1938 Lawrence Payton born in Detroit, Michigan. Vocalist with The Four Tops, (1965 US No.1 single with ‘I Can’t Help

1927 Junior Parker born in West Memphis, Arizona. US blues singer/songwriter who wrote ‘Mystery Train’, which was covered by Elvis

1925 Paul Mauriat born in Marseilles, France. French, conductor, arranger, (1968 US No.1 single chart ‘Love Is Blue’, a No.12

1938 Paul Evans born in Queens, New York. US Singer/Songwriter. As a performer, he had hits with the songs “Seven

1893 Memphis blues artist Walter ‘Furry’ Lewis. He was the first guitarist to play with a bottleneck. He lost a

1941 Danyel Gerard (Gerard Daniel Kherlakian) born in France. French Singer best know for his 1971 single ‘Butterfly’. 1942 Hamilton bohannon

1942 Ralph Ellis born in Liverpool, England. UK Guitarist in the early days of The Swinging Blue Jeans. He left

1925 Billy Ford born in Bloomfield, New Jersey. US singer in duets with Lillie Bryant as Billy & Lillie. He

1923 Jethro (Kenneth burns) born in Conasauga, Tennessee. He was known as Home & Jethro in the duo with Henry

1917 Leonard Chess, the founder of the Chess record label, home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and