JFK - Head of the Blue Key Society of Southwestern Louisiana Institute at Lafayette (now ULL) who met and got photographed with future President Kennedy at the Crowley Rice Festival in 1959
Singer/trumpeter - Tijuana Brass (hits: 'This Guys In Love With You,' 'Lonely Bull,' 'Rise,' 'Taste Of Honey'), founder of A&M Records
rock and roll hall of fame inductee 2006
In 1954 Ed Andrews was the New York Yankees' first Negro League pitcher. Unfortunately Andrews never panned out as expected or he and not Elston Howard would have been the first black player in team history.
R&B Singer - Tweedlee Dee, Jim Dandy, I Cried A Tear, See See Rider, Bop-Ting-A-Ling, Jim Dandy Got Married, Play It Fair, I Waited Too Long, Saved. Rock & Roll HOF inductee - 1991
R&B Singer/Songwriter - w/The Midnighters: Work With Me Annie; Annie Had A Baby; Sexy Ways; Finger Poppin' Time; Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go; The Hoochi Coochi Coo; The Switch-A-Roo; The Twist (the original, later covered by Chubby Checker). R&R HOF '90
Born 1916.Last living female 'Monuments Men' of the 2nd wave of Monuments Men which began their work after the war had ended. She is related to writer Virginia Woolf
Singer,songwriteractive: 1948-1963labels: old town recordsassociated acts: the Four Beeshad a hit song: ' Let the Little Girl Dance 'now runs a soul food restaurant in Harlem
American Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Record Producer, And Actor. Lead Singer of Rock Group Bon Jovi. TV Series - Guest - 'Ally McBeal' (2002). Movie - 'Moonlight and Valentino' (1995), 'Cry_Wolf' (2005)
R&B Singer - Quarter To Three, School Is Out, New Orleans, Dear Lady Twist, Twist Twist Senora, School Is In, Seven Day Weekend, This Little Girl, Out Of Work
Actor Director Writer active from the 50's into the 70's. Directed several religous themed films in the 50's. Appeared in small tv roles. Was the son of censor Joseph Breen
American Former Female Singer, Songwriter And Musician - Piano - Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jazz And R & B Music. Nicknamed 'Queen of the Boogie'. Movies - 'The Bad & the Beautiful'( 1952), 'In a Lonely Place' (1950), 'Out of the Blue' (1947) Plus 5 More
American Former Male Singer - R&B, Soul. And Blues Music. (1954-2008). Single - 'Don't Be Angry' (1955), 'It Don't Hurt No More' (1958), 'Pitter Patter' (1954), 'I Cried Like a Baby' (1959)
Pioneering Rhythm & Blues Singer/Songwriter - Rockin' At Midnight, Long About Midnight, Boogie At Midnight, Hard Luck Blues, Good Rocking Tonight, Miss Fanny Brown, Cadillac Baby, Let The 4 Winds Blow, Bar Room Blues, Love Don't Love Nobody, Big Town
American Male Singer - R&B, Soul, Soft Rock Music (1976- ). Single - 'Tonight I Celebrate My Love' (With Roberta Flack)(1983), 'Beauty and the Beast' (With Celine Dion)(1991), 'A Whole New World' (With Regina Belle)(1992)
American Former Male Comedian & Actor - TV Series - 'The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show' (1950-1958). Movie - 'Six of a Kind' (1934), 'Oh God!' 1977), ' The Sunshine Boys' (1975), '18 Again!' (1988), 'A Damsel In Distress' (1937) Plus Many More Roles
German ww2 ME262 pilot born 1924. Was never in the Wehrmacht; author - The last of the few: An Me.262 Pilot remembers, flew the buckner 181, 131, fw 44, ar 66, f-13, w33, w34, ju86, ju88, ju52, me110, me210, me40, me262, klemm 35, sg38, kranich
American Female American Football Player - Defence Back/Fullback. Lingerie/Legends Football League (LFL) 'Baltimore Charm' (2010-2013 ) 'Las Vegas Sin' (2014-2015)
American Actress And Singer - Movie -'Jersey Girl' (2004), 'Already Gone' (2019), 'Ten' (2017), 'America' (2009), 'Little Fugitive' (2006), 'The Ministers' (2009), 'Once Upon a Time in Staten Island' (2021). TV Series -'Empire' (Guest)(2015-16)
