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George Smith was born on April 22, 1924 in Helena, AR, but was raised in Cairo, IL At age four, Smith was already taking harp lessons from his mother, a guitar player and a somewhat stern taskmaster — it was a case of get-it-right-or-else
One of the most likable singers on the third season of the nationally televised talent contest American Idol, George Huff was voted off halfway through the competition but returned to the public eye as a spiritual-pop singer signed to the Christian label Word
Visual artist George Hunt, whose work was featured on a 1996 anthology of blues tracks, is not the same George Hunt who played trombone in the Count Basie band in the ’30s
Songwriter George Jackson wrote or co-wrote hits for Clarence Carter (the gold single “Too Weak to Fight”), Wilson Pickett (“A Man and a Half”), Bob Seger (“Old Time Rock and Roll,” “Trying to Live My Life Without You”) Z
This percussionist recorded with bluesman Mighty Mo Rodgers in the late ’90s He should not be confused with the jazz reedman of the same name, or the record producer from Woodstock
George Johnson is not only a guitarist but a songwriter, arranger, and producer He mentored under Quincy Jones following a childhood in which his ear was staple-gunned to the radio, following not only rhythm and blues, James Brown and Motown, but the British Invasion sounds of groups such as the Rolling Stones
Veteran blues singer George Leh has been shortchanged in the discography department, unless a misprint on one set of album credits is tallied up as having some value; it created a kind of doppelgänger background vocalist named “George Len,” listed as helping out on a Geoff Muldaur release right alongside the real deal, George Leh