Musical Birthday Notes – March 17th
Nat King Cole – jazz-swing-traditional pop singer/piano/TV personality – known for his rich soft baritone voice – hits include – Mona Lisa – Ramblin’ Rose
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Nat King Cole – jazz-swing-traditional pop singer/piano/TV personality – known for his rich soft baritone voice – hits include – Mona Lisa – Ramblin’ Rose
Frederick “Fred” Neil – singer/songwriter – best known for writing songs for others – including – Everybody’s Talking – a hit for Harry Nilsson –
Sam John “Lightnin’” Hopkins – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist – 1980 Blues Hall of Fame – (3/15/1912 – 1/30/1982) Carl Smith – country-rockabilly singer/songwriter – known as
Les Baxter – piano/saxophone/vocalist/composer/arranger – early work with swing bands led him to develop his own style of easy listening music know as exotica –
Roy “Snap Crackle” Haynes – jazz drummer – 1999 Modern Drummer Hall of Fame – (3/13/1925 – 11/12/2024) Jan Howard (Lula Grace Johnson) – country
Lew DeWitt – singer/songwriter/guitarist – founder and original tenor of – The Statler Brothers – writer of one of the groups biggest hits – Flowers
George Kooymans – Dutch guitarist/singer/songwriter – best known with – Golden Earring – group hits include – Radar Love – Twilight Zone – 1948 Mark Stein
Dean Torrence – multi-award winning singer/songwriter – surf music – Jan & Dean – pioneers of the California sound and vocal surf music – 2008