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Music on the year of 1937 in history

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04 Jan 1937 birth John Gorman, singer, The Scaffold, (1968 Christmas UK No.1 single 'Lily The Pink').
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07 Jan 1937 birth Paul Revere, keyboards, Paul Revere and the Raiders, (1971 US No.1 single 'Indian Reservation', plus 14 other US Top 30 hit singles.
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08 Jan 1937 birth Shirley Bassey, singer. First charted in the UK in 1957, 1970 UK No.4 single with cover of The Beatles George Harrison song 'Something' also James Bond theme 'Goldfinger' and 'Diamonds are Forever'.
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14 Jan 1937 birth Billie Jo Spears, US female singer, (1975 UK No.6 single 'Blanket On The Ground'). Spears died on Dec 14th 2011.
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16 Jan 1937 birth Bob Bogle, guitar, The Ventures, (1960 UK No.4 single 'Perfidia', 1960 US No.2 'Walk Don't Run').
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01 Feb 1937 birth Don Everly, guitarist, singer with The Everly Brothers who had the 1958 UK & US No.1 single 'All I Have To Do Is Dream' plus over 25 other UK hit singles.
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01 Feb 1937 birth Ray Sawyer, singer, songwriter with Dr Hook who had the 1972 US No.5 & UK No.2 single 'Sylvia's Mother' plus 9 other US Top 40 hits.
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10 Feb 1937 birth Don Wilson, guitarist with The Ventures who had the 1960 UK No.4 single 'Perfidia', and the 1960 US No.2 single 'Walk Don't Run'.
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10 Feb 1937 birth Roberta Flack, US singer, songwriter, who had the 1972 US No.1 single 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face', 1973 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Killing Me Softly With His Song'.
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20 Mar 1937 birth Jerry Reed, US country guitarist, (1971 US No. 8 single 'Amos Moses'). Worked with Chet Atkins, Bobby Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley. Died on 1st Sept 2008.
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31 Mar 1937 birth Herb Alpert, trumpet, vocals, (1968 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'This Guy's In Love With You'). Formed A&M Records with Jerry Moss, at first operating from his garage at home.
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06 Apr 1937 birth Merle Haggard, US country singer, songwriter, (scored 38 US country No.1's including 'Okie From Muskogee').
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07 Apr 1937 birth Charlie Thomas, vocals, The Drifters, (1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me').
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22 Apr 1937 birth Jack Nitzsche, producer, songwriter. Produced The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and The Walker Brothers. Co-wrote, 'Up Where We Belong' with Buffy Sainte-Marie. Died of a heart attack on 25th August 2000.
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03 May 1937 birth Frankie Valli, singer, The Four Seasons, (1976 UK & US No.1 single 'December, 1963, Oh What A Night', solo 1978 US No.1 & UK No.3 single 'Grease')
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05 May 1937 birth Johnnie Taylor, US soul singer, (1976 US No.1 UK No.25 single 'Disco Lady'). Died of a heart attack in a Texas hospital, on 31st May 2000, shortly after his 62nd birthday.
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09 May 1937 birth Dave Prater, US soul singer, (Sam & Dave), 1967 US No.2 and UK No 24 & 1967 US No.2 single 'Soul Man'. Killed 9th April 1988 when his car left the road and hit a tree in Syracuse, Georgia.
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09 May 1937 birth Sonny Curtis, The Crickets, (1957 US No.1 single 'That'll Be The Day', 1959 UK No.1 single 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore' plus over 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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15 May 1937 birth Trini Lopez, singer, songwriter, (1963 US No.3 & UK No.4 single 'If I Had A Hammer').
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02 Jun 1937 birth Jimmy Jones, US singer, 1960 UK No.1 & US No.3 single 'Good Timin'. Died on August 2, 2012.
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04 Jun 1937 birth Freddy Fender, (Baldemar Huerta), 1975 US No.1 single 'Before The Next Teardrop Falls'. Died on 14th Oct 2006.
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20 Jun 1937 birth Jerry Keller, US singer, (1959 UK No.1 and US No. 14 single 'Here Comes Summer'). A one-hit Wonder in UK. More One Hit Wonders
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23 Jun 1937 birth Niki Sullivan, guitarist, singer, one of the three original members of Buddy Holly's backing group, The Crickets. He co-wrote a number of his hit songs and sang back-up vocals on 27 of the 32 songs Buddy recorded over his brief career. Sullivan died suddenly of a heart attack on April 6th 2004, at his home in Independence, Missouri aged 66.
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06 Jul 1937 birth Gene Chandler, (Eugene Dixon) US soul singer, (1962 US No.1 single 'Duke Of Earl', 1979 UK No.11 single 'Get Down').
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19 Jul 1937 birth George Hamilton IV, US country singer, (1958 US No.10 & UK No.22 single 'Why Don't They Understand'). Hamilton had a heart attack on September 13, and died September 17 at Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital in Nashville.
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02 Aug 1937 birth Garth Hudson, Organ, The Band, (1969 US No.25 single 'Up On Cripple Creek', 1970 UK No.16 single 'Rag Mama Rag').
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27 Aug 1937 birth Phil Shulman, Simon Dupree And The Big Sound, (1967 UK No.9 single 'Kites'). Gentle Giant.
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26 Sep 1937 American blues singer Bessie Smith died aged 43 after being involved in a car accident while traveling along Route 61 outside Memphis, Tennessee. Her 1923 song ‘Downhearted Blues’ was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.
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29 Sep 1937 birth Joe 'Guitar' Hughes, US blues guitarist, died May 20th 2003 aged 65. Worked with T-Bone Walker, BB King, Big Joe Turner.
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09 Oct 1937 birth Pat Burke, The Foundations, (1967 UK No.1 single 'Baby Now That I've Found You'. 1969 US No.3 single 'Build Me Up A Buttercup'.)
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16 Oct 1937 birth Emile Ford, US singer, 1959 UK No.1 single with The Checkmates, 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For''
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28 Oct 1937 birth Graham Bond, UK R&B keyboard player, sax, The Graham Bond Organisation. Died 8th May 1974 after committing suicide by throwing himself under a London tube train at Finsbury Park station. Bond worked with Alexis Korner, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker.
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31 Oct 1937 birth Tom Paxton, folk singer, (1970 UK No.23 album, 'No.6).
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07 Nov 1937 birth Mary Travers, Peter Paul and Mary, (1969 US No.1 & 1970 UK No.2 single 'Leaving On A Jet Plane', written by John Denver). Died on 16th Sept 2009 aged 72.
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07 Nov 1937 birth Mary Travers, Peter Paul and Mary, (1969 US No.1 & 1970 UK No.2 single 'Leaving On A Jet Plane', written by John Denver). Died on 16th Sept 2009 aged 72.
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09 Nov 1937 birth Roger McGough, The Scaffold, (1968 UK Christmas No.1 single 'Lily The Pink').
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09 Nov 1937 birth Roger McGough, The Scaffold, (1968 UK Christmas No.1 single 'Lily The Pink').
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30 Nov 1937 birth Frank Ifield, singer, (1962 UK No.1 single 'I Remember You', plus 15 other UK Top 40 singles).
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17 Dec 1937 birth Art Neville, vocals, piano, The Neville Brothers, (1989 UK No.47 single 'With God On Our Side')
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25 Dec 1937 birth O'Kelly Isley, The Isley Brothers, (1968 UK No.3 single 'This Old Heart Of Mine'). Died on 31st March 1986.
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30 Dec 1937 birth Paul Stookey, vocals, Peter Paul and Mary, (1969 US No.1 & 1970 UK No.2 single 'Leaving On A Jet Plane').
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