January February March April May June
July August September October November December
1/04 ARTHUR CONLEY ("Sweet Soul Music"), 1946
1/05 JOHNNY ADAMS ("Reconsider Me"), 1932
1/05 WILBERT HARRISON ("Kansas City"), 1929
1/06 SHIRLEY BROWN ("Woman To Woman"), 1947
1/06 VAN McCOY ("The Hustle"), 1944
1/06 LOU RAWLS (died), 2006
1/06 DORIS TROY ("Just One Look"), 1937
1/07 JAMES CARR (died), 2001
1/07 LARRY WILLIAMS (died), 1980
1/12 GEORGE DUKE ("Reach For It"), 1946
1/13 CLARENCE CARTER ("Slip Away"), 1936
1/14 LINDA JONES ("Hypnotized"), 1944
1/16 JAMES "POOKIE" HUDSON (The Spaniels, died), 2007
1/16 BARBARA LYNN ("You'll Lose A Good Thing"), 1942
1/16 RONNIE MILSAP ("Never Had It So Good"), 1946
1/16 SADE ("Smooth Operator"), 1959
1/17 BILLY STEWART (died), 1970
1/18 McKINLEY MITCHELL (died), 1986
1/18 DAVID RUFFIN (The Temptations), 1941
1/19 WILSON PICKETT (died), 2006
1/21 BILLY OCEAN ("Caribbean Queen"), 1950
1/21 EDWIN STARR ("War"), 1942
1/21 JACKIE WILSON (died), 1984
1/22 SAM COOKE ("You Send Me," many others), 1931
1/22 TOMMY TUCKER (died), 1982
1/24 KIP ANDERSON ("A Knife and a Fork," others), 1938
1/24 ANN COLE ("Have Fun"), 1934
1/25 ETTA JAMES ("Tell Mama," many others), 1938
1/26 DEON JACKSON ("Love Makes The World Go 'Round"), 1946
1/26 RAY POLLARD (Northern Soul idol, died), 2005
1/27 BOBBY "BLUE" BLAND ("Farther Up The Road," many others), 1930
1/27 GENE McFADDEN (McFadden & Whitehead, died), 2006
1/30 RUTH BROWN ("Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean," many others), 1928
1/30 JACKIE ROSS ("Selfish One"), 1946
1/30 JODY WATLEY (Shalamar), 1959
1/31 LORRAINE ELLISON (died), 1983
2/01 RICK JAMES ("Super Freak," many others), 1948
2/01 BOBBY MOORE (Rhythm Aces, died), 2006
2/03 DENNIS EDWARDS (Contours, Temptations), 1943
2/03 JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON ("A Real Mother For Ya," others), 1935
2/05 BARRETT STRONG ("Money [That's What I Want]"), 1941
2/06 NATALIE COLE ("This Will Be," many others), 1950
2/06 JOHNNY FUNCHES (The Dells, died), 1998
2/06 BOB MARLEY (Reggae legend), 1945
2/06 JOE STUBBS (The Falcons, died), 1998
2/06 WILLIE TEE ("Teasin' You"), 1944
2/07 KING CURTIS (Legendary session musician), 1934
2/08 OTIS LEAVILL ("Let Her Love Me"), 1937
2/09 TYRONE DAVIS (died), 2005
2/09 MAJOR HARRIS (Jarmels, Delfonics, "Love Won't Let Me Wait"), 1947
2/09 BARBARA LEWIS ("Hello Stranger," others), 1943
2/10 ROBERTA FLACK ("Feel Like Making Love," many others), 1939
2/11 OTIS CLAY (Blues legend, several '60s and '70s R&B hits), 1942
2/11 LEON HAYWOOD ("I Want'a Do Something Fraky To You"), 1942
2/11 LITTLE JOHNNY TAYLOR ("Part Time Love"), 1943
2/12 GENE McDANIELS ("Tower of Strength," others), 1935
2/13 KING FLOYD ("Groove Me"), 1945
2/14 CLARENCE REID ("Nobody But You Babe"), 1945
2/15 ALVIN CASH ("Twine Time"), 1939
2/15 BRIAN HOLLAND (Legendary Motown producer), 1941
2/16 DORIS TROY (died), 2004
2/18 OSCAR McDONALD (The Elgins, died), 2005
2/18 IRMA THOMAS ("Wish Someone Would Care," others), 1941