R&B Singer (b: 1937) - Duke Of Earl, Groovy Situation, Nothing Can Stop Me, Get Down, Rainbow, Fooled You This Time, To Be A Lover, Man's Temptation, Just Be True, Bless Our Love, What Now, River Of Tears, You're A Lady. Nicknamed 'Duke of Earl'
American Former Male Singer, Musician, And Songwriter -Piano And Saxophone (1947-2004). R&B. Soul, Blues, Gospel, Country, Jazz, Rock And Roll Music Genres. Singles - 'Georgia on My Mind' (1960),'Hit the Road Jack' (1961), 'I Can't Stop Loving You'(1962)
Emmy-winning choral director, lyricist and composer who worked with Perry Como for three decades, sang the theme song for the television sitcom 'Three's Company'
Argentine-Born Spanish Female Singer And Musician - Piano (2001- ). Pop, Latin, R&B, Pop Rock Musical Genre. TV Series -'Operación triunfo' -Contestant (2001-2003), 'Tu cara me suena' (2011- ). Single -'Atrévete', 'Cuando tú vas'(2002), 'Rutinas'(2005)
American Former Female Singer. Soul, R&B, Pop, And Funk Musical Genres. Groups - 'The Friends of Distinction' (1968-1971), 'Parliament - Funkadelic' (1976-1981), 'Earth Wind and Fire' (1971-1973). Single - 'Grazing in the Grass' (1968)
American Former Male Musician - Saxophone (1961-2011). Played in Bruce Springsteen's 'E Street Band'. Other Singles - 'Freeway Of Love' - Aretha Franklin (1985), 'You're a Friend of Mine' - Jackson Browne (1985), 'The Edge of Glory' - Lady Gaga (2011)
American Male Singer And Songwriter (1955- ). Funk Music Genre. Groups - Parliament-Funkadelic' (1968- ). Singles -Atomic Dog' (1982), 'Flash Light' (1978), 'Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)' (1978), 'One Nation Under a Groove' (1978)
WWII - Mine Platoon of the Anti-Tank Company, 69th Infantry Division, 271st Regiment. First combat at the 'Siegfried Line' in February 1945; crossed the Rhine on March 27, 1945; arrived at the KZ Buchenwald one day after its liberation
Director/actor/writer 'Return to Tarawa: The Leon Cooper Story' 'Random Passage'/4 years Naval officer in WW2. Landing craft officer-Boat Group Commander for my ship-landing assault troops on the beaches of six Japanese island strongholds
U.S. Air Force brigadier general (Ret.)& author 'Around the World with LBJ: My Wild Ride As Air Force One Pilot', White House Aide, & Personal Confidant/Military aide & chief Air Force One pilot under President Lyndon B. Johnson
Lead Singer of '80s R&B/Funk group, The Time (Jungle Love, The Bird, 777-9311, Gigolos Get Lonely Too, The Walk, Get It Up, Cool, Chili Sauce, Ice Cream Castles). Actor - Purple Rain, Graffiti Bridge
Author;'Just A Kid, A Guard at the Nuremberg Trials' 18 years old when drafted in 1944, into infantry. Found himself standing guard over Nazi war criminals, & watched as atrocities were described in detail throughout the Nuremberg Trails
R&B Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter - Bo Diddley, Road Runner, Say Man, Crackin' Up, You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover, Diddley Daddy, Pretty Thing, Bring It To Jerome, Before You Accuse Me, Diddy Wah Diddy, Rock & Roll hall of fame inductee 1987
Doo-Wop/Pop Singer/Songwr. - w/The Belmonts: A Teenager In Love, Where Or When, I Wonder Why, No One Knows. Solo: Runaround Sue, The Wanderer, Lovers Who Wander, Little Diane, Lonely Teenager, Ruby Baby, Donna-Prima Donna, Abraham Martin & John. R&R HOF
R&B Singer/Songwriter - Blueberry Hill, The Fat Man, Ain't That A Shame, I'm Walkin', I'm In Love Again, Blue Monday, Whole Lotta Loving, I Want To Walk You Home, My Girl Josephine, 1986 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
WWII veteran, born in 1913, believed to be the oldest living Pearl Harbor survivor. He served on the USS W> Virginia during the attack, and later served in the Korean War
