), "Lean on Me Always" (1974), "Speaking with My Heart" (1975), "You Are the Reason (I Feel Like Dancing)" (1978)
with The Intervals (1958-62), "Side Street" (1958), "Wish I Could Change My Mind" (1962)
songwriter
semi-pro baseball player; photographer
served in the Navy

Little Milton (James Milton Campbell, Jr.

b. 1934 in Inverness, MS (grew up in Greenville, MS) - d. 4 Aug 2005 (stroke)
blues/soul singer
instrument: guitar
"Let My Baby Be" (1957), "Let it Be Known" (1960), "So Mean to Me" (1962), "We're Gonna Make it" (#25 1965, One-Hit Wonder), "Who's Cheatin' Who?" (#43 1965), "We Got the Winning Hand" (1965), "Can't Hold Back the Tears" (1965), "A Whole Lot of Fun (Before This Weekend is Done)" (1967), "Feels So Bad" (#91 1967), "Grits Ain't Groceries" (#73 1969), "Just a Little Bit" (#97 1969), "Baby, I Love You" (#82 1970), "That's What Love Will Make You Do" (#59 1972), "Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number" (1983)
songwriter
music producer
see Little Milton

Floyd Robinson

b. 1938 in Nashville, TN
pop/rockabilly singer
instrument: guitar
"Makin' Love" (#20 1959), "Sonja" (1959), "Tattletale" (1960), "Out of Gas" (1960), "Mother Nature" (1961), "Is There Something I Ought to Know?" (1961), "Motorcycle Man" (1966), "Sidewalk Surfboard" (1966)
songwriter, wrote Jesse Lee Turner's "The Little Space Girl" (#20 1959)
sound engineer; author
cousin of Jesse Lee Turner

Steve Sanders

b. 1952 in Richland, GA – d. 10 Jun 1998 in FL (shot himself)
country/bluegrass singer (baritone)
instrument: guitar
with the Oak Ridge Boys (rhythm guitarist 1981-87, replaced William Lee Golden As baritone 1987-95), "Elvira" (#5, #1c 1981, CMA single of the year 1981), "Fancy Free" (#1c 1981), "I Wish You Could Have Turned My Head (and Left My Heart Alone)" (#2c 1982), "Bobbie Sue" (#12, #1c 1982), "Thank God for Kids" (#3c 1982), "American Made" (#72, #1c 1983), "You're the One" (1983), "Love Song" (#1c 1983), "I Guess it Never Hurts to Hurt Sometime" (#1c 1983), "Every Day" (#1c 1984), "Make My Life with You" (#1c 1984), "Little Things" (#1c 1985), "Touch a Hand (Make a Friend)" (#1c 1985), "You Made a Rock Out of a Rolling Stone" (#24c 1986), "It Takes a Little Rain (to Make Love Grow) (#1C 1987), "This Crazy Love" (#1c 1987), "Whatever it Takes" (#1c 1987), "Bridges and Walls" (#10c 1988), "Gonna Take a Lot of River" (#1c 1988), "No Matter How High" (#1c 1989), * "Baby on Board" (1991), "Lucky Moon" (1991), "Love This Cat" (1991)
with Pyramid, "Truth of a Lie" (1975, he wrote), "Wayside Dream" (1975, he wrote)
actor
md. 1st to Mary Milbourne; md. 2nd to Janet Riggins
see The Oak Ridge Boys

Son (Raymond DeWayne Smith)

b. 1946 in Bertram, TX
country/novelty singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Geezinslaw Brothers, "Chubby (Please Take You Love to Town)" (#48c 1967), "Boney and Claude" (1968), "The Bicycle Wreck" (1969), "Help, I'm White and I Can't Get Down" (#56c 1992), "I Wish I Had a Job to Shove" (1993)
comedian
see The Geezinslaws

Desi Wasdin (Deserea Wasdin)

b. 1983
country singer
founding member of 3 of Hearts, "6, 8, 12" (2001), "Arizona Rain" (#59c 2001), "Love is Enough" (#43c 2001), "Sugar and Daisies" (2001), "The Hard Way" (2001), "The Christmas Shoes" (#39c 2002)

Hank Williams (Hiram King Williams)

b. 1923 in a log cabin in Mount Olive, AL – d. 1 Jan 1953 in WV (heart attack while sleeping in the backseat of his blue Cadillac on the way to a show)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (1949, re-release #43c 1966, he wrote)
backed by his band The Drifting Cowboys (1941-51), "Move it on Over" (#4c 1947, he wrote), "Honky-Tonkin'" (#14c 1948, he wrote), "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" (#6c 1949, he wrote), "Lovesick Blues" (#1c 1949, he co-wrote), "Mind Your Own Business" (#5c 1949, he wrote), "You're Gonna Change (or I'm Gonna Leave)" (#4c 1949, he wrote), "Lost Highway" (#12c 1949), "Wedding Bells" (#2c 1949), "Never Again" (#6c 1949, he wrote), "My Bucket's Got a Hole in it" (#2c 1949), * "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (#1c 1950, he wrote), "I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'" (#5c 1950, he wrote), "Why Don't Ya Love Me?" (#1c 1950, re-release #61c 1976, he wrote), "Moanin' the Blues" (#1c 1950, he wrote), "Cold, Cold Heart" (#1c 1951, he wrote), "Hey, Good Lookin'" (#1c 1951, he wrote), "I Can't Help it (If I'm Still in Love with You)" (#2c 1951, he wrote), "Howlin' at the Moon" (#3c 1951, he wrote), "Dear John" (#8c 1951), "Crazy Heart" (#4c 1951), "Jambalaya (on the Bayou)" (#1c 1952, he co-wrote), "Honky-Tonk Blues" (#2c 1952, he wrote), "You Win Again" (#10 1952, he wrote), "Baby, We're Really in Love" (#4c 1952, he wrote), "Half As Much" (#10c 1952), "Settin' the Woods on Fire" (#2c 1952), "I'll Never Get Out of the World Alive" (#1c 1952, he co-wrote), * "Your Cheatin' Heart" (#1c 1953, he wrote), "I Won't Be Home No More" (#4c 1953, he wrote), "Weary Blues From Waitin'" (#7c 1953, he wrote), "Take These Chains from My Heart" (#1c 1953), "Kaw-Liga" (#1c 1953, he co-wrote), "Please Don't Let Me Love You" (#9c 1955)
duet with Hank Williams, Jr. (by overdubbing), "There's a Tear in My Beer" (#7c 1952, he wrote)
recorded gospel songs under the name 'Luke the Drifter'
songwriter, wrote Charley Pride's "Honky-Tonk Blues" (#1c 1980), "You Win Again" (#1c 1980 also #2c 1958 by Jerry Lee Lewis); "Eddy Arnold's "Why Should I Cry?" (#3c 1950); Hank Williams Jr.'s "Honky-Tonkin' (#1c 1982), "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" (#5c 1964); Linda Ronstadt's "I Can't Help it" (#2c 1975); Ray Charles' "Your Cheatin' Heart" (#7c 1962)
actor
born with spina bifida occulta; injured his back in 1951 while hunting, back surgery didn't help the pain and this resulted in his addition to pain killers; he was also drinking heavily by then
md. to Audrey Mae Sheppard (1944-52, with several separations), she is the mother of Hank Williams, Jr.; md. to Billie Jean Jones Eshliman (1952, the marriage was ruled invalid after Hank's death because her divorce wasn't final at the time, however a federal judge ruled it valid in 1975); his daughter, Jett, was born to Bobbie Jett shortly after he died
see The Drifting Cowboys

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Frankie Avalon (Frances Thomas Avallone)

b. 1940 in Philadelphia, PA
pop singer
instrument: trumpet
"Teacher's Pet" (1957), "DeDe Dinah" (#7 1958), "Gingerbread" (#9 1958), "Venus" (#1 1959), "Bobby Sox to Stockings" (#8 1959), "Why?" (#1 1959), "A Boy Without a Girl" (#10 1959), "Just Ask Your Heart" (#7 1959), "Swingin' on a Rainbow" (#39 1960), "Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops" (#22 1960), "Togetherness" (#26 1960), "Summer of '61" (1961), "You Are Mine" (#26 1962), "If You Don't Think I'm Leaving" (1962), "First Love Never Dies" (1963), "My Ex-Best Friend" (1963), "Woman Cryin'" (1969)
actor
md. to Kathryn Diebel (1963- )

Steve Fishell

b. 1953 in Oak Harbor, WA
country/bluegrass musician, instruments: dobro, guitar, pedal steel guitar, steel guitar
"Feel a Whole Lot Better" (2002)
session musician on Emmylou Harris' "Born to Run" (#3c 1982); Trio's "Telling Me Lies" (#3c 1987), "To Know Him is to Love Him" (#1c 1987), "Those Memories of You" (#5c 1987), "Wildflowers" (#6c 1988); Reba McEntire's "You Lie" (#1c 1990), "Fancy" (#8c 1991), "For My Broken Heart" (#1c 1991); and with Steve Goodman, Rodney Crowell, Linda Ronstadt, John Prine, and others
music producer

Carl Jackson

b. 1953 in Louisville, MS
bluegrass/country singer
instruments: banjo, guitar
"She's Gone, Gone, Gone" (#44c 1984), "All That's Left of Me" (#70c 1985, he wrote), "Dixie Train" (#45c 1985, he co-wrote)
with Glen Campbell's band (1972-83), "Manhattan, Kansas" (#6c 1972), "Rhinestone Cowboy" (#1, #1c 1975), "Country Boy (You've Got Your Feet in LA)" (#11, #3c 1975), "Sunflower" (#39, #4c 1977), "Southern Nights" (#1, #1c 1977)
backup singer for Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, and others
songwriter, wrote Glen Campbell's "(Love Always) Letter to Home" (#15c 1984); co-wrote Pam Tillis' "Put Yourself in My Place" (#11c 1991)
see Carl Jackson

Allen Johnson

b. 1940 in Pittsburgh, PA - d. 28 Sep 1995 (cancer)
doo-wop/rock/pop singer (baritone)
with The Marcels (1961-62), "Blue Moon" (#1 1961), "Summertime" (#78 1961), "Merry Twist-mas" (1961), "Goodbye to Love" (1961), "Heartaches" (#7 1961), "Teeter-totter Love" (1961), "My Melancholy Baby" (#58 1962), "Flowerpot" (1962), "Friendly Loans" (1962)
The Marcels name came from Cornelius Harp's hairstyle
songwriter
served in the Army

Alan 'Bam' King

b. 1946 in London, England
rock/novelty singer
instruments: guitar, electric guitar
founding member of The Action (1964- )
founding member of Ace (1972-77), "How Long?" (#3 1975), "No Future in Your Eyes" (1975), "Rock and Roll Runaway" (1975), "You're All That I Need" (1977), "Found Out the Hard Way" (1977)
sessionist
comedian

Teddi King (Theodora King)

b. 1929 in Boston, MA - d. 18 Nov 1977 in New York, NY (complications of lupus)
jazz/pop singer
"In the Year You've Been Gone" (1953), "Mr. Wonderful" (#18 1956, One-Hit Wonder), "Married I Can Always Get" (1956), "I Can Honestly Say it's a Lie" (1956), "If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight" (1957), "A Ride on a Rainbow" (1957), "River of Regret" (1959), "A Kiss for Tomorrow" (1959), "Slightly Less Than Wonderful" (1977)
with The George Shearing Quintet

Gary 'Walker' Lane

b. 1941
rock singer
instrument: bass
with The Standells (1965-68, and reunions), "Don't Say Goodbye" (1965), "The Boy Next Door" (1965), "Dirty Water" (#11 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White" (#43 1966), "Why Pick on Me?" (#54 1966), "Try it" (1967, banned from many radio stations for its 'suggestive lyrics')
"Dirty Water" is played after every home victory of the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins
see the

Kerry Livgren

b. 1949 in Topeka, KS
rock/Christian singer
instruments: keyboards, lead guitar, bass
"Just One Way" (1980), "Ground Zero" (1980)
founding member of Kansas (1970-83, 1990-91, 2000), "Carry on Wayward Son" (#11 1977, he wrote), "Point of No Return" (#28 1977), "Dust in the Wind" (#6 1978, he wrote), "People of the Southwind" (#23 1979), "Play the Game Tonight" (#17 1982), "I Can Fly" (1995), "Look at the Time" (2000, he wrote)
founding member of AD (1983-88)
songwriter
see Kansas
see Kerry Livgren

Priscilla Mitchell

b. 1941 in Marietta, GA
country/rockabilly singer
"Out of My Dreams" (1958), "He's Not for Real" (#53c 1967), "Your Old Handy Man" (#73c 1968)
duets with Roy Drusky, "Yes, Mr. Peters" (#1 1965), "Slippin' Around" (#45c 1965)
sessionist
md. to Jerry Reed (1959- )

Jimmie Rodgers (James Frederick Rodgers)

b. 1933 in Camas, WA
pop/folk/rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Peach-Pickin' Time Down in Georgia" (1955), * "Honeycomb" (#1, #7c 1957), * "Woman from Liberia" (1957, he co-wrote), "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (#3, #6c 1957), "Secretly" (#3, #5c 1958), "Are You Really Mine?" (#10, #13c 1958), * "Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" (#7, #5c 1958), * "I'm Never Gonna Tell" (#36 1959), * "Bimbombey" (#11 1959), "Ring-a-Ling-a-Lario" (#32 1959), "T.L.C. (Tender Love and Care)" (#24 1960), "Rainbow at Midnight" (1962), "Two-Ten, Six-Eighteen (Doesn't Anybody Know My Name?)" (1963), * "Everybody Needs Love" (1963), "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" (1963), "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (1964), "English Country Garden" (1965), "Careless Love" (1965), "It's Over" (#37 1966), "A Fallen Star" (1966), "Morning Means Tomorrow" (1966), * "Turn Around" (1967), "Child of Clay" (#31 1967)
songwriter
served in the Air Force

P.F. Sloan (Philip Gary Schlein aka 'Flip')

b. 1944/45 in New York City, NY (grew up in West Hollywood, CA)
folk/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"If You Believe in Me" (1960), "What Exactly's the Matter with Me?" (1965, he wrote), "I'd Have to Be Out of My Mind" (1965, he wrote), "That is What I Was Made For" (1965, he wrote), "Sunflower, Sunflower" (1967), "And the Boundaries in Between" (1969, he wrote), "Stargazin'" (1969), "If You Knew" (2006, he co-wrote), "Love is 4Giving" (2006, he co-wrote), "All That Time Allows" (2006, he wrote)
founding member of the first group known as The Grass Roots (1965-66), * "Where Were You When I Needed You?" (#28 1966, he co-wrote), "Only When You're Lonely" (1966, he wrote), "Here's Where You Belong" (1966, he wrote)
with Willie and the Wheels, "Skateboard Craze" (1965, he wrote)
with The Fantastic Baggys, Debbie, Be True" (1964, he wrote), "Alone on the Beach" (1965, he co-wrote)
songwriter, co-wrote Johnny Rivers' "Secret Agent Man" (#3 1966); Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" (#1 1965); Herman's Hermits' "A Must to Avoid" (#8 1966); Jan and Dean's "I Found a Girl" (#30 1965); Round Robin's "Kick That Little Foot, Sally Ann" (#61 1964); Bruce and Terry's "Summer Means Fun" (#72 1964); Grass Roots' "Things I Should Have Said" (#23 1967); The Turtles' "You, Baby" (#20 1966)
music producer
see The Grass Roots
see P.F. Sloan

Frank Tardogono (or Tardogna)

b. 1941 in Staten Island, NY
do-wop/pop singer
founding member of The Elegants (1957- ), "Little Star" (#1 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "Getting Dizzy" (1958), "Please Believe Me" (1958), "Pay Day" (1959), "Little Boy Blue (is Blue No More)" (1960, reply to "Little Star"), "Get Well Soon" (1960), "Barbara, Beware" (1965), "Bring Back Wendy" (1965)
see the Elegants

September 19

Mike Arnone (Michael J. Arnone)

b. 1943 in Jersey City, NJ - d. 27 Oct 2005 in Wall, NJ
doo-wop/pop singer
founding member of The Duprees (1962- ), "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), "It isn't Fair" (1964), "Wishing Ring" (1964), "Let Them Talk" (1966, he wrote), "Check Yourself" (#97 1970)
songwriter

Jeff Bates

b. 1963 in Bunker Hill, MS
country singer
"The Love Song" (#59, #8c 2003, he co-wrote), "Rainbow Man" (#44c 2003, he co-wrote), "I Wanna Make You Cry" (#23c 2004, he co-wrote), "Long, Slow Kisses" (#17c 2005, he co-wrote), "Good People" (#42c 2005), "One Second Chance" (#59c 2006), "A Country Girl Can" (2008), "Don't Hate Me for Loving You" (2008), "He Wasn't Like Us" (2008)
songwriter
before starting his career he served time in jail for stealing to support a meth addiction
humanitarian
see Jeff Bates

Brook Benton (Benjamin Franklin Peay)

b. 1931 in Camden, SC - d. 9 Apr 1988 in New York City, NY (complications of spinal meningitis)
soul/rock/pop singer
"Some of My Best Friends" (1956), "Crinoline Skirt" (1958), "Endlessly" (#12 1959), "It's Just a Matter of Time" (#3 1959), "So Many Ways" (#6 1959), "Thank You, Pretty Baby" (#16 1960), "Fools Rush in" (#24 1960), "Kiddio" (#7 1960), "The Same One" (#16 1960), "The Boll Weevil Song" (#2 1961), "For My Baby" (#28 1961), "Think Twice" (#11 1961), "Frankie and Johnny" (#20 1961), "Lie to Me" (#13 1962, he co-wrote), "Revenge" (#15 1962), "Shadrack" (#19 1962), "Hotel Happiness" (#3 1963), "My True Confession" (#22 1963), "You're All I Want for Christmas" (1963), "Lumberjack" (1964), "Going, Going, Gone" (#35 1964), "A Sailor Boy's Love Song" (1966), "The Roach Song" (1966), "Our First Christmas Together" (1966), "All My Love Belongs to You" (1967), "Nothing Can Take the Place of You" (1969), "Rainy Night in Georgia" (#4 1970), "Shoes" (#67 1971), "Movin' Day" (1972)
duets with Dinah Washington, "Baby, You've Got What it Takes" (#5 1960), "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (#7 1960), "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" (1975)
songwriter
actor

David Bromberg

b. 1945 in Philadelphia, PA (grew up in Tarrytown, NY)
folk/blues/bluegrass/country/rock instruments: electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro
"The Holdup" (1971, he co-wrote), "Last Song for Shelby Jean" (1971), "Someone Else's Blues" (1974, he wrote), "Midnight on the Water" (1975), "I Want to Go Home" (1977), "Northeast Texas Women" (1978), "Lower Left-Hand Corner of the Night" (1978), "Key to the Highway" (1980), "As the Years Go Passing By" (1980), "Long Afternoons" (1986), "Top of the Slide" (1989), "Lonesome Roving Wolves" (2007), "I Belong to the Band" (2007)
sessionist with Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Sha-Na-Na, Jerry Jeff Walker, Chubby Checker, and others
songwriter
music producer; arranger
see David Bromberg

