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Born: Aaliyah Haughton on 1/16/1979 in Brooklyn, NY Died: 8/21/2001 in a plane crash
About: R&B singer. Moved to Detroit at age 5. Secretly married R. Kelly, producer of her first album, when she was 15. Her name means “highest, exalted one” in Swahili.
Irving Aaronson & His Commanders
Love in Bloom (with Bing Crosby, 1934)
Active: 1970-82 Members: Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad (v), Agnetha Faltskog (v), Bjorn Ulvaeus (g), Benny Andersson (k)
About: Pop group formed in Stockholm, Sweden, using their first names as an acronym. Benny and Bjorn recorded together in 1966. Bjorn and Agnetha married in 1971; divorced in 1979. Benny and Frida married in 1978; divorced in 1981. Bjorn and Benny co-wrote the Chess musical with Tim Rice.
Song(s):
Fernando (1976)
Dancing Queen (1976)
Album(s):
Arrival (1976)
Greatest Hits (1976)
Super Trooper (1980)
Gold: Greatest Hits (1974-1982) G
The DMDB Blog:
Abba hits #1 in the UK with “Dancing Queen”: September 4, 1976 (9/4/11)
Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott
ABC
Song(s):
The Look of Love (1982)
Album(s):
The Lexicon of Love (1982)
Born: 6/19/1962 Died: --
About: Dance-pop singer born of Brazilian and French-Canadian heritage. As a teen, she was a choreographer and cheerleader for the Los Angeles Lakers. Also choreographed Janet Jackson’s “Control” video and TV’s The Tracey Ullman Show. Was a judge on TV’s American Idol singing contest.
Album(s):
Forever Your Girl (1988)
Herb Abramson
Active: 1973-. Members: Brothers Angus Young (g) and Malcolm Young (g) with Dave Evans (v: 73-74), Bon Scott (v: 74-80), Phil Rudd (d: 74-82, 95-), Mark Evans (b: 74-77). Cliff Williams (b: 77-), Brian Johnson (v: 80-), Simon Wright (d – AC/DC: 82-89, Dio: 89-), Chris Slade (d: 89-95)
About: Hard rock group from Australia.
Song(s):
Highway to Hell (1979)
You Shook Me All Night Long (1980)
Back in Black (1980)
Album(s):
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (1976)
Highway to Hell (1979)
Back in Black (1980)
For Those about to Rock We Salute You (1981)
The DMDB Blog:
AC/DC released Back in Black: July 25, 1980 (7/25/12)
Ace of Base
Song(s):
The Sign (1994)
Album(s):
Happy Nation (1992)
The Sign (1993)
Paul Ackerman
Born: 9/15/1903 Died: 11/23/1992
About: Country singer. Debuted on Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry in 1938.
Song(s):
The Great Speckled Bird (1938)
Wabash Cannonball (1938)
Album(s):
Kings of the Wild Frontier (1981)
Adama
Song(s):
Tombe Le Neige (1965)
Born: 11/5/1959 in Kingston, Ontario. Died: --
About: Canadian rock singer. First served as lead singer of Sweeney Todd in 1976.
Song(s):
Summer of ’69 (1984)
Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (1991)
Album(s):
Reckless (1984)
Waking Up the Neighbours (1991)
The DMDB Blog:
Bryan Adams charted with “Everything I Do (I Do It for You)”: June 29, 1991 (6/29/12)
Faye Adams
Johnny Adams
Harold Adamson
Born: Julian Edwin Adderley on 9/15/1928 in Tampa, FL Died: 8/8/1975 in Gary, IN
About: American jazz saxophonist. Led a jazz combo with his brother Nat Adderley (comet) and Joe Zawinul (piano) and George Duke (piano). Nickname derived from “cannibal” in tribute to his love of eating.
