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Jimmy Clanton - 100% match to Jewel Akens

2 September 1940, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Pop vocalist Clanton celebrated his 18th birthday with his co-written debut hit, the R&B ballad "Just A Dream", at number 4 in the US Hot 100. His smooth singing style appealed to the teen market and his subsequent releases were... Read more

Billy Joe Royal - 69% match to Jewel Akens

3 April 1942, Valdosta, Georgia, USA. Raised in Marietta, Georgia, Royal's father owned a truck-driving company and the family moved to Atlanta when Royal was aged 10. At school he entertained in school concerts, and after graduation, worked for two years in a nightclub in... Read more

The Olympics - 65% match to Jewel Akens

Originally known as the Challengers, this adaptable vocal group, Walter "Sleepy" Ward (28 August 1940, Jackson, Mississippi, USA, d. 11 December 2006, Northridge, California, USA; lead), Eddie Lewis (b. Houston, Texas, USA; tenor), Charles Fizer (b. 6 June 1940, Shreveport,... Read more

Gogi Grant - 58% match to Jewel Akens

Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg, 20 September 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Pop vocalist Grant was apparently named after a New York restaurant called Gogi's La Rue, which was frequented by Dave Kapp, head of A&R at RCA Records. She had previously recorded, without success,... Read more

Crispian St. Peters - 56% match to Jewel Akens

Robin Peter Smith, 5 April 1939, Swanley, Kent, England. Originally a member of UK pop acts the Beat Formula Three and Peter And The Wolves, Smith was plucked from obscurity by manager Dave Nicolson, rechristened Crispian St. Peters and signed to a 10-year management and... Read more

Adam Faith - 55% match to Jewel Akens

Dee Clark - 55% match to Jewel Akens

Delecta Clark, 7 November 1938, Blytheville, Arkansas, USA, d. 7 December 1990, Smyma, Georgia, USA. Clark had a wonderfully impassioned tenor voice and enjoyed a spate of rock 'n' roll hits in the late 50s and a lesser body of soul work in the 60s. Clark's entertainment career... Read more

Terry Stafford - 53% match to Jewel Akens

Hollis, Oklahoma, USA, d. 17 March 1996. This tall, local sports champion was also a fan of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, artists into whose repertoires he would dip when singing with his school group. With his parents' blessing, he began a showbusiness career in Hollywood... Read more