Charlene Burch

b. 1962 in Jacksonville, FL
country singer
founding member of The Burch Sisters, "Every Time You Go Outside I Hope it Rains" (#23c 1988), "Open Arms" (1988), "I Don't Want to Mention Any Names" (#45c 1989), "Old Flame, New Fire" (#46c 1989)
sister of Cindy and Cathy Burch

John Coghlan (John Robert Coghlan)

b. 1946 in London, England
rock musician, instrument: drums
founding member of Status Quo (1967-81), "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)
founding member of Diesel (1977- )
with The Rockers, "We Are the Boys (Who Make All the Noise)" (#79 1983)
founding member of Partners in Crime (1984-85)
see Status Quo
see John Coghlan

Gene Dinwiddie (aka Brother Gene Dinwiddie)

b. 1936 in Louisville, KY
blues/rock/jazz singer
instruments: tenor sax, flute, mandolin, tambourine
with Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1967-70, and reunions), "Droppin' Out" (1967), "Run Out of Time" (1967), "In My Own Dream" (1968), "Walking by Myself" (1969), "Losing Hand" (1969), "Love March" (1969, he co-wrote)
the Paul Butterfield Blues Band performed at Woodstock
session musician with Etta James, B.B. King, Melissa Manchester, Gregg Allman, and others
songwriter
arranger
see The Paul Butterfield Blues Band on Wikipedia

Mama Cass Elliot (Ellen Naomi Cohen)

b. 1941/43 in Baltimore, MD – d. 29 Jul 1974 in London, England (heart attack)
folk/pop/rock singer
* "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (#12 1968, backed by The Mamas and the Papas), "Move a Little Closer, Baby" (#58 1969), "It's Getting Better" (#30 1969), * "Make Your Own Kind of Music" (#36 1969), "New World Coming" (#42 1970)
founding member of The Mamas and the Papas (1964-68), * "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)
founding member of The Mugwumps (1964)
founding member of The Big Three (1963-64), "Winken, Blinken and Nod" (1967, recorded 1963)
played bells on Scott McKenzie's "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)" (#4 1967)
actress
md. 1st to Jim Hendricks (1963-68, annulled, they only married so he could avoid the draft); md. 2nd to Donald von Wiedenman (1971)
see Dream a Little Dream
see The Mamas and the Papas
see Cass Elliot

Shirley Ellis (Shirley Marie Elliston)

b. 1941 in the Bronx, NY
soul singer
"A Beautiful Love" (1961), "The Nitty Gritty" (#8 1963, she co-wrote), "(That's) What the Nitty Gritty is" (#72 1964), "Shy One" (#130 1964), "Whisper to the Wind" (1964), "The Name Game" (#3 1965, she co-wrote), "The Clapping Song (Clap Pat Clap Slap)" (#8 1965, she co-wrote), "The Puzzle Song (A Puzzle in a Song) (#78 1965), "Truly, Truly" (1966), "Birds, Bees, Cupids and Bows" (1966), "Waitin'" (1967)
recorded as Shirlee May, "Lonely Birthday" (1962), "Little Sally Walker" (1962)
with The Metronomes, "I Love My Girl" (1957), "How Much I Love You" (1957), "My Dearest Darling" (1962), "Back-Door Blues" (1962)
songwriter
md. to Alphonso Elliston; md. to songwriter, Lincoln Chase (he was her producer and manager)
see Shirley Ellis on Spectropop

Jack Herrick

b. 1947 in Teaneck, NJ
country/folk singer
instruments: guitar, string bass, trumpet, french horn
with The Red Clay Ramblers (1976- ), "Rabbit in the Pea Patch" (1977), "Telephone Girl" (1977), "Fourth of July (at a Country Fair)" (1979), "Baby Grand" (1979), "The Face in the Mirror" (1981), "When the Goldenrod is Blooming Once Again" (1981), "The Willow Garden" (1986), "Way Long Gone" (1986), "Red Rocking Chair" (1986), "I Love You a Thousand Ways" (1986), "Old-Fashioned Girl" (1986), "Katie's Ride" (1989), "Far North" (1989), "Annie Oakley" (1992), "Barbecue" (1992), "Long Day's Journey into Night" (2001), "Half a Life Without a Dog" (2001), "Pictures of You" (2001), "Fiddlesticks" (2001), "Should've Seen it Coming" (2001)
songwriter
see the Red Clay Ramblers

Mike Hurst (Michael John Longhurst-Pickworth)

b. 1934/41 in London, England
folk/country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
with The Springfields (1962-63), "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (#20, #16c 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "Island of Dreams" (1962), "Say I Won't Be There" (1963), "Little Boat" (1963)
founding member of The Methods
music producer
see The Springfields on Wikipedia
see Mike Hurst

Kathy Kallick

b. 19?? in Chicago, IL
bluegrass/country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member of The Kathy Kallick Band (1996- ), "Walkin' in My Shoes" (1998), "Trumpet Vine" (2004), "The Words You Don't Say" (2004), "Warmer Kind of Blue" (2004)
founding member of The Good Ol' Persons (all female bluegrass band) (1975-79)
songwriter

Nick Massi (Nicholas Macioci)

b. 1935 in Newark NJ – d. 24 Dec 2000 in West Orange, NJ (cancer)
pop/rock singer (bass)
with The Four Seasons (1961-65), "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" (#23 1962), "Sherry" (#1 1962), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (#1 1962), "Walk Like a Man" (#1 1963), "Candy Girl" (#3 1963), "Marlena" (#36 1963), "Ronnie" (#6 1964), "Rag Doll" (#1 1964), "Lucky Ladybug" (1964), "Dawn (Go Away)" (#3 1964), "Save it for Me" (#10 1964), "Stay" (#16 1964), "Let's Hang on" (#3 1965), "Bye Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" (#12 1965)
The Four Seasons recording as The Wonder Who?, "Don't Think Twice" (#12 1965), "Sassy" (1965)
with The Four Lovers, "You're the Apple of My Eye" (#62 1956), "The Girl in My Dreams" (1956), "Shake a Hand" (1957)
arranger
see The Four Seasons

Bill Medley

b. 1940 in Santa Ana, CA or Los Angeles, CA
pop/soul singer (baritone)
"Brown-Eyed Woman" (#43 1968), "Peace Brother, Peace" (#48 1968), "Right Here and Now" (#58 1982), "Til Your Memory's Gone" (#28c 1984), "I Still Do" (#17c 1984), "I've Always Got the Heart to Sing the Blues" (#26c 1984)
founding member of The Righteous Brothers (1962-75, and reunions), * "Little Latin Lupe Lu" (#49 1963, he wrote), "If You're Lying, You'll Be Crying" (1963), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" (#1 1965), "Just Once in My Life" (#9 1965), * "Unchained Melody" (#4 1965, #13 1990), "Ebb Tide" (#5 1965), * "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" (#1 1966), "Rock 'n' Roll Heaven" (#3 1974), "Dream on" (#32 1974)
duet with Jennifer Warnes, "(I've Had) the Time of My Life" (#1 1987)
see the Righteous Brothers

Clyde Moody (Clyde Leonard Moody aka 'The Hillbilly Waltz King')

b. 1915 in Cherokee, NC (grew up in Marion, NC) - d. 7 Apr 1989 in Nashville, TN
bluegrass/country singer
instruments: guitar, mandolin
"Carolina Waltz" (#15c 1948), "Red Roses Tied in Blue" (#8c 1948), "I Waltz Alone" (1949), "I Dreamed You Dreamed about Me" (1949), "I Love You Because" (#8c 1950), "Angels Must Have Cried Last Night" (1950), "West Virginia Waltz" (1951), "You Are the Rainbow in My Dreams" (1952), "The Kind of Love I Can't Forget" (1954), "Waltzing in the Arms of a Friend" (1963), "Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)" (1964), "What it Means to Be Lonely" (1964)
with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys (1940-44), "Orange Blossom Special" (1942), "Honky-Tonk Swing" (1942)
songwriter
see The Blue Grass Boys

Freda Payne (Freda Charcilia Payne

b. 1945 in Detroit, MI
R&B/rock singer
"Slightly Out of Tune" (1962), "Sad Sad September" (1966), "The Easiest Way to Fall" (1969), "Band of Gold" (#3 1970), "Suddenly it's Yesterday" (1971), "Bring the Boys Home" (#12 1971), "The Road We Didn't Take" (1972), "Through the Memory of My Mind" (1972), "For No Reason" (1973), "Shadows on the Wall" (1975), "I Can't Live on a Memory" (1976), "In Motion" (1982)
backup singer with Scherrie Payne, and others
older sister of Scherrie Payne
see Freda Payne

Sylvia Tyson (Sylvia Fricker)

b. 1940 in Ontario, Canada
folk/country singer
instruments: guitar, accordion
"Woman's World" (1975), "River Road" (1986), "Too Short a Ride" (1987)
founding member of Ian and Sylvia, "Gifts Are for Giving" (1966), "This Wheel's on Fire" (1968), "House of Cards" (1968)
founding member of Great Speckled Bird (1969-70), "Trucker's Café" (1970), "Disappearing Woman" (1970)
with Quartette, "Denim Blue Eyes" (1996), "Cowboys and Rodeos" (1996), "The Best is Yet to Come" (1998), "This She Knows" (1998), "Rain on the Highway" (2001), "I Don't Want to Cry" (2001), "In the Bleak Midwinter" (2002), "Down at the Fair" (2007), "Twenty Shades of Blue" (2007), "That's What You Always Say to My Heart" (2007)
songwriter
md. to Ian Tyson (1964-74); mother of guitarist, Clay Tyson
see Quartette

Paul Williams

b. 1940 in Omaha, NE – d. 14 Sep 2002
pop singer
"Waking up Alone" (1971), "Making Believe" (#93c 1981), "That's What Friends Are For" (1998), "Ordinary Fool" (1998), "Someone to Believe" (1999)
songwriter, wrote The Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun" (#2 1970), "Rainy Days and Mondays" (#2 1971); Three Dog Night's "An Old-Fashioned Love Song" (#4 1972), "Out in the Country" (#15 1970); co-wrote The Carpenters' "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (#11 1972); Diamond Rio's "You're Gone" (#4c 1998); Barbara Streisand's "Evergreen" (#1 1977)
actor
md. to author, Mariana Williams; brother of songwriter, Mentor Williams

Trisha Yearwood (Patricia Lynn Yearwood)

b. 1964 in Monticello, GA
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"She's in Love with the Boy" (#1c 1991), "That's What I Like about You" (#8c 1992), * "The Song Remembers When" (#82, #2c 1993), "XXX's and OOO's (American Girl)" (#1c 1994), "Two Days from Knowing" (1995), "Thinkin' about You" (#1c 1995), "You Can Sleep while I Drive" (#23c 1995), "I Wanna Go too Far" (#9c 1995), "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (#1c 1996), "Everybody Knows" (#3c 1996), "The Flame" (1996, Olympics closing song), "How Do I Live?" (#23, #2c 1997), "Perfect Love" (#1c 1998), "There Goes My Baby" (#93, #2c 1998), "I'll Still Love You More" (#50, #10c 1999), * "I Would've Loved You Anyway" (#44, #4c 2001), * "Second Chance" (2001), * "Harmless Heart" (2001), "Georgia Rain" (#78, #15c 2005), "This is Me You're Talking to" (#25c 2008)
duets with Don Henley, "Walkaway Joe" (#2c 1992), * "Inside Out" (#31c 2002)
duet with Aaron Neville, "I Fall to Pieces" (#72c 1994)
duet with Josh Turner, "Another Try" (#17c 2008)
duet with Lee Roy Parnell, "When a Woman Loves a Man" (#12c 1995)
duets with Garth Brooks, "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart" (#4c 1991), "In Another's Eyes" (#2c 1997), "Where Your Road Leads" (#18c 1998), "Squeeze Me in" (#16c 2002), "Love Will Always Win" (#23c 2006)
songwriter
actress
md. to Christopher Latham (1986-91); md. to bass player, Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks (1994-99, married on stage at the Ryman Auditorium); md. to Garth Brooks (2005- )
see Trisha Yearwood

September 20

Wendell Adkins

b. 1946 in Louisville, KY (grew up in Fremont, OH)
country singer
"I Will" (#80c 1977), "Julieanne (Where Are You Tonight)?" (#98c 1977), "Texas Moon" (1977), "Flying Too High" (1977), "Don't Like Leaving You" (1977)

Bruce Brown (Bruce Ray Brown)

b. 19?? in West Frankfort, IL
country/rock singer
instrument: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonica
with the Charlie Daniels Band (1989- ), "Cowboy Hat in Dallas" (#36c 1989), "Simple Man" (#12c 1989)
see The Charlie Daniels Band

John Collins (John Elbert Collins)

b. 1913 in Montgomery, AL (grew up in Chicago, IL) - d. 4 Oct 2001 in Los Angeles, CA (cancer)
jazz/swing musician, instrument: guitar
with Roy Eldridge's band (1936-40)
with Nat King Cole's band (1951-65, replaced Oscar Moore), "Unforgettable" (#12 1951), "Too Young" (#1 1951), "Somewhere Along the Way" (#8 1952), "Pretend" (#2 1953), "Answer Me, My Love" (#6 1954), "A Blossom Fell" (#2 1955), "Looking Back" (#5 1958), "Ramblin' Rose" (#2 1962), "Dear Lonely Hearts" (#13 1962), "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer" (#6 1963), "That Sunday, That Summer" (#12 1963), and others
session musician with Billie Holiday, Patti Page, Bobby Troup, and others
served in the Army during WWII

Gogi Grant (Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg aka Audrey Brown aka Audrey Grant)

b. 1924 in Philadelphia, PA
pop singer
"Suddenly There's a Valley" (#9 1955), * "The Wayward Wind" (#1 1956), "No More Than Forever" (1956), "You're in Love" (1956), "Strange Are the Ways of Love" (1958), "The Ride Back From Boot Hill" (1959), "If and When" (1959), "I Never Meant to Fall in Love" (1960), "That One Kiss" (1961), "Pathfinder" (1966), "How Much Will I Love You?" (1967)

Gary LeMaster

b. 1942/43 in Ashland, KY
country singer
instrument: lead guitar
with The Hollywood Argyles
with Sons of the Pioneers (1986-2005)
with The High Riders (2006- )
served in the Army in Vietnam (1964-66)
son-in-law of Sunny Spencer
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

Gunnar Nelson (Gunnar Eric Nelson)

b. 20 Sep 1967 in Santa Monica, CA
rock/pop musician, instruments: drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, piano
founding member of Nelson, "(I Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" (#1 1990, he co-wrote), "More Than Ever" (1990, he co-wrote), "After the Rain" (#6 1991, he co-wrote), "(You Got Me) All Shook Up" (1995, he co-wrote), "I Would if You Want Me to" (1999), "The Hunger" (1999)
founding member of Scrap Metal
songwriter
son of Ricky Nelson; identical twin of Matthew Nelson
see The Nelson Brothers

Matthew Nelson (Matthew Gray Nelson)

b. 20 Sep 1967 in Santa Monica, CA
rock/pop musician, instruments: 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar
founding member of Nelson, "(I Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" (#1 1990, he co-wrote), "More Than Ever" (1990, he co-wrote), "After the Rain" (#6 1991, he co-wrote), "(You Got Me) All Shook Up" (1995, he co-wrote), "I Would if You Want Me to" (1999), "The Hunger" (1999)
songwriter
son of Ricky Nelson; identical twin of Gunnar Nelson
md. to Yvette Stevens
see The Nelson Brothers

Bobby Nunn (Ulysses B. Nunn)

b. 1925 in Birmingham, AL (grew up in Detroit, MI) - d. 5 Nov 1986 in Los Angeles, CA (heart failure)
R&B/novelty/rock singer (bass)
"Why Did You Leave Me, Baby?" (1950), "Christmas Bells" (1951)
recorded as Billy Nunn, "Bring Your Love Back to Me" (1950), "I Got a Country Gal" (1950), "Clappin' and Shoutin'" (1951)
duets with Little Esther, "Saturday Night Daddy" (1952), "You Took My Love Too Fast" (1952)
duet with Bobby Byrd and Ty Terrell, "Delicious Are Your Kisses" (1952)
with The Four Bluebirds
founding member and lead singer with The Robins (1949-55), "Framed" (1954), "If Teardrops Were Kisses" (1955), "Smokey Joe's Café" (1955)
founding member of The Coasters (1955-57), "Searchin'" (#3 1957), "Three Cool Cats" (1958)
founding member of The Dukes (1959- ), "Looking for You" (1959), "Leap Year Cha Cha" (1959)
founding member of The Coasters Mark II
boxer
served in the Air Force
see The Coasters
see The Robins on R&B Notebooks

Chuck Panozzo (Charles Salvatore Panozzo)

b. 1947 in Chicago, IL
rock musician, instrument: bass
founding member of Styx (1961-2001), "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)
he has AIDS and is works to promote AIDS awareness
fraternal twin of John Panozzo
see Styx
see Chuck Panozzo

John Panozzo (aka 'Babe')

b. 1947 in Chicago, IL - d. 16 Jul 1996 (gastrointestinal hemorrhage)
rock musician, instruments: drums, percussions
founding member of Styx (1961-96), "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)
he had cirrhosis of the liver caused by years of heavy drinking
served in the Navy
fraternal twin of Chuck Panozzo
see Styx

Charles Sawtelle

b. 1946 in Austin, TX - d. 20 Mar 1999 (complications of leukemia)
bluegrass/country singer
instruments: guitar, bass
founding member of Hot Rize (1976-92), "No Brakes" (1981), "Footsteps So Near" (1986), "You Don't Have to Move the Mountain" (1987), "A Voice on the Wind" (1992), "Rocky Road Blues" (1992)
Hot Rize also performed as Red Knuckles and the Trail Blazers, "Always Late" (1982), "Waldo's Discount Donuts" (1982), "Shady Grove" (1982)
music producer
see Hot Rize

Richard Stephens

b. 1940
pop/rock musician, instrument: lead guitar
founding member of The String-a-Longs, "Wheels" (#3 1961, he co-wrote), "Brass Buttons" (#35 1961), "Nearly Sunrise" (1961), "Should I?" (#42 1961), "Spinnin' My Wheels" (1962), "Bulldog" (1964), "Places I Remember" (1969)
songwriter
realtor

September 21

Ted Daffan (Theron Eugene Daffan)

b. 1912 in Beauregard Parish, LA (grew up in Houston, TX) - d. 6 Oct 1996 in Houston, TX (cancer)
western swing/honky-tonk singer
instrument: steel guitar
"I've Got Five Dollars and it's Saturday Night" (1949, he wrote)
founding member and lead of Ted Daffan and His Texans (1939- ), "Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore" (1941), "Strip-Tease Swing" (1941), "Car-Hop's Blues" (1941), "Grey-Eyed Darling" (1941), "Weary, Worried and Blue" (1941), "Luana Lou" (1941), "Bluest Blues" (1943), "Born to Lose" (#3c 1944, he wrote), "No Letter Today" (#2c 1944, he wrote), "Look Who's Talkin'" (#4c 1944, he wrote), "Headin' Down the Wrong Highway" (#2c 1945, he wrote), "You're Breaking My Heart" (#6c 1945, he co-wrote), "Shadow on My Heart" (#5c 1945, he wrote), "Time Won't Heal My Broken Heart" (1945), "Shut That Gate" (#5 1946, he wrote)
with The Alley Cats
songwriter, wrote Hank Snow's "A Tangled Mind" (#4c 1957); Ray Charles' "Born to Lose" (#1 1962); Faron Young's "I've Got Five Dollars and it's Saturday Night" (#4c 1956)

