October Soul Music Birthdays
October 1
Donny Hathaway (1945)
Howard Hewett (1955)
October 2
Vanessa Bell Armstrong (1953)
Freddie Jackson (1956)
Sting (1951)
Lolly Vegas of Redbone (1939)
October 3
India.Arie (1975)
Chubby Checker (1941)
Chuck Cissel (1948)
Ronnie Laws (1950)
October 4
Jon Secada (1961)
October 5
Harold Faltermeyer (1952)
Heather Headley (1974)
Steve Miller (1943)
Lucius Ross of Funkadelic (1948)
October 6
Melinda Doolittle (1977)
Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell of Boney M (1949)
October 7
Bill Brandon (1943)
Toni Braxton (1967)
Simon Cowell (1959)
Taylor Hicks (1976)
Tata Vega (1951)
Larry Young (1940)
October 8
Jo Amstead (1944)
Robert "Kool" Bell (1950)
Bruno Mars (1985)
Teddy Riley (1967)
Hamish Stuart (1949)
Tony Wilson of Hot Chocolate (1947)
Tony Wilson of the Main Ingredient (1947)
CeCe Winans (1964)
October 9
Pat Burke of the Foundations (1937)
Kenny Garrett (1960)
Nona Hendryx (1944)
Yusef Lateef (1920)
John Lennon (1940)
Dave Samuels of Spyro Gyra (1948)
O.V. Wright (1939)
October 10
Jonathan Butler (1961)
Curtis Hairston (1961)
Ivory Joe Hunter (1914)
Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet (1961)
Thelonius Monk (1917)
Cyril Neville (1948)
October 11
Art Blakey (1919)
Daryl Hall (1949)
Tramaine Hawkins (1951)
Brian Jackson (1952)
MC Lyte (1971)
October 12
Nappy Brown (1929)
Gordon Chambers (1970)
Sam Moore (1935)
October 13
Ashanti (1980)
Shirley Caesar (1938)
Cherelle (1958)
Robert Lamb of Chicago (1944)
Dorothy Moore (1946)
Pharaoh Saunders (1940)
Paul Simon (1941)
October 14
Chris Amoo (1952)
Marcia Barrett of Boney M (1948)
Timothy Bloom (1980)
Norman Harris (1947)
Omar (1968)
Robert Parker (1930)
Cliff Richard (1940)
Ivory Tilmon of the Detroit Emeralds (1948)
Usher (1978)
Karyn White (1965)
October 15
Eric Benet (1970)
Richard Carpenter (1946)
Ginuwine (1975)
Marv Johnson (1938)
Nellie Lutcher (1912)
Rod Temperton (1947)
October 16
Simon Bartholomew of the Brand New Heavies (1965)
Carla Benson (1947)
Sugar Pie DeSanto (1935)
John Mayer (1977)
October 17
Eminem (1972)
Wyclef Jean (1972)
Ziggy Marley (1968)
Gary Puckett (1942)
October 18
Chuck Berry (1926)
Ronnie Bright of the Coasters (1938)
Wynton Marsalis (1961)
Ne-Yo (1982)
Laura Nyro (1947)
Cheryl Pepsi Riley (1968)
Cynthia Weil (1940)
October 19
Jennifer Holliday (1960)
Gloria Jones (1945)
George McCrae (1944)
Sharon Redd (1945)
Peter Tosh (1944)
October 20
Tom Dowd (1925)
Eddie Harris (1934)
Mark King of Level 42 (1958)
Snoop Dogg (1971)
October 21
Elvin Bishop (1942)
Steve Cropper (1941)
Celia Cruz (1925)
Dizzy Gillespie (1917)
Steve Lukather of Toto (1957)
October 22
Shaggy (1968)
October 23
Miguel (1985)
Dianne Reeves (1956)
Ernie Watts (1945)
October 24
Monica (1980)
Bettye Swann (1944)
Tiny Tavares (1949)
Weird Al Yankovic (1959)
October 25
Ciara (1985)
Speech of Arrested Development (1968)
October 26
Bootsy Collins (1951)
Mahalia Jackson (1911)
David Was of Was (Not Was) (1952)
October 27
Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran (1958)
October 28
Telma Hopkins of Dawn (1948)
Cleo Laine (1927)
October 29
Melba Moore (1945)
Toby Smith of Jamiroquai (1969)
October 30
Clifford Brown (1930)
Tom Browne (1954)
Eddie Holland (1939)
October 31
Bernard Edwards of Chic (1952)
Vanilla Ice (1967)
Smokie Norful (1975)
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