Song(s):
Autumn Leaves (1958)
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (1966)
Album(s):
Live in San Francisco (1959)
King Sunny Ade
Album(s):
Juju Music (1982)
Born: Adele Laurie Blue Adkins on 5/5/1988 in Tottenham, North London, England Died: --
About: British blue-eyed soul singer/songwriter who won The Brit Awards Critics Choice as the 2008 breakthrough act and then won The Grammy for Best New Artist in 2009. In February 2011, she became the first living artist since The Beatles in 1964 to have two top 5 albums and two top 5 singles on the charts simultaneously in the U.K.
Song(s):
Rolling in the Deep (2010)
Someone Like You (2011)
Album(s):
19 (2008)
21 (produced by Rick Rubin, 2011)
The DMDB Blog:
The 2011 Song of the Year: Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” (12/27/11)
Adele’s 21 Is 2011’s Album of the Year (12/30/11)
Adele-ation is in full swing in the wake of the Grammys and a Brit Award (3/3/12)
Chris Adler
Born: 12/13/1933 in Chicago, IL Died: --
About: American record producer (Sam Cooke, Carole King, The Mamas & the Papas), manager (Jan & Dean), director, and an owner of the famous Roxy Theater. Founded Dunhill Records in 1964 and Ode Records in 1967. Helped produce the Monterey International Pop Festival and cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Richard Adler
Steven Adler
Active: 1970- Members: Steven Tyler (v: 70-), Joe Perry (g: 70-79, 84-), Brad Whitford (g: 70-81, 84-; Whitford/St.Holmes: 81), Tom Hamilton (b: 70-), Joey Kramer (d: 70-), Jimmy Crespo (g – The Flame, Aerosmith: 79-84), Rick Dufay (g: 81-84)
About: Hard-rock group formed in New Hampshire
Song(s):
Dream On (1973)
Sweet Emotion (1975)
Toys in the Attic (1975)
Walk This Way (1976)
Walk This Way (Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry, 1986)
Janie’s Got a Gun (1990)
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (written by Diane Warren) (1998)
Album(s):
Toys in the Attic (1975)
Rocks (1976)
Greatest Hits (compilation, 1972-80)
Permanent Vacation (1987)
Pump (1989)
Get a Grip (1993)
The DMDB Blog:
Run-D.M.C. charted with its remake of “Walk This Way”: July 26, 1986 (7/26/12)
Afrojack
Song(s):
Give Me Everything (Pitbull with Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer; 2011)
Against Me!
Album(s):
New Wave (2007)
Milton Ager
Pepe Aguilar
Born: 12/18/1980 in Staten Island, NY Died: --
About: Pop singer. Won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1999.
Song(s):
Genie in a Bottle (1999)
Dirrty (with Redman, 2002)
Beautiful (2002)
Moves Like Jagger (with Maroon 5, 2011)
Album(s):
Christina Aguilera (1999)
Song(s):
Take on Me (1984)
Album(s):
Hunting High and Low (1985)
Scoundrel Days (1986)
Stay on These Roads (1988)
East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1990)
Memorial Beach (1993)
Minor Earth, Major Sky (2000)
Fred Ahlert
Air
Song(s):
Sexy Boy (1998)
Album(s):
Moon Safari (1998)
Song(s):
Lost in Love (1980)
Making Love Out of Nothing at All (written by Jim Steinman, 1983)
Album(s):
Lost in Love (1980)
The One That You Love (1981)
Now and Forever (1982)
Born: Aliaune Daye Thiam on 10/14/1981 in St. Louis, MO Died:
About: R&B singer. Grew up in Senegal and returned to New Jersey in the United States at age 7.
Harry Akst
Active: 1969-2006 Members: Randy Owen (v/g: 69-06), Jeff Cook (k/fiddle: 69-06), Teddy Gentry (b/v: 69-06), Rick Scott (d: 69-79), Mark Herndon (d/v: 79-06)
About: Country group from Fort Payne, Alabama. Formed as Young Country (69-72), changed name to Wildcountry (72-77) and then Alabama. CMA Awards: 1981, 1982 & 1983 Vocal Group of the Year; 1982, 1983 & 1984 Entertainer of the Year.