Ethel Davis

b. 1944
R&B singer
with The Jaynetts (1963-64), * "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" (#2 1963), "Keep an Eye on Her" (1963), "There's No Love at All" (1964)
the same group also recorded as The Hearts, "Dear Abby" (1963)
recorded as Vernell Hill, "Long-Haired Daddy" (1964), "Sometimes Love" (1964)

Janet Ertel

b. 1913 in Sheboygen, WI – d. 4/11 Nov 1988 (cancer)
pop/rock singer (bass)
founding member of The Chordettes (1946-61), "Mister Sandman" (#1 1954), "Born to Be with You" (#5 1956), "Eddie, My Love" (#14 1956), "(Fifi's) Walking the Poodle" (1957), "Just between You and Me" (#8 1957), "Photographs" (1957), "Love is a Two-Way Street" (1958), "Lollipop" (#2 1958), "No Other Arms, No Other Lips" (#27 1959), "Never on Sunday" (#13 1961), "A Faraway Star" (1961)
md. to Archie Bleyer (1954- ); her daughter, Jackie, married Phil Everly
see The_Chordettes on Wikipedia

Don Felder (Donald William Felder)

b. 1947 in Gainesville, FL
country/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Haywire" (1983, he wrote), "Night Owl" (1983, he co-wrote), "Winners" (1983, he wrote)
with The Eagles (1974-82, 1994-2001), "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, he co-wrote), "Heartache Tonight" (#1 1979), "The Long Run" (#8 1980), "I Can't Tell You Why" (#8 1980), "Seven Bridges Road" (#21, #55c 1981), "The Heart of the Matter" (#21 1990), "Get Over it" (#31 1994), "The Girl From Yesterday" (#58c 1994)
session musician on Don Henley's "Taking You Home" (#58 2000); Glenda Griffith's "Don't Worry ('Bout Me)" (#96c 1978)
songwriter
see The Eagles

Faith Hill (adopted at 2 days old and named Audrey Faith Perry)

b. 1967 in Jackson, MS (grew up in Star, MS)
country singer
* "Just Around the Eyes" (1993), "Wild One" (#1c 1994), "But I Will" (1994), "Piece of My Heart" (#1c 1994), * "Take Me As I Am" (#2c 1994), "It Matters to Me" (#74, #1c 1995), "A Bed of Roses" (1995), "I Can't Do That Anymore" (#8c 1995), * "Room in My Heart" (1995), "Someone Else's Dream" (#3c 1996), * "This Kiss" (#7, #1c 1998), * "Me" (1998), "Let Me Let Go" (#33, #1c 1998), * "Breathe" (#2, #1c 1999), * "If I Should Fall Behind" (1999), * "If I'm Not in Love with You" (#74c 1999), * "It Will Be Me" (#67c 1999), * "That's How Love Moves" (1999), * "The Way You Love Me" (#6, #1c 2000), "There Will Come a Day" (#6c 2001), * "If My Heart Had Wings" (#39, #3c 2001), * "There You'll Be" (#10, #11c 2001), "Cry" (#33, #12c 2002), "Mississippi Girl" (#29, #1c 2005), "The Lucky One" (#69, #5c 2006), "Lost" (#61, #32c 2007), "Red Umbrella" (#28c 2007)
duet with Tim McGraw, "It's Your Love" (#7, #1c 1997), "Just to Hear You Say You Love Me" (#3c 1998), * "Let's Make Love" (#54, #6c 2000), * "Like We Never Loved at All" (#45, #5c 2005), "I Need You" (#50, #8c 2007)
duet with Larry Stewart, * "I've Got This Friend" (1993)
actress
md. to Daniel Hill (1987-91); md. to singer, Tim McGraw (1996- )
see Faith Hill

David Hood

b. 1943 in Sheffield, AL
rock musician, instruments: bass, guitar, trombone, clarinet
with Traffic (1973-76), "Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory" (1973), "Evening Blue" (1973), "Walking in the Wind" (1974)
with The Decoys (1996- ), "Bits and Pieces" (2002), "Shot from the Saddle" (2002)
session musician on James and Bobby Purify's "I'm Your Puppet" (#6 1966); The Rockets' "Oh Well" (#30 1979), "Can't Sleep" (#51 1979); Percy Sledge's "Warm and Tender Love" (#17 1966), "Take Time to Know Her" (#11 1968); Canyon's "In the Middle of the Night" (#54c 1988); Sawyer Brown's "The Dirt Road" (#3c 1992); T. Graham Brown's "The Last Resort" (#4c 1988), "Brilliant Conversationalist" (#9c 1987), "Hell and High Water" (#1c 1986); Oak Ridge Boys's "I Guess it Never Hurts to Hurt Sometime" (#1c 1983), "Thank God for Kids" (#3c 1982); Delbert McClinton's "Giving it up for Your Love" (#8 1980); Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's "Sharing the Night Together" (#6, #50c 1978), "Better Love Next Time" (#12 1980), "Sexy Eyes" (#5 1980); Bob Seger's "We've Got Tonight" (#13 1978), "That Old-Time Rock 'n' Roll" (#28 1978), "Fire Lake" (#6 1980), "Against the Wind" (#5 1980); Simon and Garfunkel's "My Little Town" (#9 1975); Paul Simon's "Kodachrome" (#2 1973), "Loves Me Like a Rock" (#2 1973), "Still Crazy after All These Years" (#40 1976); Bobby Womack's "Lookin' for a Love" (#10 1974); Luther Ingram's "(If Loving You is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (#3 1972); Wilson Pickett's "Don't Knock My Love" (#13 1971); R. B. Greaves' "Take a Letter, Maria" (#2 1969); Etta James's "Tell Mama" (#23 1967)
founding member of The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Sections, the group backed Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Linda Ronstadt, Sam and Dave, Joan Baez, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Rod Stewart, and others
music producer

Larry Hosford (aka Lorenzo)

b. 1943 (maybe Sep 9) in Salinas, CA
country/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"The Month of May" (1974), "Long Distance Kisses" (#62c 1975, he wrote), "Everything's Broken Down" (#78c 1975, he wrote), "Wishing I Could" (1976), "Crossword Puzzle #1" (1976), "Last Chance Romance" (1976), "Gift Wrap" (2000), "Ghost Mountain Riders" (2000), "I Must Have Been Mistaken" (2000), "Yolanda" (2000), "High on Livin'" (2007), "Salinas" (2007), "Starving Heart" (2007), "February Weather" (2007)
songwriter

Stephen Housden

b. 1951 in Bedford, England
rock musician, instrument: guitar
"Skyline" (1997), "Spanish Castles" (1997)
lead guitarist with Little River Band (1982- , replaced David Briggs), "On Your Mind" (#14 1982), "The Other Guy" (#11 1982), "We Two" (#22 1983), "You're Driving Me Out of My Mind" (#35 1983), "Every Time I Turn Around" (1990, he co-wrote), "I Dream Alone" (1990), "Parallel Lines" (1991)
see Little River Band
see Stephen Housden

Jay Huguely (aka Cledus Maggard)

b. 1947 in Quick Sand, KY
country/novelty singer
founding member of Cledus Maggard and the Citizen's Band, "The White Knight" (#19, #1c 1976, he wrote), "Kentucky Moonrunner" (#42c 1976, he co-wrote), "Dad, I Gotta Go" (1976), "Virgil and the $300 Vacation" (#73c 1976, he co-wrote)
songwriter
actor

Dickey Lee (Richard Lipscomb or Royden Dickey Lipscombe)

b. 1936/41 in Memphis, TN
country/pop singer
instrument: guitar
* "Patches" (#6 1962), * "More or Less" (1962), "I Saw Linda Yesterday" (#14 1962, he co-wrote), "Don't Wanna Think About Paula" (1963), "She's Walking Away" (1964), "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" (#14 1965), "Pretty White Dress" (1965), "Annie" (1966), "Red, Green, Yellow, Blue" (1968), "Run Right Back" (1968), * "Never Ending Song of Love" (#8c 1971, he wrote), "Ashes of Love" (#15c 1972, he wrote), "Sparklin' Brown Eyes" (#49c 1973), "If She Just Helps Me Get Over You" (1973), "Rocky" (#1c 1975, he wrote), "9,999,999 Tears" (#52, #3c 1976, he co-wrote), "Angels, Roses and Rain" (#9c 1976), "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody" (#20c 1977), "Right Out of a Country Song" (1980), "Further Than a Country Mile" (1981)
duet with Kathy Burdick, "Lost in Love" (#30c 1981)
founding member of Lee, Weller, and the Other Guy
with Dickey Lee and the Collegiates, "Memories Never Grow Old" (1957), "Dreamy Nights" (1958)
songwriter, wrote George Jones' "She Thinks I Still Care" (#1c 1962); also recorded by Elvis Presley (#31, #1c 1977)
co-wrote George Strait's "Let's Fall to Pieces Together" (#1c 1984); John Schneider's "I've Been Around Long Enough to Know" (#1c 1984); Doug Stone's "In a Different Light" (#1c 1991); Tracy Byrd's "Keeper of the Stars" (#1c 1995); Reba McEntire's "You're the First Time I've Thought about Leaving" (#1c 1983), "He Broke Your Memory Last Night" (#15c 1984); Dave and Sugar's "The Door is Always Open" (#1 1976); Charlie Pride's "I'll Be Leaving Alone" (#1c 1977)

Tony Moon

b. 1941 in Los Angeles, CA
rock musician, instrument: guitar
with Dante and the Evergreens (1960-64), "Alley-Oop" (#15 1960, One-Hit Wonder), "Time Machine" (#77 1960)
songwriter
producer; arranger
see Dante and the Evergreens

Daryl Mosley

b. 1964 in Waverly, TN
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: bass
"Just When I Needed You" (2005), "A Hundred Years from Now" (2005)
with New Tradition (19??-98, 2000- ), "The Way, the Truth, the Light" (1991), "No Part of Nothin'" (1992), "Heaven's Highway" (1997), "Daddy on His Knees" (1997), "I'll Take Your Love Anytime" (1997), "Dreams of the Past" (1997)
with The Osborne Brothers (2002-03)
with Tim Graves and Cherokee, "Dobro Chimes" (2000), "Lily Dale" (2000), "Randy Lynn Rag" (2000), "Dance with Me, Molly" (2002), "Walk Through This World with Me" (2002)
duets with Tim Graves, "She's Not You" (2004), "Driftwood" (2004), "Knoxville Girl" (2004)
duets with Ferrell Stowe, "Eveline" (2003), "Cuttin' the Grass" (2003)

Don Preston (aka Dom DeWilde aka Biff Debrie)

b. 1932 in Flint, MI
rock/jazz musician, instruments: keyboards, piano, synthesizer
"She Feels Like Sunshine" (1969), "Circle for a Landing" (1969), "The Heart I Broke Was Mine" (1981), "Read Me My Rights" (1981), "Transformation" (2001, he wrote), "Inner Blues" (2001, he wrote)
with The Mothers of Invention (1967, 1969-74), "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), "Plastic People" (1967), "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 Hygeine Dilemma" (1971), "Magdalena" (1972, about abuse), "Excentrifugal Forz" (1974)
founding member of The Grande Mothers
session musician with Nat King Cole, Connie Francis, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, and others
served in the Army
see The Mothers of Invention on Wikipedia

Ronna Reeves (Ronna Renee Reeves)

b. 1958/68 in Big Springs, TX
country/rock singer
"That's More about Love (Than I Wanted to Know)" (1991), "Sadly Mistaken" (1991), "The More I Learn (the Less I Understand about Love)" (#49c 1992), "What if You're Wrong" (#70c 1992), "He's My Weakness" (#74c 1993), "One-Way Ticket" (1995, she wrote), "Thirteen Days of Daisy" (1998), "New York Rain" (1998)
duet with Peter Cetera, "S.O.S." (1995)
duet with Sammy Kershaw, "There's Love on the Line" (1992)
songwriter

Arkie Shibley (Jesse Lee Shibley)

b. 1914/15 in Van Buren, AR - d. Sep 1975 in Van Buren, AR
country/rockabilly singer
instrument: rhythm guitar
founding member of Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys, "I'm Living Alone With an Old Love" (1950), "Hot Rod Race" (#5c 1951, the original version, written by George Wilson), "Hot Rod Race #2" (1951, he co-wrote), "Arkie Meets the Judge (Hot Rod Race #3)" (1951, he co-wrote), "The Guy in the Mercury (Hot Rod Race #4)" (1951), "My Beautiful Washington Rose" (1951), "Hot Rod Race #5 (The Kid in the Model A)" (1951, he wrote), "Hard Times in Arkansas" (1959)
songwriter, some people think he may Be 'George Wilson'
see Hot Rod Lincoln

Kenny Starr (Kenneth Trebbe)

b. 1952/53 in Topeka, KS (grew up in Burlingame, KS)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Everyday Woman" (#97c 1973), "Blind Man in the Bleachers" (#1c 1975), "Texas Proud" (1975), "I Can't See in the Dark" (1975), "The Calico Cat" (#73c 1976), "Slow Drivin'" (#70c 1978), "Hold Tight" (#25c 1978)
songwriter

Ott Stephens (aka Ott Stevens)

b. 1941 in Ringgold, GA
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Victim of a Holiday Weekend" (1960), "Only a Friend" (1961), "Big Boys Don't Cry" (1962), "Why Can't I Forget You?" (1962), "Robert E. Lee" (#15c 1963), "Be Quiet, Mind" (#23c 1964), "Uncommonly" (1965), "Each Time You Cross My Mind" (1965), "A Little Bit Blue" (1965), "Enough Man for You" (#36c 1965)

September 22

Chris Anderson

b. 1956 in Los Angeles, CA (grew up in Sarasota, FL)
country/rock singer
instrument: lead guitar
with The Outlaws (1987-89, 2005- )
session musician
songwriter
see The Outlaws

Debby Boone (Deborah Anne Boone)

b. 1956 in Leonia, NJ (near Hackensack, NJ)
country/pop/Christian singer
"You Light up My Life" (#1c, #4c 1977), "California" (#50 1977), "God Knows" (#74, #22c 1978), "My Heart Has a Mind of it's Own" (#11c 1979), "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again?" (#1c 1980), "Free to Be Lonely Again" (#14c 1980), "Perfect Fool" (#23c 1981)
with The Boones, "When the Love Light Starts Shining Through His Eyes" (1977)
children's author; actress
daughter of Pat Boone; granddaughter of Red Foley; sister of Cherry, Lindy and Laury Boone
see Debby Boone

David Cloverdale

b. 1951 in Yorkshire, England
rock/blues singer
instrument: guitar
"Sunny Days" (1977, he co-wrote), "Northwinds" (1978, he co-wrote), "Wherever You May Go" (2000, he wrote), "Midnight Blue" (2000, he co-wrote)
lead singer with Deep Purple (1974-76, and reunions, replaced Ian Gillan), "Might Just Take Your Life" (1974, he co-wrote), "Comin' Home" (1975, he co-wrote)
founding member of Whitesnake (1978-94, and reunions), "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" (1978), "Walking in the Shadows of the Blues" (1979, he co-wrote), "Fool for Your Loving" (#53 1980, #37 1989), "Would I Lie to You?" (1981, he co-wrote), "Til the Day I Die" (1981, he wrote), "Standing in the Shadows" (1984, he wrote), "Is This Love?" (#2 1987, he co-wrote), "Still of the Night" (#79 1987, he co-wrote), "Here I Go Again" (#1 1987, he co-wrote), "Crying in the Rain" (1987, he wrote), "Give Me All Your Love" (#48 1988), "Kitten's Got Claws" (1989, he co-wrote), "The Deeper the Love" (#28 1990, he co-wrote), "Sweet Lady Luck" (1994)
founding member of Cloverdale-Page (1992-94), "Waiting on You" (1993, he co-wrote), "Pride and Joy" (1993, he co-wrote), "Over Now" (1993, he co-wrote), "Too Many Tears" (1997, he co-wrote)
session musician
songwriter
md. 2nd to actress, Tawny Kitaen (1980-91); md. to author, Cindy (1997- )
he became a U.S. citizen in 2007
see Whitesnake
see Deep Purple
see Deep Purple on classic bands.com

June Forester

b. 1952/56 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)
special education teacher
md. to Joey (1989- )

Joni James (Giovanna Carmella Babbo)

b. 1930 in Chicago, IL
pop singer
"Why Don't You Believe Me?" (#1 1952), "Have You Heard?" (#5 1953), "Almost Always" (#18 1953), "Is it Any Wonder?" (#20 1953), "How Important Can it Be?" (#2 1955), "You Are My Love" (#6 1955), "There Goes My Heart" (#19 1958)
dancer
md. to composer/conductor, Nick Acquaviva; md. to retired Air Force General, Bernard Adolph Schriever (1997-2005, his death)
see Joni James

Dean Reed (Dean Cyril Reed)

b. 1938 in Denver, CO - d. 13 Jun 1986 in Germany (drowned)
pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"I Kissed a Queen" (1959), "A Pair of Scissors" (1959), "Our Summer Romance" (1959)
actor
songwriter
his death by drowning in a lake near his home was ruled as accidental but some speculate it was either suicide or murder
see Dean Reed

September 23

Steve Boone

b. 1943 in Camp Lejeune, NC (grew up in PA and FL)
pop/rock/folk singer
instruments: bass, rhythm guitar
founding member and bass player with The Lovin' Spoonful (1965-69, 1991- ), * "Do You Believe in Magic?" (#9 1965), * "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice" (#10 1965, he co-wrote), "Daydream" (#2 1966), * "Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?" (#2 1966), "Summer in the City" (#1 1966, he co-wrote), "Rain on the Roof" (#10 1966), "Six O'Clock" (#18 1967), "Darling, Be Home Soon" (#15 1967), "She's Still a Mystery to Me" (#27 1967), "Nashville Cats" (#8 1967), "Never Goin' Back" (#14 1968)
songwriter
md. to Lena Yester (2001- )
see The Lovin' Spoonful

Roy Buchanan (Leroy Buchanan)

b. 1939 near Ozark, AR (grew up in Pixley, CA) – d. 14 Aug 1988 in Fairfax, VA (hung himself while in jail for public intoxication)
blues/rock musician, instruments: guitar, electric guitar
"I Am a Lonesome Fugitive" (1972), "Five-String Blues" (1973), "In the Beginning" (1974), "Keep What You Got" (1976), "I Still Think About Ida Mae" (1976), "Fly...Night Bird" (1978), "My Babe" (1981), "Blues for Gary" (1981), "When a Guitar Plays the Blues" (1985), "Short Fuse" (1985), "Whiplash" (1986), "Jungle Gym" (1986), "25 Miles" (1987)
with Bobby Gregg and His Friends, "The Jam" (#29 1962, One-Hit Wonder), "Potato Peeler" (1962)
duet with Delbert McClinton, "You Can't Judge a Book by its Cover" (1986)
session guitarist on Dale Hawkins' "A House, a Car and a Wedding Ring" (#88 1958); and with Link Wray, Bob Luman, Freddy Cannon, and others
md. to Judy Owens (1961- )

Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson)

b. 1930 in Albany, GA (grew up in Greenville, FL) – d. 10 Jun 2004 in Beverly Hills, CA (liver disease)
soul/jazz/R&B/rock/country singer
instruments: piano, clarinet, organ, alto sax
"A Fool for You" (1955), "Mary Ann" (1956), "What'd I Say?" (#6 1959), "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (#95 1959), "Georgia on My Mind" (#1, #1c 1960), "Sticks and Stones" (#40 1960), "I Can't Stop Loving You" (#1c 1960, #1 1962), "Hit the Road, Jack" (#1 1961), "One Mint Julep" (#8 1961), "Unchain My Heart" (#9 1962), "Your Cheatin' Heart" (#29 1962), "You are My Sunshine" (#7 1962), "You Don't Know Me" (#2 1962), "Born to Lose" (#1 1962), "Take These Chains from My Heart" (#8 1963), "Busted" (#4 1963), "Don't Set Me Free" (#20 1963), "Love Me with All Your Heart" (#3 1964), "I Wake Up Crying" (1964), "That Lucky Old Sun" (#20 1964), "Cryin' Time" (#6, #1c 1966), "Together Again" (#19, #1c 1966), "Here We Go Again" (#15 1967), "Somebody Ought to Write a Book About it" (1967), "Yesterday" (#25 1967), "Born to Love Me" (#20c 1983), "3/4 Time" (#37 1983), "The Pages of My Mind" (#34c 1986)
duet with Betty Carter, "Baby, it's Cold Outside" (#91 1961)
duet with Willie Nelson, * "Seven Spanish Angels" (#1c 1985)
duet with George Jones and Chet Atkins, "We Didn't See a Thing" (#6c 1984)
duet with Hank Williams, Jr., "Two Old Cats Like Us" (#14c 1985)
duet with Quincy Jones and Chaka Khan, "I'll Be good to You" (#18 1990)
duet with Mickey Gilley, "It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind" (#12c 1985)
duet with B.J. Thomas, "Rock and Roll Shoes" (#14c 1984)
songwriter
bandleader; arranger
started going blind from glaucoma at age six
md. 1st to Eileen Williams (1951-52); md. 2nd to Della Beatrice Howard (1955-77)
see Ray Charles

Jerry Corbetta

b. 1947
rock singer
instrument: keyboards
"Celebrate Our Love" (1978), "Green-Eyed Lady" (1978, he co-wrote), "I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter" (1978)
founding member of Sugarloaf (1969-75), "Green-Eyed Lady" (#3 1970, he co-wrote), "West of Tomorrow" (1970), "Mother Nature's Wine" (1971), "Tongue in Cheek" (1971), "Myra, Myra" (1973, he wrote), "Texas Two-Lane" (1975, he co-wrote), "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" (#9 1975), "Stars in Her Eyes" (#87 1975)
Sugarloaf was named after a mountain in Colorado
with Wild Cherry
songwriter

Don Grolnick

b. 1948 in New York, NY (grew up in Levittown, NY) - d. 1 Jun 1996 (non-Hodgkins lymphoma)
jazz/rock musician, instrument: piano
"A Weaver of Dreams" (1989), "Nothing Personal" (1989), "One Bird, One Stone" (1991), "Blues for Pop" (1991), "Night Song" (1995), "Heart of Darkness" (1995)
founding member of Dreams (1969- )
with The Becker Brothers (1975- )
with Steps Ahead (1979- ), "Belle" (1980), "Tea Bag" (1980), "Soul Eyes" (1980), "Both Sides of the Coin" (1983), "Oops" (1984), "All the Tea in China" (1985), "Something I Said" (1985), "Absolutely Maybe" (1989), "Miles Away" (1994)
session musician with Ten Wheel Drive, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Steely Dan, and others
songwriter
music producer
md. to singer Jeanne O'Connor

Jim Groshong (James Groshong)

b. 1947 in Los Angeles, CA
folk/rock/pop singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer 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
owner of a construction company
see Rose Garden

Don Herron (Donald John Herron, Jr.)

b. 1962 in Steubenville, OH
country musician, instruments: steel guitar, mandolin, fiddle, guitar, dobro
with BR5-49 (1995-2001, 2004- ), "Cherokee Boogie" (#44c 1996), "Even if it's Wrong" (#68c 1996), "Uneasy Rider" (2000), "Too Lazy to Work, Too Nervous to Steal" (2001), "She's Talking to Someone (She's Not Talking to Me)" (2004), "A-1 on the Jukebox" (2006), "After the Hurricane" (2006)
with Bob Dylan's band (2005- )

Julio Iglesias (Julio Jose Iglesias de la Cueva)

b. 1943 in Madrid, Spain
pop/country singer
"Begin the Beguine" (1981), "99 Miles from L.A." (1990), "Crazy" (1994)
duets with Willie Nelson, "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (#5, #1c 1984), "Spanish Eyes" (#8c 1988)
duet with Diana Ross, "All of You" (#19 1984)
songwriter
soccer player; attorney
see Julio Iglesias

Ben E. King (Benjamin Earl Nelson)

b. 1938 in Henderson, NC
doo-wop/soul/pop singer
"Brace Yourself" (1960), "(There is a Rose in) Spanish Harlem" (#10 1961), "Amor" (#18 1961), * "Stand by Me" (#4 1961, #9 1986, he co-wrote), "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (#11 1962), "I (Who Have Nothing)" (#29 1963), "I Could Have Danced All Night" (#72 1963), "Around the Corner" (1964), "Seven Letters" (#45 1965), "I Can't Break the News to Myself" (1966), "Hey, Little One" (1969), "Supernatural Thing" (#5 1975)
lead singer of The Drifters (1959-60, and reunions), "There Goes My Baby" (#2 1959), * "Dance with Me" (#15 1959), * "This Magic Moment" (#16 1960), "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" (1974), "Down on the Beach Tonight" (1974), "Love Games" (1975), "There Goes My First Love" (1975), "Like a Movie I've Seen Before" (1976)
songwriter
quote by Ben E. King: "I still think my whole career was accidental. I didn't pursue it. I feel like I'm cheating sometimes."

Paul Petersen (William Paul Petersen)

b. 1945 in Glendale, CA
rock singer
"She Can't Find Her Keys" (#19 1962), "Lollipops and Roses" (#54 1962), "The Cheerleader" (#78 1962), "Keep Your Love Locked (Deep in Your Heart)" (#58 1962), "What Did They Do Before Rock and Roll?" (1962), "Amy" (#75 1963), "My Dad" (#6 1963), "She Rides with Me" (1964), "The Ring" (1965)
duet with Shelley Fabares, "Very Unlikely" (1962)
actor; screen/scriptwriter; novelist
he was a Mousketeer

Mary Kay Place

b. 1947 in Port Arthur, TX
country singer
"Baby Boy" (#3c 1976, she wrote), "The Get Acquainted Waltz" (1976), "Vitamin L" (#72c 1977, she wrote), "Paintin' Her Fingernails" (1977), "Cattle Kate" (1977)
duet with Willie Nelson, "Something to Brag About" (#9c 1977)
songwriter
screen/scriptwriter; actress

Tim Rose (Timothy Alan Patrick Rose)

b. 1940 in Washington, D.C. (grew up in Arlington, VA) – d. 24 Sep 2002 in London, England (heart attack after surgery for colon cancer)
folk/blues/rock singer
instruments: banjo, guitar
"Hey, Joe" (1966), "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1970), "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (1972), "Blue Steel .44" (1997, updated version of "Hey, Joe"), "Once He Was a Hero" (2002)
with The Smoothies
founding member of Tim Rose and the Thorns
founding member of The Big Three (196?- ), "Winken, Blinken and Nod" (1967, recorded 1963)
songwriter
served in the Air Force

Scotty Scott (Wallace Scott)

b. 1943 in Fort Worth, TX
R&B singer
founding member of The Whispers (1964- ), "It's Rainin', "It's Pourin'" (1964), "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong" (#50 1970), "A Mother for My Children" (#92 1974), "Make it with You" (#94 1977), "And the Beat Goes on" (#19 1980), "Lady" (#28 1980), "It's a Love Thing" (#28 1981), "I Can Make it Better" (1981), "Tonight" (#84 1983), "Rock Steady" (#7 1987), "Innocent" (#55 1990), "My Heart, Your Heart" (1990), "Make Sweet Love to Me" (1995), "For the Cool in You" (1997), "As Soon As I Get Home" (1997)
twin of Walter Scott
see The Whispers

Walter Scott

b. 1943 in Fort Worth, TX
R&B singer
founding member of The Whispers (1964- ), "It's Rainin', "It's Pourin'" (1964), "Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong" (#50 1970), "A Mother for My Children" (#92 1974), "Make it with You" (#94 1977), "And the Beat Goes on" (#19 1980), "Lady" (#28 1980), "It's a Love Thing" (#28 1981), "I Can Make it Better" (1981), "Tonight" (#84 1983), "Rock Steady" (#7 1987), "Innocent" (#55 1990), "My Heart, Your Heart" (1990), "Make Sweet Love to Me" (1995), "For the Cool in You" (1997), "As Soon As I Get Home" (1997)
twin of Wallace 'Scotty' Scott
see The Whispers

Bruce Springsteen (Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen aka 'The Boss')

b. 1949 in Freehold, NJ
rock/folk singer
instruments: guitar, piano, harmonica
founding member and lead of The E Street Band, "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (1973), "Born to Run" (#23 1975), "Hungry Heart" (#5 1980), "Fade Away" (#20 1980), "Born in the USA" (#9 1984), "Dancing in the Dark" (#2 1984), "Trapped" (1985), "Glory Days" (#5 1985), "My Hometown" (#6 1985), "War" (#8 1987), "Brilliant Disguise" (#5 1987), "Tunnel of Love" (1987), "57 Channels (and Nothin' On)" (#68 1992), "Streets of Philadelphia" (#9 1994), "Secret Garden" (#19 1997)
songwriter

September 24

Barbara Allbut

b. 1940 in Orange, NJ
pop singer
founding member of The Angels (1961-69, and reunions), "Till" (#14 1962), "Cry, Baby, Cry" (#38 1962), * "My Boyfriend's Back" (#1 1963), "I Adore Him" (#25 1963), * "Snowflakes and Teardrops" (1963), * "Wow Wow Wee (He's the Boy for Me)" (#51 1963), "You're the Cause of it" (1967), "The Boy with the Green Eyes" (1968)
The Angels were backup on Lou Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes" (#1 1966)
songwriter
see The Angels

Jiggs Allbut (Phyllis Allbut)

b. 1942 in Orange, NJ
pop singer
founding member of The Angels (1961-69, and reunions), "Till" (#14 1962), "Cry Baby Cry" (#38 1962), * "My Boyfriend's Back" (#1 1963), "I Adore Him" (#25 1963), * "Snowflakes and Teardrops" (1963), * "Wow Wow Wee (He's the Boy for Me)" (#41 1963), "You're the Cause of it" (1967), "The Boy with the Green Eyes" (1968)
The Angels were backup on Lou Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes" (#1 1966)
see The Angels

Jan August (Jan Auggustoff)

b. 1904 in New York, NY - d. 9 Jan 1976 in NY
pop musician, instruments: piano, xylophone
"Misirlou" (#7 1947), "Malaguena" (1959), "Till the End of Time" (1959)
backed by The Harmonicats, "Bewitched" (#8 1950)
duet with Richard Hayman, "Three-Penny Opera" (#12 1956, One-Hit Wonder)
session musician with Paul Whiteman, and others
band leader

Lane Brody (Eleni Connie Voorlas)

b. 1941 in Oak Park, IL (grew up in Racine, WI)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"He's Taken" (#60c 1981, she wrote), "More Nights" (#61c 1981), Over You" (#15c 1983, she co-wrote), "He Burns Me Up" (#29c 1985), "Love it Away" (1985), "Let it Be Yesterday" (1985), "Baby's Eyes" (#51c 1985, she wrote), "Place Outside the World" (2002), "My Mind Wanders" (2002), "Everything But True" (she wrote)
duet with Johnny Lee, "The Yellow Rose" (#1c 1984, she co-wrote), "I Could Get Used to This" (#50c 1986)
duet with Thom Bresh, "When it Comes to Love" (#77c 1982)
duet with Collin Raye, "All the Unsung Heroes" (2002, she wrote)
duet with Allison Krauss, "White Shadows" (2002)
songwriter
actress
md. to Eddie Bayers
see Lane Brody

Steve Douglas (Steven Kreisman)

b. 1938 – d. 19 Apr 1993 (heart failure)
R&B/pop/rock musician, instruments: sax, flute, clarinet, percussions
with Duane Eddy's backup band The Rebels (1958-60), "Rebel Rouser" (#6, #17c 1958), "Cannonball" (#15 1958), "Forty Miles of Bad Road" (#9 1959), "Some Kind-a Earthquake" (#37 1959), "Peter Gunn" (#27 1960)
session musician on The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" (#2 1963), "Baby, I Love You" (#24 1963), "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" (#39 1964), "Do I Love You?" (#34 1964), "Walking in the Rain" (#23 1964); The Crystals's "There's No Other Like My Baby" (#20 1962), "Uptown" (#13 1962), "Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)" (#3 1963), "Then He Kissed Me" (#6 1963); most Beach Boys albums; The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (#1 1964); Jan and Dean's "Surf City" (#1 1963); The Ventures' "Walk, Don't Run" (#3 1960); The Routers' * "Let's Go (Pony)" (#19 1962); The Parade's "Sunshine Girl" (#20 1967); and others
music producer; recorded an album inside a pyramid in Egypt
see Steve Douglas on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Lavern Drake

b. 1938
doo-wop/R&B singer (bass)
founding member of The Cadillacs (1954-56), "Let Me Explain" (1955), "Widow Lady" (1955), "Speedo" (#17 1956)
see The Cadillacs on Wikipedia

Carl Feaster

b. 1930 - d. 1980
doo-wop singer
founding member and lead singer with The Chords (1951- ), "Sh-Boom" (#2 1954, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "Little Maiden" (1954), "Pretty Face" (1960)
The Chords recording as The Sh-Booms, "Pretty Wild" (1955)
with The Tunetoppers
songwriter
brother of singer, Claude Feaster

Rosa Lee Hawkins

b. 1944 in LA
pop/rock singer
founding member of The Dixie Cups (1964-66, and reunions), * "Chapel of Love" (#1 1964), * "You Should Have Seen the Way He Looked at Me" (#39 1964), * "People Say" (#12 1964), "Iko Iko" (#20 1965), "Little Bell" (#51 1965)
model
sister of Barbara Hawkins, cousin of Joan Johnson

Leon Kelly (W. B.Pruitt)

b. 1925 - d. 26 Apr 1991 (lung cancer)
country/rockabilly singer
instrument: steel guitar
founding member of Leon Kelly and the Rhythm Rockers, "Dusty Blossom Boogie" (1952, he wrote), "Rockaway" (1959), "You Put My Heart in Orbit" (1959)
founding member of Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys, "I'm Living Alone With an Old Love" (1950), "Hot Rod Race" (#5c 1951, the original version), "Hot Rod Race #2" (1951), "Arkie Meets the Judge (Hot Rod Race #3)" (1951), "The Guy in the Mercury (Hot Rod Race #4)" (1951), "My Beautiful Washington Rose" (1951), "Hot Rod Race #5 (The Kid in the Model A)" (1951), "Hard Times in Arkansas" (1959)
songwriter
served in the Navy during WWII, received two purple hearts
his lung cancer may have been caused by chemicals he was exposed to in his dry cleaning business
see Hot Rod Lincoln

Gerry Marsden (Gerald Marsden)

b. 1942 in Liverpool, England
country singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead of Gerry and the Pacemakers (1959-66, 1981-82), "You'll Never Walk Alone" (#48 1963), * "How Do You Do it?" (#6 1964), "I Like it" (#17 1964), "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (#4 1964, he wrote), * "She's the Only Girl for Me" (1965), * "I'll Be There" (#14 1965), "It's Gonna Be Alright" (#23 1965), "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (#6 1965, he wrote), "Girl on a Swing" (#28 1966), * "House of the Rising Sun" (1981), * "If" (1981), * "The Story of My Life" (1981), * "The Minute You're Gone" (1981), * "Magic Moments" (1981), * "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1981), * "I'll Be Home" (1981)
songwriter
actor

Linda McCartney (Linda Louise Eastman)

b. 1941 in Scarsdale, NY – d. 17 Apr 1998 in Tucson, AZ (breast cancer)
rock/pop singer
instruments: piano, keyboards
"Seaside Woman" (1977, she wrote), "Wild Prairie" (1998), "Appaloosa" (1998)
founding member of Wings (1971-81), "My Love" (#1 1973), "Live and Let Die" (#2 1973), "Band on the Run" (#1 1974), "Junior's Farm" (#3 1974), "Listen to What the Man Said" (#1 1975), "Silly Love Songs" (#1 1976), "Let 'em in" (#3 1976), "Maybe I'm Amazed" (#10 1977), "With a Little Luck" (#1 1978), "Goodnight Tonight" (#5 1979), "Coming Up" (#1 1980)
songwriter
photographer; animal rights activist
md. 1st to John Melvin See, Jr. (1962-65); md. 2nd to Paul McCartney (1969-98, her death)
see Linda McCartney

Shep Sheppard (James Shane Sheppard)

b. 1935 in Queens, NY - d. 24 Jan 1970 in NY (murdered during a robbery after a performance)
doo-wop singer
"Missing" (1962), "Sweetheart Lane" (1962)
with Shep and the Limelites (1960-66), "One Week from Today" (1960), "Daddy's Home" (#2 1961, One-Hit Wonder, answer to The Heartbeats' "A Thousand Miles Away"), "Three Steps From the Altar" (1961), "This I Know" (1961), "Our Anniversary" (#59 1962), "In Case I Forget" (1963), "Easy to Remember (When You Want to Forget)" (1964)
founding member and lead singer of The Heartbeats (1955-59), "A Thousand Miles Away" (#53 1957, he wrote), "One Day Next Year" (1958), "Crazy for You" (1959), "After New Years Eve (is Over)" (1959)
songwriter

Mel Taylor

b. 1933 in Brooklyn, NY – d. 11 Aug 1996 (lung cancer and heart failure)
rock musician, instrument: drums
"Drumstick" (1962)
with The Ventures (1963-96), "Journey to the Stars" (1963), "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (#35 1964), "Walk Don't Run '64" (#8 1964), "Diamond Head" (#70 1965), "Pedal Pusher" (1965), "Kickstand" (1967), "Endless Dream" (1967), "Mirrors and Shadows" (1967), "Flights of Fantasy" (1968), "Hawaii Five-o" (#4 1969), "Kern County Line" (1970), "Changing Times" (1970), "Wipe Out" (1991)
founding member of Mel Taylor and the Dynamics
session musician on Bobby Pickett's "The Monster Mash" (#1 1962, #10 1973); the Tijuana Brass's "The Lonely Bull" (#6 1962); The Hollywood Argyles' "Alley Oop" (#1 1960); and with Buck Owens, and others
served in the Navy
brother of bass player, Larry Taylor; father of drummer, Leon Taylor
see The Ventures

