The Week in Music Birthdays, May 12 to 14
Barbara Dane, Walter Wanderly, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, James & Bobby Purify, Itsuroh Shimoda, Richie Valens, Mary Wells, Carolyn Franklin, Rab Noakes, Bobby Darin, Cosette, Sheiks, Talking Heads
Good morning people of good taste. It’s May 12, and the sublime Barbara Dane with her great big voice was born this day in 1927 in Detroit. She is a singer, guitarist, producer and political activist who worked with everyone from Louis Armstrong to Lightnin’ Hopkins to The Chambers Brothers.
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