Biography: Olive Brown, Oliver Cheatham, O.C. Smith, Oliver Morgan, Oliver Sain, Oliver Scott, Ollie & Jerry, Ollie & the Nightingales, Ollie Jones, Ollie Nightingale,

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If the blues seems to be the only musical genre named after a color, the performer named Olive Brown represents a small part of the music’s unique color wheel Brown changed her name from Olive Jefferson and apparently not for matrimonial reasons, so an assumption can be made that she was seeking an association with a pigment in demand with interior decorators and designers

Oliver Cheatham Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singer Oliver Cheatham worked with fellow Detroiters Al Hudson and One Way and had a Top 40 R&B hit with the dance classic “Get Down Saturday Night” on MCA Records

OC Smith began as a jazz vocalist and later moved into country and R&B The Louisiana vocalist was hired to replace Joe Williams in Count Basie’s band in the early ’60s after cutting some unsuccessful records for Cadence and others in the ’50s

Oliver Morgan Biography, Photos, Pictures

New Orleans R&B singer Oliver Morgan remains best remembered for his 1963 hit “Who Shot the La La,” a tribute to fellow Crescent City legend Prince La La Born and raised in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward alongside fledgling greats Fats Domino, Jessie Hill, and Smiley Lewis, Morgan first began singing in his local church

As a performer and as a producer, Oliver Sain exerted an influence on the evolution of St Louis soul and R&B that is rivaled only by that of his close friend and infrequent collaborator Ike Turner

Oliver Scott Biography, Photos, Pictures

Oliver Scott performed with the Gap Band as keyboard player and bandleader from 1980 through 1983 He has since become active in Gospel circles, appearing on two collections and releasing several solo inspirational albums on his own

Ollie & Jerry Biography, Photos, Pictures

Drummer Ollie E Brown and bassist Jerry Knight were first-call recording session musicians The native Detroiters formed the rhythm nucleus of fellow Detroiter Ray Parker Jr’s band Raydio

Ollie & the Nightingales Biography, Photos, Pictures

This Memphis group included some excellent vocalists, although they didn’t enjoy as much success as some other Stax artists Ollie Nightingale (born Ollie Hoskins), Quincy Clifton Billops, Jr

Combined into one oversized threat of a songwriter, some might call it a “du-ollie-ity,” Ollie Jones wrote adorable pop songs for Perry Como but years later choked out titles such as “Impaled” and “Murder in Mind,” not to mention the dreaded and presumably messy “Bathroom Autopsy

Ollie Nightingale Biography, Photos, Pictures

Call him a blues singer if you prefer, but Ollie Nightingale will likely always be recalled most readily for the emotionally charged Memphis soul he cut from 1968 to 1970 as front man for Ollie & the Nightingales

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