September 25

Jules Alexander (Jules Gary Alexander)

b. 1943 in Chattanooga, TN
pop/rock singer
instruments: lead guitar, bass
founding member of The Association (1964-66, 1969-73, 1979-88), "Along Comes Mary" (#7 1966), * "Cherish" (#1 1966), "Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies" (1966, he wrote), "No Fair at All" (#51 1966), "Looking Glass" (1966, he wrote), "Under Branches" (1969, he wrote), "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 Bijou
songwriter
served in the Navy
see The Association on Wikipedia

Craig Chaquico

b. 1954 in Sacramento, CA - d. 22 Feb 1994 in Los Angeles, CA
rock/folk/jazz musician, instrument: lead guitar
"Return of the Eagle" (1993), "Mountain in the Mist" (1993), "The Grey Wolf Hunts Again" (1994), "Find Your Way Back" (1994), "Acoustic Planet" (1994), "We Rode the Wind" (1996), "Just Friends" (1996), "Navajo Stars" (1996), "Blue Universe (Kimberley's Eyes)" (1997), "Dreamcatcher" (1997), "Midnight Swim" (1997), "Borders" (1999), "Arizona Daybreak" (1999), "Forbidden Love" (1999), "Innocent Kiss" (2002), "Compared to What?" (2002), "Equinox" (2004), "Bobby Sox" (2004)
with Jefferson Airplane (1970-74), "Feel So Good" (1971), "Pretty as You Feel" (1971), "Trial By Fire" (1971)
founding member of Jefferson Starship (1974-84), "Miracles" (#3 1975), "With Your Love" (#12 1976), "Don't Let it Rain" (1976), "Runaway" (#12 1978), "Count on Me" (#8 1978), "Jane" (#14 1979), "Find Your Way Back" (#29 1981, he wrote), "Be My Lady" (#28 1982), "No Way Out" (#23 1984)
founding member of Starship (1984-90), "We Built This City" (#1 1985), "Sara" (#1 1985), "Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight" (#26 1986), "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" (#1 1987), "It's Not Enough" (#12 1989)
founding member of Big Bad Wolf
session musician
songwriter
see Jefferson Airplane
see Craig Chaquico

Erik Darling

b. 1922/33 in Baltimore, MD
folk singer
instruments: 12-string guitar, banjo
"In the Evening" (1957), "Out on the Western Plains" (1994), "Too Far Away to Kiss You" (1994), "God Knows She Ain't No Angel" (2000), "Tradewinds" (2000), "A Place in the Hills" (2000), "Walk Right in, Santa" (2006), "Revenge of the Christmas Tree" (2006)
founding member of The Rooftop Singers, "Walk Right in" (#1, #23c 1963), "Tom Cat" (#20 1963), "Mama Don't Allow No Music (Played in Here)" (1963), "Kites" (1967), "My Life is My Own" (1967)
founding member of The Tarriers, "Wishing Well Song" (1956), "East Virginia" (1956), "Banana Boat Song" (#4 1957, One-Hit Wonder)
The Tarriers backed Vince Martin on "Cindy, Oh Cindy" (#9 1956, One-Hit Wonder)
with The Weavers (1958-62, replaced Pete Seeger), "Erie Canal" (1959), "State of Arkansas" (1959), "Every Night When the Sun Goes Down" (1960), "Seven Blessings of Mary" (1960), "I Ride an Old Paint" (1960)
session musician with Rambling Jack Elliot, Judy Collins, The Chad Mitchell Trio, and others
songwriter
music producer
see The Weavers

Wade Flemons

b. 1940 in Coffeyville, KS (grew up in Wichita, KS) - d. 13 Oct 1993 in Battle Creek, MI (cancer)
soul/rock singer
instruments: electric piano, vibraphone
"Slow Motion" (1959), "Easy Lovin'" (#70 1960), "The Other Place" (1964), "Where Did You Go Last Night?" (1965), "Jeanette" (1967), "Two of a Kind" (1967)
backed by The Four Seasons, "Watch Over Her" (1964)
founding member of Wade Flemmons and the Newcomers, "Here I Stand" (#80 1958, he wrote), "My Baby Likes to Rock" (1958)
founding member of The Salty Peppers (1967-69), "La La Time" (1969), "Uh Huh, Yeah" (1969)
founding member of Earth, Wind and Fire (1970-72), "Love is Life" (#93 1970), "I Think about Lovin' You" (1971)
songwriter, co-wrote The Dells' "Stay in My Corner" (#10 1968)
see Earth, Wind, and Fire

Royce Kendall (Royce Kykendall)

b. 1934 in St. Louis, MO – d. 22 May 1998 (a stroke just before a performance)
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: guitar
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 1977), "It Don't Feel Like Sinnin' to Me" (#2c 1978), "Pittsburgh 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)
barber
served in the Merchant Marines
father of Jeannie Kendall
see The Kendalls on Wikipedia

John Locke (John Tilden Locke)

b. 1943 in Los Angeles, CA - d. 4 Aug 2006 in Ojai, CA (lymphoma)
rock musician, instrument: keyboards
founding member of Spirit (1967-73, and reunions), "Straight Arrow" (1968), "It's All the Same" (1968), "Mechanical World" (#31 1968), "I Got a Line on You" (#25 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Dark-Eyed Woman" (1969), "So Little Time to Fly" (1969), "1984" (#69 1970), "Morning Will Come" (1970), "Nature's Way" (1970)
with Nazareth (1980-83), "Holiday" (#87 1980), "Moonlight Eyes" (1981), "Love Leads to Madness" (1982)
songwriter
see Nazareth

Bryan MacLean

b. 1947 in Beverly Hills, CA - d. 25 Dec 1998 in Los Angeles, CA (heart attack)
folk/rock/pop/Christian singer
instrument: guitar, piano
with
founding member of Love (1965-68), "Seven and Seven is" (#33 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "Softly to Me" (1966, he wrote), "My Little Red Book" (1966), "Orange Skies" (1967, he wrote), "Alone Again Or" (1967, he wrote)
songwriter, wrote Debbie Boone's "You Light up My Life" (#1c, #4c 1977)
half-brother of Maria McKee
see Love
see Bryan MacLean

Paul Ott (Paul Ott Carruth)

b. 1934 in McComb, MS
country/rockabilly singer
"School-Day Crush" (1958), "Kitty Kat" (1960), "I Am Yours" (1960), "A Salute to the Duke" (#87c 1979), "Listen to the Eagle" (1979)
songwriter

Nancy Given Prout (Nancy Given)

b. 1960 in PA
country/bluegrass musician, instrument: drums
with Porter Wagoner's band, Right Combination
founding member of Wild Rose (1987-91), "Breakin' New Ground" (#15c 1989), "I Can't Lose What I Never Had" (1989), "Go Down Swingin'" (#38c 1990), "Hit the Highway" (1990), "Straight and Narrow" (#73c 1991), "Listen to Your Heart" (1991)
md. to Diamond Rio's Brian Prout

Shel Silverstein (Sheldon Allan Silverstein)

b. 1930/32 in Chicago, IL - d. 10 May 1999 in FL (heart attack)
novelty/folk/jazz/country singer
"Pass Me By Like You Never Knowed Me" (1959, he wrote), "Bury Me in My Shades" (1962), "Liz" (1962), "Have Another Espresso" (1962), "Better Not Ask Me" (1965, he wrote), "Workin' it Out" (1967), "The Changing of the Seasons" (1967), "Cloudy Sky" (1969), "Daylight Dreamer" (1969), "Wild Colonial Boy" (1970, he wrote), "Policeman, Woman, Taxicab" (1970), "Front Row Seat to Hear Old Johnny Sing" (1971), "All About You" (1972), "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (Would Not Take the Garbage Out)" (1972), "Peanut Butter Sandwich" (1984)
songwriter, wrote Loretta Lynn's "One's on the Way" (#1c 1971); The Irish Rovers's "The Unicorn" (#7 1968); Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's "Sylvia's Mother" (#5 1972), "The Cover of Rolling Stone" (#6 1972); Bobby Bare's "The Winner" (#13c 1976); Tompall Glaser's "Put Another Log on the Fire (Male Chauvinest National Anthem)" (#21c 1975)
co-wrote Jerry Lee Lewis' "Once More with Feeling" (#1c 1970); Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" (#2 #1c 1969)
poet; author and illustrator of children's books; artist
served in the Army
see Shel Silverstein

Marvin 'Sweet Louie' Smith (Marvin J. Smith)

b. 1939 - d. 15 Dec 2007 on a cruise ship (heart attack)
soul/doo-wop singer (bass)
instrument: drums
founding member of The Checkmates, Ltd (1960-80, 1986-93), "What Do You Do?" (1962), "Searching for Love" (1962), "Kissin' Her and Crying for You" (1966), "I Can Hear the Rain" (1966), "Glad for You" (1966), "Please Don't Take My World Away" (1967), "Love is All I Have to Give" (#65 1969), "Black Pearl" (#13 1969, One-Hit Wonder), "Proud Mary" (#69 1969), "Sexy Ways" (1974, he co-wrote), "All Alone By the Telephone" (1976), "I'm Laying My Heart on the Line" (1977), "Take All the Time You Need" (1977)
founding member of The Continentals (as Chuck Hemphill) (1957-60)
founding member of The Emeralds (1995- )
served in the Army (1960-62)

Joe Sun (James Joseph Paulson)

b. 1943 in Rochester, MN
country/blues/folk singer
instruments: guitar, harmonica
"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You" (#14c 1978), "High and Dry" (#20c 1978), "Midnight Train of Memories" (1978), "Blue Ribbon Blues" (1979), "I'd Rather Go on Hurtin'" (#20c 1979), "Alabama Rose" (1980), "Shotgun Rider" (#23c 1980), "I Ain't Honky-Tonkin' No More" (1981), "Simple Sing-a-Long Country Song" (1984), "No One Said it Was Gonna Be Easy" (1984), "Why Would I Want to Forget?" (1984), "Almost Over the Line" (1988), "Part of Me Missing You" (1989)
duet with Sheila Andrews, "What I Had with You" (#48c 1980)
songwriter
actor
served in the Air Force

Ian Tyson (Ian Dawson Tyson)

b. 1932/33 in British Columbia, Canada
country/folk/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"She's My Greatest Blessing" (1973), "One Too Many" (1978), "Turning Thirty" (1978), "Leavin' Cheyenne" (1983), "Hot Summer Tears" (1983), "The Coyote and the Cowboy" (1987), "Adelita Rose" (1989), "Since the Rain" (1989), "The Wind in the Wire" (1989), "Black Nights" (1991), "Lights of Laramie" (1991), "Eighteen Inches of Rain" (1994), "Chasin' the Moon" (1994), "Horsethief Moon" (1884), "Barrel-Racing Angel" (1996), "Summer's Gone" (1999), "Brahmas and Mustangs" (1999), "Sorta Together" (2002), "Love Without End" (2005)
founding member of Ian and Sylvia (1961- ), "Gifts Are for Giving" (1966), "This Wheel's on Fire" (1968), "House of Cards" (1968)
founding member of Great Speckled Bird (1969-70)
songwriter
rodeo rider; rancher
md. to singer, Sylvia Fricker (1964-74)
see Ian Tyson

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Lynn Anderson (Lynn Rene Anderson)

b. 1947 in Grand Forks, ND
country singer
instrument: guitar
* "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (#14 1960), "Ride Ride Ride" (#36c 1967), "If I Kiss You (Will You Go Away)" (#5c 1967), "Promises Promises" (#4c 1968), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (#12c 1968), "That's a No No" (#2c 1969), * "No Love at All" (#15c 1970), * "A Woman Lives for Love" (1970), " I've Been Everywhere" (#16, #16c 1970), "Stay There Til I Get There" (#7c 1970), * "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" (#3 #1c 1970, Pop One-Hit Wonder), "You're My Man" (#1 1971), "How Can I Unlove You?" (#63, #1c 1971), * "I Saw Mommie Kissing Santa Claus" (1971), "Fool Me" (#4c 1972), "Cry" (#71, #3c 1972), "Listen to a Country Song" (#4c 1972), "Keep Me in Mind" (#1c 1973), "Sing about Love" (#3c 1973), "Top of the World" (#74, #2c 1974), * "I Wish I Was a Little Boy Again" (1974), "What a Man My Man is" (#93, #1c 1974), "Talkin' to the Wall" (#7c 1974), "I Never Loved Anyone More" (#14c 1975), "He Turns it in to Love Again" (#13c 1975), "He Ain't You" (#19c 1977), "Isn't it Always Love?" (#10c 1979), "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (#26c 1980), "What I Learned from Loving You" (#18c 1983), "Under the Boardwalk" (#24c 1988)
duets with Liz Anderson, "Mother, May I" (#21c 1968), "Better Than Life Without You" (1968)
duet with Gary Morris, "You're Welcome to Tonight" (#9c 1984)
duets with Jerry Lane, "For Better or for Worse" (1966), "Keeping up Appearances" (#49c 1967)
songwriter
daughter of singer, Liz Anderson
md. 1st to songwriter, Glenn Sutton (1968-77); md. 2nd to Harold 'Spook' Stream (1980-83)
see Lynn Anderson

Joe Bauer (Joseph Bauer)

b. 1941 in Memphis, TN - d. Sep 1982 (brain tumor)
rock/jazz musician, instrument: drums
"Five Ten" (1971), "Moonset" (1971), "Old Shoe" (1971)
founding member 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), "Sunlight" (1969)
songwriter
see The Youngbloods

Carlene Carter (Rebecca Carlene Smith)

b. 1955 in Madison, TN
country/pop/rock singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Do it in a Heartbeat" (#42c 1979, she co-wrote), "I Fell in Love" (#3c 1990, she co-wrote), "Come on Back" (#3c 1990, she wrote), "The Sweetest Thing" (#25c 1991, she co-wrote), "Every Little Thing" (#3c 1993, she co-wrote), "Unbreakable Heart" (#51c 1993) "I Love You Cause I Want to" (1993)
duet with Robert Ellis Orrall, "I Couldn't Say No" (#32 1983)
duet with Dave Edmunds "Baby, Ride Easy" (1980)
duet with Southern Pacific, "Time's Up" (#26c 1989)
songwriter
daughter of June Carter and Carl Smith
md. 1st to Joe Simpkins, Jr. (1970-72); md. 2nd to Jack Wesley Routh (1974-77); md. 3rd to singer/songwriter Nick Lowe (1979-1990); md. 4th to Joseph Breen (2006- )
see The Carter Family

George Clayburn

b. 1926 in Atoka, OK - d. 7 Dec 2003 in Las Vegas, NV
western swing singer
instrument: fiddle
with The Texas Playboys (1959-64), "Heart to Heart Talk" (#5c 1960)
served in the Army during WWII
barber
see The Texas Playboys

Martin Delray (Michael Ray Martin)

b. 1949 in Texarkana, AR
country singer
instrument: guitar
"I Let My Love Do My Talkin'" (1990), "Silence Says it All" (1990), "Get Rhythm" (#27c 1991), "Lillie's White Lies" (#51c 1991), "Ring Around the Moon" (1992), "Who, What, Where, When, Why, How" (#51c 1992)
recorded as Mike Martin, "Temptation" (#76 1985, he co-wrote)
songwriter, wrote The Kendalls' "Old-Fashioned Love" (#1c 1978)

Tommy 'Spike' Doss (Lloyd Thomas Doss)

b. 1920 in Weiser, ID
country/western swing singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle
"The Memory" (1972), "So Much to Remember" (1972), "Sing a Sad Song" (1972)
with The Texas Playboys (1945-47), "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), "Can't Get Enough of Texas" (1947), "Sugar Moon" (#1c 1947)
baritone singer with Sons of the Pioneers (1949-67 replaced Bob Nolan), "Room Full of Roses" (#26, #10c 1949), "The Timber Trail" (1949), "Santa Fe, New Mexico" (1949), "Wagons West" (1950), "Little White Cross" (1950), "Echoes from the Hills" (1951), "If You Would Only Be Mine" (1954), "The Tennessee Rock and Roll" (1955), "A Fiddle, a Rifle, an Axe and a Bible" (1958), "Blue Shadows on the Trail" (1959), "Riders in the Sky" (1959)
the Sons of the Pioneers backing Roy Rogers, "That Palomino Pal of Mine" (1949), "Stampede" (#8c 1950)
md. to Naomi Henderson
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com
see The Texas Playboys

Donna Douglas (Dorothy Smith)

b. 1933 in Baywood, LA
country/gospel singer
"Tammy, Tell Me True" (1961), "He's So Near" (1963), "Turn Around" (1963)
actress
md. 1st to Roland Bourgeois (1949-54); md. 2nd to Robert M. Leeds

Shug Fisher (George Clinton Fisher)

b. 1907 in Tabler, OK - d. 16 Mar 1984 in Woodland Hills, CA
country singer
instruments: stand-up bass, mandolin, fiddle, guitar
with The Hollywood Hillbillies
with The Beverly Hill Billies (1932), "When I Was a Boy from the Mountains (and You Were a Girl from the Hills)" (1932)
with Shug Fisher and His Ranchmen
with Sons of the Pioneers (1944-46, 1949-53, 1956-59), "No One to Cry to" (#6c 1946), "Home in Oklahoma" (1946), "Cool Water" (#4c 1947), "The Everlasting Hills of Oklahoma" (1947), "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" (#11c 1948), "Room Full of Roses" (#26, #10c 1949), "The Timber Trail" (1949), "Santa Fe, New Mexico" (1949), "Wagons West" (1950), "Little White Cross" (1950), "Echoes from the Hills" (1951), "A Fiddle, a Rifle, an Axe and a Bible" (1958), "Blue Shadows on the Trail" (1959), "Riders in the Sky" (1959)
the Sons of the Pioneers backing Roy Rogers, "That Palomino Pal of Mine" (1949), "Stampede" (#8c 1950)
songwriter
comedian
see The Sons of the Pioneers on CMT.com

David Frizzell (David Louis Frizzell)

b. 1941 in Eldorado, AR
country singer
instrument: guitar
"I Just Can't Help Believing" (#36c 1970), * "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" (#1c 1982), "Lost My Baby Blues" (#5c 1982), "Where are You Spending Your Nights These Days?" (#10c 1983)
duets with Shelly West, "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma" (#1c 1981), "A Texas State of Mind" (#9c 1981), "Another Honky-Tonk Night on Broadway" (#8c 1982), "I Just Came Here to Dance" (#4c 1982), "It's a Be Together Night" (#13c 1984)
songwriter
younger brother of Lefty Frizzell; md. to Judy Britting (1982- )
served in the Air Force
see David Frizzell

