EARL 'FATHA' HINES + BILLY WILLIAMS + HILDEGARD KNEF + WERNER TWARDY + RICHARD CLAYDERMAN
1905 EARL 'FATHA' HINES aka Earl Kenneth Hines, (Death: April 22, 1983) was "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".
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1916 Billy Williams (Death: October 17, 1972) was an African-American singer, who had a successful cover recording of Fats Waller's "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter" in 1957. The record sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. His trademark hook for his songs was to shout "Oh, Yeah" at the end of lyrics.
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1925 HILDEGARD KNEF aka Hildegard Frieda Albertine Knef (Death: February 1, 2002) was a German actress, singer and writer. Born in the German city of Ulm, she was billed in some English language films as Hildegard Neff or Hildegarde Neff.
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1926
Werner Twardy (Born: in Oberhausen , Death: January 16th 1977 ) was a German composer , arranger , pianist , organist and conductor . He also appeared under the pseudonyms Daddy Monrou and TW Ardy in appearance.
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1953 RICHARD CLAYDERMAN aka Philippe Pagès is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of classical music.
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