Ray Charles

Ray Charles

male, 91 years old
Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg, September 13, 1918 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger...
Andrew Loog Oldham

Andrew Loog Oldham

male, 65 years old
Andrew Loog Oldham (born January 29 1944) is an English rock and roll producer, impresario and author. He was best known as the manager of The...

Dick Rowe

male, deceased (1986)
Dick Rowe (d. June 6 1986) was an A&R man at Decca Records from the 1940s to the 1960s. He is historically presented in popular musical history as,...
Bobby Darin

Bobby Darin

male, deceased (1973)
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s....
Red Foley

Red Foley

male, deceased (1968)
Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was a country music singer. Foley was born in Blue Lick, Kentucky. He began playing the guitar and the harmonica as a...
Gordon Jenkins

Gordon Jenkins

male, deceased (1984)
Gordon Hill Jenkins (12 May 1910-1 May 1984) was an American arranger who was an influential figure in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s,...
Andy White

Andy White

male, 79 years old
Andy White (born 1930, Glasgow, Scotland) is a drummer, best known for playing drums on The Beatles first single, "Love Me Do" - White was in fact...

Mike Smith

male, 70 years old
Larry Michael Smith, commonly known as Mike Smith, was born October 3 1939 and lived in various small towns in Kansas until moving to Hollywood in...

Dave Clark

male, deceased (1995)
Dave Clark was a pioneering African-American record promoter. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, Clark became interested in music after a teacher gave him...
Billy Fury

Billy Fury

male, deceased (1983)
Originally from Wavertree in South Liverpool, Billy Fury was born on April 17, 1940, at Smithdown Hospital, now Sefton General Hospital, Smithdown...