Singer songwriter 1990 rock and roll hall of fame inductee; one third of the legendary Motown songwriting team Holland Dozier Holland who wrote many hits for The Supremes, The Four Tops, Martha and The Vandellas
U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to the White House detail during the Kennedy years, Duncan served as the advance agent for Fort Worth during the Texas visit in November 1963
R&B Singer - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly With His Song, Feel Like Makin' Love, The Closer I Get To You, Where Is The Love, Tonight I Celebrate My Love, Making Love, Set The Night To Music. Songwriter
former Reds, Braves, Cubs, Mets & Royals outfielder; holds minor league record for stolen bases in one season (155); currently plays in White Sox minor leagues
Actress - The Slime People, Pajama Party, Ride The Wild Surf, City Under The Sea, Dr. Goldfoot & The Bikini Machine, The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (title role). Wife of A.I.P. president James H. Nicholson from 1964 until his death in 1972
Blue-Eyed Soul/C&W/Rockabilly Singer (b: 1941) - Treat Her Right, Just A Little Bit, My Babe, Apple Of My Eye, Get Back, Harlem Shuffle, To Make A Big Man Cry, Come To Me, Tonight's The Night, The Most Wanted Woman In Town. Rockabilly Hall of Fame
Motown Songwriter rock and roll hall of fame inductee; one third of the legendary songwriting team Holland Dozier Holland who wrote many hits for The Supremes, The Four Tops, Martha and The Vandellas
R&B Singer/Saxophonist - Big Ten-Inch Record, I Want A Bowlegged Woman, ...Whiskey In The Well, Nosey Joe, Sneaky Pete, Bearcat Blues, I Can't Go On Without You, Love You Yes I Do, Little Girl Don't Cry, All My Love Belongs To You, ...Haul Off & L
WW2 vet, born 1921, and the last surviving member of Richard Byrd'sThird Antarctic Expedition in 1939. Also returned with Byrd on his 1946 and 1947 expeditions
Jazz/Blues/R&B Bandleader & Songwriter - G.I. Jive, Caldonia, Sat. Night Fish Fry, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Five Guys Named Moe, Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, Ration Blues. Known as 'King Of The Jukebox'. Arguably the Father Of Modern Rhythm &
U.S. Congressman (4th CD) from Massachusetts. Son of Joseph P. Kennedy II, grandson of Ethel Kennedy and the late Robert F. Kennedy. Elected to Congress in 2012
English musician and photographer. He was one of the earliest members of the rock band Pink Floyd, playing lead guitar, but left the band before they recorded their first released single
Lead Singer of Vanity 6. She replaced lead singer Vanity in 1984. Actress - Purple Rain, Falcon Crest, Black Magic Woman, Ministry Of Vengeance, Back To Back. Born: 1959
Pop Singer - That Lucky Old Sun, Mule Train, High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me), I Believe, Moonlight Gambler, The Cry Of The Wild Goose, That's My Desire, Jezebel, Jealousy, Shine, Hey Good Lookin', Tell Me A Story, Hey Joe!, Granada, You Gave Me A Mountain
R&B Singer - The Locomotion, Keep Your Hands Off My Baby, Let's Turkey Trot, Swingin' On A Star (w/Big Dee Irwin), Old Smokey Locomotion. Discovered by Carole King & Gerry Goffin. Eva was their babysitter
Last surviving witness to 'The Sutton Hoo excavation' in 1939, considered to be one of the most important excavation's made in British archaeological history. She lives in Chester, UK and is now 84 years old
Australian WWII veteran and a member of Semut 1, a group of undercover allied operatives lead by the eccentric English Major Tom Harrisson in Borneo in 1945. Now lives in Bayswater, West Australia with his wife Margery
R&B Singer - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?, I Want You To Be My Girl, The ABC's Of Love, Out In The Cold Again, Who Can Explain?, I Promise To Remember, Goody Goody