- son of Hollywood big band musician and songwriter Arch Berdahl, Bee, born David Berdahl, formed his band "Davey Bee and the Sonics" in Bismarck, North Dakota, before relocating to Minot. There, he became a local radio and television personality, as well as the chief owner and operator of Davey Bee's Guitar City, later Beehive Music LTD. He managed and maintained these enterprises for 40 years until he retired. His original singles can still be heard within a number of 1960s music collections and compilations to this day. Shannon Curfman - blues guitarist and singer Jonny Lang - Jonny Lang was born in Casselton and became a nationally acclaimed breakout blues guitarist and singer in 1997. Peggy Lee - Pop torch singer Lee was born Norma Delores Egstrom in Jamestown in 1920. She left North Dakota in her late teens, and joined the Benny Goodman band. For the next two decades, she was one of the United States' most popular pop singers. Her song "Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)" was #1 in the U.S. in 1947. Danny Mangold Songwriter, Producer, Guitarist and singer. Danny was a Fargo North graduate and spent most of his youth in area bands. Probably best known for his band The Metro All Stars, Danny also was a key member of the 70's bands Silver and a later life version of The Uglies. Currently living in Seattle, Danny continues to produce for Music Supervisors from Los Angeles. He has performed with Heart and was hired as the guitarist for their 2001 tour just weeks before he was badly injured in a car accident in a 1963 Ford Futura given to him by Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. Danny continues to write music and build guitars. Mitch Malloy – Rock guitarist, singer, songwriter. Born in Dickinson, N.D., Mitch has released several solo albums, had a Top 20 Rock Chart hit with "Anything At All." Mary Osborne - jazz guitarist, born in Minot. Greg Nelson - Gospel Music Hall of Fame producer of multiple Gold and Platinum Contemporary Christian albums. Produced 7 Grammy Award-winning albums and received 26 Dove Awards. His co-written modern oratorio, "Saviour" was performed at Carnegie Hall in 2014. His hymns can be found in multiple hymnals. Bobby Vee - Vee, born Robert Velline and a native of Enderlin, North Dakota, got his break when Buddy Holly was killed in the 1959 plane