2/19 SMOKEY ROBINSON (The Miracles), 1940
2/21 NINA SIMONE (Legendary jazz vocalist), 1933
2/22 BOBBY HENDRICKS (The Drifters), 1938
2/22 FLORENCE BALLARD (The Supremes, died), 1976
2/23 MELVIN FRANKLIN (The Temptations, died), 1995
2/25 EDWARD PATTEN (Gladys Knight & The Pips, died), 2005
2/25 FOSTER SYLVERS (The Sylvers), 1962
2/26 MITCH RYDER ("Devil With A Blue Dress On," others), 1945
2/28 BARBARA ACKLIN ("Love Makes A Woman"), 1944
3/01 NORMAN CONNORS ("You Are My Starship"), 1948
3/02 HANK BALLARD (died), 2003
3/02 LAWRENCE PAYTON (The Four Tops, 1938)
3/03 JUNIOR PARKER ("Driving Wheel," others), 1927
3/04 MIRIAM MAKEBA ("Pata Pata"), 1942
3/04 BOBBY WOMACK ("Looking For A Love," many others), 1944
3/06 KING FLOYD (died, 2006)
3/06 SLYVIA (Mickey & Sylvia, "Pillow Talk"), 1936
3/06 MARY WILSON (The Supremes), 1944
3/07 HAMILTON BOHANNON ("Let's Start The Dance," others), 1942
3/09 LAURA LEE ("Women's Love Rights," others), 1945
3/09 JEFFREY OSBORNE ("On the Wings of Love," others), 1948
3/09 LLOYD PRICE ("Lawdy Miss Clawdy," "Stagger Lee," many others), 1933
3/09 TOMMY TUCKER ("High Heel Sneakers)", 1939
3/10 LA VERN BAKER (died), 1997
3/11 CHERYL LYNN ("Got To Be Real"), 1957
3/12 RUBY ANDREWS ("Casanova [Your Playing Days Are Over]"), 1947
3/12 AL JARREAU ("We're In This Love Together," others), 1940
3/13 LYN COLLINS (The Female Preacher, died), 2005
3/13 BOBBY PATTERSON ("T.C.B. or T.Y.A."), 1944
3/14 LINDA JONES (died), 1972
3/14 QUINCY JONES (Legendary songwriter/producer/performer), 1933
3/14 PHIL PHILLIPS ("Sea of Love"), 1931
3/15 SLY STONE ("Dance to the Music," many others), 1944
3/16 JOE POPE (The Tams, died), 1996
3/16 TAMMI TERRELL (died), 1970
3/17 LORRAINE ELLISON (1931)
3/18 WILSON PICKETT ("In the Midnight Hour," many
others), 1941
3/19 WALTER JACKSON ("Welcome Home," many others), 1938
3/21 SOLOMON BURKE ("Everybody Needs Somebody To Love," many others), 1936
3/21 RUSSELL THOMPKINS (The Stylistics), 1951
3/22 GEORGE BENSON ("Give Me The Night," many others), 1943
3/23 CHAKA KHAN (lead singer of Rufus), 1953
3/24 DON COVAY ("Mercy, Mercy," many others), 1938
3/24 BILLY STEWART ("Summertime," others), 1934
3/25 ARETHA FRANKLIN (The Queen of Soul!), 1942
3/25 HAROLD MELVIN (died), 1997
3/26 TEDDY PENDERGRASS (Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes), 1950
3/26 DIANA ROSS (The Supremes), 1944
3/26 RUFUS THOMAS ("Walking The Dog," many others), 1917
3/27 BUNNY SIGLER ("Let The Good Times Roll & Feel So Good"), 1941
3/27 SARAH VAUGHAN (Legendary jazz diva), 1924
3/28 MILAN WILLIAMS (The Commodores), 1948
3/29 WILLIE CLAYTON ("Never Too Late," others), 1955
3/30 TIMI YURO (died), 2004
3/31 O'KELLY ISLEY (died), 1986
4/01 MARVIN GAYE (died), 1984
4/01 GIL SCOTT-HERON ("The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," may others), 1949
4/02 MARVIN GAYE (The King of Motown!), 1939
4/02 EDWIN STARR (died), 2003
4/04 MAJOR LANCE ("The Monkey Time," others), 1942 (or was it 1939?)
