Diddley, Bo (30 December 1928-2 June 2008), guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer, was born in McComb, Mississippi. He believed Eugene Bates to be his biological father. His mother, Ethel Wilson, gave birth to him at sixteen years old. He used the surname Bates until his mother’s first cousin, Gussie McDaniel, adopted him at age five and raised him. When her husband died, she moved the family in ...
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Diddley, Bo (30 December 1928-2 June 2008), guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer
Margena A. Christian
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Vandross, Luther (20 Apr. 1951–1 July 2005), singer, songwriter, and producer
Margena A. Christian
Vandross, Luther (20 Apr. 1951–1 July 2005), singer, songwriter, and producer, was born Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr., in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. He was one of four children born to childhood sweethearts Luther Vandross, Sr., who served in the Army and became a carpenter, and Mary Ida Shields, a nurse and ordained interdenominational minister....
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Wagoner, Porter (12 Aug. 1927–28 Oct. 2007), country music singer
Corey J. Murray
Wagoner, Porter (12 Aug. 1927–28 Oct. 2007), country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality, was born on a farm near Lanton, Missouri, the youngest child of Charles Wagoner and Bertha May Bridges, who were farmers. The family was poor, but their Ozark Mountain farm provided adequate sustenance. Their few luxuries included a wind-up Victrola with a modest record collection and a car battery–powered radio, around which they gathered with neighbors on Saturday nights to hear the ...
