Famous Singers in History (Part 12)

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Birthdays in Music

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• 1937-08-27 Tommy Sands, American singer/actor (Teenage Rock, Dream With Me), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1937-09-11 Iosif Kobzon, Soviet-Russian singer and businessman, born in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine (d. 2018)
• 1937-09-20 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress, born in Hagfors, Sweden (d. 2005)
• 1937-10-16 Emile Ford, St. Lucian pop singer (first Black male singer to top UK charts - "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?"), and sound engineer, born in Castries, St Lucia (d. 2016)
• 1937-10-20 Wanda Jackson, Maud Oklahoma, country singer (Let's Have a Party)
• 1937-10-23 Yvonne Staples, American R&B singer (The Staple Singers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)
• 1937-10-30 Tony Cucchiara, Italian folk singer and songwriter (Cain and Abel), born in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy (d. 2018)
• 1937-10-31 Tom Paxton, American folk singer and songwriter (Forest Lawn), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1937-11-01 Bill Anderson, American country music singer (Still, From This Pen), born in Columbia, South Carolina
• 1937-11-11 Buddy Ace [Jimmie Lee Land], American Texas blues singer, born in Jasper, Texas (d. 1994)
• 1937-11-13 Kamahl [Kandiah Kamalesvaran], Australian singer (Elephant Song), born in Kuala Lumpur
• 1937-11-15 William E "Little Willie" John [Woods], US R&B singer (Fever)
• 1937-11-15 Jimmy Ellis, RockHill, South Carolina, soul singer (The Trammps - Disco Inferno), (d. 2012)
• 1937-12-12 Connie Francis [Concetta Franconero], American singer and actress (Where the Boys Are), born in Newark, New Jersey
• 1937-12-16 Jim Glaser, American singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), born in Spalding, Nebraska
• 1937-12-25 O'Kelly Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1937-12-30 John Hartford [Harford] American country and bluegrass banjo player, fiddler, and singer-songwriter ("Gentle on My Mind"), born in New York City (d. 2001)
• 1937-12-30 (Noel) Paul Stookey, singer, songwriter and musician (Peter, Paul, & Mary - "The Wedding Song (There Is Love)"), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1938-01-06 Adriano Celentano, Italian singer and actor, born in Greco
• 1938-01-07 Rory Storm [Alan Caldwell], British rock singer (Rory Storm & the Hurricanes), born in Stoneycroft, Liverpool, England (d. 1972
• 1938-01-14 Jack Jones, American singer (Love Boat Theme), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1938-01-25 Etta James [Jamesetta Hawkins], American singer ("Roll With Me"; "At Last"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
• 1938-02-08 Ray Sharpe, American rockabilly singer-songwriter, (Linda Lu), born in Forth Worth, Texas
• 1938-02-11 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), born in Somerville, Massachusetts (d. 2007)
• 1938-02-22 Bobby Hendricks, American R&B singer (Itchy Twitchy Feeling), born in Columbus, Ohio
• 1938-03-05 Paul Evans, singer/pedal guitarist (Damascus Road)
• 1938-03-06 Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as "The Black Sinatra" (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1995)
• 1938-03-08 Lew DeWitt, American country singer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers On The Wall"), born in Virgina
• 1938-03-09 Lill-Babs [Barbro Margareta Svensson], Swedish singer and actress, born in Järvsö, Gävleborg County, Sweden
• 1938-03-12 Lew DeWitt, American country singer and composer (Statler Brothers - "Flowers on the Wall"), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1990)
• 1938-03-13 Erma Franklin, American gospel and R&B singer ("Piece Of My Heart"), born in Shelby, Mississippi (d. 2002)
• 1938-03-17 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2007)
• 1938-03-18 Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), born in Sledge, Mississippi (d. 2020) [1]
• 1938-03-25 Hoyt Axton, American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The World"; "I've Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters), born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 1999)
• 1938-04-09 Rockin' Sidney [Simien], American zydeco and R&B singer-songwriter, accordionist, guitarist, organist, and harmonica player ("My Toot-Toot"; "You Ain't Nothing But Fine"), born in Lebeau, Louisiana (d. 1998)
• 1938-04-11 Kurt Moll, German bass opera singer, born near Cologne, Germany (d. 2017)
• 1938-04-20 Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter ("It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'"; "Poetry In Motion"), born in Jacksonville, Florida
• 1938-05-04 Tyrone Davis, American R&B singer (Can I Change My Mind, Turn Back The Hands Of Time), born in Greenville, Mississippi (d. 2005)
• 1938-05-05 Johnnie Taylor, American R&B and multi-genre singer (Disco Lady, I Believe in You), born in Crawfordsville, Arkansas (d. 2000)
• 1938-05-15 Lenny Welch, American singer (Since I Fell for You), born in New York
• 1938-05-17 Pervis Jackson, American R&B singer (Spinners), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2008)
• 1938-05-20 Marinella, Greek singer and actress
• 1938-05-31 Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul & Mary), born in NYC, New York
• 1938-05-31 Johnny Paycheck [Donald Lytle], American country singer (Take This Job and Shove It), born in Greenfield, Ohio (d. 2003)
• 1938-06-04 Simeon Coxe, American songwriter, singer and psychedelic synthesizer player (Silver Apples), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2020)
• 1938-06-14 Julie Felix, American-born British-based folk-rock singer-songwriter, and BBC presenter (The Frost Report; Once More With Felix), born in Santa Barbara, California (d. 2020)
• 1938-06-26 Billy Davis Jr, American pop singer (5th Dimension-Up, Up And Away), born in St Louis, Missouri
• 1938-06-27 Tommy Cannon [Tommy Derbyshire], English comedian and singer (Cannon and Ball), born in Oldham, Lancashire, England
• 1938-06-29 Billy Storm [Spicer], American singer (Valiants-This is the Night), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 2000)
• 1938-06-30 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (first Greek artist to record or re-record the authentic, "prohibited" rebetika songs in the early 1970s with their original lyrics), born in Drama, Greece(d. 1999)

• 1938-07-11 Terry Garthwaite, US guitarist/singer (Joy of Cooking)
• 1938-07-26 Bobby Hebb, American country singer and songwriter (Sunny), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2010)
• 1938-07-27 Isabelle Aubret [Thérèse Coquerelle], French singer (Un premier amour), born in Lille, France
• 1938-07-28 Arsen Dedić, Croatian singer-songwriter and poet, born in Šibenik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (d. 2015)
• 1938-08-08 Connie Stevens [Concetta Ingoglia], singer/actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach), born in Brooklyn, New York

• 1938-08-22 Dale Hawkins, American rock singer and songwriter (Susie Q), born in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (d. 2010)
• 1938-09-12 Judy Clay [Guions], American soul and gospel singer, born in St Paul, North Carolina (d. 2001)
• 1938-09-28 Ben E. King [Benjamin Earl Nelson], American soul singer ("Stand by Me"), born in Henderson, North Carolina (d. 2015)
• 1938-10-03 Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer, born in Konavle, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• 1938-10-15 Marv Johnson, American gospel and R&B singer (Move 2 mountains), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1993)
• 1938-10-16 Nico [Christa Päffgen], German singer-songwriter (Velvet Underground), fashion model, and actress, born in Cologne, Germany (d. 1988)
• 1938-11-02 Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans), born in NYC, New York
• 1938-11-04 Harry Elston, American R&B singer (Friends of Distinction), born in Dallas, Texas
• 1938-11-05 Joe Dassin, French-American singer (Les Champs-Élysées), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1980)
• 1938-11-06 P. J. Proby [James Marcus Smith], American singer, songwriter and actor (Hold Me, Three Week Hero), born in Houston, Texas
• 1938-11-06 Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen), born in Missouri (d. 2019)
• 1938-11-07 Dee Clark, American singer (Raindrops), born in Blytheville, Arkansas (d. 1990)
• 1938-11-11 Narvel Felts, American country singer (Reconsider Me), born in Keiser, Arkansas
• 1938-11-12 Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter (Viva Las Vegas), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
• 1938-11-16 Toni Brown, American guitarist, singer and keyboardist (Joy of Cooking)