4/04 HUGH MASEKELA ("Grazing in the Grass"), 1939
4/04 ANNETTE SNELL (died), 1977
4/05 TONY WILLIAMS (The Platters), 1928
4/07 CAROL DOUGLAS ("Doctor's Orders"), 1948
4/07 MONGO SANTAMARIA ("Watermelon Man"), 1922
4/08 J.J. JACKSON ("But It's Alright)", 1941
4/10 LITTLE EVA (died), 2003
4/10 ROSCO GORDON ("Just A Little Bit"), 1928 (or 1934)
4/11 JUNE POINTER (Pointer Sisters, died), 2006
4/11 DAVE PRATER (Sam & Dave, died), 1988
4/12 HERBIE HANCOCK ("Rockit"), 1940
4/13 AL GREEN ("Let's Stay Together," many others), 1946
4/13 LOUIS JOHNSON (The Brothers Johnson), 1955
4/16 ROY HAMILTON ("Don't Let Go," many others), 1929
4/16 HERBIE MANN ("Hi-Jack," others), 1930
4/16 ED TOWNSEND ("For Your Love," 1958), 1929
4/19 BERNIE WORRELL (Parliament/Funkadelic), 1944
4/20 LUTHER VANDROSS ("Never Too Much," many others), 1951
4/21 ROBERT KNIGHT ("Everlasting Love," 1967), 1945
4/21 BOBBY McCLURE (duet w/Fontella Bass, "Don't Mess Up A Good Thing"), 1942
4/21 AL WILSON (died), 2008
4/22 MEL CARTER ("Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"), 1943
4/23 JOHN MILES "Slowdown"), 1949
4/23 NARADA MICHAEL WALDEN ("I Shoulda Loved Ya," others), 1952
4/24 FREDDIE SCOTT ("Hey Girl," others), 1933
4/26 CLAUDINE CLARK ("Party Lights"), 1941
4/27 ANN PEEBLES ("I Can't Stand The Rain," others), 1947
4/28 FRANCINE "PEACHES" BARKER (Peaches & Herb), 1947
4/28 THE FANTASTIC JOHNNY C ("Boogaloo Down Broadway"), 1943
4/29 TAMMI TERRELL, 1945 (not January 24, 1946, as previously thought)
4/30 BOBBY MARCHAN ("There Is Something On Your Mind)", 1930
5/01 BIG MAYBELLE ("Candy," many others), 1924
5/01 RAY PARKER, JR. ("Jack and Jill," many others), 1954
5/03 JAMES BROWN (The Godafther of Soul!), 1933 (or was it 1928?)
5/04 NICKOLAS ASHFORD (one half of Ashford & Simpson), 1942
5/04 TYRONE DAVIS ("Can I Change My Mind," many others), 1938
5/05 ACE CANNON ("Tuff"), 1934
5/05 JOHNNIE TAYLOR ("Who's Making Love," many others), 1938
5/06 SYLVIA ROBINSON (Mickey & Sylvia), 1936
5/07 JIMMY RUFFIN ("What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?"), 1939
5/08 JOHNNY MOORE (The Three Blazes, died), 2005
5/09 DAVE PRATER (Sam & Dave), 1937
5/10 ARTHUR ALEXANDER ("Anna," many others), 1940
5/10 LARRY WILLIAMS ("Bony Moronie," others), 1935
5/12 JAMES PURIFY (One half of James & Bobby Purify, "I'm Your Puppet)", 1944
5/13 MARY WELLS ("My Guy," many others), 1943
5/13 JOHNNY WILDER (Heatwave, died), 2006
5/13 STEVIE WONDER (More hits than you can shake a stick at!), 1950
5/15 THEOLA KILGORE (died), 2005
5/15 LENNY WELCH ("Since I Fell For You"), 1938
5/17 GEORGE JOHNSON (The Brothers Johnson), 1953
5/17 JOHNNY "GUITAR" WATSON (died), 1996
5/20 SHORTY LONG ("Function at the Junction," others), 1940
5/24 PATTI LaBELLE ("Lady Marmalade," many others), 1944
5/25 DONNIE ELBERT (Remade the Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go,"), 1936
5/26 LITTLE WILLIE JOHN (died), 1968
5/26 OSCAR TONEY, JR. (Remade Jerry Butler's "For Your Precious Love"), 1939
5/27 RAMSEY LEWIS ("The In Crowd," many others), 1935
5/28 GLADYS KNIGHT ("Midnight Train To Georgia," many others), 1944
5/30 AL FRAZIER (The Rivingtons), 1930
