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Kenny Ball, English jazz trumpet player, vocalist, and bandleader (died 2013)
Kenneth Daniel Ball was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. The record sold over one million copies, earning gold disc status. All these releases were issued on the Pye record label.
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Kenny Ball was born in 1930. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Kenny Ball's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1930 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.20 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $6,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $3,500 | $67,500 |
| Movie ticket | $0.25 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.02 | $0.73 |
| Population | 123.2M | 341 million |
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