On this day in 1949, jazz singer Leon Redbone was born in Nicosia, British Cyprus. As American as one might perceive Redbone as being through his crooning voice and down-home guitar, his real name was Dickran Gobalian, owing to his Armenian ancestry. A real musical renegade, Redbone was a self-taught musician, who played by ear, […]
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