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Music on the year of 1933 in history

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20 Jan 1933 birth Ron Townson, The 5th Dimension, (1969 US No.1 & UK No.11 single 'Aquarius'). Died on 3rd August 2001.
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24 Jan 1933 birth Zeke Carey, singer with The Flamingos. They had the 1959 US No.11 single 'I Only Have Eyes For You' which was a 1975 UK No.1 hit for Art Garfunkel. Carey died on 24th December 1999.
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29 Jan 1933 birth French singer and guitarist Sacha Distel who had the 1970 UK No.10 single 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.' Distel died after a long battle with deteriorating health on 22nd July 2004.
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17 Feb 1933 birth Bobby Lewis, US singer, who had the 1961 US No.1 single 'Tossin' and Turnin'.
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18 Feb 1933 birth Yoko Ono, Japanese artist, singer, poet, author and peace activist and wife of John Lennon. Ono moved to New York City from Tokyo aged 14 and first met John Lennon in London in 1966, the couple married in 1969.
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21 Feb 1933 birth Nina Simone, (Eunice Wayman), US jazz, blues singer who had the 1959 US No.18 single 'I Love You, Porgy', and the 1968 UK No.2 single 'Ain't Got No I Got Life'. Simone died of cancer on 21st April 2003
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13 Mar 1933 birth Mike Stoller, (Leiber &), songwriter, and producer for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, The Monkees, Cliff Richard.
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14 Mar 1933 birth Quincy Jones, the bandleader, musician, and producer who scored the 1978 US No.1 single 'Stuff Like That', has a record 79 Grammy Award nominations. Jones was the producer of the three albums by Michael Jackson, Off The Wall, Bad and Thriller, which has now sold more than 100 million copies worldwide.
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12 Apr 1933 birth Tiny Tim, singer who had a 1968 US No.17 single with ‘Tiptoe Through The Tulips’. He died of a heart attack on November 29th 1996 on stage while playing his hit ‘Tiptoe Through the Tulips’ at a club in Minneapolis.
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25 Apr 1933 birth Jerry Leiber, (& Stoller), songwriter and producer for Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly. The Monkees, Cliff Richard. Among their hit songs: Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, Don't, There Goes My Baby, Searchin', Yakety Yak and Kansas City. Leiber died on August 22, 2011 in Los Angeles at the age of 78 from cardio-pulmonary failure.
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29 Apr 1933 birth Willie Nelson, country music singer-songwriter, (He was born on April 29, 1933, but his birth was recorded on April 30). Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana. Along with Neil Young and John Mellencamp, he set up Farm Aid in 1985 to assist and increase awareness of the importance of family farms.
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03 May 1933 birth James Brown, 'Soul Brother No.1', (1966 US No.8 and UK No.13 single 'It's A Man's World', 1986 UK No.5 single 'Living In America', 1963 album 'Live At The Apollo'). Brown demanded extreme discipline from his musicians and dancers, and had the practice of assessing fines on members of his band who broke his rules, such as wearing un-shined shoes, dancing out of sync or showing up late on stage. Brown died on 25th Dec 2006 at the age of 73.
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26 May 1933 American country singer Jimmie Rodgers who was among the first country music superstars and pioneers, died from a pulmonary hemorrhage while staying at the Taft Hotel; he was only 35 years old.
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15 Jun 1933 Born on this day in Littlefield, Texas, Waylon Jennings, singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings, who once worked as a DJ, played bass with Buddy Holly, Jennings unintentionally missing flying with Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens on the flight on which they died. In 1976 he released the album Wanted! The Outlaws with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessi Colter, which became the first platinum country music album, and he was also a member of the country supergroup The Highwaymen with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. Jennings, who died on 13th February 13, 2002, was also the narrator for the TV show the Dukes of Hazzard.
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07 Jul 1933 birth J.J. Barrie, US singer, one hit wonder with 1976 UK No.1 single 'No Charge'.
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20 Jul 1933 birth Buddy Knox, singer, songwriter, (1957 US No.1 & UK No.29 single 'Party Doll'). He was the first person in the rock'n'roll era to write and record a number one hit. Very few 1950s singers wrote their own songs.
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27 Jul 1933 birth Nick Reynolds, The Kingston Trio, (1958 US No.1 & UK No.5 single 'Tom Dooley' plus nine other US Top 40 hits).
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08 Aug 1933 birth Joe Tex, US soul singer, (1965 US No.5 single 'Hold On To What You've Got', 1977 UK No.2 single 'Ain't Gonna Bump No More With No Big Fat Woman'). Tex died on 12th August 1982 aged 49.
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15 Aug 1933 birth Bill Pinkney, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me').
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15 Aug 1933 birth Floyd Ashman, The Tams, (1971 UK No.1 single 'Hey Girl Don't Bother Me'.)
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15 Aug 1933 birth Bobby Helms, American country music singer best known for his 1957 hit, ‘Jingle Bell Rock’. Died of emphysema at his home in Martinsville, Indiana. He was 63.
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25 Aug 1933 birth Wayne Shorter, saxophonist, Miles Davis, Weather Report, (1976 single 'Birdland', 1977 album Heavy Weather').
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01 Sep 1933 birth Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins). Twitty held the record for the most No.1 singles of any act with 55 No.1 Billboard country hits until George Strait broke the record in 2006. Twitty who scored his first No.1 in 1958 with 'It's Only Make Believe' died on June 5, 1993.
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17 Sep 1933 birth Jeanine Deckers, The Singing Nun, (1963 US No.1 & UK No.7 single 'Dominique'). Deckers died on 29th March 1985 of an overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with a friend.
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18 Sep 1933 birth Blues singer Jimmie Rodgers, (1957 US No.1 & UK No.30 single 'Honeycomb').
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24 Sep 1933 birth Mel Taylor, drums, The Ventures, (1960 US No.2 & UK No.8 single 'Walk Don't Run.' Taylor died of lung cancer on 11th August 1996.
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30 Sep 1933 birth Soul singer Cissy Houston, and mother of Whitney Houston. Member of Sweet Inspirations, The Drinkard Singers, (with Dionne Warwick), back-up singer with Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross.
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17 Oct 1933 birth Floyd Cramer, country piano player, (1961 UK No.1 single 'On The Rebound'). Worked with Elvis Presley on 'Heartbreak Hotel' and other hits. Cramer died on 31st December 1997.
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03 Nov 1933 birth John Barry, John Barry Orchestra, film themes, won five Oscars, 'James Bond Theme', 'Zulu' and 'The Magnificent Seven'. Died of a heart attack on 31st January 2011 aged 77.
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15 Nov 1933 birth Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters, 1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me'). Died on 13th June 1972.
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15 Nov 1933 birth Clyde McPhatter, The Drifters, 1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me'). Died on 13th June 1972.
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29 Nov 1933 birth John Mayall, 'father of the UK blues movement', his Bluesbreakers Band has featured Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jack Bruce, Peter Green and Jimmy McCulloch.
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