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David Rose - 61% match to Andy Griffith

Grandpa Jones - 49% match to Andy Griffith

Louis Marshall Jones, 20 October 1913, Niagara, Henderson County, Kentucky, USA, d. 19 February 1998, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The youngest of the 10 children of a tobacco farmer, Jones learned guitar and first appeared on radio in 1929, soon after securing his own programme on WJW Akron, where he became known as ‘The Young Singer of Old Songs’. He worked on theL Read more

Bob Newhart - 39% match to Andy Griffith

The Oak Ridge Boys - 39% match to Andy Griffith

Originally called the Country Cut-Ups, the Oak Ridge Boys were formed in 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. They often performed at the atomic energy plant in Oak Ridge, where, in the midst of a war, their optimistic gospel songs were welcomed, and hence they were renamed the Oak Ridge Quartet. They recorded their first records in 1947 with a line-up featuring leader Wally Fowl Read more

The Statler Brothers - 35% match to Andy Griffith

The Statler Brothers originate from Staunton, a town on the edge of Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA. In 1955 Harold W. Reid (21 August 1939, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; bass), Philip E. Balsley (b. 8 August 1939, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; baritone), Lew C. DeWitt (b. 8 March 1938, Roanoke County, Virginia, USA, d. 15 August 1990, Waynesboro, Virginia, USA; tenor) an Read more

Ray Stevens - 31% match to Andy Griffith

Harold Ray Ragsdale, 24 January 1939, Clarksdale, Georgia, USA. A prolific country pop writer and performer, Stevens’ novelty hits of the 70s and 80s illustrate the history of the fads and crazes of the era. He became a disc jockey on a local station at 15 and the following year recorded ‘Five More Steps’ on the Prep label. Stevens’ first nonsense song, & Read more

Harold Arlen - 30% match to Andy Griffith

Hyman Arluck, 15 February 1905, Buffalo, New York, USA, d. 23 April 1986, New York City, New York, USA. Acknowledged as one of the all-time great composers, Arlen was the son of a cantor and sang in his father’s synagogue. However, he was soon playing ragtime piano in local bands and accompanying silent pictures. In the early 20s he played and arranged for the Buffalodi Read more

Tennessee Ernie Ford - 29% match to Andy Griffith

Dolores Gray - 24% match to Andy Griffith

7 June 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 26 June 2002, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. A dynamic, full-blooded singer, early in her career Gray sang on radio with Milton Berle and Rudy Vallee. Making her Broadway debut in Cole Porter’s Seven Lively Arts (1944), she went on to appear in Are You With It? and Sweet Bye And Bye in 1946, and was then chosen by Richa Read more

The Cathedrals - 21% match to Andy Griffith

A prolific southern American gospel group (also known as the Cathedral Quartet) the Cathedrals’ career stretched from 1965-99. In the 60s the group was known for the comedic vocal interplay between bass singer George Younce and alto Glen Payne (d. 15 October 1999). Appearing on Rex Humbard’s Cathedral Of Tomorrow radio show, Payne and Younce originally performed with Read more

Lou Monte - 20% match to Andy Griffith

Allan Sherman - 19% match to Andy Griffith

Allan Copelon, 30 November 1924, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 21 November 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA. Allan Sherman enjoyed a lucrative career during the 60s with his self-penned parodies of popular and folk songs. After his parents’ 1930 divorce, Sherman lived with his mother and attended 21 different schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Miami. After att Read more

Anne Murray - 19% match to Andy Griffith

20 June 1946, Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sometimes known as ‘The Singing Sweetheart Of Canada’, Murray graduated from the University of New Brunswick with a degree in physical education, and then spent a year as a teacher. After singing simply for pleasure for a time, in 1964 she was persuaded to audition for Sing Along Jubilee, a regional television show, bu Read more

Anthony Burger - 17% match to Andy Griffith

Bill & Gloria Gaither - 17% match to Andy Griffith