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Articles and categories related to notable musicians presently or previously from Pennsylvania The main article for this category is List of people from Pennsylvania . For more information, see Music of Pennsylvania .
Barrett was born in Philadelphia in 1933. In the 1950s, he was a record producer, influential in shaping the rhythm and blues sound. [1] Barrett discovered and promoted Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, the Chantels, Little Anthony & the Imperials, the Valentines, and Philadelphia's the Three Degrees. He managed the Chantels in the 1950s, and ...
John K. Hagerty, Pennsylvania State Representative for Delaware County (1921-1922), Chester City Council member (1907-1918) Bill Haley worked as the musical director for radio station WPWA in Chester [6] Bill Haley, rock-and-roll musician; Robert Harland, actor; Hubert R. Harmon, first superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
James Edward Bond Jr. (January 27, 1933 – April 26, 2012), known as Jimmy Bond, was an American double bass player, arranger and composer who performed and recorded with many leading jazz, blues, folk and rock musicians between the 1950s and 1980s.
Gregory Tony (born 1978), Sheriff of Broward County, Florida-Philadelphia [8] Charlemagne Tower, lawyer, mining magnate and landowner—Pottsville; Samuel Van Leer, Pennsylvania Irons works owner and a United States Army officer—Chester County; Tom Vilsack, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Governor of Iowa—Pittsburgh
Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro; October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar. [1] During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as part of a band or orchestra, and as accompaniment for vocalists. [2]
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Thomas Enright - first soldier from Pennsylvania, and possibly first American soldier, killed in World War I Adrian Cronauer – Airman, radio personality, subject of Good Morning, Vietnam Charles Graner – U.S. Army reservist convicted of prisoner abuse in connection with 2003–2004 Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal