James Brown

James Brown

male, deceased (2006)
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, funk, singer, Songwriter, funk musician, singer-songwriter…American funk musician, Black rock musician, American soul musician, from South Carolina, SouthCarolinamusician
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Bu...
Chris Sligh

Chris Sligh

male, 31 years old
SouthCarolinamusician, Performer of Christian music, American expatriate in Germany, sixth season, American Idol participant, from the Triangle, North Carolina…From Greenville, South Carolina
Charles Christopher Sligh (born April 13 1978) was a finalist on the sixth season of "American Idol". He was eliminated from the competition on...
Edwin McCain

Edwin McCain

male, 39 years old
From Greenville, South Carolina, a cinderella story, American alternative musician, bass guitar, American guitarist, alternative musician…SouthCarolinamusician
Edwin McCain (born January 20, 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina) is an alternative singer-songwriter. While his albums are released under his...
James Jamerson

James Jamerson

male, deceased (1983)
The Funk Brothers member, SouthCarolinamusician, bass guitar, American session musician, Motown Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee…from South Carolina, musician
James Jamerson (January 29, 1938 - August 2, 1983) was an American musician. He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the...
Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

male, deceased (1993)
Bebop trumpeter, harmony, Improviser, musician, Jazz trumpeter, modern jazz…Bebop musician, Vocal jazz musician, Pennsylvania musician, jazz musician, SouthCarolinamusician
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in...
Danielle Howle

Danielle Howle

female
Delicate Wire, fugazi, Iron & Wine, Daemon Records, University of South Carolina, The Tantrums…Folk musician, SouthCarolinamusician, musician
Danielle Howle (born in Columbia, South Carolina) is an American singer-songwriter. After releasing an early song on a Columbia, SC music sampler,...
Cat Anderson

Cat Anderson

male, deceased (1981)
Swing trumpeter, Duke Ellington Orchestra member, American jazz trumpeter, SouthCarolinamusician, from South Carolina, octave…jazz musician, Carolina Cotton Pickers, musician
William Alonzo Anderson, known as Cat Anderson (12 September 1916-29 April 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter best-known for his long period...

Ray Davis

male, deceased (2005)
The Temptations member, SouthCarolinamusician, American funk singer, P-Funk member, Rhythm and blues singer, American…Rhythm and blues musician, P-Funk musician, From Sumter, SOUTH CAROLINA, funk musician, musician
Raymond "Ray" Davis (born March 29, 1940 in Sumter, South Carolina - died July 5, 2005 New Brunswick, New Jersey) was the original bass singer and...
Browning Bryant

Browning Bryant

male, 52 years old
SouthCarolinamusician, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show, syncopated, The Meters, Games that Grown Up Children Play…from South Carolina
John Baxter Browning Bryant (January 24, 1957) is a singer-songwriter whose greatest commercial popularity was before and during his early teens....
Freddie Green

Freddie Green

male, deceased (1987)
SouthCarolinamusician, swing music, Count Basie Orchestra member, Swing guitarist, swing, William "Cat" Anderson
Freddie Green (baptized Frederick William Green, March 31 1911-March 1 1987) was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his...