March Soul Music Birthdays

March 1

Harry Belafonte (1927)

Sammy Lee Bush (1987)

Norman Connors (1947)

Willie Mitchell (1928)

Oliver Sain (1932)

March 2

Harry Belafonte (1927)

Larry Carlton (1948)

Karen Carpenter (1950)

Bobby Eli (1954)

Lawrence Payton of the Four Tops (1938)

March 3

Tone Loc (1966)

March 4

Miriam Makeba (1932)

Barbara McNair (1934)

Chris Rea (1951)

Bobby Womack (1944)

March 5

Steve Arrington (1956)

Andy Gibb (1958)

Boon Gould (1955)

Eddy Grant (1948)

Teena Marie (1956)

Tommy Tucker (1933)

Marvin Winans (1958)

March 6

Kiki Dee (1947)

Wes Montgomery (1923)

Mary Wilson (1944)

March 7

Hamilton Bohannon (1942)

Taylor Dayne (1962)

Ernie Isley of the Isley Brothers (1952)

Francis Rocco of Tower of Power (1951)

Leon Sylvers III (1953)

Kae Williams of Breakwater (1956)

March 8

Van Hunt (1970)

Carole Bayer Sager (1947)

Phil Sawyer of the Spencer Davis Group (1947)

Charles Sherrell (1943)

Gagor Szabo (1936)

March 9

Martin Fry of ABC (1958)

La India (Linda Viera Caballero) (1969)

Laura Lee (1945)

Jeffrey Osborne (1948)

Lloyd Price (1933)

March 10

Tina Charles (1954)

Neneh Cherry (1964)

Robin Thicke (1977)

March 11

Terrence Howard (1969)

Katie Kissoon (1951)

LeToya Luckett of Destiny's Child (1981)

Cheryl Lynn (1957)

Bobby McFerrin (1950)

March 12

Ruby Andrews (1947)

Marlon Jackson of the Jackson 5 (1957)

Al Jarreau (1940)

Liza Minelli (1946)

James Taylor (1948)

Tony Terry (1964)

Dana Walden of Champaign (1948)

March 13

Glenn Lewis (1975)

Frances Nero (1943)

Bobby Patterson (1944)

David Peaston (1957)

Candi Staton (1943)

Mike Stoller (1933)

March 14

Charo (1941)

Rick Dees (1950)

Quincy Jones (1933)

March 15

Jean Carne (1947)

Sananda Maitreya (formerly Terence Trent D'Arby) (1962)

Bunny DeBarge of DeBarge (1955)

Ralph Macdonald (1944)

Arif Mardin (1932)

Rockwell (1964)

Howard Scott of War (1946)

Sly Stone (1943)

Will.i.am (1975)

March 16

Tommy Flanagan (1930)

Flavor Flav (1959)

March 17

Patrick Adams (1950)

Harold Brown of WAR (1946)

Nat King Cole (1919)

Clarence Collins of Little Anthony & the Imperials (1941)

Lorraine Ellison (1931)

Cunnie Williams (1963)

March 18

Shola Ama (1979)

Irene Cara (1959)

Wilson Pickett (1941)

Courtney Pine (1964)

Queen Latifah (1970)

Lowrell Simon (1943)

Vanessa Williams (1963)

March 19

Clarence "Frogman" Henry (1937)

Walter Jackson (1938)

Ruth Pointer (1946)

Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters (1946)

Barbara Tucker (1957)

March 20

Spike Lee (1957)

Ultra Nate (1968)

March 21

Solomon Burke (1940)

Richard Dimples Fields (1942)

Robert "Shotgun" Johnson (1953)

Rose Stone of Sly & the Family Stone (1945)

Russell Thompkins, Jr (1951)

March 22

George Benson (1943)

Charles Jackson of the Independents (1945)

Beverley Knight (1973)

Stephanie Mills (1956)

March 23

Chaka Khan (1953)

March 24

Don Covay (1936)

Don Covay (1938)

Lee Oskar of War (1948)

Billy Stewart (1937)

Billy Stewart (1937)

Karen Young (1951)

March 25

Aretha Franklin (1942)

Elton John (1947)

Maisie Williams of Boney M (1951)

March 26

James Moody (1925)

Teddy Pendergrass (1950)

Diana Ross (1944)

Jay Sean (1981)

Rufus Thomas (1917)

March 27

Mariah Carey (1970)

Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas (1975)

Jessy J (1988)

Bunny Sigler (1941)

Sarah Vaughan (1924)

March 28

Lady Gaga (1986)

Cheryl "Salt" James of Salt-N-Pepa (1966)

Oran "Juice" Jones (1957)

Ledisi (1972)

Milan Williams of the Commodores (1948)

March 29

Pearl Bailey (1918)

Michael Brecker (1949)

Willie Clayton (1955)

Ray Davis, formerly of the Temptations (1940)

Astrud Gilberto (1940)

Bobby Kimball of Toto (1947)

Louis Price (1953)

Keni Stevens (1967)

March 30

Tracy Chapman (1964)

Eric Clapton (1945)

Celine Dion (1968)

Al Goodman of Ray, Goodman and Brown (1943)

Norah Jones (1979)

M.C. Hammer (1962)

Ola Onabule (1964)

March 31

Herb Alpert (1935)

Sonny Forriest of The Intruders (1934)

Lowell Fulson (1921)

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