Shirley Horn

Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice".

1 May 1934

Born on the same birth date (1 May 1934): Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

Born on the same birth day (1 May): Alfred Schmidt (weightlifter) • David Hall (runner) • George Inness • Human Tornado • Jacqueline Comerre-Paton • Johann Jakob Balmer • José de Alencar • Julie Benz • Otto Kretschmer • Peter Lax • Rudolf I of Germany • Sally Mann • Seakle Greijdanus • Tommy Robredo • Vladimir Colin

Born in the same month (May 1934): Alketas Panagoulias • Bengt I. Samuelsson • Bob Northern • Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas • Dwayne Hickman • Earl Morrall • Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel • Georges Moustaki • Jim Lehrer • Jocasta Innes • Ray Daviault • Richard Shelby • Victor Garland