Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
C. W. McCall (William Dale Fries Jr.) – country singer/songwriter/activist/politician – best known for 1975 trucker hit – Convoy – (11/15/1928 – 4/1/2022) Clyde McPhatter
Al Duncan – studio blues drummer – recorded with many of the early blues greats including – John Lee Hooker – Little Walter – Jimmy
Tex Williams – country singer – best know for 1947 hit – Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette – (8/23/1917 – 10/11/1985) Jack Earls – country-rockabilly
Rose Maddox – country singer/songwriter/fiddler – fronted the Maddox Brothers & Rose band called “The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America – solo artist –
Louis Armstrong – nicknames – Satchmo – Satch – Pops – multi-award winning jazz/swing/Dixieland trumpet/cornet/singer – songs include – What A Wonderful World – St
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) – multiple award winning jazz singer/songwriter/musician – nickname “Lady Day” – 2000 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – 1987 Grammy
Del Wood – country-rag time pianist – (2/22/1920 – 10/3/1989) Ernie K-Doe – New Orleans R&B singer – best known for the 1961 hit –
Kenny “Klook” Clarke – jazz drummer – associated acts include – Dizzy Gillespie – Miles Davis – Thelonious Monk – The Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big