Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Sam John “Lightnin’” Hopkins – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist – 1980 Blues Hall of Fame – (3/15/1912 – 1/30/1982) Carl Smith – country-rockabilly singer/songwriter – known as
Les Baxter – piano/saxophone/vocalist/composer/arranger – early work with swing bands led him to develop his own style of easy listening music know as exotica –
Roy “Snap Crackle” Haynes – jazz drummer – 1999 Modern Drummer Hall of Fame – 1925 Jan Howard (Lula Grace Johnson) – country singer/songwriter/actress –
Lew DeWitt – singer/songwriter/guitarist – founder and original tenor of – The Statler Brothers – writer of one of the groups biggest hits – Flowers
George Kooymans – Dutch guitarist/singer/songwriter – best known with – Golden Earring – group hits include – Radar Love – Twilight Zone – 1948 Mark Stein
Dean Torrence – multi-award winning singer/songwriter – surf music – Jan & Dean – pioneers of the California sound and vocal surf music – 2008
Lloyd Price – New Orleans R&B singer – “Mr. Personality” – hits include – Stagger Lee – Lawdy Miss Clawdy – Personality – accolades include
Mississippi John Hurt – country-blues singer/guitarist – (3/8 possibly 3/3/1892 – 11/2/1966) Johnny Dollar – country-rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitarist – (3/8/1922 – 4/13/1986) Ralph Ellis – British