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Events in Music
Events 1 - 1 of 1
2003-09-27 - Actress Halle Berry announces her separation from second husband, R&B singer Eric Benet
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 31 of 31
1926-09-09 - Jake Carey,
US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1929-01-06 - Wilbert Harrison,
R & B singer (Kansas City)
1929-06-09 - Johnny Ace [John Marshall Alexander,
Jr.], Memphis, Tennessee, rhythm and blues singer (My Song)
1933-01-24 - Zeke Carey,
US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Only Have Eyes For You)
1933-07-16 - Sollie McElroy,
R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops)
1934-02-16 - Austin "Ted" Taylor,
US gospel/R&B-singer (Be Ever Wonderful)
1934-08-29 - Gene Allison,
US R&B-singer (You Can Make It If You Try)
1935-01-06 - Paul Wilson,
US R&B-singer (Flamingos-Lovers Never Say Goodbye)
1935-11-12 - Terry Johnson,
US R&B singer (Flamingos-I Know Better)
1936-06-19 - Shirley Goodman,
US R&B singers (Shirley & Lee-Feels so Good)
1937-03-24 - Billy Stewart,
US R&B singer (I Do Love You)
1937-11-15 - William E "Little Willie" John,
[Woods], US R&B singer (Fever)
1938-05-04 - Tyrone Davis,
US R&B singer (Are you serious)
1938-10-15 - Marvin E "Marv" Johnson,
US gospel/R&B singer (Move 2 mountains)
1939-02-09 - Barry Mann,
R&B singer (Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp)
1941-03-18 - Wilson Pickett,
Prattville Alabama, R&B singer (Funky Broadway)
1941-05-12 - Little Jayotis Washington,
US R&B singer (Persuasions)
1942-02-11 - Otis Clay,
US gospel/R&B-singer (That's how it is)
1943-02-28 - Barbara Acklin,
[Allen], Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman)
1944-03-04 - Bobby Womack,
Cleve, R&B singer/guitarist (Woman's Got to Have It)
1944-10-09 - Nona Hendrix,
R & B singer (Patti LaBelle & Blue Belles)
1947-02-09 - Major Harris,
US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
1947-06-11 - Glenn Leonard,
R&B singer (Temptations)
1948-01-29 - Felice Taylor,
R&B singer (I Feel Love Comin' On)
1950-07-10 - Willie Ford,
US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
1951-05-10 - Ron Banks,
US R&B singer (Dramatics-Whatcha See is Whatcha Get)
1955-09-25 - Adelmo "Zucchero" Fornaciari,
Italian R&B-singer (Senza una Donna)
1956-10-02 - Freddie Jackson,
US R&B singer/songwriter (Rock Me Tonight)
1961-11-10 - Junior,
[Norman Giscombe], R&B singer (Mama used to Say)
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 6 of 6
1968-05-26 - William E "Little Willie" John,
US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30)
1976-10-23 - Leonard Lee,
US R&B-singer (Shirley & Lee-I'm Gone), dies at 40
1984-04-10 - Nate Nelson,
R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday
1994-04-07 - Lee Brilleaux,
British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
1995-05-06 - Leanoard "Red" Truss,
R&B singer, dies at 47
