Eric Weissberg

Eric Weissberg was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", featured as the theme of the film Deliverance (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. ^{Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2020)}

16 August 1939

Born on the same birth date (16 August 1939): Billy Joe Shaver • Seán Brady (cardinal) • Trevor McDonald

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Boris Rõtov • Cedric Alexander • Cristin Milioti • Diego Schwartzman • Flor Silvestre • Gary Loizzo • James Casey (variety artist) • Leslie Manigat • Liane Haid • Mal Waldron • Masoud Barzani • Matt Christopher • Mike Jorgensen • Nigel Terry • Rumer Willis • Russell Brookes • Timothy Hutton • Vanessa Carlton • Young Thug

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