December Soul Music Birthdays

December 1

Lisa Fischer (1958)
Nelly Furtado (1978)
Bette Midler (1945)
Billy Paul (1934)
Lou Rawls (1936)
Vesta (1963)

December 2

Nelly Furtado (1978)
Valerie Holiday of the Three Degrees (1947)

December 3

Montell Jordan (1968)

December 4

Anthony David (1971)
Jay Z (1969)
Southside Johnny (1948)
Cassandra Wilson (1955)

December 5

Keri Hilson (1982)
Andy Kim (1942)
Little Richard (1932)
Jim Messina (1947)
O'Bryan (1961)
Frank Wilson (1940)

December 6

Frankie Beverly (1946)
Dave Brubeck (1920)
Linda Creed (1948)
Willie Hutch (1944)
Donna McGhee (1960)
Meli'sa Morgan (1962)
Eugene Wilde (1961)

December 7

Brenda Jones (of the Jones Girls) (1958)
Louis Prima (1910)
Tom Waits (1949)
Barbara Weathers (formerly of Atlantic Starr) (1963)

December 8

Jerry Butler (1939)
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925)
Dan Hartman (1951)
Chrisette Michele (1982)
Jimmy Smith (1925)
Wah Wah Watson (1951)

December 9

Joan Armatrading (1950)
Donald Byrd (1932)
Donald Byrd (1932)
Walter "Clyde" Orange of the Commodores (1946)
Sammy Strain of the O'Jays (1941)
Junior Wells (1932)

December 10

Jessica Cleaves of the Friends of Distinction (1948)
Paul Hardcastle (1957)
Leanne McCrei of McCrei (1998)
Ralph Tavares (1941)

December 11

Easther Bennett (1972)
David Gates of Bread (1940)
David Gates (of Bread) (1940)
Jermaine Jackson (1954)
Brenda Lee (1944)
Big Mama Thornton (1926)
McCoy Tyner (1938)
Curtis Williams of Kool & the Gang (1962)

December 12

Aaron Brown of the Pasadenas (1964)
Sheila E (1959)
Frank Sinatra (1915)
Dionne Warwick (1940)
Grover Washington Jr (1943)

December 13

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (1948)
Morris Day of the Time (1957)
Jamie Foxx (1967)

December 14

Linda Jones (1944)
Ronnie McNeir (1951)
Charlie Rich (1932)
Joyce Vincent Wilson of Dawn (1946)

December 15

Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes (1939)
Byron Cage (1962)
Harry Ray of Ray, Goodman & Brown (1946)

December 16

Lalah Hathaway (1968)
Michael McCary of Boyz II Men (1972)

December 17

Sam Dees (1945)
Wanda Hutchinson of the Emotions (1951)
Eddie Kendricks (1939)
Art Neville of the Neville Bros (1937)

December 18

Christina Aguilera (1980)
DMX (1970)
Keith Richards (1943)
Angie Stone (1961)

December 19

Chuckii Booker (1964)
Lenny White (1949)
Lenny White (1949)
Maurice White (1941)

December 20

Bobby Colomby of Blood Sweat and Tears (1944)
Yvonne Gage (1959)
Anita Ward (1957)
Kim Weston (1939)
Keith Wilder of Heatwave (1951)

December 21

Hank Crawford (1934)
Delious Kennedy of All-4-One (1970)
Gwen McCrae (1943)
Carla Thomas (1942)
Betty Wright (1953)

December 22

Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees (1949)
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees (1949)
Jordin Sparks (1989)

December 23

Esther Phillips (1935)
Eugene Record (1940)

December 24

Lee Dorsey (1924)
John Luongo (1949)
Ricky Martin (1971)

December 25

Sherree Brown (1955)
Merry Clayton (1948)
John Edwards of The Spinners (1944)
O'Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers (1937)
Bob James (1939)
Noel Redding (1945)
Ryan Shaw (1980)

December 26

Duke Fakir of the Four Tops (1935)
Andre Fischer of Rufus (1952)
Kashif (1956)
Phil Spector (1939)

December 27

Fred Hammond (1960)

December 28

John Legend (1978)
Charles Neville (1938)
Johnny Otis (1921)
Lonnie Liston Smith (1940)
Pops Staples (1915)
Edgar Winter (1946)

December 29

Patti Drew (1944)
Yvonne Elliman (1951)
Latoya London (1978)
Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry (1950)

December 30

Gwen Dickey of Rose Royce (1953)
Bo Diddley (1928)
Paul Jackson, Jr. (1959)
Chris Jasper (1951)
Jay Kay of Jamiroquai (1969)
Del Shannon (1934)
Tyrese (1978)
Viola Wills (1939)

December 31

Barry Biggs (1947)
Fermin Goytisolo of KC and the Sunshine Band (1951)
Donna Summer (1948)