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b. John Joseph Kelson, 27 Feb 1922, LA, California, USA, d. 28 Apr 2012. After learning saxophone privately, Kelso became a member of a LA dance music group when he was 15. Through the 40s he used dance bands, inside a US Navy music group while on armed service service, …

The dog owner and president from the Del-Fi label, producer Bob Keane was a traveling force behind the first rise of rock & roll, starting the careers of acts including Ritchie Valens as well as the Bobby Fuller 4. After founding the Los Angeles-based Del-Fi in 1957, a season later …