Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Count Basie – swing era pianist/organist/band leader/composer – Count Basie Orchestra – (8/21/1904 – 4/26/1984) Kenny Rogers – multi-award winning singer/songwriter/guitar/bass/harmonica/actor – The New Christy
Chuck Glaser – award winning country singer – best known with – Tompall & The Glaser Brothers – group hits include – Rings – Loving
Fats Domino – New Orleans rock-R&B-boogie woogie pianist/singer/songwriter – 1986 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – hits include – Blueberry Hill – I Want
Stan Getz – award winning jazz saxophonist – best know for his part on the 1964 hit – The Girl From Ipanema – (2/2/1927 –
Sam Cooke – soul-R&B singer/songwriter/musician – native of Clarksdale, MS – referred to as – The King of Soul – hits include – Chain Gang
Johnny Van Zant – 2/27/1959 Southern rock singer – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Johnny Van Zant Band – Van Zant [su_box title=”Musical Birthday Notes
Johnny (J.R.) Cash – (2/26/1932 – 11/12/2003) Multiple award winning rock-country-rockabilly singer/songwriter/guitar/actor/writer – “The Man In Black” – one of the best selling music artists