Singer, Tina Turner was born, 1941

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Feb

1

1952

Singer "Fats" Domino born

Singer Fats Domino born.

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Feb

26

1928

Stevie Wonder

Born: 5/13/1950 Saginaw, Michiganknown by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he became one of the most creative and loved musical performers of the late 20th century. Wonder signed with Motowns

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Singer, Ben Vereen, born, 1946

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Oct

10

1946

Singer and muscian, Billy Preston was born, 1946

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Sep

9

1946

Birthday of singer, Macy Gray

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Sep

6

1969

Grace Jones, born

Eccentric model and singer Grace Jones born in Spanishtown, Jamaica

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May

19

1948

30 million people worldwide joined in pop singer Bob Geldof's "Race Against Time

30 million people worldwide joined in pop singer Bob Geldofs Race Against Time to raise money for the starving in Africa.

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May

25

1986

Singer Billy Daniels dies

Jazz and ballad singer Billy Daniels dies in Los Angeles.

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Oct

7

1988

Spingarn Award: Harry T. Burleigh

Spingarn Medal presented to Harry T. Burleigh, composer and singer, for excellence in the field of music.

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Dec

11

1917

Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who later became a Civil Rights activist. Her birth name was Freda Josephine McDonald and she was born on June 3, 1906, in St. Louis, Missouri. Her mother used to be a dancer as well, but she gave up her aspirations in order to raise her children. Her father

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Jun

3

1906

Death

Carmen McRae A noted Jazz singer died on November 10, 1994

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Nov

10

1994

Thornton, Willie Mae “Big Mama” (1926-1984)

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton was a blues singer and songwriter whose recordings of “Hound Dog” and “Ball ‘n’ Chain” later were transformed into huge hits by Elvis Presley and Janis

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Jul

25

1984

Blues singer Willlie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, born

Blues singer Willlie Mae Big Mama Thornton, born

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Dec

11

1926

Nat "King" Cole dies

Nat King Cole, the singer with the Golden Voice, dies.

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Feb

25

1964

Sammy Davis Jr., dies

Sammy Davis Jr., actor, dancer, singer and world class entertainer dies in Beverly Hills, California at age 64. Davis, born in Harlem, was a member of the popular and notorious Hollywood Rat Pack. He also held starring roles in a host of Broadway musicals and motion pictures.

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May

16

1990

The famous jazz singer Billy Ecktine was born

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Jul

8

1914

Singer Ray Charles born

Blind composer, singer and musician Ray Charles Robinson born in Albany, Georgia.

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Sep

23

1930

Odetta Felious Gordon

Odetta Felious Gordon, the folk singer and activist known as Odetta is born on this day in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Dec

31

1930

Waters, Ethel

Waters, Ethel, 1896?–1977, African-American singer and actress, b. Chester, Pa. As a singer, she is noted for her sultry, sophisticated, and dramatic version of the blues, evinced in her interpretations of Am I Blue, Dinah, Heat Wave, Stormy Weather, and other songs. After beginning in

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Jon Hendricks, singer, born

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Sep

16

1921

Singer Al Jarreau born

Jazz singer Al Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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May

12

1940

Singer Prince born

Composer, musician and singer Prince Rogers Nelson born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Jun

7

1958

Tina Turner Born

Grammy-winning singer and actress Tina Turner was born on this day as Annie Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee. Turner will reach stardom with her husband Ike Turner. She will record such hits such as Whats Love Got to Do With It, Private Dancer, and Proud Mary. She will also have roles in the

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Nov

26

1939

Henry McNeal Turner Born

Henry McNeal Turner was born on what is now Hannah Circuit, near Newberry, which was then in Abbeville County, South Carolina. Young Turner was bound out to the hardest king of labor in the cotton fields and the blacksmiths trade in Abbeville until his manhood at age

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Feb

1

1834

Joe Sample

Joseph Leslie Joe Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American pianist, keyboard player, and composer. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply the Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 (not

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Sep

12

2014

Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith was a blues and jazz vocalist, who was extremely popular in the 1920s and 1930s. She was born on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to Laura and William Smith. Her father was a Baptist preacher who died shortly after her birth, and she was raised by her mother along with her

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Apr

15

1894

Dionne Warwick, born

Dionne Warwick, singer, three time Grammy winner,born

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Dec

12

1941

Hall, Juanita (1901-1968)

Juanita Long Hall, a 20th Century actor and singer, was born in Keyport, New Jersey on Nov. 6, 1901 to an African-American father, Abram Long, and an Irish American mother, Mary Richardson. Raised by maternal grandparents, Long attended New York City, New York’s Juilliard School of Music. While

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Feb

28

1968

Death of Henry McNeal Turner (82), first Black

Death of Henry McNeal Turner (82), first Black chaplain in the U.S. Army and AME bishop.

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May

8

1915

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