- male, deceased (1992)
- Tony Williams (15 April 1928 New Jersey, USA - 14 August 1992 New York, USA) was the lead singer for The Platters from 1953 to 1960. Williams was...
- male, deceased (1991)
- Buck Ram was an American songwriter, and popular music producer and arranger. He was born Samuel Ram to Jewish parents. It has been written that...
- female, deceased (2007)
- Zola Taylor, born Zoletta Lynn Taylor was an American singer. She was the only female member of The Platters from 1954 to 1962, when the group...
- male, 69 years old
- Jimmy Clanton (born 2 September 1940, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol", and his band recorded a hit song "Just A...
- male, deceased (1984)
- Jimmy Kennedy (born July 20, 1902, died April 6, 1984) was a songwriter, predominantly a lyricist putting words to existing music like Teddy Bears'...
- male, deceased (1997)
- Ralph Bass, born in The Bronx, New York, was an influential rhythm and blues record producer and talent scout for several independent labels and...
- male, deceased (2004)
- Hunter Hancock (1916 - August 4 2004) was a disc jockey regarded as the first in the Western United States to play rhythm and blues records on the...
- male, 72 years old
- Gaynel Hodge, co-author of the Platinum hit 1950's song, "Earth Angel", is a recording artist, songwriter and a pianist. He is also a founding...
- male, 69 years old
- Thomas Harvey "Sean" Bonniwell (born August 16 1940, San Jose, CA), guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, is most famous as the main creative force...
- male, deceased (2004)
- Donald Yetter Gardner (20 August 1913, Portland, Pennsylvania - died 15 September 2004) wrote the classic Christmas song "All I Want For Christmas...
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