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June 4

Slim Gaillard - 1918

Britt Woodman - 1920

Teddy Kotick - 1928

Morgana King - 1930

Oliver Nelson - 1932

Freddy Fender - 1937

Michelle Phillips - 1944

Anthony Braxton - 1945

Gordon Waller - 1945

Paquito D'Rivera - 1948

Dagmar Krause - 1950

Raphael Ravenscroft - 1954
(sax on Baker Street)

Tinsley Ellis - 1957

Winard Harper - 1962

Cecilia Bartoli - 1966

*****

Henry Burris - 1975

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June 13

Doc Cheatham - 1905

Si Zentner - 1917

Attila Zoller - 1927

Harold Danko - 1947

*****

Mel Parnell - 1922
(Mel Parnell, Jr., was a grammar school classmate of mine.)

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June 14

John McCormack - 1884

Cliff Edwards - 1895

Burl Ives - 1909

Cy Coleman - 1929

Junior Walker - 1931

Rod Argent - 1945

Barry Melton - 1947

Marcus Miller - 1959

*****

Don Newcombe - 1926

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June 17

Igor Stravinsky - 1882

Sammy Fain - 1902

Jerry Fielding - 1922

Chuck Rainey - 1940

Chris Spedding - 1944

*****

Ruth Wakefield - 1903
(invented the Toll House cookie)

Harry Browne - 1933

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June 18

Con Conrad - 1891

Jeanette MacDonald - 1903

Kay Kyser - 1906

Sammy Cahn - 1913

Don "Sugarcane" Harris - 1938

Paul McCartney - 1942

*****

Bud Collyer - 1908

Linda Thorson - 1947
(I saw her on Broadway in Noises Off.)

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June 25

Peter Lind Hayes - 1915

Johnny Smith - 1922

Clifton Chenier - 1925

Bill Russo - 1928

Harold Melvin - 1939

Joe Chambers - 1942

Carly Simon - 1943

*****

George Orwell - 1903

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June 26

Big Bill Broonzy - 1893

Dave Grusin - 1934

Billy Davis, Jr. - 1938

Gilberto Gil - 1942

Larry Taylor - 1942

Georgie Fame - 1943

Chris Isaak - 1956

*****

Gene Gaines - 1938

 

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52 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Wow, so Dave is 90!  Was never into his jazz records, but I love his 60s & 70s film & TV stuff.

I was in the jazz section of a chain music store and overheard a customer ask for help finding "Dave Cruisin".

90 seems really old but I had no idea if he was doing film or tv work in the 60s.

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June 29

Nelson Eddy - 1901

Leroy Anderson - 1908

Frank Loesser - 1910

Billy Hinsche - 1953

*****

Slim Pickens - 1919

Harmon Killebrew - 1936
(My favorite player!)

 

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July 1

Tom Dorsey - 1899

Willie Dixon - 1915

Chris Strachwitz - 1931

James Cotton - 1935

Delaney Bramlett - 1939

Debbie Harry - 1945

Fred Schneider - 1951

Leon "Ndugu" Chancler - 1952

*****

William Strunk, Jr. - 1869

Bill Stern - 1907

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Bill Sterns at the Microphone

Bill Stern the Colgate Shave Cream man is on the air!
Bill Stern the Colgate Shave Cream man with stories rare!
Take his advice and you'll look nice,
Your face will feel as cool as ice,
With Colgate shaves you'll be a fan!

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July 3 

George M. Cohan - 1878

Johnny Hartman - 1923

Johnny Coles - 1926

Pete Fountain - 1930

Tommy Tedesco - 1930

Roger Christian - 1934

Fontella Bass - 1940

Dr. Lonnie Smith - 1942

Judith Durham - 1943

John Klemmer - 1946

*****

Tom Stoppard - 1937

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Happy Independence Day!

July 4

Irving Caesar - 1895

Champion Jack Dupree - 1910

Mitch Miller - 1911

Reid Miles - 1927

Bill Withers - 1938

Mike Mainieri - 1938

Dave Rowberry - 1940

Alan Wilson - 1943

Jeremy Spencer - 1948

John Waite - 1952

*****

Gina Lollobrigida - 1927

 

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