POETS  AND  SONGWRITERS 
WHO  HAVE 
INFLUENCED 
THE  CAROLINA'S

MAYA ANGELOU

ARIES
DATE OF BIRTH : April 4, 1928
DATE OF DEATH : May 28, 2014
Winston-Salem, NC

DANIELLE HOWLE

ARIES
Awendaw, SC

ERIC CHURCH

TAURUS
DATE OF BIRTH : May 3, 1977
Granite Falls, NC

JAMES BROWN

TAURUS
DATE OF BIRTH : May 3, 1933,
DATE OF DEATH : December 25, 2006
Barnwell, SC

HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH

TAURUS
Columbia, SC

ROB CROSBY

TAURUS
DATE OF BIRTH : April 25, 1954
Sumter, SC

LEE BRICE

GEMINI
DATE OF BIRTH : June 10, 1979
Sumter, SC

MARJORY HEATH WENTWORTH

GEMINI
DATE OF BIRTH : June 3, 1958
Sullivan's Island, SC

KELLIE PICKLER

CANCER
DATE OR BIRTH : June 28, 1986
Albemarle, NC

TORI AMOS

LEO
DATE OF BIRTH : August 22, 1963
Newton, NC

YOUNG JEEZY

LIBRA
DATE OF BIRTH : September 28, 1977
Columbia, SC

CHUBBY CHECKER

LIBRA
DATE OF BIRTH : October 3, 1941
SC

JOSH TURNER

SCORPIO
DATE OF BIRTH : November 20, 1977
Hannah, SC

MARSHALL TUCKER BAND

Spartanburg, SC

EARTHA KITT

CAPRICORN
DATE OF BIRTH : January 17, 1927
DATE OF DEATH : December 25, 2008
North, SC

EARL SCRUGGS

CAPRICORN
DATE OF BIRTH : January 6, 1924
DATE OF DEATH : March 28, 2012
Cleveland County, NC

ROBERTA FLACK

AQUARIUS
DATE OF BIRTH : February 10, 1939
Black Mountain, NC

ROB THOMAS

AQUARIUS
DATE OF BIRTH : February 14, 1972
Manning, SC

DOC WATSON

PISCES
DATE OF BIRTH : March 3, 1923
DATE OF DEATH : May 29, 2012
Deep Gap, NC

ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE

SCORPIO
DATE OF BIRTH : October 23, 1883
DATE OF DEATH : September 15, 1973
McClellanville, SC

ELISE TESTONE

LEO
DATE OF BIRTH : July 29, 1983
Charleston, SC

JOHN PHILLIPS

VIRGO
DATE OF BIRTH : August 30, 1935
DATE OF DEATH : March 18, 2001
Parris Island, SC

RYAN ADAMS

SCORPIO
DATE OF BIRTH : November 5, 1974
Jacksonville, NC

JOHNNY BRISTOL

AQUARIUS
DATE OF BIRTH : February 3, 1939
DATE OF DEATH : March 21, 2004
Morganton, NC

J. COLE

AQUARIUS
DATE OF BIRTH : January 28, 1985
Fayetteville, NC

CHRIS DAUGHTRY

CAPRICORN
DATE OF BIRTH : December 26, 1979
Roanoke Rapids, NC

EDGAR ALLAN POE

CAPRICORN
DATE OF BIRTH : January 19, 1809
DATE OF DEATH : October 7, 1849
Sullivan's Island, SC

JOHN BRANNEN

PISCES
DATE OF BIRTH : March 19, 1952
Sullivan's Island, SC

BERNARD EDWARDS

SCORPIO
DATE OF BIRTH : October 31, 1952
DATE OF DEATH : April 18, 1996
Greenville, NC

MITCH EASTER

SCORPIO
DATE OF BIRTH : November 15, 1954
Winston-Salem, NC

DAVID EZELL

Spartanburg, SC

PHILLIP LAMMONDS

Georgetown, SC

EDWIN MCCAIN

AQUARIUS
DATE OF BIRTH : January 20, 1970
Greenville, SC

JAMES TAYLOR

PISCES
DATE OF BIRTH : March 12, 1948
Chapel Hill, NC

MARSHALL CHAPMAN

CAPRICORN
DATE OF BIRTH : January 7, 1949
Spartanburg, SC

ED HUNNICUTT

LEO
DATE OF BIRTH : July 29, 1951
Mount Pleasant, SC

CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS

Durham, NC

THE KILLER WHALES

Charleston, SC

PATRICK DAVIS

SC

KRISTY JACKSON

VIRGO
DATE OF BIRTH : August 31, 1955
Greensboro, NC

RANDY TRAVIS

TAURUS
DATE OF BIRTH : May 4, 1959
Marshville, NC

NINA SIMONE

PISCES
DATE OF BIRTH : February 21, 1933
DATE OF DEATH : April 21, 2003
Tryon, NC

CHARLIE DANIELS

SCORPIO
DATE OF BIRTH : October 28, 1936
Wilmington, NC

UNCLE WALT'S BAND

Spartanburg, SC

BILLY ROBERTS

LEO
DATE OF BIRTH : August 16, 1936
Greenville, SC

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