Musical Birthday Notes – August 17th
Mark Dinning (aka Max Edward Dinning) – traditional pop singer – best known for 1960 #1 hit – Teen Angel – (8/17/1933 – 3/22/1986) Luther
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Mark Dinning (aka Max Edward Dinning) – traditional pop singer – best known for 1960 #1 hit – Teen Angel – (8/17/1933 – 3/22/1986) Luther
Armando Peraza – jazz percussionist/congas/bongos/timbales – Santana – (5/30/1924 – 4/14/2014) Johnny Gimble – western swing/country/jazz fiddler – 1999 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Kenny Price – country singer/songwriter/actor – nicknamed “Round Mound of Sound” – hits include – Walking On New Grass – Happy Tracks – was a
Prince Buster (Cecil Bustamente Campbell) – Jamaican singer/songwriter/producer – (5/24/1938 – 9/8/2016) Bob Dylan – celebrated singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica/keyboards – hits include – Like A Rolling Stone
Sonny James – “The Southern Gentleman – country singer/songwriter/guitar – best known for the 1957 hit – Young Love – 1961 star on the Hollywood
Lester Chambers – vocals/harmonica/percussion – lead vocalist for – The Chambers Brothers – 1940 John Lowe – English pianist – best known with – The
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