5/31 RICHARD DUNBAR (The Knight Brothers, "Temptation 'Bout To Get Me"), 1939
5/31 JOHNNIE TAYLOR (died), 2000
6/01 DAVID RUFFIN (died), 1991
6/02 JIMMY CASTOR ("Troglodyte," others), 1943
6/03 EDDIE HOLMAN ("Hey There, Lonely Girl"), 1946
6/03 CURTIS MAYFIELD (Legendary lead voice of the Impressions), 1942
6/03 DENIECE WILLIAMS ("Free," many others), 1951
6/04 FREDDIE SCOTT (died), 2007
6/05 RONNIE DYSON ("If You Let Me Make Love To You, Why Can't I Touch You?"), 1950
6/06 BILLY PRESTON (died), 2006
6/07 BILLY BUTLER (Billy Butler & The Chanters, "I Can't Work No Longer"), 1945
6/07 PRINCE (Many hits in the '80s and '90s), 1958
6/08 BOZ SCAGGS ("Lowdown," many others), 1944
6/09 JOHNNY ACE ("Pledging My Love," others), 1929
6/09 ARTHUR ALEXANDER (died), 1993
6/09 JACKIE WILSON ("Lonely Teardrops," many others), 1934
6/10 SHIRLEY ALSTON (The Shirelles), 1941
6/10 RAY CHARLES (died), 2004
6/11 JAMES "POOKIE" HUDSON (The Spaniels), 1934
6/12 LYN COLLINS (The Female Preacher, "Think [About It]"), 1948
6/13 JAMES CARR ("Dark End of the Street," many others), 1942
6/13 BOBBY FREEMAN ("Do You Want To Dance," others), 1940
6/13 FREDDIE GORMAN (The Originals, died), 2006
6/13 CLYDE McPHATTER (died), 1972
6/14 OBIE BENSON (The Four Tops), 1937
6/14 BRENDA PAYTON (Brenda & The Tabulations, died), 1992
6/14 JUNIOR WALKER ("Shotgun," many others), 1931
6/15 EDDIE HINTON (Legendary session guitarist, 1944)
6/16 LAMONT DOZIER ("Trying To Hold On To My Woman"), 1941
6/19 AL WILSON ("Show and Tell," others), 1939
6/20 EMMANUEL LASKY ("Welfare Cheese," others), 1945
6/20 LAWRENCE PAYTON (The Four Tops, died), 1997
6/20 LIONEL RICHIE (The Commodores), 1949
6/20 CHARLES SMITH (Kool & The Gang, died), 2006
6/21 MITTY COLLIER ("I Had A Talk With My Man"), 1941
6/21 DEODATO ("2001"), 1942
6/21 BRENDA HOLLOWAY ("Every Little Bit Hurts"), 1946
6/23 EMMANUEL LASKY (died), 2006
6/25 BILLY DAVIS (The 5th Dimension), 1939
6/25 EDDIE FLOYD ("Knock On Wood," others), 1935
6/26 JEAN KNIGHT ("Mr. Big Stuff"), 1943
6/29 EVELYN "CHAMPAGNE" KING ("Shame," many others), 1960
6/29 LITTLE EVA ("The Loco-Motion," others), 1945
6/29 SHORTY LONG (died), 1969
6/30 FLORENCE BALLARD (The Supremes), 1943
7/01 OBIE BENSON (The Four Tops, died), 2005
7/01 ANDRE CROUCH (Gospel legend), 1942
7/01 SYL JOHNSON ("Is It Because I'm Black," others), 1939
7/01 LUTHER VANDROSS (died), 2005
7/03 FONTELLA BASS ("Rescue Me," others), 1940
7/03 JOHNNY WILDER (Heatwave), 1949
7/04 BILL WITHERS ("Lean On Me," many others), 1938
7/05 SHIRLEY GOODMAN ("Shame, Shame, Shame," died), 2005
7/06 JAN BRADLEY ("Mama Didn't Lie"), 1943
7/06 GENE CHANDLER ("Duke of Earl," many others), 1937
7/06 VAN McCOY (died), 1979
7/08 J.W. ALEXANDER (gospel singer, died), 1996
7/09 MILAN WILLIAMS (Commodores, died), 2006
7/11 PETER BROWN ("Dance With Me," others), 1953
7/11 BONNIE POINTER (The Pointer Sisters), 1951
7/11 ROSCO GORDON (died), 2002
7/12 MINNIE RIPERTON (died), 1979
7/15 MILLIE JACKSON ("Hurts So Good," others), 1944
7/15 BARBARA RANDOLPH (died), 2002
7/16 WILLIAM BELL ("Tryin' To Love Two," many others), 1939
7/16 DENISE LaSALLE ("Trapped By A Thing Called Love," others), 1939
7/17 PHEOBE SNOW ("Poetry Man," others), 1952
