Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy

male, deceased (1958)
Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 or 1898 - August 15, 1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. "Big Bill"...
Victoria Spivey

Victoria Spivey

female, deceased (1976)
Victoria Spivey (1906-1976) was an American blues singer. She was born October 15, 1906, the daughter of Grant and Addie (Smith) Spivey. Her father...
Ben Bernie

Ben Bernie

male, deceased (1943)
Ben Bernie (1891-1943) was an American jazz violinist and radio personality. He was born Bernard Anzelevitz in Bayonne, New Jersey. By the age of...

Fred Rich

male, deceased (1956)
Frederic Efrem "Fred" Rich was a Polish-born United States bandleader and composer who was active from the 1920s to the 1950s. Among the famous...
Charley Jordan

Charley Jordan

male, deceased (1954)
Charley Jordan (January 1, 1890 - November 15, 1954) was a Saint Louis blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, as well as a talent scout,...
Dick Powell

Dick Powell

male, deceased (1963)
Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell was an American singer, actor, producer, and director. Born in Mountain View, Arkansas, Powell attended Little Rock...
H. C. Speir

H. C. Speir

male, deceased (1972)
H. C. Speir (born Henry C. Speir in Prospect, Mississippi, October 6, 1895; d. Jackson, Mississippi, 1972) was an American "talent broker" and...
Aileen Stanley

Aileen Stanley

female, deceased (1982)
Aileen Stanley (1897 - 24 March, 1982) was a United States popular singer. Stanley was born as Maude Elsie Aileen Muggeridge in Chicago, Illinois....
Teddy Darby

Teddy Darby

male, 107 years old
Theodore Roosevelt Darby, better known as Blind Teddy Darby (born March 2, 1902 in Henderson, Kentucky; date of death unknown) was an American...
Richard Himber

Richard Himber

male, deceased (1966)
Richard Himber (20 February, 1900 - 11 December, 1966) was an American bandleader, composer, violinist, magician and practical joker. He was born...