| 1895 | Edgar Mosley, Traditional jazz drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was reputed to be a leading bass drummer in the marching bands of the twenties and thirties. During his career, her performed with Kid Rena, Chris Kelly and George Lewis. He died in Los Angeles, California, and participated in a parade sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz Club in the year of his death.
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| 1911 | Buck Clayton, He replaced Hot Lips Page in the Basie band in 1936 when they were playing the Reno Club in Kansas City, and stayed with them until his Army years came up. Upon discharge he joined Norman Granz's newly formed Jazz at the Philharmonic, and as he once joked, "keeping Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins apart". Back in New York in 1947 and '48 he played the Savoy Ballroom with Jimmy Rushing's band, then in the 1950's he was with Joe Bushkin's Embers Quartet.
He is best remembered from this period for his sets of irreplaceable recordings of standard tunes which included "The Buck Clayton Jam Sessions".
He died on December 11th 1991 at the age of 80.
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| 1914 | Eddie Boyd, Blues pianist and singer born in Clarksdale, MS. Few postwar blues standards have retained the universal appeal of Eddie Boyd's "Five Long Years." Cut in 1951, Boyd's masterpiece has attracted faithful covers by B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Buddy Guy, and too many other bluesmen. Boyd Died in Helsinki, Finland on July 13, 1994.
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| 1920 | Jo Stafford, One of the most important female vocalists of all time, Jo Stafford is probably best remembered today for her WWII recordings. She is often called ''America's Most Versatile Singer'' for the wide-range of material she performed.
She performed with Tommy Dorsey and Paul Weston just to name a few.
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| 1923 | Charlie Mariano, He moved to Los Angeles in 1956 (working with Shelly Manne and other West Coast jazz stars), returned to Boston to teach in 1958 at Berklee and the following year had a return stint with Stan Kenton.
The second career began with the formation of his early fusion group Osmosis in 1967. Known at the time as a strong bop altoist with a sound of his own developed out of the Charlie Parker style, Mariano began to open his music up to the influences of folk music from other cultures, pop and rock.
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| 1943 | Brian Hyland, Singer - "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini".
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| 1944 | Booker T. Jones, This legendary performer, producer and songwriter is perhaps best known for the million-selling instrumental, "Green Onions," recorded by Booker T. and the MGs. His career highlights, however, also include recording with everyone from Otis Redding, Ray Charles and Wilson Pickett to Bob Dylan, Boz Scaggs and Barbra Streisand. He produced Willie Nelson's multi-platinumStardust album and Bill Withers'Ain't No Sunshine, as well as co-writing the classic hit "Born Under a Bad Sign." He's also performed live with Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison to name only a few.
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| 1945 | Neil Young, Singer and songwriter as solo and with Crosby, Still, Nash & Young.
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| 1950 | Barbara Fairchild, Singer - "The Teddy Bear Song".
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