Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Django Reinhardt – jazz guitarist/composer/violin/banjo – associated acts include – Duke Ellington – (1/23/1910 – 5/16/1953) Ken Errair – singer – with quartet – The
Sam Cooke – soul-R&B singer/songwriter/musician – native of Clarksdale, MS – referred to as – The King of Soul – hits include – Chain Gang
Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith) – Rock and Roll DJ/radio personality/actor/musician – was a regular announcer and occasional host on The Midnight Special – voice
Lead Belly – blues-folk singer/12 string guitarist/accordion/piano/lap steel – 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2008 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – (1/20/1889
Johnny O’Keefe – singer/radio-TV personality – known as “Australia’s King of Rock & Roll” – hits include – Real Wild Child – Shout! – She’s
Hargus “Pig” Robbins – keyboard/piano – Nashville session player – 2012 Country Music Hall of Fame – (1/18/1938 – 1/30/2022) Bobby Goldsboro – pop-country singer/songwriter/guitarist/painter/television
Ertha Kitt – singer/actor/activist – best known for – Santa Baby – 1967 role of Catwoman on Batman TV series – (1/17/1927 – 12/25/2008) Grady
Roy Lanham – guitarist – best known with – Sons of the Pioneers – The Whippoorwills – solo artist – (1/16/1923 – 2/14/1991) Bob Bogle