August Soul Music Birthdays
August 1
Robert Cray (1953)
Chuck D (1960)
Coolio (1963)
August 2
Fat Larry (1949)(d.2000)
Zelma Davis (of C&C Music Factory) (1970)
August 3
Syreeta Wright (1946) (d.2004)
August 4
August Soul Music Birthdays
August 1
Robert Cray (1953)
Chuck D (1960)
Coolio (1963)
August 2
Fat Larry (1949)(d.2000)
Zelma Davis (of C&C Music Factory) (1970)
August 3
Syreeta Wright (1946) (d.2004)
August 4
Louis Armstrong (1901)(d.1971)
August 6
Randy DeBarge (1958)
Geri Halliwell (The Spice Girls) (1972)
August 7
Herb Reed (The Platters) (d.2012)
August 8
Joe Tex (1933) (d. 1982)
David Grant (of Linx) (1956)
August 9
Billy Henderson (of the Spinners) (d. 2007)
Whitney Houston (1963) (d. 2012)
August 10
Patti Austin (1948)
Michael Bivins (of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe)(1968)
August 11
Hamish Seelochan (of the Pasadenas) (1964)
Kenny Gamble (1943)
August 12
Pat Metheny (1954)
Sir Mix-A-Lot (1963)
August Darnell (of Kid Creole and the Coconuts) (1951)
Roy Hay (of Culture Club) (1961)
August 13
August 14
Larry Graham (1946)
Sharon Bryant (of Atlantic Starr) (1956)
August 15
Bill Pinkney (of the Drifters) (1933)
Bobby Caldwell (1951)
August 16
James J.T. Taylor (of Kool and the Gang) (1953)
Madonna (1958)
August 17
Maysa Leak (1966)
August 18
Sarah Dash (of Labelle) (1942)
Nona Hendrix (of Labelle) (1945)
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970)
August 20
Paul Robi (of the Platters) (1931)
Isaac Hayes (1942) (d.2008)
August 21
Count Basie (1904) (d.1984)
Kim Sledge (of Sister Sledge) (1957)
Kelis (1979)
August 22
John Lee Hooker (1920)
Vernon Reid (of Living Colour) (1958)
Dexter Wansel (1950)
James DeBarge (1963)
August 24
Jeffrey Daniel (of Shalamar) (1955)
Marshall Thompson of the Chi-Lites
August 25
Wayne Shorter (of the Crusaders) (1933)
Walter Williams (of the O'Jays) (1942)
Alexandra Burke (1988)
August 26
Valerie Simpson (of Ashford & Simpson) (1948)
August 27
Yolanda Adams (1961)
Mase (1977)
Mario (1986)
August 29
Dinah Washington (1924) (d. 1963)
Pebbles (1964)
Michael Jackson (1958) (d. 2010)
August 30
Ronald Beitle (of Wild Cherry) (1954)
Robert Clivilles (of C&C Music Factory)
August 31
Wilton Felder (of the Crusaders) (1940)
Van Morrison (1945)