• 1938-12-11 Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer, born in Constantine, Algeria
• 1939-01-10 Scott McKenzie, American singer (San Francisco), born in Jacksonville Beach, Florida (d. 2012)
• 1939-01-16 Ramon "Ray" Philips, Welsh rock singer (Nashville Teens - "Tobacco Road"), born in Tiger Bay, South Wales

• 1939-01-24 Ray Stevens, American singer (Ahab the Arab, Streak), born in Clarkdale, Georgia
• 1939-01-26 Marshall Leib [Leibovitz], American pop singer (Teddy Bears - "To Know Him Is To Love Him"), and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2002)
• 1939-01-31 Claude Gauthier, Canadian folk singer-songwriter, and actor, born in Lac-Saguay, Quebec
• 1939-02-01 Del McCoury, American bluegrass guitarist and singer, born in York, Pennsylvania
• 1939-02-01 Claude François, French pop singer-songwriter ("Comme d'habitude"), born in Ismaïlia, Egypt (d. 1978)
• 1939-02-09 Barry Mann [Imberman], American pop songwriter ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"), and singer ("Who Put the Bomp In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp"), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1939-02-18 Bobby Hart [Harshman], American pop songwriter ("I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone"; "Last Train To Clarksville") and singer (Boyce & Hart - "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"), born in Phoenix, Arizona
• 1939-02-28 John Fahey, American folk singer and guitarist (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death), born in Washington, D.C. (d, 2001)
• 1939-03-02 Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer (Buffoons)
• 1939-03-07 Marion Marlowe, American singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends), born in St Louis, Missouri
• 1939-03-13 Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter ("Breaking Up is Hard to Do"), born in Brooklyn, New York
• 1939-03-24 [Lilian] Lynda Baron, British actress, comedian, and singer (Open All Hours - "Nurse Gladys"; Come Inside - "Auntie Mabel"), born Urmston, Lancashire, England

• 1939-04-04 Major Lance, American soul singer (The Monkey Time), born in Winterville, Mississippi (d. 1994)
• 1939-04-05 Ronald "Ronnie" White, American singer (The Miracles - "Shop Around"), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1995)
• 1939-04-05 Crispian St. Peters, English singer (The Changin' Times), born in Swanley, Kent
• 1939-04-06 Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, American blues guitarist, and singer, born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2019)
• 1939-04-15 Marty Wilde, English pop singer-songwriter ("A Teenager In Love"), and father of rocker Kim Wilde, born in London, England
• 1939-04-23 Ray Peterson, American singer (Tell Laura I Love Her), born in Denton, Texas (d. 2005)
• 1939-05-01 Judy Collins, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds), born in Seattle, Washington
• 1939-05-14 Troy Shondell, American singer (This Time (We’re Really Breaking Up)), born in Fort Wayne, Indiana (d. 2016)
• 1939-05-24 Clint Miller, American rockabilly singer ("Bertha Lou"), and politician (Virginia House of Representatives, 1972-96), born in Ferguson, North Carolina
• 1939-05-27 Donald "Don" Williams, American country singer (I Believe in You), born in Floydada Texas (d. 2017)

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Weddings in Music

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Divorces in Music

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Deaths in Music

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• 2005-12-04 Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922)
• 2005-12-06 Danny Williams, South African-born singer (b. 1942)
• 2005-12-25 Birgit Nilsson, Swedish singer (b. 1918)
• 2006-01-08 Otis Clay, American gospel, soul, and R&B-singer ("That's How It Is (When You're In Love)"), dies at 73

