Happy Birthday this week to: December 08 1922 ● Jean Ritchie → The "Mother of Folk," singer, songwriter, dulcimer player, author and Appalachian music heritage stewardess whose influence on the commercial "folk revival" boom of the 60s was immeasurable, recorded nearly three dozen albums and wrote...
Happy Birthday this week to: October 27 1924 ● Gary Chester / (Cesario Gurciullo) → Top-rated session drummer from doo wop to rock and pop, co-author of two instruction books on drumming, worked with the Coasters, The Monkees, Dionne Warwick, Country Joe McDonald, Van Morrison...
Happy Birthday this week to: September 29 1907 ● Gene Autry / (Orvon Grover Autry) → The "Singing Cowboy" on radio, TV and in 93 films, cut over 600 records, scored 25 consecutive Top 10 Country hits between 1944 and 1952, including "Rudolph The Red-Nosed...
Happy Birthday this week to: August 18 1918 ● Cisco Houston / (Gilbert Vandine Houston) → Traditional folk singer and guitarist, Woody Guthrie's traveling companion and harmony vocalist, died of cancer on 4/29/1961 shortly after career-boosting TV performances and appearance at the 1960 Newport Folk...
Happy birthday to these artist who contributed to rock and pop music of the 60s, 70s and 80s – the BEST music ever made!...
Happy Birthday this week to: August 11 1922 ● Ronald Erle Grainer → Australian-born, UK-based film and TV soundtrack composer, wrote score for To Sir, With Love (1967) and theme to BBC sci-fi TV show Doctor Who (1963-1986, 2005 to present) plus dozens of other films...
Happy Birthday this week to: July 28 1901 ● Rudy Vallée / (Hubert Prior Vallée ) → Hugely popular 1930s crooner and vaudeville entertainer, often singing through a megaphone, "Stein Song" (The University Of Maine)" (#1, 1930), became a film, radio stage and TV...
Happy Birthday this week to: June 30 1917 ● Lena Horne / (Lena Mary Calhoun Horne) → Grammy-winning contemporary pop singer, stage, film and TV actress and nightclub entertainer with a 70 year career from the Cotton Club in the 30s to Hollywood films in...
Happy Birthday this week to: May 26 1886 ● Al Jolson / (Asa Yoelson) → Pre-eminent traditional and Tin Pan Alley pop singer, Broadway actor, radio host, comedian, early sound-era movie star and self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Entertainer," recorded dozens of still-popular songs, including "Swanee" (1921),...
Happy Birthday this week to: May 12 1928 ● Burt Bacharach → Pianist, arranger, producer and songwriter, wrote 70 Top 40 hits, often in collaboration with lyricist Hal David, including "(They Long To Be) Close To You" for the Carpenters (#1, 1970), "Walk On By" for...