Song(s):
My Home’s in Alabama (1980)
Italian operatic soprano singer.
Born: 7/22/1913 Died: --
Born: 3/23/1968 in Whitechapel, London Died: --
About: Britpop singer/songwriter, most notably with Blur and Gorillaz, but he has also helmed The Good, the Bad & the Queen; Monkey: Journey to the West; and Mali Music.
Morris Albert
Song(s):
Feelings (1975)
John Alderete
Tommy Aldridge
George Alexander
Song(s):
Mighty Like a Rose (aka "Mighty Lak a Rose") (1903)
Tim Alexander
Active: 1987- Members: Layne Staley (v: 87-96, 98: Mad Season: 95; died of a heroin and cocaine overdose in 2002), Jerry Cantrell (g: 87-96, 98, 05-), Mike Starr (b: 87-93; died of an apparent drug overdose in 2011), Sean Kinney (d: 87-96, 98, 05-), Mike Inez (b – Ozzy Osbourne: 89-93; Alice in Chains: 93-96, 98, 05-; Slash’s Snakepit: 95; with Jerry Cantrell: 98; Black Label Society: 01-04), William DuVall (v: 05-)
About: One of the foremost bands of the grunge movement of the 1990s. Formed in Seattle, WA. Have sold over 35 million albums worldwide.
Song(s):
Man in the Box (1991)
Album(s):
Dirt (1992)
All-4-One
Song(s):
I Swear (1994)
Bob Allen
Song(s):
Where or When (with Hal Kemp, 1937)
Bill “Hoss” Allen
Fulton Allen
– see Blind Boy Fuller
Rick Allen
Born: 8/17/1939 Died: 8/12/1997
About: Blues guitarist.
Active: 1969- Members: Duane Allman (g: 70-71), Gregg Allman (k/v: 69-76, 78-81, 89-) with Dickey Betts (g/v: 69-76, 78-81, 89-00), Berry Oakley (b: 69-72; died in a motorcycle accident on 11/11/72), Butch Trucks (d: 69-76, 89-), and Jai Johanny Johanson (d: 69-76, 89-); Lamar Williams (b: 69-76; died 1/25/83), Chuck Leavell (k: 72-76), Warren Haynes (g: 95-), Allen Woody (b: 89-95), Johnny Neel (k: 89-90), Mark Quinones (k: 90-). Derek Trucks (g: 00-).
About: Southern-rock group formed in Macon, GA by brothers Duane and Gregg Allman. Members have formed various offshoot groups. Johanson, Williams, and Leavell formed the band Sea Level. Betts, Haynes, and Neel were all in the Dickey Betts Band together. Haynes and Woody were in Gov’t Mule together.
Song(s):
Whipping Post (1970)
Ramblin’ Man (1973)
Album(s):
At Fillmore East (1971) live
Eat a Peach (1972) live/studio
The DMDB Blog:
The Allman Brothers Band record one of the classic live albums: March 12-13, 1971 (3/13/12)
Born: Howard Duane Allman in Nashville, TN on 11/20/1946 Died: 10/29/71 in a motorcycle accident
About: Blues-rock guitarist. Killed in a motorcycle accident on 10/29/71. (g – Allman Joys: 66; Hour Glass: 67-68; 31st of February: 68; w/ Gregg Allman: 68; The Second Coming: 69; w/ Boz Scaggs: 69; Allman Brothers Band: 69-71; Delaney & Bonnie: 70; Derek + the Dominos: 70-71; )
All Saints
Song(s):
Never Ever (1997)
Born: 3/31/1935 in Los Angeles, CA Died: --
About: Producer, composer (“Rise”), trumpeter, and bandleader. Played trumpet since age 8. Did A&R work for Keen Records. Produced Jan & Dean’s first session. Wrote Sam Cooke’s “Wonderful World.” Recorded as Dore Alpert in 1962. With Jerry Moss, he formed A&M Records that same year. They formed the Almo Sounds label in 1994. Several times during 1966, Alpert held down 5 of the top 20 positions on the Billboard album charts.
