| 1899 | Dimitri Tiomkin, Conductor and composer of film scores. Though jukebox acceptance was probably never a priority with him, he was responsible for several Top Ten hit songs, all of which originated in his film scores: "Do Not Forsake Me" from High Noon (1952), the whistled main theme from The High and the Mighty (1954), the credit music from Friendly Persuasion (1956), and "Green Leaves of Summer" from The Alamo (1960), among others. He died in 1979.
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| 1903 | Ann Cook, She was a popular blues singer and a native of St. Francisville, Louisiana. In the 1930s and 40s, known as 'Bad Ann'. She recorded songs "Wee Bea Booze", "Mamma Cookie's Blues" and "Barrel House Blues". She died of a heart attack at age 58, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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| 1909 | Mother Maybelle Carter, Affectionately and even reverently known as "Mother" Maybelle, she was one-third of country music's original first family, "The Carters". She was the group's guitarist and also played autoharp and banjo; she played on all of their most famous recordings from 1928-1943. She died in 1978.
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| 1921 | Cleveland Chenier, A frottoir (rub-board) player and a native of Opelousas, Louisiana. He was the older brother of "The King Of Zydeco", Clifton Chenier. began playing with his brother in the dance clubs of Lake Charles, Louisiana in the 1940's. Except for a brief period in the early 1960s, when he performed with Lightning Hopkins, he continued to work with his brother's group until he retired in 1990. Cleveland passed away in 1991 at the age of 69.
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| 1924 | Teddy (Theodore) Riley, He was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. His father Amos Riley (c. 1879 - 1925) was also a New Orleans trumpeter and bandleader. He worked with Louis Cottrell, Jr., Fats Domino, Champion Jack Dupree, The Dookie Chase Orchestra, Roy Brown's Band, The Onward Brass Band, The Olympia Brass Band, The Williams Brass Band, and The Royal Brass Band. In 1971 Riley played on the cornet used by Louis Armstrong in his youth for the New Orleans ceremonies marking Armstrong's death. he died in November of 1992 at 68.
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| 1929 | Mel Lewis, Although he was generally reluctant to solo, Mel Lewis was considered one of the definitive big band drummers, a musician who was best at driving an orchestra, but could also play quite well with smaller units. He died in 1990.
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| 1935 | Larry Williams, A rough, rowdy rock & roll singer and a native of New Orleans Louisiana. He had several hits in the late '50s, several of which became genuine rock & roll classics including "Bony Moronie", "Short Fat Fannie", "High School Dance", "Slow Down", "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", "Bad Boy" and "She Said Yeah". On January 7, 1980, Williams was found dead from a gunshot wound to his head in his Los Angeles, California home. He was 44 years old. The death was deemed suicide, though there was much speculation otherwise. He was 44
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| 1945 | Nauman S. Scott III, Record label executive and native of Alexandria, Louisiana. Along with his brother Hammond, founded Black Top Records, a New Orleans, Louisiana based independent record label in 1981. The artist roster included Earl King, Snooks Eaglin, Lee Rocker, Guitar Shorty, and Robert Ward, among others. The label used a variety of musicians on its recordings, including many from the New Orleans music community. Examples include George Porter, Jr., David Torkanowsky, Herman V. Ernest, III, and Sammy Berfect. Nauman passed away in 2002 at the age of 56.
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| 1946 | Donovan, Scottish singer - Mellow Yellow". He fully embraced the wide-eyed optimism of the flower-power movement, his ethereal, ornate songs radiating a mystical beauty and childlike wonder.
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| 1946 | Dave Mason, Singer and songwriter - "Alone Together". After serving as road manager for the Spencer Davis Group and meeting Steve Winwood, the singer/guitarist found fame as one of the founding members of the jazz/rock/pop fusion group Traffic.
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| 1946 | Jimmy Ponder, Guitarist - "Smokin'". An excellent guitarist with a soulful sound and the ability to uplift any funky jazz date, he has appeared on many recordings during his long career, over 80 as a sideman and 15 as a leader.
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| 1947 | Thomas (Big Hat) Fields, A cajun accordinist and a native of rayne, Louisiana. He owned clubs earlier in life, one being the Big Hat club, only then deciding to play music. Supported by his wife on bass, Thomas Fields and His Foot Stompin' Zydeco Band a popular band on the national zydeco scene.
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| 1960 | Bono (Paul David Hewson), Lead singer and principal lyricist of the Irish rock band U2. He is also widely known for his work as an activist concerning Africa. He has won numerous awards with U2, including 22 Grammy awards and a Golden Globe award for best original song, The Hands That Built America for the film Gangs of New York. In 2005, the U2 band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in their first year of eligibility
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