1912 - Viola Smith, American drummer (one of the first professional female drummers) Billy Strayhorn: William Thomas Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an ... These musicians guided him into the realm of jazz piano 1916 - Valentino Bucchi, composer 1917 - Merle Travis, American singer (d. 1983) 1932 - John Gary, Watertown, NY, singer 1933 – Born on this day, John Mayall, ‘father with Alexis Kortner of the UK blues movement’, his Bluesbreakers Band has featured Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jack Bruce, Peter Green and Jimmy McCulloch. 1939 – Billboard chart guru Joel Whitburn is born in Menomonee Falls, Wis. 1940 – Chuck Mangione is born.Fussion Jazz trumpeter 1941 - Dennis Doherty, Halifax Canada, rocker (Mamas & The Papas) 1944 - Felix Cavaliere, Pelham NY, rock keyboardist (Rascals- Lonely too Long) 1947 – Born on this day, Ronnie Montrose, guitarist, Montrose, Edgar Winter Group, (1973 US No.1 & UK No.18 single ‘Frankenstein). 1951 - Barry Goudreau, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Boston) 1955 - Adam Nussbaum drums he began working with Albert Dailey, Monty Waters, Joe Lee Wilson, Sheila Jordan and he played with Sonny Rollins in 1977 in Milwaukee. In 1978 he joined Dave Liebmans quintet and did his first European tour with John Scofield. 1961 - Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician Ronald Laurence Albert Simpson, known as Ronny Jordan (29 November 1962 – 13 January 2014) was a British guitarist at the forefront of the fussion acid jazz, soul, funk 1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992) Died 1978 - Alan Richardson, composer, dies at 74 2001 - Mic Christopher, Irish singer and songwriter (b. 1969) Singer-Songwriter 2001 - George Harrison, English singer, guitarist and songwriter (b. 1943)
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