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JANUARY
1-Frank
Stokes (1888), Johnny Young (1918)
2-Arthur Prysock (1929), Little Smokey
Smothers (1939)
4-Slim Gaillard (1916), Arthur Conley (1946)
5-Johnny
Adams (1932)
6-Wilbert Harrison (1929), Shirley Brown (1947), Kim Wilson (1951)
8-Shirley
Bassey (1937), Elvis Presley (1935), Tampa Red (1904)
9-Ishmon Bracey (1901),
Big Al Downing (1940), Katie Webster (1939)
10-Eddy Clearwater (1935), Sam
Chatmon (1897), Buddy Johnson (1915)
11-Clarence "Pinetop" Smith
(1904), Slim Harpo (1924)
12-Mississippi Fred McDowell (1904), Jay McShann
(1909), George Duke (1946), Long John Baldry (1941)
14-Allen Toussaint (1938)
15-Earl
Hooker (1930)
16-Barbara Lynn (1942), Lester Davenport (1932), Robert Wilkins
(1896)
18-David Ruffin (1941)
19-Henry Gray (1925)
20-Huddie
"Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1889), Luther Tucker (1936), John Campbell (1952)
21-Snooks
Eaglin (1936), Richie Havens (1941)
22-Hammie Nixon (1908), Sam Cooke (1935),
Billy "The Kid" Emerson (1938)
24-Aaron Neville (1941), Johnny B.
Moore (1950)
25-Sleepy John Estes (1899), Etta James (1939)
26-Huey
"Piano" Smith (1934), Eartha Kitt (1928)
27-Andrew "Smokey"
Hogg (1914), Elmore James (1918), Bobby "Blue" Bland (1930), Hot Lips Page
(1908)
28-Cash McCall (1941)
29-Eddie Taylor (1923)
30-Ruth
Brown (1928)
31-Roosevelt Sykes (1906), Chuck Willis (1928), Paul deLay (1952),
Charlie Musselwhite (1944)
FEBRUARY
1-Leroy
Foster (1923), James P. Johnson (1894), Sonny Landreth (1951)
2-Walter Jacobs
Vinson (1901), William "Pa" Rainey (1904)
3-Johnny "Guitar"
Watson (1935)
4-Speedy Ashford (1910)
5-Will "Son Brimmer"
Shade (1898)
6-Bob Marley (1945)
7-Earl Kng (1934), King Curtis (1934),
Eubie Blake (1883)
8-Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (1889), Floyd Dixon
(1929), Eddie "Guitar" Burns (1928)
9-Johnny Heartsman (1937)
10-Alton
Jay "Rockin' Dopsie" Rubin (1932), TV Slim (1916)
11-Josh White
(1908), Phillip Walker (1937), Little Johnny Taylor (1943), Otis Clay (1942)
12-Pink
Anderson(1900), Gene McDaniels (1935), Big John Wrencher (1923)
13-John Lee
Henley (1919)
14-"Magic Sam" Maghett (1937), John Henry Perry Bradford
(1893), Maceo Parker (1943), Clarence "Blowfly" Reid (1945)
15-James
"Kokomo" Arnold (1901)
17-Lou Ann Barton (1954), Noble Watts (1926)
16-Bill
Doggett (1916)
18-Irma Thomas (1941)
19-Earl Bell (1914), Sammy Myers
(1936), William "Smokey" Robinson (1940)
20-Jimmy "Papa"
Yancey (1898), Nancy Wilson (1937)
21-Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell
(1903), Nina Simone (1933)
22-Bill Jackson (1906), "Ernie K-Doe"
Kador (1936)
23-Johnny Winter (1944)
24-Elmon "Driftin' Slim"
Mickle (1919), Freddie Robinson (1939)
25-Ida Cox (1896), Andrew Brown (1937)
26-Antoine
"Fats" Domino (1928), Bob "Bear" Hite (1945)
27-Bobby
Foster (1942)
MARCH
1-Walter Davis (1912), Harry
Belafonte (1927)
2-Rory Gallagher (1949)
3-John Primer (1945)
4-Bobby
Womack (1944), Willie Johnson (1923)
5-J.B. Lenoir (1929), Peg Leg Howell
