Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater (Edward Harrington) – blues guitarist/singer/songwriter – raised by his part-Cherokee grandmother in Mississippi – often performed wearing a Native American headdress
Kenny “Klook” Clarke – jazz drummer – associated acts include – Dizzy Gillespie – Miles Davis – Thelonious Monk – The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big
Elvis Presley –multi-award winning country/rockabilly/rock singer/actor – known as “The King of Rock & Roll – hits include – Heartbreak Hotel – All Shook Up
Henry James “Red” Allen – jazz trumpeter/singer – described as the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong – (1/7/1908 – 4/17/1967) Bobo
Earl Scruggs – winner of multiple awards – popularized the 3 finger banjo picking style – Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys – Flatt & Scruggs
iris Sam Phillips – founder of Sun Records – producer – instrumental in the careers of – Elvis Presley – Johnny Cash – Carl Perkins
Bill Isles – soul-R&B singer – best known with the multi-award winning group – The O’Jays – (1/4/1941 – 3/25/2019) John McLaughlin – English guitarist/bandleader/composer
Maxene Andrews – swing/jazz/traditional pop singer – The Andrews Sisters – group hits include – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – (1/3/1916 – 10/21/1995) Leon McAuliffe