Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Charles Mingus – jazz double bassist/pianist/composer/band leader – associated acts include – Louis Armstrong – Herbie Hancock – Joni Mitchell – Charlie Parker – Dizzie
Ira Louvin – country singer/songwriter/mandolinist – The Louvin Brothers – (4/21/1924 – 6/20/1965) Eddie King – Chicago blues guitarist/singer/songwriter – (4/21/1938 – 3/14/2012) Pee Wee
Johnny Tillotson – country-pop singer songwriter – hits include – Poetry In Motion – It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ – awards include – 2008
Alexis Korner – blues singer/songwriter/guitar/dobro/piano/broadcaster – associated acts include – Blues Incorporated – CCS – (4/19/1928 – 1/1/1984) Don Barbour – vocalist – original member
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown – singer/multi-instrumentalist – best known as a blues guitarist – also incorporated – country/R&B/jazz/Cajun/rock & roll influences in his style – (4/18/1924
Chris Barber – English jazz musician – best known as a trombonist and bandleader – UK traditional jazz hits include – Petite Lefleur – associated
Rudy Pompilli – tenor sax – Billy Haley and His Comets – group hits include – Rock Around The Clock – (4/16/1924 – 2/5/1976) Roy
Eddie Cooley – R&B singer/songwriter – songs include – Fever – Priscilla – associated acts include – Eddie Cooley and The Dimples – (4/15/1933 –