Gib Guilbeau (Floyd August Guilbeau)

b. 1937 in Sunset, LA
country/rock singer
instruments: fiddle, guitar
"Don't Ask Me Why" (1973), "What Kind of Flowers (Should I Send)?" (1973, he wrote), "A Quarter Till Two" (2003, he wrote), "Caroline Gives, Caroline Takes" (2003, he wrote), "Nickels and Dimes" (2003, he co-wrote), "In the Morning" (2003, he co-wrote), "No Matter Where You Go" (2003, he wrote), "Red Mountain Wine" (2003, he co-wrote)
founding member of Swampwater (1969- ), "Desperation's Back Again" (1970, he wrote), "Take a City Bride" (#72c 1971, he wrote), "It's Your Game, Mary Jane" (1971, he wrote), "She's Only Dancing" (1987, he co-wrote), "Middle of Midnight" (1987, he co-wrote), "There'll Be No Getting Over You" (1987, he co-wrote), "We Knew the Bride" (1987, he co-wrote) (songs released in 1987 were recorded in 1979)
Swampwater sang backup for Linda Ronstadt and Arlo Guthrie
lead singer of the Flying Burrito Brothers (1974-85, 1987-95, and reunions), "Building Fires" (1975), "Sweet Desert Childhood" (1975), "Big Bayou" (1976, he wrote), "Another Shade of Grey" (1979, he co-wrote), "White Line Fever" (#95c 1980), "She's a Friend of a Friend" (#67c 1980, he co-wrote), "Does She Wish She Was Single Again?" (#20c 1981), "She Belongs to Everyone But Me" (#16c 1981, he co-wrote), "Damned if I'll Be Lonely Tonight" (1981, he co-wrote), "That's When You Know it's Over" (1981, he co-wrote), "If Something Comes between Us (Let it Be Love)" (#27c 1981, he co-wrote), "Closer to You" (#40c 1982, he co-wrote), "I'm Drinking Canada Dry" (#39c 1982), "Blue and Broken-Hearted Me" (#48c 1982), "Our Roots are Country Music" (1982, he co-wrote), "How'd We Ever Get This Way?" (1982, he co-wrote), "Coast to Coast" (1982, he co-wrote), "Could You Love Me One More Time?" (1983), "Almost Saturday Night" (#49c 1983), "My Kind of a Lady" (#53 1984), "Eye of the Hurricane" (1994, he co-wrote), "Heart Highway" (1994), "Jukebox Saturday Night" (1994)
founding member of The Brothers (2001), "Blue Blue Day" (2001), "Just Before Dawn" (2001)
founding member of Four Young Men, "See Them Laughing" (1960, he co-wrote), "Still Walkin'" (1962), "Don't Be Bashful, Little Girl" (1962, he co-wrote)
Four Young Men backing Bobby Edwards, "You're the Reason" (#11, #4c 1961)
session musician with Darrell Cotton, and others
songwriter, wrote Rick Nelson's "Take a City Bride" (#58c 1967)
music producer; arranger
served in the Air Force 1955-57
see Gib Guilbeau

Rene Hall

b. 1912 in Morgan City, LA - d. 11 Feb 1988 in Los Angeles, CA
jazz/soul/doo-wop musician, instruments: guitar, trombone
founding member of the Rene Hall Orchestra, "Blue Creek Hop" (1950), "My Kind of Rockin'" (1951), "Twitchy" (1957), "South Gate" (1959)
with Billy Joe and the Checkmates, "Percolator (Twist)" (#10 1962, One-Hit Wonder)
with The Shields, "You Cheated" (#12 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "That's the Way it's Gonna Be" (1958), "I'm Sorry Now" (1958)
with The Marketts, "Surfer's Stomp" (#31 1962), "Balboa Blue" (1962), "Out of Limits" (#3 1963), "Vanishing Point" (1964), "Batman Theme" (#17 1966) (not sure if he was on all of the songs)
session musician with Richie Valens, and others
arranger; music producer

Bob Jennings

b. 1924 in Liberty, TN - d. 19 Apr 1984 (shot himself)
country singer
instrument: guitar
"Time and Place" (1958), "The First Step Down (is the Longest)" (#32c 1964), "It Takes a Lot of Money" (1964), "Leave a Little Play (in the Chain of Love)" (#34c 1964), "I'm Barely Hanging on to Me" (1964), "Fall, Teardrops, Fall" (1966), "Diamonds for Pearl" (1967), "The Worst is Yet to Come" (1967), "I'll Step into Your Shoes" (1968)

Creadel 'Red' Jones

b. 1940 - 25 Aug 1994
soul/pop/rock singer (bass)
founding member of The Chi-Lites (1964-73, 1980-82), "Never No More" (1965), "Pretty Girl" (1967), "Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was" (#94 1969), "Have You Seen Her?" (#3 1971), "Oh, Girl" (#1 1972), "The Coldest Days of My Life" (#47 1972), "My Heart Just Keeps on Breakin'" (#92 1972), "A Letter to Myself" (#33 1973), "I Found Sunshine" (#47 1973), "Heavenly Body" (1980), "Bad Motor Scooter" (1983)
see The Chi-Lites on WikipediA

Julie London (Gayle Peck)

b. 1926 in Santa Rosa, CA – d. 18 Oct 2000 in Encino, CA (after a stroke)
pop/jazz singer
"Cry Me a River" (#9 1955, One-Hit Wonder), "Shadow Woman" (1955), "No Moon at All" (1956), "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" (1957), "Saddle the Wind" (1957), "Makin' Whoopee" (#37 1959), "My Strange Affair" (1959), "When Snowflakes Fall in Summer" (1963), "Girl Talk" (1965), "Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast" (1966), "Yummy Yummy Yummy" (1968), "I'd Like to Get to Know You" (1969), "Go Slow" (1957)
actress
md. to actor Jack Webb (1947-53); md. to jazz musician/songwriter, Bobby Troup (1959-99, his death)
see Julie London

Merrill Moore

b. 1923 in Algona, IA - d. 14 Jun 2000 (cancer)
country/rockabilly/western swing singer
"One-Way Door" (1955), "Hard-Top Race" (1955), "Down the Road a Piece" (1955), "Nursery Rhyme Blues" (1957)
founding member of The Saddle Rhythm Boys, "Big Bug Boogie" (1952), "Bell Bottom Boogie" (1953)
session musician with Moon Mullican, Faron Young, Tommy Sands, and others

Olivia Newton-John

b. 1948 in Cambridge, England (grew up in Melbourne, Australia)
country/pop singer (4-octave range)
"If Not for You" (#25 1971), * "I Think I'll Say Goodbye" (1971), "Banks of the Ohio" (#94 1971), * "Let Me Be There" (#6, #7c 1973), * "I Honestly Love You" (#1, #6c 1974, new version #16c 1979), * "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" (#5, #2c 1974), * "Please Mister, Please (Don't Play B-17)" (#3, #5c 1975), "Have You Never Been Mellow?" (#1, #3c 1975), "Let it Shine" (#30, #5c 1976), * "Wrap Me in Your Arms" (1976), "Come on Over" (#23, #5c 1976), "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (#3, #20c 1978), "A Little More Love" (#3, #94c 1978), "Deeper Than the Night" (#11, #87c 1979), "Dancin' Round and Round" (#82, #29c 1979), "Magic" (#1 1980), "Physical" (#1 1981), "Heart Attack" (#3 1982), "Make a Move on Me" (#5 1982), "Twist of Fate" (#5 1983), "Soul Kiss" (#20 1985), "Take Me Home Country Roads" (1973), * "I Want to Be Wanted" (1992), "Love is a Gift" (1998)
founding member of Toomorrow, "Taking Our Own Sweet Time" (1970), "Walkin' on Air" (1970)
duet with John Travolta, "You're the One That I Want" (#1 1978), "Summer Nights" (#5 1978)
duet with Andy Gibbs, "I Can't Help it" (#12 1980)
duet with E.L.O., "Xanadu" (#8 1980)
sang backup on John Denver's "Fly Away" (#12c 1975)
songwriter
actress
environmentalist
md. to Matt Lattanzi (1984-95)

Marty Robbins (Martin David Robinson)

b. 1925 near Glendale, AZ – d. 8 Dec 1982 in Nashville, TN (complications after heart surgery)
country/rockabilly/pop singer
instrument: guitar
"I'll Go on Alone" (#1c 1952, he wrote), "After You Leave" (1953), "I Couldn't Keep from Crying" (#5c 1953, he wrote), "Pretty Words" (#12c 1954, he wrote), "Call Me Up (and I'll Come Calling on You)" (#14c 1954, he wrote), "That's All Right" (#7c 1955), "Singing the Blues" (#17, #1c 1956), "Knee-Deep in the Blues" (#3c 1956), "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" (#2, #1c 1957, he wrote), "The Story of My Life" (#15, #1c 1957), "Just Married" (#26, #1c 1958), "The Last Time I Saw My Heart" (1958), "Like All the Other Times" (1961), "Stairway of Love" (#2c 1968), * "El Paso" (#1, #1c 1959, he wrote), "The Hanging Tree" (#15c 1959), "Cap and Gown" (1959), "Is There Any Chance?" (#31 1960), * "Big Iron" (#26, #5c 1960, he wrote), "Don't Worry (Bout Me)" (#3, #1c 1961, he wrote), "Abilene Rose" (1962), "Devil Woman" (#16, #1c 1962, he wrote), "Ruby Ann" (#18, #1c 1962), "Begging to You" (#74, #1c 1963, he wrote), * "The Cowboy in the Continental Suit" (#3c 1964, he wrote), * "Man Walks among Us" (1964), "Ribbon of Darkness" (#1c 1965), "While You Were Dancing" (#21c 1966), "The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight" (#3c 1966), "Christmas Kisses" (1967), "Tonight Carmen" (#1c 1967, he wrote), "The Girl with Gardenias in Her Hair" (#9c 1967), "Sorting Memories" (1967), "I Walk Alone" (#65, #1c 1968), "It's a Sin" (#5c 1969), "Jolie Girl" (#7c 1970), * "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" (#42, #1c 1970, he wrote about his wife Marizona), "Early Morning Sunshine" (#9c 1971), "Padre" (#5c 1971, he wrote), "Twentieth Century Drifter" (#10c 1973, he wrote), * "I'm Wanting to" (1974), * "I Heard the Bluebirds Sing" (1974), * "Mother Knows Best" (1974), "Shotgun Rider" (#55c 1975), "El Paso City" (#1c 1976, he wrote), "Among My Souvenirs" (#1c 1976), "Eighteen Yellow Roses" (1977), "Don't Let Me Touch You" (#6c 1977, he co-wrote), "Return to Me" (#6c 1978), "Please Don't Play a Love Song" (#17c 1978), "She's Made of Faith" (#37c 1980, he wrote), * "Some Memories Just Won't Die" (#10c 1982), "Honky-Tonk Man" (#10c 1983), "Tie Your Dreams to Mine" (1982), "Change of Hearts" (#48c 1983)
songwriter
NASCAR racer; he crashed his car in the Daytona 500 in 1975, he also crashed in the Winston 500 in 1975 where he had finished 15^th the year before; he drove the pace car in the Indy 500 1976; his final race was the month before his death
author; actor
served in the Navy in WWII (1943-46)
md. to Marizona Baldwin (1948-82, his death)
his first heart attack was in 1969
see Marty Robbins

Frank Safuto

b. 1938 in NY
doo-wop singer (baritone)
founding member Randy and the Rainbows (1962- ), "Denise" (#10 1963), "Why Do Kids Grow Up?" (#97 1963), "Dry Your Eyes" (1964), "Little Hot-Rod Suzie" (1964), "Lovely Lies" (1966), "I'll Forget Her Tomorrow" (1966), "Hey, Look Who's Dancin'" (1970), "A Simple Love Song" (1978)
founding member of The Dialtones (1959-60), "Till I Heard it From You" (1960)
brother of Dominick Safuto

Doug Supernaw (Douglass Anderson Supernaw)

b. 1960 in Bryan, TX or Houston, TX
country/western swing singer
instrument: guitar
backed by his band The Possum-Eatin' Cowboys, "I Don't Call Him Daddy" (#1c 1993), "Reno" (#4c 1993), "You're Gonna Bring Back Cheatin' Songs" (1993), "What'll You Do about Me?" (#16c 1994), "Fire in the Rain" (1995), "Not Enough Hours in the Night" (#3c 1996)
songwriter
md. to Debbie Lubbe (1995- )
he has had numerous arrests for drug and alcohol related charges as well as not paying child support

Larry Weaver

b. 19??
novelty singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
"I'm the Man of Her Dreams (in My Dreams)" (2000), "State Fair Woman" (2001), "Sometimes I Forget" (2001), "My Virtual Girlfriend" (2001), "Ghost in the Trailer" (2001)
comedian

Ted Weems (Wilfred Theodore Weems)

b. 1901 in Pitcairn, PA - d. 6 May 1963 in Tulsa, OK (emphysema)
pop musician, instruments: violin, trombone
founding member of Ted Weems and His Orchestra (1922-41, 1947-53), "Somebody Stole My Gal" (#1 1924), "The Day That I Met You" (1926), "Barbara" (1927), "Highways Are Happy Ways (When They Lead the Way to Home)" (1927), "Me and the Man in the Moon" (1928), "The Man from the South" (#1 1929), "I Don't Want Your Kisses (if I Can't Have Your Love)" (1929), "When it's Daylight Saving Time in Oshkosh" (1930), "When You Were the Blossom of Buttercup Lane (and I Was Your Little Boy Blue)" (1931), "Hats Off, Here Comes a Lady" (1931), "Juggling a Jigsaw" (1933), "One Little Kiss" (1934), "Lazy Weather" (1936), "The Cute Little Hat-Check Girl" (1938), "Sissy" (1938), "Mickey" (1947), "Heartaches" (#1 1947)
served in the Merchant Marines during WWII
DJ

September 27

Randy Bachman (Randolph Charles Bachman)

b. 1943 in Winnipeg, Canada
rock/blues singer
instrument: lead guitar, acoustic guitar
"Is the Night Too Cold for Dancin'?" (1978), "Maybe Again" (1978), "Prairie Town" (1993), "Any Road" (1993), "Vanishing Heroes" (1993), "Born to Ride" (1995), "Made in Canada" (1995), "Let it Ride" (2002, he wrote), "Hey, You" (2002, he wrote), "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" (2002, he wrote), "In Blue" (2004)
founding member The Guess Who (1964-70, and reunions), "Till We Kissed" (1964), "Shakin' All Over" (#22 1965), "Theme From a Music Box" (1965), "The Clock on the Wall" (1966), "His Girl" (1966), "This Time Long Ago" (1967), "A Wednesday in Your Garden" (1968, he wrote), "Maple Fudge" (1968), "Pink Wine Sparkles in the Glass" (1968), "These Eyes" (#6 1969, he co-wrote), "Laughing" (#10 1969, he co-wrote), "Undun" (#22 1969, he wrote), "No Time" (#6 1970, he co-wrote), "Hand-Me-Down World" (#17 1970), "Share the Land" (#10 1970), "American Woman" (#1 1970, he co-wrote), "Bus Rider" (1970), "Rain Dance" (#19 1971), "One Divided" (1971)
founding member of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1973-77, 1983-86, 1988-91), "Blue Collar" (1973), "Stayed Awake All Night" (1973, he wrote), "Takin' Care of Business" (#12 1974, he wrote), "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (#1 1974, he wrote), "Roll on Down the Highway" (#14 1974), "Freeways" (1977, he wrote), "Lost in a Fantasy" (1984, he wrote)
founding member of Ironhorse (1978-80), "Everything is Grey" (1980), "Keep Your Motor Running" (1980), "Playin' That Same Old Song" (1980)
session musician with Neil Young, and others
songwriter
md. to Lorayne Stevenson (1966- ); md. to singer/songwriter, Denise McCann (1982- )
father of singer/songwriter, Tal Bachman
see The Guess Who on Wikipedia
see Randy Bachman
see Bachman-Turner Overdrive on Wikipedia

Pat Bourque (Patrick Bourque)

b. 1977 in Montreal, Canada - d. 25 Sep 2007 in Montreal, Canada
country musician, instruments: bass guitar, guitar
bass guitarist with Emerson Drive (2002-07), "Fall into Me" (#34, #3c 2002), "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)
session musician
see Emerson Drive

Shaun Cassidy (Shaun Paul Cassidy)

b. 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
pop/rock singer
instrument: guitar
"Morning Girl" (1977), "Da Doo Ron Ron" (#1 1977), "That's Rock and Roll" (#3 1977), "Do You Believe in Magic?" (#31 1978), "Hey, Deanie" (#7 1978)
actor; movie producer; director
son of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones; half-brother of David Cassidy
md. 1st to model, Ann Pennington (1979-92); md. 2nd to actress, Susan Diol (1995-2003); md. 3rd to Tracey Turner (2004- )

Raymond Edwards

b. 1922/24 in Philadelphia, PA - d. 4 Mar 1997 (prostate cancer)
doo-wop singer (bass)
founding member of The Silhouettes (1957-58, 1980-93), "I Am Lonely" (1957), "Get a Job" (#1 1958, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "What Would You Do?" (1958), "Voodoo Eyes" (1958)
with The Termites, "Carrie Lou" (1963)
with The Invictors, "I'll Always Care for You" (1961)
with The Dicky Howard Quintet, "Rolling Down the Highway" (1954)
songwriter

Josh 'Buck' Graves (Burkett Howard Graves aka Uncle Josh)

b. 1925/27 in Tellico Plains, TN - d. 30 Sep 2006
bluegrass musician, instruments: dobro, bass, slide guitar
"My Tennessee Mountain Home" (1974), "Starlight Waltz" (1976), "Head Over Heels in Love with You" (1976), "Easin' Down the Turnpike" (1979), "Katy Hill" (1982), "Your Love is Like a Flower" (1998), "Wonder if You're Lonesome, Too" (1998), "Evelina" (2000), "Carolina Sunshine Girl" (2000)
with The Foggy Mountain Boys (1955-69), "Cabin on the Hill" (#9c 1959), "Crying My Heart Out Over You" (#21c 1960), "Go Home" (#10c 1961), "Ballad of Jed Clampett" (#44, #1c 1963), "Pearl, Pearl, Pearl" (#8c 1963), "You Are My Flower" (#12c 1964), "Petticoat Junction" (#14c 1964), "California Uptight Band" (#20c 1967)
founding member of Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass (1969-71)
with Earl Scruggs Revue (1971-73), "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (1972), "Step it up and Go" (1973)
with The Masters (1984-2006)
session musician with Charlie McCoy, Kris Kristofferson, Jesse McReynolds, and others

Jon McLaughlin

b. 1982 in Anderson, IN
pop/rock/folk singer
instruments: piano, guitar
"Conversations" (2005, he wrote), "Places I Already Know" (2005, he wrote), "Beautiful Disaster" (2007, he co-wrote), "Indiana" (2007, he wrote), "Proud Father" (2007), "Amelia's Missing" (2007, he co-wrote)
songwriter