(1888), Tommy Tucker (1933)
6-Walter "Furry" Lewis (1899), Wes Montgomery
(1925)
7-Jesse Fuller (1896)
8-Bob Brozman (1954)
9-Georgia
White (1903), Laura Lee (1945), Lloyd Price (1933)
10-Dave Alexander (1938),
Ronnie Earl (1953)
13-Otis "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks (1913)
14-Robert
Pete Williams (1914)
15-Bertha "Chippie" Hill (1905), Lightnin'
Hopkins (1912), Clarence Green (1929), Sly Stone (1944), Ry Cooder (1947)
16-Yank
Rachell (1910), Son Bonds (1909)
17-Nat "King" Cole (1917)
18-Charley
Pride (1938), WIlson Pickett (1941), Big Daddy Kinsey (1927)
19-Clarence "Frogman"
Henry (1937), Jackie "Moms" Mabley (1894), Ornette Coleman (1930), Walter
Jackson (1938), Sam Myers (1936)
20-Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915), Frank Edwards
(1909), Marcia Ball (1949), Sam Lay (1935), Eddie Shaw (1937), Jimmie Vaughan (1951)
21-Bo
Carter (1893), Eddie "Son" House (1902), Otis Spann (1930), Smokey Smothers
(1929)
22-Weldon "Juke Boy" Bonner (1932), Iverson "Louisiana
Red" Minter (1936)
23-Stick McGhee (1918), Chaka Khan (1953)
24-Pete
Johnson (1904)
25-Aretha Franklin (1942)
26-Rufus Thomas (1917), Curley
Weaver (1906)
27-Leroy Carr (1905), Robert "Junior" Lockwood (1915),
Sarah Vaughan (1924), Herman "Little Junior" Parker (1932), Johnny Clyde
Copeland (1937)
28-"Cripple" Clarence Lofton (1887)
29-William
Clarke (1951), Willie Clayton (1955), Sue Foley (1968), Camille Howard (1914)
30-John
Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson (1914)
31-Big Maceo Merriweather (1905),
Lowell Fulson (1921), Lizzie Miles (1895)
April
1-Alberta
Hunter (1895), Lucille Bogan (1897), Amos Milburn (1927), Gil Scott-Heron (1949),
Carl Martin (1906)
2-Marvin Gaye (1939), J.T. Brown (1918)
3-Jmmy McGriff
(1936)
4-Cecil Grant (1913), Muddy Waters (1913), Hugh Masakela (1939), Major
Lance (1944)
5-Larry McCray (1960)
6-Big Walter Horton (1917)
7-Billie
Holiday (1915), Bo Collins (1932)
8-Tommy McClennan (1908), Robert Lowery
(1931)
9-Mance Lipscomb (1895), Paul Robeson (1898)
10-John Brim (1922),
Roscoe Gordon (1928), Ray Agee (1930)
11-Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson
(1939)
12-Hound Dog Taylor (1917), Shakey Jake Harris (1921)
13-Al
Green (1946), Peabo Bryson (1951)
15-Bessie Smith (1895), Frank Frost (1936)
16-Johnny
Littlejohn (1931), Artie "Blues Boy" White (1937)
17-Clifford Gibson
(1901), Jimmy Nelson (1928), Byther Smith (1933)
18-Eurreal "Little Brother"
Montgomery (1906), Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924)
19-Alexis Korner
(1928)
20-Johnny Fuller (1929)
21-Clara Ward (1924)
22-Charles
Mingus (1922), George "Harmonica" Smith (1924), Bullmoose Jackson (1919)
23-Charles
"Cow Cow" Davenport (1894)
25-Earl Bostic (1913), Ella Fitzgerald
(1918), Albert King (1923)
26-Gertrude "Ma" Rainery (1886), Johnny
Shines (1915), J.B. Hutto (1926)
27-Ann Peebles (1947), Hop Wilson (1921)
29-Duke
Ellington (1899), Big Jay McNeely (1927), Otis Rush (1934), Frankie Lee (1941)
30-Rev.