Song(s):
The Lonely Bull (1962)
A Taste of Honey (1965)
Album(s):
Whipped Cream & Other Delights (1965)
ALT
Active: 1995 Members: Andy White, Liam O’Maonlai, Tim Finn
Album(s):
Altitude (1995)
Louis Alter
Alt-J
Album(s):
An Awesome Wave (2012)
About: Grunge-rock bassist with Deranged Diction, Green River (84-88), Mother Love Bone (88-90), Temple of the Dog (90), Mookie Blaylock (90), Pearl Jam (91-).
America
Song(s):
A Horse with No Name (1971)
About: Originally recorded in 1900. Revamped (with only Hooley returning) as a hugely popular vocal group led by Also known as the Premier Quartet on their Edison recordings. Bieling, Dudley, Hooley, Murray, and Porter were all also members of the Haydn Quartet. Campbell, Croxton, Meyer, and Porter were also members of the Peerless Quartet.
Active: 1900, 1910-24 Members: William F. Hooley (bass: 1900, 1910-18), S.H. Dudley (baritone: 1900), Albert Campbell (tenor: 00, 20-25), and W.T. Leahy (1900-?), Billy Murray (tenor: 1910-24?), John Bieling (tenor: 1910-14), Steve Porter (baritone: 1910-14), John Young (tenor: 1914-20), Donald Chalmers (bass: 1918-20), John Meyer (bass: 1920-25), Frank Croxton (baritone: 1920-25).
Song(s):
Casey Jones (with Billy Murray, 1910)
Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine (Billy Murray with Ada Jones & the American Quartet, 1911)
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (with Billy Murray, 1911)
Moonlight Bay (1912)
Everybody Two-Step (1912)
It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary (1914)
When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose (1915)
Chinatown, My Chinatown (1915)
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! (1917)
Over There (written by George M. Cohan, 1917)
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France (1917)
The DMDB Blog:
The American Quartet’s “Over There” charts: September 29, 1917 (9/29/11)
Born: 8/22/1963 Died: --
About: American alternative-rock singer/songwriter.
Song(s):
Me and a Gun (1991)
Album(s):
Little Earthquakes (1992)
Under the Pink (1994)
Strange Little Girls (2001) covers
Skunk Anansie
Album(s):
Paranoid & Sunburnt (1995)
Born: 11/1/1937 Died: --
About: American country singer.
Born: 12/13/1954 Died: --
About: American country singer.
Born: 6/29/1908 Died: 5/18/1975
About: American pop songwriter.
Born: 9/26/1947 in Grand Forks, N.D.
About: Country singer raised in Sacramento, CA. Daughter of country singer Liz Anderson. An accomplished equestrian, Lynn was the California Horse Show Queen in 1966.
Song(s):
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1970)
The DMDB Blog:
Lynn Anderson charted with “Rose Garden”: November 7, 1970 (11/7/11)
Born: 2/27/1897 Died: 4/8/1993
About: Opera singer.
Song(s):
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (1936)
Ave Maria (1936)
My Country ‘Tis of Thee (1939)
Active: 1988-92 Members: Jon Anderson (v: 68-79, 83-01), Bill Bruford (d: 68-72,91), Steve Howe (g: 70-81,91,96-01), Rick Wakeman (k: 71-74, 76-80,91,96-97).
About: One-time project formed by members of the progressive rock group Yes. Although the four comprised the brunt of the classic Yes lineup from 1970-72, the rights to the name belonged to bassist Chris Squire.
Album(s):
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe (ABWH, 1989)
Union (featured both of that eras incarnations of Yes, 1991)
Member of ABBA.
