Today’s Soul Birthdays – January 20
William "Will" Powell - American singer and founding member of R&B group, The O'Jays.
William "Will" Powell - American singer and founding member of R&B group, The O'Jays.
Edwin Starr - American singer and songwriter. Starr was famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one hit "War". Starr was born in Nashville […]
Aaron Neville - American R&B and soul vocalist, musician and actor. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that went […]
Etta James - American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz, and gospel. Barbara Carroll - American jazz pianist and vocalist. Edmund Sylvers […]
Anita Baker - American singer-songwriter. She is one of the most popular singers of soulful ballads during the height of the quiet storm period in the 1980s. Starting her career […]
Bobby Blue Bland - American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. L.J. Reynolds - American singer/songwriter lead singer of R&B group, The […]
Phil Flowers - American singer and composer.
Chuck Willis - American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, "C. C. Rider" and "What Am I Living For", both reached No.1 […]
Rick James - American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, James began his musical career in his teen years. Sadao Watanabe - Japanese jazz […]
Sonny Stitt - American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. Alphonso Jonhnson - American jazz bassist active since the early 1970s. Stan Getz - American jazz saxophonist. Al Mackey […]
Dennis Edwards - American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records. John Handy - American jazz musician most commonly associated […]
Kae Williams - American DJ, record label owner and producer. Florence LaRue - American singer and actress, best known as an original member of the 5th Dimension.