7/17 OTIS LEAVILL (died), 2002
7/17 ARTHUR LEE MAYE (died), 2002
7/18 MARTHA REEVES (Martha & The Vandellas), 1941
7/19 SHIRLEY GOODMAN (Shirley & Lee, Shirley & Co., 1936)
7/22 GEORGE CLINTON (Creative driving force behind Parliament/Funkadelic), 1940
7/22 CHUCK JACKSON ("Any Day Now," many others), 1937
7/22 EUGENE RECORD (The Chi-Lites, died), 2005
7/23 MADELINE BELL ("Picture Me Gone," others), 1942
7/24 JIMMY HOLIDAY ("How Can I Forget?"), 1934
7/26 DOBIE GRAY ("Drift Away," others), 1942
7/26 BOBBY HEBB ("Sunny"), 1941
7/26 MARY WELLS (died), 1992
7/26 BRENTON WOOD ("Gimme Little Sign," others), 1941
7/27 HARVEY FUQUA (Motown producer), 1929
7/27 ROSCOE SHELTON (died), 2002
7/28 EDDIE HINTON (died), 1995
8/01 JEAN WELLS ("Have A Little Mercy," others), 1940
8/02 EDWARD PATTEN (Gladys Knight & The Pips), 1939
8/04 LITTLE MILTON (died), 2005
8/04 TIMI YURO ("Hurt," others), 1940
8/06 RICK JAMES (died), 2004
8/07 ESTHER PHILLIPS (died), 1984
8/07 CHARLES POPE (The Tams, "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?"), 1936
8/08 JOE TEX ("I Gotcha," many others), 1933
8/09 BARBARA MASON ("Yes, I'm Ready," others), 1947
8/10 BARBARA GEORGE ("I Know," died), 2006
8/10 BOBBY HATFIELD (The Righteous Brothers), 1940
8/10 RONNIE BENNETT SPECTOR (The Ronettes), 1945
8/12 JOE JONES ("You Talk Too Much"), 1926
8/13 FRANCINE "PEACHES" BARKER (Peaches & Herb, died), 2005
8/13 JOE HINTON (died), 1968
8/13 KING CURTIS (died), 1971
8/13 JOE TEX (died), 1982
8/14 LARRY GRAHAM (Graham Central Station, "One in a Million You"), 1946
8/15 BUSTER BROWN ("Fannie Mae"), 1911
8/15 BOBBY BYRD (Long-time member of the James Brown band), 1934
8/15 FREDERICK KNIGHT ("I've Been Lonely For So Long"), 1944
8/16 BARBARA GEORGE ("I Know [You Don't Love Me No More]", 1942
8/17 LORRAINE ELLISON (died), 1985
8/17 PAUL WILLIAMS (The Temptations, died), 1973
8/18 MAXINE BROWN ("All In My Mind," others), 1939
8/18 BETTY EVERETT (died), 2001
8/19 JOHNNY NASH ("I Can See Clearly Now," others), 1940
8/20 ISAAC HAYES ("Theme From Shaft," many others), 1942
8/20 ERNIE JOHNSON (Eddie & Ernie, died), 2005
8/22 ROSCOE SHELTON ("Strain On My Heart"), 1931
8/25 RAY POLLARD (Northern Soul idol), 1940
8/26 VALERIE SIMPSON (One half of Ashford & Simpson), 1946
8/29 GENE ALLISON ("You Can Make It If You Try"), 1934
8/29 KIP ANDERSON (died, 2007)
8/29 MICHAEL JACKSON (the King of Pop!), 1958
9/01 ARCHIE BELL ("Tighten Up," others), 1944
9/01 ROY HEAD ("Treat Her Right"), 1941
9/02 ROBERT LEE DICKEY (James & Bobby Purify, "I'm Your Puppet"), 1939
9/02 JOE SIMON ("Drowning in the Sea of Love," many others), 1943
9/06 CHARLES SMITH (Kool & The Gang), 1948
9/07 GLORIA GAYNOR ("I Will Survive," others), 1949
9/07 LATIMORE ("Let's Straighten It Out," others), 1939
9/07 LITTLE MILTON ("We're Gonna Make It," many others), 1934
9/07 ERMA FRANKLIN (died), 2002
9/09 INEZ FOXX ("Mockingbird," others), 1942
9/09 BILLY PRESTON ("Nothing From Nothing," many others), 1946
9/09 OTIS REDDING "(Dock of the Bay," many others), 1941
9/09 DEE DEE SHARP ("Mashed Potato Time," others), 1945
9/11 WILLIE TEE ("Teasin' You," others) died, 2007
9/12 BOBBY BYRD (James Brown protege), died, 2007
