Musical Birthday Notes – July 20th
Cindy Walker – singer/songwriter/dancer – 1997 Country Music Hall of Fame – 2011 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame – (7/20/1918 – 3/23/2006) Buddy Knox
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Cindy Walker – singer/songwriter/dancer – 1997 Country Music Hall of Fame – 2011 Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame – (7/20/1918 – 3/23/2006) Buddy Knox
George Hamilton IV – country singer/musician – 50’s teen idol – switched to country in the 60’s – hits include – Abilene – Early Morning
Earl T. Beal – doo-wop singer – sang baritone with – The Silhouettes – group best known for their 1958 hit – Get A Job
Red Sovine – country singer/songwriter/guitar – best known for his truck driving songs – hits include – Why Baby Why with Webb Pierce – Giddyup
Ginger Rogers (Virginia Katherine McMath) – singer/actor/dancer – (7/16/1911 – 4/25/1995) Sollie McElroy – R&B – doo-wop singer – The Flamingos – group hits include
Linda Ronstadt – multi-award winning country-pop singer/songwriter/producer/actress/activist – 2014 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – hits include – Heat Wave – You’re No Good – That’ll Be The Day – When Will I Be Loved – 1946
Woody Guthrie – folk-protest singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica/mandolin/fiddle – nicknamed “Dust Bowl Troubadour” – songs include – This Land Is Your Land – (7/14/1912 – 10/3/1967) Lowman “Pete”
Tim Spencer – country-western singer/songwriter/musician – Sons of the Pioneers – 1989 Western Music Association Hall of Fame with Sons of the Pioneers and in