While attending the University of South Florida, Lavoie formed a band called The Rumors with Jim Stafford and Gram Parsons.
He was born in Tallahassee and grew up in Winter Haven. Kent Lavoie, better known by his stage name, Lobo, hit Number Five on the Billboard Pop chart in 1971 with the soft rock song " Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". Close friend Bobby Braddock, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame with multiple number ones to his credit, was born in Lakeland, in Polk County, and grew up in nearby Auburndale. The Bellamy Brothers, a duet act that hit number one on the country charts several times before reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with their cross-over hit " Let Your Love Flow" in 1976, also hail from Darby. Slim Whitman was born in Tampa and once played minor league baseball for the Plant City Berries. His daughter Pam Tillis, also a country music star, was born in nearby Plant City. Later, after becoming Christians, both he and his wife created "Jazz For Jesus" and spent the rest of their working years uplifting inmates throughout the south east, doing normal & home co-ministry with friends Horace & Marilyn Ellsworth, ministers of Looking Unto Jesus Ministries, throughout Florida and south Georgia.įlorida is the home of several notable country musicians and musical acts.Ĭountry singer Mel Tillis (d.2017) was born in Darby, a small rural community in Pasco County. Petersburg, played locally with his wife Penny Parker Dewberry in night clubs, & played with such jazz musicians as Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck, Eph Resnick, and Wild Bill Davidson. Cuban jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer Arturo Sandoval has been active in Miami since 1990.ĭean Dewberry 1950-90, Jazz (American Music) Hall of Fame concert pianist, born and raised in St. Trumpeter Pete Minger, a South Carolina native, moved to Florida where he played with drummer William Peeples among others and studied music at University of Miami after working with Count Basie in the 1970s. Augustine recorded several albums for Black Jazz Records in the early 1970s. Saxophonist Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis was born in Bradenton. Pianist and singer Billie Pierce, of the Goodson Sisters, was born in Marianna. Multi-instrumentalist and composer Gigi Gryce and blues and jazz singer and pianist Ida Goodson were also born in Pensacola. Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his brother cornet and trumpet player Nat Adderley, of Tampa, and tenor saxophonist Junior Cook of Pensacola were active in the hard bop era. Bassist, cellist, and composer Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville. Trumpeter Fats Navarro was born in Key West. Saxophonist Archie Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale. and swing drummer Panama Francis were born in Miami. If you like these web pages or would like to see updates, you can like Kyle Coughlin Music on Facebook.Main articles: Indigenous music of North America § Eastern Woodlands, and Seminole music Blues īlues artists from Florida include Piedmont blues singer and guitarist Gabriel Brown and saxophonist and blues shouter Buster Bennett.īebop drummer Robert Thomas, Jr. I will continue to add more songs as quickly as I can, so come back again soon. If you would like to go straight to the songs arranged for a specific instrument, scroll down and select one of the instruments images, or select one of the band, strings, piano, or recorder links below. The string arrangements are written so that violin, viola, cello, and bass can play together. The band arrangements are all written in the same key, so that all winds and brass can play together. On each of these pages, there are links to arrangements of the songs for all woodwind, brass, and string instruments, as well as piano and the recorder. These pages also include a brief history and interesting information about the pieces. Each lead sheet includes the melody and chords and is arranged in seven different keys, so you can find one that matches your range.
#Florida songs free for free
Select a link below for free printable sheet music for each of the following songs.