October Soul Music Birthdays

October 1

Herb Fame of Peaches and Herb (1942)

Donny Hathaway (1945)

Howard Hewett (1955)

Phillip Oakey of Human League (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)

Jesse James of Sly and the Family Stone (1943)

Ronnie Laws (1950)

October 4

Jon Secada (1961)

Robert Wilson of the Gap Band (1941)

October 5

Harold Faltermeyer (1952)

Heather Headley (1974)

Steve Miller (1943)

Lucius Ross of Funkadelic (1948)

Richard Street of the Temptations (1942)

October 6

Melinda Doolittle (1977)

Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell of Boney M (1949)

Thomas McClary of the Commodores (1949)

October 7

Bill Brandon (1943)

Toni Braxton (1967)

Simon Cowell (1959)

Taylor Hicks (1976)

Tony Silvester of the Main Ingredient (1941)

Tata Vega (1951)

Larry Young (1940)

October 8

Jo Amstead (1944)

Robert "Kool" Bell (1950)

Harry Bowens of Was (Not Was) (1949)

Sheila Ferguson of the Three Degrees (1947)

Airrion Love of the Stylistics (1949)

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)

Andrew Woolfolk of Earth Wind and Fire (1950)

October 12

Nappy Brown (1929)

Gordon Chambers (1970)

Melvin Franklin of the Temptations (1942)

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)

Tito Jackson of the Jackson 5 (1953)

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

Wilbert Hart of the Delfonics (1947)

Jennifer Holliday (1960)

Gloria Jones (1945)

George McCrae (1944)

Sharon Redd (1945)

Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers (1948)

Peter Tosh (1944)

October 20

Tom Dowd (1925)

Eddie Harris (1934)

Mark King of Level 42 (1958)

Jelly Roll Morton (1890)

Snoop Dogg (1971)

October 21

Elvin Bishop (1942)

Steve Cropper (1941)

Celia Cruz (1925)

Dizzy Gillespie (1917)

Steve Lukather of Toto (1957)

October 22

N'Dea Davenport of the Brand New Heavies (1966)

Shaggy (1968)

October 23

Barbara Ann Hawkins of the Dixie Cups (1943)

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)

Bert Reid of Crown Heights Affair (1955)

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

Eugene Daughtry of the Intruders (1939)

Randy Jackson of the Jackson 5 (1961)

Melba Moore (1945)

Toby Smith of Jamiroquai (1969)

October 30

Clifford Brown (1930)

Tom Browne (1954)

Eddie Holland (1939)

Otis Williams of the Temptations (1939)

October 31

Bernard Edwards of Chic (1952)

Vanilla Ice (1967)

Smokie Norful (1975)

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