Paul 'Moon' Mullins

b. 1973 in Frenchburg, KY
bluegrass/country singer
instrument: fiddle
founding member of Traditional Grass (1983-95), "Be True to Yourself" (1994), "You Are My Flower" (1994), "Rough Edges" (1994), "Country Girl Blues" (1994), "Two Lonely Hearts" (1995), "Together in Our Hearts" (1995), "No Return" (1995), "I Can't Go on This Way" (1995)
with The Clinch Mountain Boys (1958-60), "Midnight Ramble" (1958), "Gonna Paint the Town" (1958), "The Memory of Your Smile" (1959), "How Far to Little Rock?" (#17c 1960)
The Clinch Mountain Boys were also known as The Stanley Brothers
founding member of The Boys from Indiana (1973-80), "We Missed You in Church Last Sunday" (1973), "I Miss My Indiana" (1974), "Lady of the Lake" (1980, he wrote), "These Memories of Mine" (1980), "How Will I Explain about You?" (1980), "The Sad Wind Sighs" (1980), "Headin' South" (1980)
with The Bluegrass Playboys (1962-64), "Katy Daley" (1962, he wrote), "My Sally Ann" (1962)
session musician with The Goins Brothers, and others
songwriter
DJ
served in the Army (1955-57)
md. to Prudence Williams (1962- )
father of musician, Joe Rader

Don Nix (aka Donnie Williams)

b. 1941 in Memphis, TN
R&B/soul/blues/rock singer
instruments: baritone sax, guitar
"Ain't about to Go Home" (1964), "Olena" (#94 1971), "Mary Louise" (1971), "Going Down" (1972, he wrote), "Black Cat Moan" (1973, he wrote), "She's a Friend of Mine" (1973), "Miss Eleana" (1973), "Backstreet Girl" (1976), "Skyrider" (1979), "I'll Be in Your Dreams" (1979), "Plastic Flowers" (1994, he wrote), "Dance, Chaney, Dance" (1994), "Like a Road Leading Home" (2002, he wrote), "Lucinda" (2002, he wrote)
founding member of The Mar-Keys (1958- ), "Last Night" (#3 1961, One-Hit Wonder, he co-wrote), "About Noon" (1961), "Foxy" (1961), "One Degree North" (1961), "Philly Dog" (1966)
session musician with Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Carla Thomas, and others
songwriter
music producer
author
served in the Army

John Zacherle (aka John Zacherley)

b. 1918 in Philadelphia, PA
novelty singer
"Dinner with Drac" (#6 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "The Cool Ghoul" (1958), "Lunch With Mother Goose" (1958), "Weird Watusi" (1962), "The Bat" (1962), "Happy Halloween" (1963), "The Spider and the Fly" (1963), "Monsters Have Problems, Too" (1964)
voice actor
DJ
served in the Army during WWII

September 28

Mandy Barnett (Amanda Carol Barnett)

b. 1975 in Crossville, TN
country singer
"Now That's All Right with Me" (#43c 1996), "Maybe" (#65c 1996), "A Simple I Love You" (#72c 1996), "I've Got a Right to Cry" (1999), "The Whispering Wind (Blows on By)" (1999), "Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings" (1999)
backup singer on Asleep at the Wheel's "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" (#1c 1975); and with Kim Richey, Kenny Chesney, and others
actress
see Mandy Barnett

Jim Boyd

b. 1914 near Ladonia, TX - d. 11 Mar 1993
country/western swing singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Dust on My Telephone" (1949), "The Girl in the Picture" (1950)
founding member of Jim Boyd's Men of the West, "Waxahachie Dishwasher Boy" (1951), "When I'm Beside You" (1951)
with The Cowboy Ramblers (1934-51), "On the Texas Plains" (1934), "The Train Song (Just Because)" (1935), "Thousand Mile Blues" (1935), "Oh No, She Don't" (1936), "Pretty Little Dream Girl" (1937), "Meant for Me" (1937), "Sister Lucy Lee" (1937), "Song of the Waterfall" (1938), "Tomcat Rag" (1938), "Riding on the Old Ferris Wheel" (1939), "An Ace" (1939), "I Wish You Knew the Way I Feel" (1940), "Swing Steel Swing" (1941), "I Can't Forget No Matter How I Try" (1941), "Jitterbug Jive" (1941), "Homecoming Waltz" (1941), "A Letter I Never Did Mail" (1941), "Shame on You" (#4c 1945), "New Steel Guitar Rag" (#5c 1946)
actor
younger brother of Bill Boyd

Jerry Clower (Howard Gerald Clower)

b. 1926 in Liberty, MS - d 24 Aug 1998 (complications after bypass surgery)
country comedian
"The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth" (1972), "Be Yourself" (1974), "Rattlesnake Roundup" (1975), "It Coulda Been a Lot Worse" (1976), "Airport Goodbyes" (1977)
author
served in the Navy
md. to Homerline Wells (1947-98, his death)

Tommy Collins (Leonard Raymond Sipes)

b. 1930 near Bethany, OK – d. 14 Mar 2000 in Ashland City, TN (emphysema)
country singer
instrument: electric guitar
"You Better Not Do That" (#2c 1954, he wrote), "Whatcha Gonna Do Now?" (#4c 1954, he wrote), "Untied" (#10c 1955, he wrote), "It Tickles" (#5c 1955, he co-wrote), "I Guess I'm Crazy" (#13c 1955), "You Oughta See Pickles Now" (1955), "All Monkeys Ain't in the Zoo" (1956), "Black Cat" (1960), "If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl" (#7c 1966, he wrote), "Take Me Back to the Good Old Days" (1966), "Shindig in the Barn" (#47c 1968, he wrote)
duet with Wanda Shahan, "I Can Do That" (#47c 1964)
songwriter, wrote Faron Young's "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" (#2c 1954); "Merle Haggard's "Carolyn" (#1c 1972), "The Roots of My Raising" (#1c 1976); Mel Tillis' "New Patches" (#10c 1984)
served in the Army
clergyman
md. to Wanda Lucille Shahan

Chuck Crawford (Charles Crawford)

b. 19??
country/rock singer
instrument: fiddle
founding member 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)

Karen Fairchild

b. 1969
country singer
founding member and Little Big Town (1999- ), "Don't Waste My Time" (#33c 2002, she co-wrote), "Everything Changes" (#42c 2002, she co-wrote), "Boondocks" (#46, #9c 2005, she co-wrote), "Bring it on Home" (#58, #4c 2006), "Good as Gone" (#18c 2006), "A Little More You" (#101, #20c 2007), "Pontoon" (#1c 2012, CMA single of the year 2012)
md. to singer, Jimi Westbrook (2006- )

Lynn Fox

b. 1953
country/Christian singer (baritone)
instrument: keyboards
founding member and lead of The Fox Brothers, "Turn My Life Around" (1996), "Cradle of Love" (1998), "Say it Now" (1998), "He Broke the Law" (2000), "Backslider's Prayer" (2000), "Yours" (2001), "Red, White and Blue" (2002), "In This House" (2002)
brother of Randy and Roy Fox
see The Fox Brothers

Matt King (Matthew Thomas King)

b. 1966 in Hendersonville, NC or Asheville, NC
country singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
"September Rain" (1997, he co-wrote), "A Woman Like You" (#54c 1997, he co-wrote), "A Perfect Mistake" (1997, he co-wrote), "Destiny" (1997, he co-wrote), "A Woman's Tears" (#46c 1998, he co-wrote), "Memories, Fiddles and Songs" (1999), "The Angels Are Cryin' Again" (1999)
songwriter

Laurie Lewis

b. 1950 (maybe Mar 6) in Long Beach, CA
bluegrass/country/folk/jazz singer
instruments: fiddle, guitar, acoustic bass
"Restless Rambling Heart" (1986), * "Don't Get Too Close" (1990, she wrote), "Overdrive" (1990), * "Old Friend" (1997, she wrote), "Blue Days, Sleepless Nights" (1998), "Scars from an Old Love" (2004), "Quiet Hills" (2004)
founding member of The Good Ol' Persons (all female bluegrass band) (1975-79)
founding member of Laurie Lewis and Grant Street (1990- ), Laurie Lewis and her Bluegrass Pals (1999- ), the Guest House Band, Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (2006- ) (the name changed but many members were the same)
duets with Tom Rozum, "The Oak and the Laurel" (1995), "Teardrops Falling in the Snow" (1995), "Sleepy Eyes" (1995), "Cold Frosty Morning" (1999), "The Snowy Road" (1999)
songwriter
see Laurie Lewis

Country Johnny Mathis (John Wesley Mathis)

b. 1933 in Maude, TX
country/gospel singer
instrument: guitar
"Contented" (1952), "Moonlight Magic" (1957), "Harbor of Love" (1958), "I've Been Known to Cry" (1958), "Thinking Too Far Behind" (1961), "I'm Still in Love with Kay" (1962), "Please Talk to My Heart" (#14c 1963), "Sweet Rita" (1969)
with Les Cole and the Echoes, "Be-Boppin' Daddy" (1958), "Rock-a-My Baby" (1958)
founding member of Jimmy and Johnny (1953-54, 1958-61), "If You Don't, Somebody Else Will" (#3c 1954, he co-wrote), "I'm Beginning to Remember" (1954), "Can't Find the Door Knob" (1958), "Keep Telling Me" (1958), "All I Need is Time" (1959), "Knock on Wood" (1961)
songwriter
a stroke in 1999 forced him to retire
not related to pop singer, Johnny Mathis

Billy Montana (William Schlappi)

b. 1959 in Voorheesville, NY
honky-tonk/country singer
instruments: guitar, bass, harmonica
"No Yesterday" (#70c 1995, he co-wrote), "Rain Through the Roof" (#58c 1995, he co-wrote), "My Own Worst Enemy" (1995), "Didn't Have You" (#55c 1995, he co-wrote), "Angelia" (1995)
founding member of Billy Montana and the Long Shots, "Crazy Blue" (#46c 1987), "Baby, I Was Leaving Anyhow" (#40c 1987), "Oh, Jenny" (#48c 1988)
session musician on James...Dean's "Fourth and Main" (2001, he co-wrote), "Fire Red Thunderbird" (2001, he co-wrote), "Over the Edge" (2001, he co-wrote); and others
songwriter, wrote Jo Dee Messina's "Bring on the Rain" (#1c 2002); Sara Evans' "Suds in the Bucket" (#1c 2004); Garth Brooks' "More Than a Memory" (#53, #1c 2007)
producer, arranger

Nick St. Nicholas (Klaus Karl Kassbaum)

b. 1943 in Germany (grew up in Canada)
rock backup singer
instrument: bass
"Make it Alright" (1968), "Take Me Along" (1968)
with Steppenwolf (1969-70, 1977-80), "Rock Me" (#10 1969), "It's Never Too Late" (#51 1969, he co-wrote), "Move Over" (#31 1969), "Monster" (#39 1969), "From Here to There Eventually" (1969), "Hey Lawdy, Mama" (#35 1970), "Snow-Blind Friend" (#60 1971)
founding member of Starwolf (aka Lone wolf aka The Wolf) (1980-97)
founding member of World Classic Rockers (1997- )
see Steppenwolf
see World Classic Rockers

Ronnie Reno

b. 1947 in Buffalo, SC
country/bluegrass singer
instruments: guitar, electric bass, mandolin
"Homemade Love" (#86c 1983, he co-wrote), "The Letter" (#76c 1983)
with The Osborne Brothers (1968- ), "Lorena" (1994), "The Waltz You Saved for Me" (1994)
with Merle Haggard's band The Strangers (1971-78), "Someday We'll Look Back" (#2c 1971), "Daddy Frank (the Guitar Man)" (#1c 1971), "Carolyn" (#58, #1c 1972), "Grandma Harp" (#1c 1972), "It's Not Love (But it's Not Bad)" (#1c 1972), "I Wonder if They Ever Think of Me" (#1c 1973), "Everybody's Had the Blues" (#62, #1c 1973), "If We Make it Through December" (#28, #1c 1974), "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (#1c 1974), "Old Man from the Mountains" (#1c 1974), "Kentucky Gambler" (#1c 1974), "Always Wanting You" (#1c 1975), "Movin' on" (#1c 1975), "The Roots of My Raising" (#1c 1976), "Cherokee Maiden" (#1c 1976), "What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana?" (1976)
founding member of The Reno Brothers (1984-98), "Yonder Comes a Freight Train" (#77c 1988), "Love Will Never Be the Same" (#84c 1989, he co-wrote), "All That's Worth Remembering" (1992), "Kentucky Gold" (1992), "Homemade Love" (1994), "The Last Frontier" (1994), "Please Remember That I Love You" (1996), "Maybe You Will Change Your Mind" (1996), "Blue Ridge Side of Blue" (1998), "Somewhere Tonight" (1998)
founding member of Ronnie Reno and the Reno Tradition (2002- ), "Listening to the Rain" (2002), "Highway of Love" (2002), "Drifting with the Tide" (2004), "I Wouldn't Change You if I Could" (2004)
songwriter
son of Don Reno; brother of Ronnie and Dale Reno
see Ronnie Reno and the Reno Tradition

David Schnaufer (David Lynn Schnaufer)

b. 1952 in Hearne, TX (grew up in La Marque, TX) - d. 23 Aug 2006 in Nashville, TN (lung cancer)
country/folk musician, instrument: dulcimer
"Blackberry Winter" (1999, he co-wrote), "Twilight Eyes" (1999), "Wild Rose of the Mountain" (1999)
session musician with Johnny Cash, The Judds, Kathy Mattea, Dan Seals, Emmylou Harris, and others
songwriter

Glenn Sutton (Royce Glenn Sutton)

b. 1937 in Hodge, LA (grew up in Henderson, TX) - d. 17 Apr 2007 (heart attack)
novelty/country singer
instruments: guitar, steel guitar, bass, mandolin, piano, trumpet, drums
"Ring on Your Finger" (1962), "Don't Have You" (1962), "The Football Card" (#55c 1977, he wrote), "I'll Go Steppin', Too" (#74c 1986)
songwriter, wrote Lynn Anderson's "What a Man My Man is" (#93, #1c 1974); Jerry Lee Lewis' "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (#94, #4c 1968)
co-wrote Lynn Anderson's "He Turns it in to Love Again" (#13c 1975); David Houston's "Already it's Heaven" (#1c 1968), "Almost Persuaded" (#24, #1c 1966), "Livin' in a House Full of Love" (#2c 1965), "With One Exception" (#1c 1967), "You Mean the World to Me" (#75, #1c 1967); Tammy Wynette's "Take Me to Your World" (#1c 1968), "Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad" (#3c 1967), "Kids Say the Darndest Things" (#72, #1c 1973), "I Don't Wanna Play House" (#1 1967), "Bedtime Story" (#1c 1972); Ronnie Dove's "Kiss Away" (#25 1965)
md. to singer, Lynn Anderson (1968-77)

September 29

Gene Autry (Orvon Gene Autry)

b. 1907 near Tioga, TX (grew up in OK) – d. 2 Oct 1998 in Studio City, CA (lymphoma)
country singer
instruments: guitar, sax
"Someday in Wyoming" (1934, he co-wrote), "Ole Faithful" (#10 1935), "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)" (1939, 1946), "Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye" (#20 1940), "It Makes No Difference Now" (1941), "Jingle Jangle Jingle" (1942), "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" (#3c 1944), "Gonna Build a Big Fence Around Texas" (#2c 1945), "I Want to Be Sure" (#4c 1945, he co-wrote), "Don't Fence Me in" (#4c 1945), "Don't Live a Lie" (#4c 1945, he co-wrote), "I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take" (1945), "At Mail Call Today" (#1c 1945, he co-wrote), "I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine" (#3c 1946, he co-wrote), "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" (#3c 1946), "You're Not My Darlin' Anymore" (#3c 1947), "Here Comes Santa Claus" (#4c 1948, he co-wrote), "Lonestar Moon" (1948), "Buttons and Bows" (#6c 1948), "That Little Kid Sister of Mine" (1948), "Loaded Pistols and Loaded Dice" (1948), "Gallivantin' Galveston Gal" (1948), "Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle" (1949), "Ellie Mae" (1949), * "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (#1c 1950, #55c 1999), "Peter Cottontail" (#5, #3c 1950), "Frosty the Snowman" (#4c 1950), "Ridin' Down the Canyon (to Watch the Sun Go Down)" (1950, he co-wrote), "Fetch Me Down My Trusty .45" (1950, he co-wrote)
duet with Jimmy Long "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine" (recorded 1931, became a hit 1935)
songwriter
cowboy actor (with his horse, Champion)
owned the California Angels baseball team (1961-98)
pilot in the Army Air Corp (1942-45)
md. to Ina May Spivey (1932-80, her death); md. 2nd to Jackie (1981- )
see Gene Autry

Franny Beecher (Frank Beecher)

b. 1921 in Norristown, PA
rock/jazz/rockabilly singer
instrument: lead guitar
lead guitarist with Bill Haley and the Comets (1954-62, and reunions), "Dim, Dim the Lights" (#11 1954), "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (#7 1954), * "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" (#1 1955, #39 1974), "Razzle Dazzle" (#15 1955), "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie" (#23 1955), "See You Later, Alligator" (#6 1956), "Rudy's Rock" (#34 1956), "The Saints' Rock 'n' Roll" (#18 1956), "Rock the Joint" (1957), "Rockin' Rita" (1957), "Mary, Mary Lou" (1957), "B-B-Betty" (1958), "Skinny Minnie" (#22 1958), "My Kind of Woman" (1961)
several Comets recording as The Lifeguards, "Everybody Out of the Pool" (1959)
founding member and lead guitarist of The Jumping Jaguars, "Knock-Kneed Nellie from Knoxville" (1956)
several Comets recording as The Kingsmen, "Weekend" (#35 1958, One-Hit Wonder), "The Cat Walk" (1958)
with The Merri-Men, "Big Daddy" (1961), "St. Louis Blues" (1961) (this was a group of Comets using a different name)
session musician with Jesse Rogers, Sally Starr, and others
see The Rockabilly Hall of Fame

Tommy Boyce (Sidney Thomas Boyce)

b. 1939/44 in Charlottesville, VA – d. 23 Nov 1994 in Nashville, TN (shot himself)
pop singer
instrument: guitar
"Give Me a Clue" (1960), "Along Came Linda" (1961), "You Look So Lonely" (1961), "Too Late for Tears" (1962), "I'll Remember Carol" (#80 1962, he wrote), "A Million Things to Say" (1963), "Sunday, the Day Before Monday" (1966)
with Boyce and Hart, "Out and About" (#39 1967), "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight" (#8 1968), * "Alice Long (You're Still My Favorite Girlfriend)" (#27 1968), "P.O. Box 9847" (1968), "Goodbye, Baby (I Don't Want to See You Cry)" (#53 1968), "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind" (1969)
founding member of The Tommy Band (1979- )
songwriter, co-wrote The Monkees' "Last Train to Clarksville" (#1 1966), "Words" (#11 1967); Paul Revere and the Raiders' "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone" (#20 1967); Jay and the Americans' "Come a Little Bit Closer" (#3 1964); Curtis Lee's "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" (#7 1961)
music producer
he suffered with depression for many years
see Boyce and Hart