9/12 GLORIA JONES (Original "Tainted Love"), 1938
9/12 BARRY WHITE ("Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe," many others), 1944
9/13 S. ROY CRAIN (gospel singer, died), 1996
9/15 CANNONBALL ADDERLEY (Legendary jazz saxophonist), 1928
9/16 B.B. KING (Blues legend who also made a few soul records, 1925)
9/19 BROOK BENTON ("Rainy Night In Georgia," many others), 1931
9/19 WILLIE HUTCH (died), 2005
9/19 FREDA PAYNE ("Band of Gold," others), 1945
9/19 BILL MEDLEY (The Righteous Brothers), 1940
9/19 CHARLIE FOXX (Brother of Inez Foxx, died), 1998
9/20 EDDIE BO ("Hook and Sling"), 1930
9/23 RAY CHARLES (Way too many hits to list here!), 1930
9/23 BEN E. KING ("Stand By Me," many others), 1938
9/28 KOKO TAYLOR ("Wang Dang Doodle," many others), 1935
9/30 Z.Z. HILL ("Love Is So Good When You're Stealing It," others), 1935
9/30 PATRICE RUSHEN ("Forget-Me-Nots,"), 1954
10/01 DONNIE HATHAWAY ("The Ghetto," many others), 1945
10/05 EDDIE KENDRICKS (died), 1992
10/05 ARLENE SMITH (The Chantels, "Maybe"), 1941
10/07 DON VARNER ("Tear-Stained Face," died), 2002
10/08 JOSHIE JO ARMSTEAD ("A Stone Good Lover," others), 1944
10/09 O.V. WRIGHT ("Eight Men, Four Women," others), 1939
10/11 MARGIE ALEXANDER ("Keep On Searching,"), 1948
10/12 PAUL HUMPHREY ("Cool Aid," others), 1935
10/12 SAM MOORE (Sam & Dave), 1935
10/14 ROBERT PARKER ("Barefootin'"), 1930
10/15 MARV JOHNSON ("You Got What It Takes," others), 1938
10/16 SUGAR PIE DeSANTO ("Slip-In Mules," others), 1935
10/19 JENNIFER HOLLIDAY ("And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"), 1960
10/19 GEORGE McCRAE ("Rock Your Baby"), 1944
10/21 ELVIN BISHOP ("Fooled Around and Fell In Love"), 1942
10/21 STEVE CROPPER (Booker T. & The MGs, "Green Onions"), 1942
10/21 JIMMY BEAUMONT (The Skyliners, "Since I Don't Have You"), 1940
10/22 ERNIE JOHNSON (Eddie & Ernie), 1943
10/24 BETTYE SWANN ("Make Me Yours"), 1944
10/26 BOOTSY COLLINS (played with James Brown, George Clinton, and Bootsy's Rubber Band), 1951
10/30 EDDIE HOLLAND ("Leaving Here," others), 1939
11/02 MAXINE NIGHTINGALE ("Right Back Where We Started From," others), 1952
11/05 BOBBY HATFIELD (The Righteous Brothers, died), 2003
11/05 IKE TURNER (One half of Ike & Tina Turner), 1931
11/06 EUGENE PITT (The Jive Five, "My True Story," others), 1937
11/06 JOE POPE (The Tams, "What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?"), 1933
11/07 DEE CLARK ("Raindrops," others), 1938
11/08 MINNIE RIPERTON ("Lovin' You," others), 1947
11/11 LA VERN BAKER ("Saved," many others), 1929
11/12 BOOKER T. JONES (Booker T. & The MGs, "Green Onions," many others), 1944
11/12 RUBY NASH (Ruby & The Romantics, "Our Day Will Come"), 1939
11/13 TIMMY THOMAS ("Why Can't We Live Together?"), 1944
11/13 AL FRAZIER (The Rivingtons, died), 2005
11/13 BABY WASHINGTON ("That's How Heartaches Are Made," others), 1940
11/15 LITTLE WILLIE JOHN ("Fever," many others), 1937
11/15 CLYDE McPHATTER ("A Lover's Question," many others), 1932
11/16 GARNET MIMMS ("Cry Baby," others), 1933
11/16 O.V. WRIGHT (died), 1980
11/17 RUTH BROWN (died), 2006
11/17 ARTHUR CONLEY (died), 2003
11/18 HANK BALLARD ("Finger Poppin' Time," many others), 1927 (not 1936!)