Song(s):
The Sound of Music (1965)
My Favorite Things (1965)
Do-Re-Mi (1965)
Supercalifragilisticexpalidocious (with Dick Van Dyke, 1965)
Michael Andrews
Song(s):
Mad World (with Gary Jules, 2003)
About: Emerged from Minneapolis to become the most popular female vocal group of the entire pre-1955 era. Led by Patty, the trio appeared in many ‘40s movies and their unmistakable sound helped define the wartime era. LaVerne died on 5/8/67 at age 52; the nostalgia wave led Patty and Maxene to star in a 1974 Broadway musical Over There.
b>Active: 1938-51 Members: sisters Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne Andrews.
Song(s):
Bei Mir Bist Du Schon (Means That You're Grand) (1938)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941)
Jingle Bells (with Bing Crosby, 1943)
Shoo-Shoo Baby (1943)
Don’t Fence Me In (written by Cole Porter and Robert Fletcher; performed with Bing Crosby, 1944)
Rum and Coca-Cola (1945)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (with Bing Crosby, 1947)
I Can Dream, Can't I? (with Gordon Jenkins, 1949)
Animal Collective
Album(s):
Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
Song(s):
The House of the Rising Sun (1964)
We Gotta Get Out of This Place (1965)
The DMDB Blog:
The Animals charted with “The House of the Rising Sun”: June 24, 1964 (6/24/12)
Born: 7/30/1941 Died: --
About: Pop songwriter.
Song(s):
Diana (1957)
Born: Stuart Leslie Goodard on 11/3/1954 Died: --
About: British new wave singer with Adam & the Ants before going solo.
Michael Anthony
Born: Raymond Antonini on 1/20/1922 Died: --
About: American big band leader.
Antony & the Johnsons
Album(s):
I Am a Bird Now (2005)
Anthrax
Album(s):
Among the Living (1987)
Thelma Aoyama
Song(s):
Soba Ni Lur Ne (2009)
Aphex Twin
Song(s):
Windowlicker (1999)
Album(s):
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (1985-1992) G
Carmine Appice
Aqua
Song(s):
Barbie Girl (1997)
Song(s):
Wake Up (2005)
Rebellion (Lies) (2005)
Album(s):
Funeral (2004)
Neon Bible (2007)
The Suburbs (2010)
The DMDB Blog:
Arcade Fire releases third album, find Grammy gold: August 3, 2010 (8/3/11)
The Archies
Song(s):
Sugar, Sugar (1969)
Active: 2002- Members: Alex Turner (v/g), Jamie “Cookie” Cook (rhythm g), Andy Nicholson (b), Matthew “The Cat” Helders (d)
About: Rock band from High Green, Sheffield, England. Followed in the footsteps of garage-rock-revival bands like U.S. counterparts The Strokes and The White Stripes. First started gaining mainstream attention by making demos available to download in late 2004. Debut album sold 363,735 copies in its first week in the U.K., making it the fastest selling debut album in U.K. chart history.
Song(s):
I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor (2005)
Album(s):
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
Humbug (2009)
Suck It and See (2011)
The DMDB Blog:
The Arctic Monkeys’ debut hit #1 in the UK: January 29, 2006 (1/29/12)
Born: Hyman Arluck on 2/15/1905 Died: 4/23/1986
About: American songwriter.
Songs written by Arlen with Johnny Mercer:
Blues in the Night (My Mama Done Tol’ Me) (performed by Woody Herman, 1941)
That Old Black Magic (performed by Glenn Miller with Skip Nelson, 1943)
Ac-Cent-Tchu-ate the Positive (performed by Johnny Mercer with the Pied Pipers, written by Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1945)
One for My Baby (and One More for the Road) (performed by Frank Sinatra, written by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen, 1947)
Album(s):
The Wizard of Oz (composed by Arlen, Yip Harburg, & Herbert Stothart; 1939) ST
Born: 2/17/1972 Died: --
About: Punk-rock singer and guitarist with Green Day.
