Canaan Smith
Danny Joe Brown
Shalamar
Wynonie Harris
The Harptones
Jackie Brenston
Ken Hensley
Justine Skye
SHeDAISY
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup
Average White Band
- Ruby Smith – blues singer –songs include – Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair Blues – Backwater Blues – (8/24/1903 – 3/24/1977)
- Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup – blues singer – was called “The Father of Rock & Roll” due to his influence on Elvis Presley – songs include – That’s Alright – My Baby Left Me – So Glad You’re Mine – (8/24/1905 – 3/28/1974)
- Wynonie Harris – blues-swing guitarist/singer – songs include – Lolly Pop Mama – I Like My Baby’s Pudding – Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well – (8/24/1915 – 6/14/1969)
- Jackie Brenston – R&B singer/saxophonist – his song – Rocket 88 – is considered one of the foundations of rock & roll music – (8/24/1928 or 1930 – 12/15/1979)
- Willie Winfield – doo-wop singer – The Harptones – group songs include – Sunday Kind Of Love – Life Is But A Dream – 2002 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – (8/24/1929 – 7/27/2021)
- David Freiberg – vocals/multi-instrumentalist – Quicksilver Messenger Service – Jefferson Airplane – Jefferson Starship – 1938
- Tony Secunda – English manager of rock groups – associated acts include – The Moody Blues – Procol Harum – T. Rex – Motorhead – The Pretenders – (8/24/1940 – 2/12/1995)
- Ernest Wright Jr. – R&B/doo-wop singer – multi-award winning group – Little Anthony & The Imperials – hits include – Tears On My Pillow – Goin’ Out Of My Head – Hurts So Bad – 2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1999 Vocal Group Hall of Fame – 1941
- John Cipollina – (John Holland Mallet III) – guitarist – founding member of – Quicksilver Messenger Service – Copperhead – (8/24/1943 – 5/29/1989)
- Malcolm “Molly” Duncan – Scottish tenor saxophonist – founding member of – Average White Band – group hits include – Pick Up The Pieces – Cut The Cake – (8/24/1945 – 10/8/2019)
- Ken Hensley – English singer/songwriter/keyboards/guitar/producer – associated acts include – Uriah Heep – Blackfoot – The Gods – Head Machine – Toe Fat – (8/24/1945 – 11/4/2020)
- Warren Gradus – doo-wop singer – best known with – Dion & The Belmonts – (8/24/1945 – 10/29/2023)
- Danny Joe Brown – vocalist – frontman – founding member of southern rock group – Molly Hatchet – songs include – Gator Country – Flirtin’ With Disaster – The Danny Joe Brown Band – (8/24/1951 – 3/10/2005)
- Mike Derosier – drummer – best known with – Heart – Alias – 1951
- Ron Holloway – jazz-funk-rock saxophonist – associated acts include – The Ron Holloway Band – Warren Haynes Band – Susan Tedeschi – Dizzy Gillespie – Root Boy Slim – 1953
- Jeffrey Daniel – R&B singer/songwriter/guitar – founding member of – Shalamar – group hits include – The Second Time Around – Dancing In The Sheets – 1955
- Mark “Bedders” Bedford – bassist – founding member of – Madness – 1961
- John Bush – metal singer – Anthrax – Armed & Dangerous – 1963
- Andreas Kisser – metal guitarist/songwriter/producer – Sepultura – 1968
- Kristyn Osborn – country singer – part of the trio – SheDAISY – with sisters Kelsi and Kassidy – group hits include – Little Good-Byes – I Will… But – 1970
- Clint Daniels – country singer/songwriter/guitarist – best known for penning hits for other artists including – Brokenheartsville/Joe Nichols – Roll With Me/Montgomery Gentry – God Must Be Busy/Brooks & Dunn – 1974
- Canaan Smith – country singer/songwriter/musician – hits include – Love You Like That – Hole In A Bottle – 1982
- Alex Babinski – guitarist/keyboardist – PVRIS – 1993
- Justine Skye – R&B singer/songwriter/actress/model – songs include – Bandit – Overtime – 1995