11/18 JUNIOR PARKER (died), 1971
11/21 DR. JOHN ("Right Place, Wrong Time," many others), 1940
11/21 ALVIN CASH (died), 1999
11/21 DAVID PORTER (Songwriting partner of Isaac Hayes), 1941
11/23 BETTY EVERETT ("It's In His Kiss [The Shoop Shoop Song]," many others), 1939
11/23 GLORIA LYNNE ("I Wish You Love," many others), 1931
11/23 JUNIOR WALKER (died), 1995
11/24 DONALD "DUCK" DUNN (Booker T. & The MGs), 1941
11/24 PERCY SLEDGE ("When A Man Loves A Woman," many others), 1940
11/25 STACY LATTISAW ("Let Me Be Your Angel," others), 1966
11/26 TINA TURNER (One half of Ike & Tina Turner), 1938
11/27 BARBARA ACKLIN (died), 1998
11/27 AL JACKSON, JR. (Booker T. & The MGs), 1934
11/27 JOE JONES (died), 2005
11/28 BERRY GORDY, JR. (Founder of Motown Records), 1929
11/28 R.B. GREAVES ("Take A Letter, Maria"), 1944
11/30 LUTHER INGRAM ("[If Loving You Is Wrong] I Don't Want To Be Right"), 1944
11/30 JUNE POINTER (Pointer Sisters), 1953
12/01 LEE DORSEY (died), 1986
12/01 BILLY PAUL ("Me and Mrs. Jones," others), 1934
12/01 LOU RAWLS ("Love Is A Hurtin' Thing," many others), 1935
12/05 LITTLE RICHARD ("Long, Tall Sally," many others), 1932
12/06 LEN BARRY ("1-2-3"), 1942
12/06 WILLIE HUTCH ("Love Power," many others), 1944
12/08 JERRY BUTLER "(Only The Strong Survive," many others), 1939
12/08 JIMMY SMITH (Legendary jazz organist), 1925
12/10 OTIS REDDING (died), 1967
12/11 SAM COOKE (died), 1964
12/11 JERMAINE JACKSON ("Let's Get Serious," others), 1954
12/11 ARTHUR LEE MAYE (sang doo-wop with the Crowns, became baseball player "Lee Maye"), 1934
12/12 IKE TURNER (died, 2007)
12/12 DIONNE WARWICK ("Walk On By," many others), 1940
12/12 GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. ("Just The Two of Us," others), 1943
12/13 EUGENE RECORD (The Chi-Lites), 1940
12/17 EDDIE KENDRICKS ("Keep On Truckin'," others), 1939
12/18 ROEBUCK "POPS" STAPLES (died), 2000
12/19 MAURICE WHITE (Earth, Wind & Fire), 1941
12/21 GWEN McCRAE ("Rockin' Chair"), 1943
12/21 BETTY WRIGHT ("Clean-Up Woman"), 1953
12/21 CARLA THOMAS ("Gee Whiz [Look at His Eyes]," others), 1942
12/23 ESTHER PHILLIPS "(Release Me," many others), 1935
12/24 LEE DORSEY ("Workin' in the Coal Mine,"
others), 1924
12/25 JAMES BROWN (died), 2006
12/25 CHRIS KENNER ("I Like It Like That," others), 1929
12/25 McKINLEY MITCHELL ("The Town I Live In"), 1934
12/26 CURTIS MAYFIELD (died), 1999
12/28 JOHNNY OTIS ("Willie and the Hand Jive, many others), 1921
12/28 POPS STAPLES (Founder of the Staple Singers, "I'll Take You There," others), 1915
12/29 PATTI DREW ("Workin' On A Groovy Thing," others), 1944
12/31 DONNA SUMMER (The Queen of Disco!), 1948