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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
The Big Bopper
Musician
24-Oct-1930 3-Feb-1959 Chantilly Lace
Dorsey Burnette
Musician
28-Dec-1932 19-Aug-1979 The Rock 'n Roll Trio
Johnny Cash
Country Musician
26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Patsy Cline
Country Musician
8-Sep-1932 5-Mar-1963 I Fall To Pieces
Eddie Cochran
Musician
3-Oct-1938 17-Apr-1960 Summertime Blues
Bo Diddley
Guitarist
30-Dec-1928 2-Jun-2008 Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist
Leo Fender
Inventor
10-Aug-1909 21-Mar-1991 Electric guitarmaker
Alan Freed
Disc Jockey
15-Dec-1922 20-Jan-1965 Legendary rock-and-roll DJ
Bill Haley
Musician
6-Jul-1925 9-Feb-1981 Rock Around the Clock
Dale Hawkins
Singer/Songwriter
22-Aug-1936 13-Feb-2010 Susie-Q
Buddy Holly
Musician
7-Sep-1936 3-Feb-1959 Buddy Holly and The Crickets
Etta James
Singer
25-Jan-1938 20-Jan-2012 Soul Diva
Brenda Lee
Country Musician
11-Dec-1944   Little Miss Dynamite, I'm Sorry
Jerry Lee Lewis
Musician
29-Sep-1935   Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Ricky Nelson
Musician
8-May-1940 31-Dec-1985 I'm Walkin'
Roy Orbison
Singer/Songwriter
23-Apr-1936 6-Dec-1988 Pretty Woman
Colonel Tom Parker
Business
26-Jun-1909 21-Jan-1997 Elvis Presley's manager
Carl Perkins
Jazz Musician
9-Apr-1932 19-Jan-1998 Blue Suede Shoes
Elvis Presley
Singer
8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Little Richard
Musician
5-Dec-1932   Tutti Frutti
Tommy Sands
Singer
27-Aug-1937   Teenage Crush
Del Shannon
Singer/Songwriter
30-Dec-1934 8-Feb-1990 1960s songwriter, Runaway
Conway Twitty
Country Musician
1-Sep-1933 5-Jun-1993 It's Only Make Believe
Ritchie Valens
Musician
13-May-1941 3-Feb-1959 La Bamba
Bobby Vee
Singer
30-Apr-1943   Take Good Care of My Baby
Gene Vincent
Musician
11-Feb-1935 12-Oct-1971 Be-Bop-A-Lula
Link Wray
Guitarist
2-May-1929 5-Nov-2005 Rumble




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