Musical Birthday Notes – October 16th
Emile Ford – rock-pop singer/guitarist/keyboards/drums/sound engineer – Emile Ford & The Checkmates – group best known for the number one UK hit – What Do
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Emile Ford – rock-pop singer/guitarist/keyboards/drums/sound engineer – Emile Ford & The Checkmates – group best known for the number one UK hit – What Do
Charlie “Bird” Parker – multi-award winning jazz saxophonist/band leader/composer – (8/29/1920 – 3/12/1955) Dinah Washington – R&B/blues singer/pianist – 1986 Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist – (3/2/1925 – 12/28/1995) Lawrence Albert Payton – singer/songwriter/vocal arranger/record producer – The Four Tops – (3/2/1938 –
Ralph Stanley – “Dr. Ralph Stanley” – bluegrass singer/banjo – a pioneering act in bluegrass – The Stanley Brothers – Clinch Mountain Boys – awards