Musical Birthday Notes – April 30th
Johnny Horton – award winning country-rockabilly singer/musician – hits include – The Battle of New Orleans – North To Alaska – Sink The Bismark –
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Johnny Horton – award winning country-rockabilly singer/musician – hits include – The Battle of New Orleans – North To Alaska – Sink The Bismark –
Duke Ellington – bandleader/composer/pianist – Take The A Train – (4/29/1899 – 5/24/1974) Donald Mills – jazz-pop singer – member of the quartet – The
Charley Patton (aka – “Charlie” Patton)- blues guitarist/slide guitar – considered “The Father of the Delta Blues” – Blues Hall of Fame – 2021 Rock
Gerald “Jerry” Mercer – drummer – best known with Canadian rock group – April Wine – 1939 Cuba Gooding Sr. – singer/actor – best known
“Ma” Rainey (Gertrude Pridgett) – blues singer – billed as “The Mother of the Blues – (4/26/1886 – 12/22/1939) Johnny Shines – Delta blues singer/guitarist
Ella Fitzgerald – multi award winning jazz singer – “The First Lady of Song” – (4/25/1917 – 6/15/1996) Albert King – blues guitarist/singer/producer – “The
Barbra Streisand – multi-award winning pop singer/songwriter/actress – hits include – The Way We Were – Evergreen – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers – Woman
Vernice “Bunky” Green – jazz saxophonist/music educator – associated acts include – Fontella Bass – Elvin Jones – The Soulful Strings – 1935 Roy Orbison