Ruth Brown

Ruth Brown

female, deceased (2006)
Ruth Brown was an American R&B singer. Born Ruth Alston Weston in Portsmouth, Virginia, Brown brought a popular music style to rhythm and blues in...
Maurice Ravel

Maurice Ravel

male, deceased (1937)
Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 - December 28, 1937) was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the...
Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley

male, 49 years old
Tony Hadley (born Anthony Patrick Hadley, 2 June 1960, Islington, London) is an English pop singer who fronted the 1980s New Romantic band Spandau...
Elias Howe

Elias Howe

male, deceased (1867)
Elias Howe was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer. He was born in Spencer, Massachusetts. Contrary to popular belief, he did not...
Kim Weston

Kim Weston

female, 70 years old
Kim Weston (born Agatha Natalie Weston, December 20 1939, in Detroit, Michigan) is an African American soul singer, and Motown Records alumna. She...

D. H. Peligro

male, 49 years old
D.H. Peligro (b. 1960, St. Louis, Missouri, real name Darren Henley) was the drummer for the hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys from February 1981...
Jay Hammond

Jay Hammond

male, deceased (2005)
Jay Sterner Hammond was an American Republican politician who was Governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982. He was born in Troy, New York in 1922. He...
Esther Phillips

Esther Phillips

female, deceased (1984)
Esther Mae Jones who performed as Little Esther and as Esther Phillips, was an American singer; she performed in the pop, country, jazz, and rhythm...
Curtis Knight

Curtis Knight

male, deceased (1999)
Curtis Knight (b. Curtis McNear, 1945 - 29 November 1999) was an American music artist and band leader who is famously known for his connection to...
Les Crane

Les Crane

male, 74 years old
Les Crane (born December 3, 1935) was a San Francisco-based radio announcer and television talk show host who scored an unexpected spoken word hit...