(gospel vocal group) recorded at Chicago, Illinois on 11 April 1954 for Vee – Jay RECORDS #109 and 140. The group featured Lorenza Brown (Porter) as lead singer for THE FOUNTAIN and for ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY.

(producer; label owner; author) was born Bruce Harry Iglauer at Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio on 10 July 1947. He was the owner of ALLIGATOR label from 1971. He was the Booking Agent in 1972 for Hound Dog Taylor. He married Janet B. Loveland in Hamilton County, Ohio on 17 May 1975. He married Jo Ann Kolanda in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin on 5 August 1995. He resided at 6249 Magnolia, Chicago, Illinois (1996-2002). Bruce was still head of Alligator in 2019. He resided at Glencoe, Illinois in 2011. He wrote an autobiography by 2019.

(producer; music publisher) operated Pamzy Music in 1974 and ABS label in 1967 at New Orleans, Louisiana.

(blues vocal) is a grand-niece of the late Will Roy Sanders. By early 2014 she had recorded with Daddy Mack, and was working on her own EP release. She was based at Syracuse, New York. Her aunt Dorothy Sanders died in January 2014.

(tenor and soprano saxophones; clarinet; arranger; sapporo) was born at Evanston, Cook County, Illinois on 7 December 1902, a son of Elijah and May Irwin. The family resided at Evanston, Illinois in both 1910 and 1920. He recorded in 1929 behind Junie Cobb, Earl Hines, King Oliver, Dixie Rhythm Kings, and Alex Hill. He mainly worked with Earl Hines after December 1928. In 1930 he recorded behind Alex Hill, and Harry Dial. He was enumerated on 12 April 1930 for the 1930 Census, in an Apartment Building at 350 East 56th Street, Enumeration District 16-192, Ward 5, Block 28, Chicago City, Cook County, Illinois. He was renting at $72.00 monthly. He was the household head, aged 27, having married at 24, ‘Musician, Orchestra’. He was born in Illinois, to a father born in South Carolina and mother born in Missouri. His wife was Alona, aged 26, having married at 23. Alona and her father had been born in Arkansas, but her mother was born in North Carolina. Shirley Clay (listed as ‘Shirly Clay’) was a lodger with Cecil. Shirley was aged 29, married at 24, also ‘Musician, Orchestra’. Shirley’s wife was Allie, aged 26, having married at 21. He was born in Missouri, as were his parents. Allie was born in Arkansas, as were her parents. Cecil worked with Earl Hines in 1930 and recorded with Earl from 1932 to 12 February 1935. After the Hines band appeared at the Orpheum Theatre, Des Moines, Cecil died at about 3 a.m. on Friday 3 May 1935 in a collision on US Highway 65 between the Hines’ band’s coach, driven by Joseph Farley of Newark, New Jersey, and a corn truck driven by Omar Cafey of Hampton, Iowa, near Colo, Iowa: per Des Moines Tribune (Iowa), Friday 3 May 1935, page 1. The Hines band used Cecil’s arrangement of RHYTHM SUNDAE at its 10 February 1937 session for Vocalion. His widow was reported as Mrs. Alma Irwin: per California Eagle (Los Angeles, California), Friday 25 October 1935, page 14.

(alternate) is listed at CHARLES EIDSON.
BU 67/14; LB

(trombone) was born Charles Irvis at New York, New York on 6 May 1903, a son of Isaac and Jennie Irvis: the birth year 1899 has been reported, but is disproved by the census details. Charles was shown as aged 2 for the 1905 census, residing at 204 West 62nd Street, Manhattan. On 15 April 1910, the family resided at 570 Avenue C, Bayonne City, Hudson County, New Jersey. Charles was shown as aged 6. His father was aged 40 and his mother 29. His parents had been married 12 years. In 1920, the family resided at 36 133rd Street, Manhattan, and Charles was shown as aged 16, “Polisher, Factory”. Charlie recorded behind Esther Bigeou, Bessie Brown; M. Carter; and Lucille Hegamin. He worked with Bubber Miley, and Willie “”The Lion” Smith, and recorded with Clarence Williams. He is best known for his work with Duke Ellington (1924-1926). He developed the plunger-mute approach to the trombone. In 1930, Charles (26, “Musician, Orchestra”) was a boarder at 64 West 133rd Street, Manhattan. He appears to be the Charles Irvis who died in Albany County, New York on 23 April 1941, reportedly aged 36.

(gospel tenor voice) was a member of the Ingramettes, backing Maggie Ingram for Nashboro in the mid-1960s.

(gospel and blues vocal; guitar; bass guitar; upright bass; also drums) was born Christone Ingram at Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi in 1999. Bill “Howl-N-Madd” Perry called him Kingfish. In 2013 Christone resided at Friars Point, Mississippi and attended Faith Temple Word of Faith Christian Church, Tutwiler, Mississippi: per Mike Stephenson: Blues & Rhythm #291, page 23 (August 2014). Christone was aged 14 when he appeared at the Southern Maryland Blues Festival on 8 September 2013, performing EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES.

(gospel vocal) sang with the Royal Harmony Singers of North Carolina.