R&B
Birthdays
(a work in progress...)
January
- 10 - Buddy Johnson (1915)
- 12 - Ruth Brown (1928), Jay McShann (1909)
- 22 - Sam Cooke (1931)
- 25 - Etta James (1938)
- 26 - Huey "Piano" Smith (1934)
- 27 - Bobby Blue Bland (1930)
- 29 - Paul Gayten (1920)
- 31 - Chuck Willis (1928)
February
- 2 - Red Prysock (1926)
- 3 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935)
- 7 - King Curtis (1934), Earl King (1934)
- 8 - Floyd Dixon (1929)
- 16 - Bill Doggett (1916)
- 18 - Irma Thomas (1941)
- 26 - Fats Domino (1928)
March
- 9 - Lloyd Price (1933)
- 17 - Nat King Cole (1917)
- 18 - Wilson Pickett (1941)
- 19 - Clarence "Frogman" Henry (1937)
- 25 - Aretha Franklin (1942)
- 31 - Lowell Fulson (1921)
April
- 1 - Amos Milburn (1927)
- 11 - Richard Berry (1935)
- 12 - Lionel Hampton (1909)
- 17 - Chuck Higgins (1924)
- 18 - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924)
- 22 - Bullmoose Jackson (1919)
- 25 - Earl Bostic (1913)
- 29 - Big Jay McNeely (1927)
May
- 1 - Big Maybelle (1924)
- 3 - James Brown (1933)
- 10 - Larry Williams (1935)
- 18 - Big Joe Turner (1911)
- 21 - Billy Wright (1932)
- 28 - T-Bone Walker (1910)
June
- 9- Jackie Wilson (1934), Johnny Ace (1929)
- 22 - Ella Johnson (1923)
July
- 1 - Willie Dixon (1915)
- 2 - Lee Allen (1926)
- 5 - Smiley Lewis (1913)
- 8 - Louis Jordan (1908), Johnnie Johnson (1924)
- 9 - Joe Liggins (1915)
- 12 - Sam "The Man" Taylor (1916)
- 18 - Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929)
- 31 - Roy Milton (1907)
August
- 8 - Jimmy Witherspoon (1923), Lucky Millinder
(1900)
- 12 - Percy Mayfield (1920)
- 13 - Jimmy McCracklin (1921)
- 23 - Wynona Carr (1924)
- 24 - Wynonie Harris (1915)
- 29 - Dinah Washington (1924)
September
- 3 - Freddie King (1934)
- 7 - Little Milton (1934)
- 9 - Otis Redding (1941)
- 10 - Roy Brown (1925)
- 13 - Charles Brown (1922)
- 16 - BB King (1925), Little Willie Littlefield
(1931)
- 19 - Billy Ward (1921)
- 23 - Ray Charles (1930), Tiny Bradshaw (1905)
October
- 10 - Ivory Joe Hunter (1914)
- 12 - Nappy Brown (1929)
- 14 - Jimmy Liggins (1922)
- 18 - Chuck Berry (1926)
- 24 - Willie Mabon (1925)
- 30 - Tommy Ridgley (1925)
- 31 - Illinois Jacquet (1922), Julia Lee (1902)
November
- 5 - Ike Turner (1931)
- 11 - Lavern Baker (1929)
- 12 - Booker T. Jones (1944)
- 15 - Clyde McPhatter (1932), Little Willie John
(1937)
- 16 - Jesse Stone aka Charles Calhoun
(1901)
- 18 - Hank Ballard (1927)
December
- 5 - Little Richard (1935)
- 10 - Guitar Slim (1926)
- 11 - Big Mama Thornton (1926)
- 18 - Pee Wee Crayton (1914)
- 19 - Professor Longhair (1918)
- 23 - Little Esther Phillips (1935)
- 24 - Dave Bartholomew (1920)
- 25 - Cab Calloway (1907)
- 28 - Johnny Otis (1921)
- 30 - Bo Diddley (1928)
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