Links:
official site
- Facebook
- Wikipedia
About: Jazz singer and trumpet player. He learned to play cornet at a waifs’ home, and by 1918 was a protégé of King Oliver. Four years later he went to Chicago to join Oliver’s band; a new jazz age was dawning and Louis’ astonishing virtuosity was its herald. By the time he formed his own band in 1926, young “Satchmo” was already a legend and the records that group made the next few years helped create a new international audience for jazz. His popularity came with his uniquely raspy, scat-tinged vocals starting in 1929.
Born: Daniel Louis Armstrong on 8/4/1901 in New Orleans, LA Died: heart failure on 7/6/1971
Song(s):
Heebie Jeebies (1925)
St. Louis Blues (with Bessie Smith, 1925)
Potato Head Blues (1927)
Struttin’ with Some BBQ (1927)
West End Blues (1928)
Weather Bird (with Earl Hines, 1928)
St. Louis Blues (1930)
Star Dust (music by Carmichael, lyrics by Mitchell Parish – added in 1929, 1931)
Lazy River (composed by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin, 1931)
All of Me (1932)
When the Saints Go Marching In (1939)
La Vie En Rose (1950)
Mack the Knife (1955)
Hello, Dolly! (1964)
What a Wonderful World (1967)
Album(s):
The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings (1925-1928) box
Plays W.C. Handy (1954)
An American Icon (1998)
The DMDB Blog:
Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” charted: October 14, 1967 (10/14/11)
Born: Richard Edward Arnold on 5/15/1918 in Madisonville, TN Died: 5/8/2008
About: Country singer/songwriter/guitarist. Own radio show on WMPS in Memphis from 1934-39. Lead singer of Pee Wee King’s Golden West Cowboys from 1940-43. Hosted own TV show from 1952-56. Hosted TV’s Out on the Farm in 1954. Hosted TV’s Today on the Farm in 1960. Once known as “The Tennessee Plowboy.” CMA Award: 1967 Entertainer of the Year.
Song(s):
Cattle Call (1945)
I’ll Hold You in My Heart Till I Can Hold You in My Arms (1947)
Anytime (1948)
Bouquet of Roses (1948)
Make the World Go Away (1965)
Kenny Aronoff
Arrested Development
Song(s):
Tennessee (1992)
Album(s):
3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… (1992)
Artists United Against Apartheid
Song(s):
Sun City (1985)
Reggie “Fieldy” Arvizu
Ash
Album(s):
1977 (1996)
Song(s):
Foolish (with Ja Rule, 2002)
Album(s):
Ashanti (2002)
Born: 9/11/1971 Died: --
About: Britpop singer with the Verve.
Born: 5/4/1942 om Fairfield, S.C. Died: 8/22/2011
About: American R&B songwriter and producer with Motown. Also in singing and songwriting duo with wife Valerie Simpson (“Solid”).
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (performed by Marvin Gaye with Tammi Terrell; written by Ashford & Simpson, 1967)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough (performed by Diana Ross, 1970)
The DMDB Blog:
Nickolas Ashford: 1942-2011 (8/23/11)
Active: 1981- Members: Geoff Downes (k: 1981-2010), John Wetton (v: 81-90, 2007-10), Steve Howe (g: 81-84, 92, 2001, 07-10), Carl Palmer (d: 81-85, 90-92, 2007-10), Mandy Meyer (g – Krokus; Asia: 85-90), Pat Thrall (g: 90, 01), John Payne (v: 91-04), Al Pitrelli (g: 92-), Michael Sturgis (d: 94-01), Elliott Randall (g: 96-01), Aziz Ibrahim (g: 96), Ian Crichton (g: 01), Guthrie Govan (g: 01-04), Chris Slade (d: 01-04), Jay Schellen (d: 05).
