Wynonie Harris

Wynonie Harris was an American blues shouter best remembered as a singer of upbeat songs, featuring humorous, often ribald lyrics. He had fifteen Top 10 hits between 1946 and 1952. Harris is attributed by many music scholars to be one of the founding fathers of rock and roll. His "Good Rocking Tonight" is mentioned at least as a precursor to rock and roll.

24 August 1915

Born on the same birth date (24 August 1915): James Tiptree Jr.

Born on the same birth day (24 August): Alan Walker • Arthur B. C. Walker Jr. • Charles Snead Houston • David Freiberg • Dick Lee • Harry Hooper • John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony • Kenny Baker (English actor) • Kenny Guinn • Malcolm Cowley • Orson Scott Card • Roger McCluskey • Théodore Dubois • Todd Young • William I of the Netherlands • Zonia Baber

Born in the same month (August 1915): Al Hibbler • Alfred Rouleau • B. A. Santamaria • David Dellinger • Gary Merrill • Ingrid Bergman • James Hillier • James Tiptree Jr. • Jumbo Elliott (coach) • Max Robertson • Michael Kidd • Norman Ramsey Jr. • Pete Newell • Robert Strassburg • Tasha Tudor • Warren Avis