Willie James Mabon (October 24, 1925 – April 19, 1985) was an American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist, who had two number one hits on the Billboard R&B chart: “I Don’t Know” in 1952 and “I’m Mad” in 1953. Mabon was born and brought up in the Hollywood district of Memphis, Tennessee. He moved to Chicago…
Saunders Teddell, or Saunders Terrell (or other variants, sources differ) (October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts. Terry was born in…
RCW 49 (Gum 29) is a H II region nebula located 13,700 light years away. It is a dusty stellar nursery that contains more than 2,200 stars and is about 350 light years across. The nebula RCW49, shown in infrared light in this image from the Spitzer Space Telescope, is a nursery for newborn stars….
Gary Robert McFarland (October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971) was a composer, arranger, vibraphonist and vocalist, prominent on Verve and Impulse! Records during the 1960s, when he made “one of the more significant contributors to orchestral jazz”. McFarland was born in Los Angeles, on October 23, 1933, but grew up in Grants Pass, Oregon. He…
Frank Hewitt (October 23, 1935 – September 5, 2002) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. Born in Queens, New York, Hewitt lived most of his life in Harlem. His mother was a church pianist, and he initially studied classical and gospel music, but switched to jazz after hearing a Charlie Parker record. He took the…
William “Sonny” Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician. An alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker. William Criss was born in Memphis, Tennessee and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15. He then…
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