About: British rock supergroup formed by veterans of the progressive rock scene, but in an ‘80s arena rock mold. Downes and Howe had worked together in Yes, Wetton in King Crimson and Palmer in Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Latter day members Govan, Payne, and Schellen formed GPS after the original lineup reformed in 2007.
Album(s):
Asia (1982)
Alpha (1983)
Astra (1985)
Aqua (1992)
Aria (1994)
Arena (1996)
Aura (2001)
Silent Nation (2004)
Phoenix (2008)
Omega (2010)
The DMDB Blog:
The Steve Howe Show (7/15/09), also on Facebook.
Associated Glee Clubs of America
Song(s):
Adeste Fideles (1925)
The Association
Song(s):
Cherish (1966)
Windy (1967)
Never My Love (1967)
Adele Astaire
Song(s):
Fascinating Rhythm (written by George Gershwin; performed with Fred Astaire, 1926)
Album(s):
The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire with the Oscar Peterson Quintet, 1952)
Born: Frederick Austerlitz on 5/10/1899 Died: 6/22/1987
About: American tap dancer, actor (Easter Parade), and pop singer.
Song(s):
Fascinating Rhythm (written by George Gershwin; performed with Adele Astaire, 1926)
Night and Day (written by Cole Porter; performed with Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, 1932)
Cheek to Cheek (written by Irving Berlin; performed with Ginger Rogers & Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, 1935)
Top Hat, White Tie, and Tails (with Johnny Green & His Orchestra, 1935)
The Way You Look Tonight (written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields; performed with Johnny Green & His Orchestra, 1936)
A Fine Romance (A Sarcastic Love Song) (with Johnny Green’s Orchestra, 1936)
They Can't Take That Away from Me (written by George Gershwin; performed with Johnny Green & His Orchestra, 1937)
Album(s):
The Astaire Story (Fred Astaire with the Oscar Peterson Quintet, 1952)
The DMDB Blog:
Fred Astaire hit #1 with Cole Porter’s “Night and Day”: December 24, 1932 (12/24/11)
Born: 2/6/1966 Died: --
About: British pop singer.
Song(s):
Never Gonna Give You Up (1987)
Born: 6/20/1924 Died: 6/30/2001
About: Country guitarist and producer.
John Yorke Atlee
Listen to the Mocking Bird (aka “The Mocking Bird”) (1891)
Born: 6/24/1900 Died: 1/24/1972
About: Pop singer.
Song(s):
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (with Billy Carpenter, 1925)
Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue (with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra, 1926)
Bye Bye, Blackbird (1926)
My Blue Heaven (1927)
My Melancholy Baby (1928)
Ramona (with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra & Viola Klaiss, 1928)
Carolina Moon (with Nat Shilkret’s Orchestra, 1929)
Audio Two
Song(s):
Top Billin’ (1988)
Born: Orvon Gene Autry on 9/29/07 in Tioga, TX Died: 10/2/1998
About: Singer/songwriter/guitarist/actor. Hollywood’s first “singing cowboy.” Worked as a cowboy and telegraph operator for the Frisco Railroad. Played saxophone and guitar with the Fields Brothers Marvelous Medicine Show. Sang on KVOO in Tulsa in 1929 as "The Oklahoma Yodeling Cowboy." Joined the WLS National Barn Dance in 1930. Hosted own Melody Dance radio series. Launched movie career in 1934; made more than 100 films. Starred in own TV western from 1950-56. Later owned several businesses, including baseball’s California Angels.
Song(s):
Back in the Saddle Again (1939)
Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949)
Frosty the Snowman (1950)
Born: 9/18/1939 Died: --
About: American pop singer.
Born: Shahnour Varenagh Aznavourian on 5/22/1924 Died: --
About: French-Armenian singer/songwriter (“Yesterday When I Was Young”, “Mama”, “She”) and actor.
Don Azpiazu
Song(s):
The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero) (with Antonio Machin, 1930)
Aztec Camera
Album(s):
High Land, Hard Rain (1983)
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