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Zeke Zarchy looms huge among the leading trumpeters from the golf swing era. An essential element of big rings led by Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Bob Crosby, he continues to be best kept in mind for his celebrated tenure with Glenn Miller, and was the last making it through …

b. Samuel Medoff, 12 June 1912, Gomel, Russia, d. 11 Apr 1991, Marietta, Georgia, USA. A favorite songwriter through the past due 40s and 50s, who occasionally had written both music and lyrics, and was most likely best-known for hi novelty tracks. Born right into a theatrical family members, Manning …

Charlie Feathers was a lot of things to many supporters of rock and roll and nation music. For some, he was an excellent nation stylist who could consider almost any little bit of materials and stamp it with the entire drive of his character. To others, he was among rockabilly’s …

Among the prototypical Italian-American crooners, Vic Damone parlayed a even, mellow baritone into big-time pop stardom through the ’40s and ’50s. Early in his profession, his inflection and phrasing had been obviously indebted to Frank Sinatra, who once famously known as him “the very best group of pipes available.” General, …

Johnny Connection had several effective facets to some career that lasted more than 30 years. As an associate from the Jimmy Wakely Trio so when a program musician, he was a significant support musician in a large number of B Westerns, operating alongside Wakely, Tex Ritter, and Johnny Mack Dark …

Best known as you 1 / 2 of goof-pop duo THEY COULD BE Giants, vocalist/songwriter/accordionist John Linnell was created June 12, 1959 in NEW YORK; while we were young in Lincoln, MA, he befriended one John Flansburgh, and jointly they began composing music. Linnell and Flansburgh proceeded to go their …

Among the initial rappers to turn out the Midwest in the first ’90s, MC Breed of dog experienced modest achievement while located in Flint, MI, before leaving the Midwest to utilize the D.O.C. in L.A. and As well Brief in Atlanta. Breed’s debut recording, MC Breed of dog & DFC …

Probably one of the most enigmatic performers from the 20th hundred years, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was also probably one of the most compelling and, paradoxically, among the least-heard pianists of his era. Michelangeli was well-known for having canceled almost as many shows as he offered, and he dedicated small of …

Jamaica’s Pat Francis documented under a whole lot of brands through the 1970s, including Jah Lion, Jah Lloyd and Dark Lion of Judah, and considering that his music creations frequently devoted to drug-related designs, he was type of an early personality blueprint for the flamboyant urban rappers from the late …

Among the essential early figures within the ’80s anti-folk motion, vocalist and songwriter Cindy Lee Berryhill’s music combines a deeply personal perspective and an edgy wit leavened having a compassion for the entire world around her. Berryhill was created on June 12, 1965 within the Metallic Lake community of LA, …