Sir George Shearing (August 13, 1919 – February 14, 2011)

Shearing led a popular jazz group for many years that recorded for Discovery
Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records. The composer of over 300 titles,
including the jazz standard "Lullaby of Birdland", he had multiple albums on the
Billboard charts from the 1950s to the 1990s. He died of heart failure in New York
City, at the age of 91.

"The Lonely Bull (El Solo Toro)”, a song by Sol Lake, was recorded
by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass and represents the first release
on A&M Records, formed by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss..

It became a hit (US #6) and title song to the album The Lonely Bull,
released in December 1962. Its original title was "Twinkle Star".

James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964)

Reeves, whose biggest hit was 1960’s "He’ll Have To Go", was killed when
the small plane he was piloting crashed near Nashville. He was 39. After
Reaves’ death, his widow continued to release his material well into the
1980s. He is a member of both the Country Music and Texas Country
Music Halls of Fame.

Jim’s last recording session before his death in 1964

Freddie Slack and singer Ella Mae Morse

"Cow Cow Boogie” is a "country-boogie" style blues song written for the 1942
Abbott & Costello film Ride ‘Em Cowboy. The first recording was by Freddie
Slack & his Orchestra, featuring 17-year-old vocalist Ella Mae Morse. The
record was the first release by Capitol Records and their first million-seller.
 
Although Ella Mae’s follow-up recordings sold fairly well, she never obtained
a huge following, but continued to make records until 1957. Morse died of
respiratory failure in Bullhead City, Arizona in 1999 at age 75.  

Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)
Born in El Paso, Texas

The three-time Grammy Award-winning pop singer has performed in
a variety of music genres from Jazz to country. Her greatest success
has been singing in Spanish. She is best remembered for her 1967
hit single “It Must Be Him” which reached number three on the pop
chart and spent three weeks at number one on the easy listening
chart.