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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 ...
Bailey was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 26, 1933. [3] He was largely self-taught as a drummer. [3]Bailey got his big break in the jazz world and he is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on Blue Note Records. [4]
People from Pennsylvania are sometimes called "Pennsylvanians". The following is a list of notable Americans who were born in, or lived a significant portion of their lives in, Pennsylvania along with their primary Pennsylvania city or town of residence categorized by their respective field of notoriety.
Nina Simone (/ ˈ n iː n ə s ɪ ˈ m oʊ n / NEE-nə sim-OHN; [1] born Eunice Kathleen Waymon; February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, and civil rights activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, folk, gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, and pop.
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
Dennis M. O'Brien (born 1952), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania House of Representatives speaker; Tony J. Payton Jr. (born 1981), member, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Boies Penrose (1860–1921), U.S. Senator and party boss; Harriet Forten Purvis (1810–1875), abolitionist leader
Lonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker Jr., December 18, 1933 – April 1, 2017) [1] [2] [3] was an American blues singer and guitarist. The musicologist Robert Palmer, writing in Rolling Stone, stated, "His music is witty, soulful and ferociously energetic, brimming with novel harmonic turnarounds, committed vocals and simply astonishing guitar work."