Red Sovine – country singer/songwriter/guitar – best known for his truck driving songs – hits include – Why Baby Why with Webb Pierce – Giddyup Go – Phantom 309 – Teddy Bear – (7/17/1917 – 4/4/1980)
“Little” Jimmy Scott – jazz singer – (7/17/1925 – 6/12/2014)
Vince Guaraldi – jazz musician/composer – best known for theme music from the animated adaptations of the “Peanuts” comic strip – (7/17/1928 – 2/6/1976)
Spencer Davis – singer/multi-instrumentalist – The Spencer Davis Group – solo artist – hits include – Gimme Some Lovin’ – I’m A Man – Keep On Running – Somebody Help Me – (7/17/1939 – 10/19/2020)
Gale Garnett – folk singer/actress – best known for the Grammy winning 1964 hit – We’ll Sing In The Sunshine – 1942
George Bruno “Zoot” Money – English singer/keyboardist/bandleader – associated acts include – Big Roll Band – The Animals – Peter Green – Humble Pie – Spencer Davis – (7/17/1942 – 9/8/2024)
Mick Tucker – English drummer/backing vocals – Sweet – group hits include – The Ballroom Blitz – Fox On The Run – Little Willy – Love Is Like Oxygen – (7/17/1947 – 2/14/2002)
Mike Vale – bassist/songwriter – Tommy James & The Shondells – hits include – Mony Mony – Hanky Panky – I Think We’re Alone Now – Crystal Blue Persuasion – 1949
Terry “Geezer” Butler – English bassist/songwriter – best known with – Black Sabbath – 2006 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts include – GZR – Heaven & Hell – Ozzy Osbourne – Deadland Ritual – 1949
Brian Glascock – drummer – best known with – The Motels – group hits include – Only The Lonely – 1948
Ron Asheton – guitarist/bassist/songwriter – The Stooges – 2006 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – associated acts include – The New Order – Destroy All Monsters – New Race – Dark Carnival – The Empty Set – Powertrane – (7/17/1948 – 1/6/2009)
Damon Harris – multi-award winning R&B singer – The Temptations – group hits include – Papa Was A Rolling Stone – Masterpiece – Plastic Man – (7/17/1950 – 2/18/2013)
Bruce Crump – drummer/songwriter – best known as the original drummer of southern rock group – Molly Hatchet – group songs include – Flirtin’ With Disaster – Gator Country – (7/17/1957 – 3/16/2015)
Laura Lynch – country music bassist/singer – co-founder of – The Dixie Chicks – (7/17/1959 – 12/22/2023)
Kim Shattuck – alt-rock singer/songwriter/guitarist – associated acts include – The Muffs – The Beards – The Pandoras – (7/17/1963 – 10/2/2019)
Craig Morgan – country singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Bonfire – Redneck Yacht Club – A Little Bit Of Life – That’s What I Love About Sunday – 1965
Luke Bryan – multi-award winning country singer/songwriter/guitar/piano – hits include – Rain Is A Good Thing – Drunk On You – Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye – Drink A Beer – Country Girl – Most People Are Good – Forever Country – 1976
Tom Fletcher – English pop singer/frontman/multi-instrumentalist/author – associated acts include – McFly – 1985