Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
John Lee Hooker – multi-award winning Mississippi Delta blues guitarist/singer/songwriter – some of his best known songs include – Boogie Chillen – Crawling King Snake
Alexis Korner – blues singer/songwriter/guitar/dobro/piano/broadcaster – associated acts include – Blues Incorporated – CCS – (4/19/1928 – 1/1/1984) Don Barbour – vocalist – original member
Django Reinhardt – jazz guitarist/composer/violin/banjo – associated acts include – Duke Ellington – (1/23/1910 – 5/16/1953) Ken Errair – singer – with quartet – The
The content recognizes several iconic personalities in music who were born on December 31, from various genres and eras. Some notable figures include Rex Allen, known as “The Arizona Cowboy”; Ross Barbour, a famous pop-jazz vocalist; Odetta Holmes, the “Voice of The Civil Rights Movement”; John Denver, a popular folk-pop-country singer; Peter “Pete” Quaife, a member of The Kinks; Donna Summer, a Grammy-winning pop-disco singer; and Tom Hamilton, a bassist for Aerosmith.