• 2006-01-27 Gene McFadden, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now), dies of lung cancer at 56 [1]
• 2006-02-11 Jockey Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1943)
• 2006-02-14 Shoshana Damari, Israeli singer and actress (b. 1923)
• 2006-02-14 Lynden David Hall, British singer (b. 1974)
• 2006-02-17 Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills), dies at 58
• 2006-02-22 Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (b. 1961)
• 2006-03-06 King Floyd, American soul singer-songwriter (Groove Me), dies of complications of a stroke and diabetes at 61
• 2006-03-17 Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
• 2006-03-23 Cindy Walker, American songwriter ("Dream Baby"; "You Don't Know Me") and country singer, dies at 87
• 2006-03-25 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944)
• 2006-03-25 Buck Owens, American singer and television personality (b. 1929)
• 2006-03-26 Nikki Sudden, British singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
• 2006-04-05 Gene Pitney, American vocalist and songwriter ("Town Without Pity"; "Hello Mary Lou"; "He's A Rebel"), dies at 65
• 2006-04-11 June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters -"Fire"; "He's So Shy"; "Jump (For My Love)'; "Slow Hand"), dies of cancer at 52
• 2006-04-12 Rajkumar [Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju], Indian actor and singer in Kannada cinema and cultural icon, dies at 76
• 2006-05-07 Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943)
• 2006-05-08 Viola Mae Wilkerson, American pop singer ("Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now", dies of cancer at 69
• 2006-05-10 Soraya, Colombian-American singer (b. 1969)
• 2006-05-11 Yossi Banai, Israeli singer, dies at 74
• 2006-05-13 Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave), dies at 56
• 2006-05-19 Freddie Garrity, English lead singer from the band Freddie and the Dreamers (b. 1940)
• 2006-05-21 Billy Walker, American singer (b. 1929)
• 2006-05-31 Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder (b. 1930)
• 2006-06-01 Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress, dies at 59
• 2006-06-06 Billy Preston, American soul musician, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle ("Nothing From Nothing"; "You Are So Beautiful"), dies following long-term health issues at 59
• 2006-06-09 Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (b. 1946)
• 2006-07-13 Red Buttons [Aaron Chwatt], American comedian, Oscar Award actor (Sayonara; The Red Buttons Show; The Poseidon Adventure), and singer, dies from cardiovascular disease at 87
• 2006-08-13 Tony Jay, British-American actor, voice artist, and singer (Frollo- The Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 73
• 2006-08-18 Fernand Gignac, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1934)
• 2006-08-20 Claude Blanchard, French-Canadian singer, comedian and actor, dies at 74
• 2006-09-19 Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
• 2006-09-29 Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (b. 1976)
• 2006-11-10 Gerald Levert, American singer (In My Songs) (b. 1966), dies at 40
• 2006-11-17 Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (won Sanremo Music Festival-Viale d'autunno), dies at 82
• 2006-11-17 Ruth Brown, American actress and singer sometimes known as the "Queen of R&B" (So Long, Teardrops from My Eyes), dies at 78
• 2006-11-23 Anita O'Day, American jazz singer, dies at 87
• 2006-11-24 Juice Leskinen, Finnish rock singer (b. 1950)
• 2006-11-25 Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
• 2006-12-02 Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue), dies of cancer at 59
• 2006-12-08 Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
• 2006-12-13 Homesick James [Williamson], American blues slide guitarist and singer (Elmore James band, 1955-62), dies at 96 [or 101, or 92 - date of birth disputed]
• 2006-12-16 Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
• 2006-12-17 Timmie Rogers, American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show), actor and singer-songwriter (Back to School Again; I Love Ya, I Love Ya, I Love Ya), dies at 91
• 2006-12-24 Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian singer, poet and comedian (b. 1961)