Gary Davis (1896), Homesick James (1910), Mabel Scott (1915), Frankie Lee Sims (1917),
Jimmy Lee Robinson (1931)
May
1-Big Maybelle Smith
(1924), Little Walter Jacobs (1930), Ada Brown (1890)
2-Connie Mack Booker
(1929)
3-Freddie Roulette (1939), James Brown (1928)
4-Dave Dickerson
(1913), Tyrone Davis (1938)
5-Blind Willie Mctell (1901), Johnnie Taylor (1938),
J.B. Lenoir (1929)
6-Eddie C. Campbell (1939)
7-Amos "Bumble Bee
Slim" Easton (1905)
8-Robert Johnson (1911)
9-Henry Ford Thompson
(1938)), Dave Prater (1937), A.C. Reed (1926)
10-Ted Bogan (1910), Larry Williams
(1935), Greg Piccolo (1951)
11-Kansas Joe McCoy (1905), King Oliver (1885)
12-Barbara
Dane (1927), Guy Davis (1952)
13-Mary Wells (1943), Stevie Wonder (1950)
14-
Sidney Bechet (1897), Grady Gaines (1934)
15-Johnny Williams (1906), L.C.
"Good Rockin" Robinson (1915), Larry Johnson (1938)
16-Cleveland
Chenier (1921), Betty Carter (1930)
17-Tiny Powell (1922), Henry "Taj
Mahal" Fredericks (1942)
18-Little Son Joe Lawlars (1900), Big Joe Turner
(1911), Sara Martin (1884)
20-Jaybird Coleman (1920)
21-Fats Waller
(1904), Little Willie Anderson (1920), Dave Specter (1963), Lee "Shot"
Williams (1938), Billy Wright (1932)
22-Sun Ra (1914)
24-John Lee (1915)
25-Willie
Thomas (1912), Miles Davis (1926)
26-Mamie Smith (1883)
27-Brother
John Sellers (1924), Junior Parker (1932)
28-T-Bone Walker (1910), Gladys
Knight (1944)
29-Ron Levy (1951)
JUNE
3-
Jimmy Rogers (1924), Memphis Minnie (1897), Curtis Mayfield (1942)
8-James
Harman (1946)
9-Johnny Ace (1929), Jackie Wilson (1934), Skip James (1902)
10-Howlin'
Wolf (1910)
12-Lyn Collins (1948), Kenny Wayne Shepherd (1977), "Harmonica
George" Robinson (1934)
13-James Carr (1942)
18- Sara Martin (1884),
Don "Sugarcane" Harris (1938)
19-Jerry McCain (1930)
20-Lazy
Lester (1933), Louis "Kid Thomas" Watts (1934)
20-Helen Humes (1913)
24-Ransom
Knowling (1912), Lester Williams (1920)
25-Clifton Chenier (1925), Eddie Floyd
(1935)
26-Big Bill Broonzy (1893)
28-David "Honeyboy" Edwards
(1915)
JULY
1- Thomas A. Dorsey (1899), Willie
Dixon (1915), James Cotton (1935), Syl Johnson (1939)
3-Mississippi John Hurt
(1893)
4-Champion Jack Dupree (1910)
5-Smiley Lewis (1913)
7-Pinetop
Perkins (1913)
8-Louis Jordan (1908), Johnnie Johnson (1924)
10-Casey
Bill Weldon (1909)
11-Blind Lemon Jefferson (1897)
14-Claude &
Clifford Trenier (1919)
15-Washboard Sam (1910), Willie Cobbs (1940), Millie
Jackson (1944)
16-Denise LaSalle (1939)
17-Peppermint Harris (1925)
18-Screamin
Jay Hawkins (1929), Martha Reeves (1941), Lonnie Mack (1941)
19-Buster Benton
(1932)