Bill Boyd (William Lemuel Boyd)

b. 1910 near Ladonia, TX - d. 7 Dec 1977 in Dallas, TX
country/western swing singer
instruments: guitar, piano
founding member of his all-string band The Cowboy Ramblers (1932- ), "On the Texas Plains" (1934), "The Train Song (Just Because)" (1935, he wrote), "Thousand Mile Blues" (1935), "Oh No, She Don't" (1936), "Pretty Little Dream Girl" (1937), "Meant for Me" (1937), "Sister Lucy Lee" (1937), "Song of the Waterfall" (1938), "Tomcat Rag" (1938), "Riding on the Old Ferris Wheel" (1939), "An Ace" (1939), "I Wish You Knew the Way I Feel" (1940), "Swing Steel Swing" (1941), "I Can't Forget No Matter How I Try" (1941), "Jitterbug Jive" (1941), "Homecoming Waltz" (1941), "A Letter I Never Did Mail" (1941), "Shame on You" (#4c 1945), "New Steel Guitar Rag" (#5c 1946, he wrote), "Gladiola Waltz" (1951), "Definitions of Love" (1956), "Rockin' and Rollin' My Country Songs Away" (1960)
songwriter
DJ; actor
older brother of Jim Boyd

Bob Carlisle

b. 1956 in Santa Ana, CA
Christian/country singer
instruments: guitar, french horn
"The Chance I Have to Take" (1993), "Bridge between Two Hearts" (1993), "Butterfly Kisses" (#45c 1997, he co-wrote), "First, Last and Always" (2000), "I Still Believe in You" (2000)
backup singer
songwriter, co-wrote Dolly Parton's "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That?" (#1c 1989)

Brad Cotter

b. 1970 in Opelika, AL
country singer
"I've Got Time" (2004, he co-wrote), "I Meant to" (#25c 2004, he co-wrote), "Can't Tell Me Nothin'" (#59c 2004), "I Miss Me" (#59c 2004, he co-wrote), "God's Fingerprints" (2007)
with Silverado (199?-93)
songwriter

Alvin Crow

b. 1950 in OK
western swing/honky-tonk/rockabilly singer
instrument: fiddle
"Nyquil Blues" (#94c 1977)
founding member of The Pleasant Valley Boys, "Rear-View Mirror" (1976), "Dynamite Diana" (1976), "I Just Dropped by to See the Show" (1976), "Yes She Do, No She Don't" (#83c 1977), "Living on Memories" (1977), "Crazy Little Mama (At My Front Door)" (#97c 1977)

Danick Dupelle

b. 1973 in Quebec, Canada
country musician, instrument: lead guitar
guitarist and backup singer with Emerson Drive (1998- ), * "I Should Be Sleeping" (#35, #4c 2002), "Fall into Me" (#34, #3c 2002), "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

Manuel Fernandez (Manolo Manuel Fernandez)

b. 1943 in Seville, Spain - d. 20 May 1967 (suicide)
pop/rock musician, instrument: electric organ
with Mike and the Runaways
founding member of Los Bravos (1965-67), "Black is Black" (#4 1966, One-Hit Wonder), "I Don't Care" (1966)
md. to Lottie Rey
he committed suicide after his wife was killed in an auto accident in which he was driving
see Los Bravos on Wikipedia

Tillman Franks (Tillman Ben Franks)

b. 1929 in Stamps, AR (grew up in Cedar Grove, LA) - d. 26 Oct 2006
country musician, instruments: bass, fiddle
"Hot-Rod Shotgun Boogie" (1951), "Tadpole" (#30c 1963)
founding member of The Tillman Franks Singers, "When the World's on Fire" (#30c 1964), "Uncle Eph" (1964)
songwriter, wrote Johnny Horton's "When it's Springtime in Alaska (it's Forty Below)" (#4, #1c 1959); co-wrote Johnny Horton's "Honky-Tonk Man" (#96, #9c 1956, #11c 1962)
served in the Army during WWII (1942-45)
md. to Virginia Hellen Suber (1946-2006, his death)
he was injured in the crash that killed Johnny Horton

Jerry Lee Lewis (aka 'The Killer')

b. 1935 in Ferriday, LA
rock/country/R&B singer
instruments: piano, guitar
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' on" (#3, #1c 1957), * "Great Balls of Fire" (#2 1957, #1c 1958), "You Win Again" (#4c 1958), * "Breathless" (#7, #4c 1958), "I'll Make it All Up to You" (#19c 1958), "Love Made a Fool of Me" (1960), "What'd I Say?" (#30, #26c 1961), "How's My Ex Treating You?" (1962), "Pen and Paper" (#36c 1964), "I Know What it Means" (1964), "She Was My Baby (He Was My Friend)" (1964), "You Went Back on Your Word" (1964), * "Don't Let Go" (1965), "Another Place, Another Time" (#97, #4c 1968), "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (#94, #4c 1968), "She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me)" (#2c 1968), "To Make Love Sweeter for You" (#1c 1969), "Invitation to Your Party" (#6c 1969), "Save the Last Dance for Me" (#26c 1969), "One Minute Past Eternity" (#2c 1969), "One Has My Name (the Other Has My Heart)" (#3c 1969), "She Even Woke Me up to Say Goodbye" (#2c 1969), "I Can't Seem to Say Goodbye" (#7c 1970), "You Went Out of Your Way (to Walk With Me)" (1970), "There Must Be More to Love Than This" (#1c 1970), "Once More with Feeling" (#1c 1970), "Touching Home" (#3c 1971), "Me and Bobby McGee" (#40, #1c 1971), "When He Walks Out on You Like You Have Walked Out on Me" (#1c 1971), "Jukebox Junkie" (1971), "Chantilly Lace" (#43, #1c 1972), "Think about it Darlin'" (#1c 1972), "Would You Take Another Chance on Me?" (#1c 1972), "No Headstone on My Grave" (#104, #60c 1973), "Jukebox" (1973), "Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough" (#6c 1973), "He Can't Fill My Shoes" (#8c 1974), "I Can Still Hear the Music in the Restroom" (#13c 1975), "Let's Put it Back Together Again" (#6c 1976), "Middle-Age Crazy" (#4c 1977), * "Rockin' My Life Away" (#18c 1979), "When Two Worlds Collide" (#11c 1980), "Thirty-Nine and Holding" (#4c 1981)
duets with Linda Gail Lewis, "Seasons of My Heart" (1963), "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (#9c 1969)
duet with Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, "Walk That Lonesome Valley" (1956)
duet with Ronnie McDowell, "Never Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll" (#50c 1989)
songwriter
actor
cousin of Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggert
brother of Linda Gail Lewis
md. 1st at age sixteen to Dorothy Barton (1952-54); md. 2nd to Jane Mitcham (1954-58); md. 3rd to his thirteen-year old second cousin Myra Gail Brown (1958-71); md. 4th to Jaren Gunn (1971-82, she was found dead in their pool); md. 5th to Shawn Michelle Stevens (1983, she died of a methadone overdose 2 months later); md. 6th to Kerrie McCarver (1984-2004)
in 1976 he shot his bass player in the chest with a 357 magnum, the bass player lived and Jerry was charged with discharging a firearm within the city limits
in 1962 his 3-year old son drowned; in 1973 his 20-year old son died in an auto accident
see Jerry Lee Lewis

Katie McNeill

b. 1982
country singer
founding member of 3 of Hearts, "6, 8, 12" (2001), "Arizona Rain" (#59c 2001), "Love is Enough" (#43c 2001), "Sugar and Daisies" (2001), "The Hard Way" (2001), "The Christmas Shoes" (#39c 2002)

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Deborah Allen (Deborah Lynn Thurmond)

b. 1953 in Memphis, TN
country/pop singer
instruments: guitar, piano
"Nobody's Fool" (#24c 1981, she co-wrote), "You (Make Me Wonder Why)" (#20c 1981, she co-wrote), "Baby, I Lied" (#26, #4c 1983, she co-wrote), "I've Been Wrong Before" (#2c 1983, she co-wrote), "I Hurt for You" (#10c 1984, she co-wrote), "Rock Me (in the Cradle of Love)" (#29c 1993, she co-wrote)
duets with Jim Reeves, "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (#10c 1979), "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (#10c 1980), "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" (#6c 1980)
songwriter, co-wrote Janie Fricke's "Don't Worry 'Bout Me Baby" (#1c 1982); Tanya Tucker's "Can I See You Tonight?" (#4c 1981)
md. to songwriter, Rafe Van Hoy (1982-93); md. to Raymond Hicks
see Deborah Allen

Crystal Bernard

b. 1961 in Garland, TX
country/rock singer
"Til I Get Over You" (1996), "Could Have Been Mine" (1996), "State of Mind" (#70c 1997, she co-wrote), "Don't Touch Me There" (1999, she co-wrote), "Music Box" (1999, she wrote)
duet with Billy Dean, "Have We Forgotten What Love is?" (#57c 1996, she co-wrote)
duet with Peter Cetera, "(I Wanna Take) Forever Tonight" (1995)
songwriter
actress

Richard Bowden

b. 1945/52 in Linden, TX
country/rock/novelty musician, instruments: fiddle, mandolin, lead guitar, trumpet
with The Maines Brothers Band (1977- ), "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)
founding member of Blue Steel (1978- )
founding member of Pinkard and Bowden (1983-99), "Mama, She's Lazy" (#39c 1984, parody of The Judds' "Mama He's Crazy")
with Linda Ronstadt's band (197?-73)
session musician with Roger McGuinn, and others
songwriter
comedian
see The Maines Brothers Band
see Pinkard and Bowden

Jill Corey (Norma Jean Speranza)

b. 1935 in Avonmore, PA
pop singer
"Should I Tell?" (1954), "Ching Ching-a-Ling" (1955), "I Love My Baby (My Baby Loves Me)" (#21 1957), "Love Me to Pieces" (#11 1957), "My Reverie" (1958), "Last Night on the Back Porch" (1958), "I Double Dare You" (1958), "Seems Like Old Times" (1959), "Ten-Gallon Hat" (1960)
duets with Buddy Cole, "Wait for Tomorrow" (1955), "First Love" (1955)
actress
md. to Pittsburgh Pirates' third baseman, Don Hoak (1961-1969, his death)
see Jill Corey

Cissy Houston (Emily Drinkard)

b. 1933 in Newark, NJ
soul/pop/gospel singer
"Don't Come Running to Me" (1967), "Be My Baby" (1970), "Nothing Can Stop Me" (1975), "It Never Really Ended" (1977), "I Won't Be the One" (1978), "Somebody Should Have Told Me" (1978)
founding member and lead of Sweet Inspirations (196?-69), "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)?" (#57 1967), "Sweet Inspiration" (#18 1968, One-Hit Wonder), "I'm Blue" (1968), "To Love Somebody" (#74 1968)
with The Drinkard Singers, "Out of the Depths" (1962), "You Can't Make Me Doubt Him" (1962)
duet with Whitney Houston, "I Know Him So Well" (1987)
backup singer for Elvis Presley, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, and others
mother of Whitney Houston; aunt of Dionne Warwick

Pearl Butler (Pearl Dee Jones)

b. 1927 in Nashville, TN – d. 3 Mar 1989 (thyroid problems)
country/bluegrass singer
instrument: acoustic guitar
duets with Carl Butler, "Honky-Tonkitis" (#25c 1961), "Don't Let Me Cross Over" (#88, #1c 1962), "Too Late to Try Again" (#9c 1963), "I'm Hanging up the Phone" (#14c 1964), "Loving Arms" (#14c 1964), "Forbidden Street" (#23c 1964), "Just Thought I'd Let You Know" (#22c 1965), "I Never Got Over You" (#46c 1968), "If Only I'd Met You First" (1968)
duet with Carl Butler, "Too Late to Try Again" (#9c 1963)
songwriter, co-wrote Carl Smith's "Kisses Don't Lie" (#5c 1955)
md. to singer/songwriter, Carl Butler (1952-89, her death)

Frankie Lymon (Frank Joseph Lymon)

b. 1942 in Washington Heights, NY – d. 27 Feb 1968 (heroin overdose)
doo-wop/rock singer
"What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (1959), "To Each His Own" (1964), "Sea Breeze" (1968)
founding member of Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (1955-57), * "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" (#6 1956, he was only thirteen, he co-wrote), "I Want You to Be My Girl" (#13 1956), "Who Can Explain?" (1956), "The ABC's of Love" (1956), "I Promise to Remember" (1956), "Paper Castles" (1957), "Miracle in the Rain" (1957)
songwriter
md. 1st to Elizabeth Waters (1964- ); md. 2nd to Elmira Eagle (1967-68, his death)
see Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers

Dewey Martin (Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff)

b. 1940/42 in Ontario, Canada
rock singer
instrument: drums
"White Cliffs of Dover" (1964), "While I Wait" (1965), "I Don't Want to Cry" (1966)
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), "In the Hour of Not Quite Rain" (1968), "Carefree Country Day" (1968), "On the Way Home" (1968), "Expecting to Fly" (1968)
session drummer with Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers, and others
songwriter
auto mechanic
served in the Army
see Dewey Martin on Wikipedia

Johnny Mathis (John Royce Mathis)

b. 1935 in San Francisco, CA or Gilmer, TX
pop singer
"Wonderful, Wonderful" (#14 1957), "It's Not for Me to Say" (#5 1957), "Chances Are" (#1 1957), "Wild is the Wind" (#22 1957), * "The Twelfth of Never" (#9 1957), "A Certain Smile" (#14 1958), "All the Time" (#21 1958), "Someone" (#20 1959), "Misty" (#12 1959), "Small World" (#20 1959), "My Love for You" (#47 1960), "Starbright" (#25 1960), "Maria" (#78 1960), "Gina" (#6 1962), "What Will Mary Say?" (#9 1963), "Every Step of the Way" (#30 1963), "I'm Coming Home" (#75 1973), "Life is a Song Worth Singing" (#54 1974)
duet with Deniece Williams, "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" (#1 1978)
duet with Dionne Warwick, "Friends in Love" (#38 1982)
actor
see Johnny Mathis

Marilyn McCoo (aka Marilyn Davis)

b. 1943 in Jersey City, NJ
R&B singer
Saving All My Love for You" (1978), "Heart Stop Beating in Time" (1978)
founding member of The Fifth Dimension (1966-73), "I'll Be Lovin' You Forever" (1966), "Paper Cup" (1967), "Go Where You Wanna Go" (#16 1967), "Up, up and Away" (#7 1967), "Stoned Soul Picnic" (#3 1968), "Sweet Blindness" (#13 1968), "California Soul" (#25 1969), "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine in" (#1 1969), "Wedding Bell Blues" (#1 1969), "Blowing Away" (#21 1970), "A Love Like Ours" (1970), "One Less Bell to Answer" (#2 1970), "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" (#19 1971), "Never, My Love" (#12 1971), "(Last Night) I Didn't Get to Sleep at All" (#8 1972), "If I Could Reach You" (#10 1972), "Everything's Been Changed" (1973)
duets with Billy Davis, Jr., "There's Got to Be a Happy Ending" (1975), "You Don't Have to Be a Star (to Be in My Show)" (#1 1976), "Your Love" (#15 1977), "Look What You've Done to My Heart" (1977), "My Reason to Be is You" (1977), "I Got the Words, You Got the Music" (1978), "Shine on Silvery Moon" (1978), "I Believe in You and Me" (1983)
actress
md. to Billy Davis, Jr. (1969- , got married in a hot air balloon)
see Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr.

Eddie Montgomery (Gerald Edward Montgomery)

b. 1963 in Lancaster, KY or Danville, KY
country/rock singer
instruments: guitar, drums
founding member of Montgomery Gentry (1999- ), "Hillbilly Shoes" (#62, #13c 1999), "Lonely and Gone" (#46, #5c 1999), "She Couldn't Change Me" (#37, #2c 2001), * "My Town" (#40, #5c 2002), * "Speed" (#47, #5c 2003), "Hell Yeah" (#45, #4c 2003), "If You Ever Stop Loving Me" (#30, #1c 2004), "Gone" (#3c 2005), Something to Be Proud of" (#41, #1c 2005), "She Don't Tell Me to" (#62, #5c 2006), "Some People Change" (#57, #7c 2006), "Lucky Man" (#71, #7c 2007)
songwriter
older brother of John Michael Montgomery

Ken Munds

b. 1948 in Okmulgee, OK
bluegrass/country/gospel singer
instrument: guitar
founding member and lead singer of Brush Arbor (1971-75), "Proud Mary" (#56c 1972), "Brush Arbor Meeting" (#41 1973, he wrote)
with Kentucky Faith
songwriter

Daron Norwood

b. 1965 in Lubbock, TX (grew up in Tahoka, TX)
country/rock singer
"Phonographic Memory" (1993), "Honky-Tonk Heartache of the Year" (1993), "If it Wasn't for Her, I Wouldn't Have You" (#26c 1994), "Cowboys Don't Cry" (#24c 1994), "If I Ever Love Again" (#48c 1994), "Bad Dog, No Biscuit" (#50c 1995), "You Could've Heard a Heartbreak" (1995), "I Can't Strike That Match" (1995)

Sylvia Peterson

b. 1946 in NY
rock/pop singer
with The Chiffons (1963-72, and reunions), * "He's So Fine" (#1 1963), * "One Fine Day" (#5 1963), "A Love So Fine" (1963), "I Have a Boyfriend" (#36 1963), "Why Am I So Shy?" (1963), "I'm Gonna Dry My Eyes" (1963), "Easy to Love (So Hard to Get)" (1964), "Sailor Boy" (1964), "Nobody Knows What's Going on (in My Mind But Me)" (1965), "Tonight I'm Gonna Dream" (1965), "Did You Ever Go Steady?" (1966), "Sweet-Talkin' Guy" (#10 1966), "Three Dips of Ice Cream" (1969)
The Chiffons recording as The Four Pennies, "My Block" (#67 1963), "When the Boy's Happy (the Girl's Happy Too)" (#95 1963)
see The Chiffons

Marty Stuart (John Marty Stuart)

b. 1958 in Philadelphia, MS
country/rockabilly/honky-tonk singer
instruments: guitar, fiddle, mandolin
"Arlene" (#19c 1985), "Western Girls" (#20c 1989), "Since I Don't Have You" (1989, he co-wrote), "Hillbilly Rock" (#8c 1990), "Tempted" (#5c 1991, he co-wrote), "Little Things" (#8c 1991, he co-wrote), "Til I Found You" (#12c 1991), "Burn Me Down" (#7c 1992), "Now That's Country" (#18c 1992, he wrote), "Kiss Me, I'm Gone" (#26c 1994, he co-wrote), "You Can't Stop Love" (#26c 1997, he co-wrote), "If There Ain't, There Oughta Be" (#41c 2003)
duets with Travis Tritt, "The Whiskey Ain't Workin' (Anymore)" (#2c 1992, he co-wrote), "This One's Gonna Hurt (For a Long, Long Time)" (#7c 1992, he wrote), "Honky-Tonkin's What I Do the Best" (#23 1996)
played mandolin with Lester Flatt's Nashville Grass (1972-78)
guitarist with Johnny Cash's backup band (1980-85), "Baron" (#10c 1981), "We Must Believe in Magic" (#84c 1982), "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" (#75c 1983)
session musician
songwriter
photographer
md. to Cindy Cash (1983-88); md. to Connie Smith (1997- , he is 17 years younger than her)
see Marty Stuart

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