Today’s Soul Birthdays – December 12

Dionne Warwick – American singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Sheila E – American percussionist, singer, author, and actress. She began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band.

Joe Williams – American jazz singer.

Anna Ruby Gordy Gaye – American businesswoman, composer and songwriter. An elder sister of Motown founder Berry Gordy, she became a record executive in the mid-to-late 1950s distributing records released on Checker and Gone Records before forming the Anna label with Billy Davis and sister Gwen.

Grover Washington Jr. – American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist.