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November 13, 1913 ~ Louisa Dupont, commonly known as jazz, blues singer Blue Lu Barker born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA ~ Popular during the 1930s and 1940s. Married to guitarist Danny Barker, with whom she also worked. Known for songs such as Don't You Feel My Leg, Georgia Grind, Look What Baby's Got For You, and her biggest hit A Little Bird Told Me, which hit top 10 in 1948 ~ Dupont passed away in 1998November 13, 1912 ~ Cornetist, tubist, bassist, bandleader Singleton Palmer born in St Louis, Missouri, USA ~ Actively performing since his mid-teens. First recorded with Oliver Cobb in the late 1920s. Has backed artists such as Dewey Jackson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Forrest, Big Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson I, and Count Basie prior to forming and leading his own ensemble the Dixieland Six, with whom he performed in St Louis, Missouri, and recorded about half a dozen albums through the mid 1960s ~ Palmer passed away in 1993
November 13, 1893 ~ Benjamin Moten, commonly known as jazz, stride pianist Bennie Moten, born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA ~ Active since the early 1920s. Helped define the riffing style that would come to define many of the 1930s big bands. Known for songs such as Kansas City Shuffle, South, Moten Swing and Prince Of Wails. Moten's orchestra at times included sidemen such as Count Basie, Walter Page, and Hot Lips Page early on in their careers ~ Moten passed away in 1935November 13, 1868 ~ Composer Gioachino Rossini, full name Giaochino Antonio Rossini, passed away in Paris, France ~ Wrote some 40 operas, setting new standards for both comic and serious opera, as well as chamber music and piano pieces. Along with Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini one of the leading composers of the bel canto era. Best known for works such as Otello, L'Italiana In Algeri and most notably The Barber Of Seville ~ Rossini was born in 1792