• 2006-12-26 Enrique Antonio "Tony" Silvester, Panamanian-American R&B singer-songwriter (The Main Ingredient - "Everybody Plays the Fool"), dies at 65
• 2007-01-01 Del Reeves, American country singer, dies at 74
• 2007-01-11 Puchi Balseiro, Puerto Rican singer & songwriter (b. 1926)
• 2007-01-19 Denny Doherty, Canadian musician, singer, songwriter (The Mamas and the Papas), dies from complications of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at 66
• 2007-01-19 Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer, dies at 37
• 2007-01-31 Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
• 2007-02-02 Billy Henderson, American singer (The Spinners - "The Rubberband Man"), dies at 67
• 2007-02-02 Eric von Schmidt, American folk/blues singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2007-02-03 Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
• 2007-02-04 Barbara McNair, American singer ("Till There Was You") and actress (They Call Me MR. Tibbs and actress, dies of throat cancer at 72
• 2007-02-06 Frankie Laine [Francesco Paolo LoVecchio], Italian-American singer, songwriter, and actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide), dies of heart failure at 93
• 2007-02-19 Janet Blair [Martha Janet Lafferty], American singer and actress (Leave it to the Girls, Smith Family), dies of pneumonia at 85
• 2007-02-23 Donnie Brooks, American singer (b. 1936)
• 2007-02-25 Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer and songwriter, dies at 66
• 2007-03-09 Brad Delp, American rock musician (lead singer of Boston and RTZ), commits suicide at 55
• 2007-03-11 Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), dies of colon cancer a 86
• 2007-03-19 Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2007-04-10 Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76
• 2007-04-14 Don Ho, Hawaiian-American pop and Hawaiian music singer ("Tiny Bubbles"; "Ain't No Big Thing!"), dies of heart failure at 76
• 2007-04-25 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter (Monster Mash), dies from leukemia at 69
• 2007-04-30 Grégory Lemarchal, French singer, dies of health complications while waiting for a lung transplant at 23
• 2007-04-30 Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
• 2007-04-30 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"), dies at 69
• 2007-05-18 Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer & movie actor, dies at 74
• 2007-05-27 Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (b. 1967)
• 2007-06-01 Tony Thompson, American singer-songwriter in R&B group Hi-Five, dies at 31
• 2007-06-04 Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (Cry to Me), dies at 74
• 2007-06-18 Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
• 2007-06-19 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, dies at 69
• 2007-06-19 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrería, dies of pneumonia at 88
• 2007-06-25 Mahasti, Persian singer (b. 1946)
• 2007-07-02 Git Gay [Birgit Carp], Swedish revue director, actress and singer (Git Gay Show, Ge mig en lektion i kärlek), dies at 85
• 2007-07-18 Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952)
• 2007-07-20 Tammy Faye Bakker (Messner), American Christian singer and former wife of Jim Bakker (The PTL Club), dies at 65
• 2007-07-20 Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (Zulu, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate), dies of a stroke at 79
• 2007-08-01 Tommy Makem, Irish folk singer (b. 1932)
• 2007-08-04 Lee Hazlewood, American country singer and songwriter (Summer Wine, These Boots Are Made For Walkin'), dies of renal cancer at 78
• 2007-09-02 Rajae Belmlih, Moroccan singer, dies of breast cancer at 45
• 2007-09-09 Hughie Thomasson, American musician and singer (Outlaws), dies at 55
• 2007-09-21 Alice Ghostley, American singer and actress (Bewitched, Designing Women), dies at 84
• 2007-10-11 Werner von Trapp, Austrian singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 91
• 2007-10-17 Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (Put Another Nickel In), dies at 76
• 2007-10-19 LaLa Brown, American singer (b. 1986)
• 2007-10-21 Paul Fox, English musician and singer (The Ruts), dies at 56
• 2007-10-28 Porter Wagoner, American country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come, "A Satisfied Mind"), dies of lung cancer at 80

• 2007-11-06 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), dies at 82
• 2007-11-16 Grethe Kausland, Norwegian actress and singer (b. 1947)
• 2007-11-19 Kevin DuBrow, American heavy metal singer (Quiet Riot), dies of an overdose at 53
• 2007-12-11 Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945)

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