Musical Birthday Notes – June 22nd
Kris Kristofferson – country songwriter/singer/musician/actor – The Highwaymen – solo artist – 2004 Country Music Hall of Fame – songs include – Me and Bobby
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Kris Kristofferson – country songwriter/singer/musician/actor – The Highwaymen – solo artist – 2004 Country Music Hall of Fame – songs include – Me and Bobby
Ocie Lee “O.C.” Smith – R&B-soul-pop singer – best known for the 1968 hit – Little Green Apples – (6/21/1932 – 11/23/2001) Jon Hiseman –
Danny Cedrone – guitarist/bandleader – best known with – Bill Haley & His Comets – group hits include – Rock Around The Clock – 2012
Lester Flatt – bluegrass guitarist/mandolinist – The Foggy Mountain Boys – also known as Flatt & Scruggs – 1985 Country Music Hall of Fame –
Sara Martin – “The Famous Moanin’ Mama” – blues singer – songs include – T’ain’t Nobody’s Bus’ness If I Do – (6/18/1884 – 5/24/1955) Herman
Red Foley – country singer/songwriter/guitar/banjo – veteran of The Grand Ole Opry – 1967 Country Music Hall of Fame – (6/17/1910 – 9/19/1968) David “Stringbean”
Billy “Crash” Craddock – country/rockabilly singer – also known as – The King of Country Rock Music – Mr. Country Rock – hits include –
Leon Payne – country singer/songwriter – known as “The Blind Balladeer” – also wrote under the pen name of Pat Patterson – (6/15/1917 – 9/11/1969)