Musical Birthday Notes – October 7th
Jo Jones – jazz drummer – associated acts include – Art Blakely – Sonny Stitt – 1974 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame – (10/7/1911 –
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Jo Jones – jazz drummer – associated acts include – Art Blakely – Sonny Stitt – 1974 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame – (10/7/1911 –
Koko Taylor (Cora Anna Walton) – multi-award winning blues singer – known as “The Queen Of The Blues” – 1997 Blues Hall of Fame –
Marty Robbins (Martin Robinson) – country-western singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/actor/NASCAR driver – Country Music Hall of Fame – Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame – hits include – A
Billy Ward – R&B – doo-wop singer – Billy Ward and The Dominoes – group hits include – 60 Minute Man – Have Mercy Baby
Robert Moog – engineer – pioneer of electronic music – inventor of the synthesizer – (5/23/1934 – 8/21/2005) General Norman Johnson – R&B singer/songwriter/producer –
“Mother” Maybelle Carter – country singer/musician – member of – The Carter Family – considered one of the pioneer acts in country music – Mother
Lead Belly – blues-folk singer/12 string guitarist/accordion/piano/lap steel – 1988 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 2008 Louisiana Music Hall of Fame – (1/20/1889