Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Jimmy Witherspoon – jump blues singer – hits include – Ain’t Nobody’s Business – (8/8/1920 – 9/18/1997) Webb Pierce – country-hillbilly singer/songwriter – West Monroe,
Irving Burgie (aka – Lord Burgess) – calypso songwriter/singer – best known for writing songs for Harry Belafonte – (7/28/1924 – 11/29/2019) David “Junior” Kimbrough
Bill Haley – early pioneer rock singer/frontman/guitar/double bass – Bill Haley & His Comets – 1987 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – hits include
Charley Patton (aka – “Charlie” Patton)- blues guitarist/slide guitar – considered “The Father of the Delta Blues” – Blues Hall of Fame – 2021 Rock
Bob Shane – multi-award winning folk-pop singer/guitar/banjo – The Kingston Trio – group songs include – Scotch & Soda – Tom Dooley – (2/1/1934 –
Roy Lanham – guitarist – best known with – Sons of the Pioneers – The Whippoorwills – solo artist – (1/16/1923 – 2/14/1991) Bob Bogle