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October 14, 1938 Country singer Melba Montgomery is born Iron City, Tennessee, but would be raised in Florence, Alabama. Known for her duets with George Jones and her 1974 solo hit, "No Charge."
October 5, 1938 Doo-wop/rock singer Carlo Mastrangelo (of Dion & The Belmonts and Pulse) is born in the Bronx, New York.
September 28, 1938 Ben E. King, who does time in The Drifters before scoring a solo hit with "Stand By Me, is born in Henderson, North Carolina.
September 27, 1938 Comedian Bob Hope premieres a new song, "Thanks For The Memory," on his eponymous NBC radio show.
August 24, 1938 Mason Williams is born in Abilene, Texas. Aside from becoming a comedy writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and Saturday Night Live, he also works as a guitarist and composer.
August 22, 1938 Count Basie records "Jumpin' At The Woodside."
August 21, 1938 Kenny Rogers is born in Houston, Texas. His most famous song, "The Gambler," is released when he is 40.
August 21, 1938 Singer-songwriter Ernie Maresca, who penned several Dion hits, is born in The Bronx, New York City.
August 16, 1938 Blues legend Robert Johnson dies after being poisoned by a jealous man. Like many famous musicians who died young, he was 27 when he passed.
August 13, 1938 Robert Johnson, famous for his song "Crossroads," where he sings about making a deal with the Devil to attain his musical prowess, is poisoned during a gig in Greenwood, Mississippi. Most accounts claim the guy who owned the club put the poison in Johnson's whiskey bottle because Johnson was having an affair with his wife. He dies three days later at age 27.
July 28, 1938 Guitarist/songwriter George Cummings (of Dr. Hook) is born in Meridian, Mississippi.
July 18, 1938 Ian Stewart, an original member of The Rolling Stones who becomes an unofficial member in 1963, is born in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland.
July 4, 1938 Bill Withers is born in Slab Fork, West Virginia.
June 29, 1938 Billy Storm (of The Valiants, The Alley Cats) is born in Dayton, Ohio. With The Valiants, he released the first version of "Good Golly Miss Molly."
May 24, 1938 Ska pioneer Prince Buster is born Cecil Bustamente Campbell in Orange Street, Jamaica. He earns his nickname for his boxing prowess.
May 17, 1938 Pervis Jackson, bass vocalist of The Spinners, is born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
May 13, 1938 Louis Armstrong records an influential jazz rendition of the Black spiritual "When The Saints Go Marching In," which becomes a jazz and pop standard.
May 10, 1938 Henry Fambrough, a founding member of The Spinners, is born in Detroit. He keeps the group going into the 2020s with various lineups.
May 4, 1938 Tyrone Davis is born Tyrone Fettson in Greenville, Mississippi, but is raised by his father in Saginaw, Michigan. Known for his #1 R&B hits, "Can I Change My Mind" (1968), "Turn Back The Hands Of Time" (1970), and "Turning Point" (1975).
April 26, 1938 Maurice Williams of Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs is born in Lancaster, South Carolina. He writes their #1 hit "Stay" as well as another doo-wop classic: "Little Darlin'" by The Diamonds.
April 26, 1938 Twang guitar pioneer Duane Eddy is born in Corning, New York. His signature staccato riff powers hits like "Rebel Rouser" and "Because They're Young," and influences acts like The Ventures and The Shadows.
April 18, 1938 Jazz pianist Hal Galper - known for his work with Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Anita O'Day, and Joe Williams - is born in Salem, Massachusetts.
April 7, 1938 Rock drummer Spencer Dryden (of Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage) is born in New York City.
April 3, 1938 Songwriter Jeff Barry is born Joel Adelberg in Brooklyn, New York. In 1964, 17 songs he co-wrote make the Hot 100, including three chart-toppers: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," "Chapel Of Love" and "Leader of the Pack."
March 25, 1938 Singer-songwriter Hoyt Axton is born in Duncan, Oklahoma. As a solo artist, he's known for songs like "Boney Fingers" and "A Rusty Old Halo"; as a songwriter he's best known for "Joy To The World," a huge hit for Three Dog Night in 1970.
February 22, 1938 R&B singer Bobby Hendricks (of The Drifters) is born in Columbus, Ohio.
February 18, 1938 Bob Hope's film The Big Broadcast of 1938 debuts in New York. The film introduces Hope's signature song, "Thanks For The Memory."
January 30, 1938 Country singer Norma Jean is born in Wellston, Oklahoma. She is a regular singer on The Porter Wagoner Show from 1961-1967. Her replacement: Dolly Parton.
January 25, 1938 Blues singer Etta James, known for the enduring ballad "At Last," is born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, California.More
January 23, 1938 Eugene Church (lead singer of the Fellows) is born in St. Louis, Missouri. Known for the 1958 R&B hit "Pretty Girls Everywhere."
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