21-Floyd Jones (1917)
22-Chuck Jackson (1937), George Clinton
(1940)
28-Mike Bloomfield (1943), Junior Kimbrough (1930), Ikey Robinson (1904)
29-Charlie
Christian (1916)
30-Buddy Guy (1936)
31-Roy Milton (1907)
AUGUST
1- Robert Cray (1953)
2-Big Walter Price (1917)
3-Mercy Dee
Walton (1915)
4-Louis Armstrong (1901)
6-Willie Brown (1900), Lem Johnson
(1906), Willie Nix (1922), Jesse Wilkins, Jr. (1933)
7-Magic Slim (1937),
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936)
8-Joe Tex (1933), Jimmy Witherspoon (1923)
9-Robert
Shaw (1908)
10-Ronnie Spector (1945)
11-Sam Collins (1887)
12-Percy
Mayfield (1920), Roy Gaines (1934)
13-Jimmy McCracklin (1921), Son Seals (1942)
14-Larry
Graham (1946)
15-Buster Brown (1911), Oscar Peterson (1925), Jackie Brenston
(1930), Bobby Byrd (1934)
16-Eddie Kirkland (1928), Melvin "Lil' Son"
Jackson (1915)
17-Luther Allison (1939), Albert Washington (1935)
18-Jimmy
Witherspoon (1923), Curtis Jones (1906)
19-Earl Gaines (1935)
20-Issac
Hayes (1942), Jack Teagarden (1905)
21-Count Basie (1904)
22-John Lee
Hooker (1920), Debbie Davies (1952), Henry "Son" Sims (1890)
24-Arthur
"Big Boy" Crudup (1905), Wynonie Harris (1915)
26-Jimmy Rushing
(1902)
27-Lester Young (1909)
28-Jimmie Bell (1910)
29-Charlie
Parker (1920), Dinah Washington (1924)
30-Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson
(1934)
31-Todd Rhodes (1900)
DECEMBER
1-
Billy Paul (1934), Lou Rawls (1935)
4-Larry Davis (1936)
5-Alec "Rice"
Miller, Sonny Boy Williamson II (1899), Rev. James Cleveland (1931), "Little
Richard" Penniman (1935)
7-Blind John Davis (1913)
8-Sammy Davis,
Jr. (1925), Jimmy Smith (1925), Jerry Butler (1939)
9-Junior Wells (1934)
10-Guitar
Slim (1926)
11-Big Mama Thorton (1926)
12-Joe Williams (1918), Lonesome
Sundown (1928)
13-Lucky Peterson (1964)
15-Tampa Red (1903), Andrew
Odom (1936)
17-Sy Oliver (1910), James Booker (1939), Paul Butterfield (1942)
18-Pee
Wee Crayton (1914), Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (1917), Lonnie Brooks (1933),
Peg Leg Sam (1911)
19-"Professor Longhair", Henry Byrd (1918)
20-Cousin
Joe Pleasant (1907)
21-Peetie Wheatstraw (1901), Carla Thomas (1942), Harmonica
Slim (1934)
22-Lil Green (1919)
23-Little Esther Phillips (1935)
24-Lee
Dorsey (1924)
25-Cab Calloway (1907), Joe Louis Walker (1949)
27-Matt
"Guitar" Murphy (1929), Tracy Nelson (1947)
28-Roebuck "Pops"
Staples (1915), Johnny Otis (1921)
30-Bo Diddley (1928)
31-Odetta (1930)
SEPTEMBER
1- Archie Bell (1944)
2-Joe
Simon (1943)
3-Memphis Slim(1915), Freddy King (1934)
4-Meade "Lux"
Lewis (1905)
5-Sunnyland Slim (1907)
6-Buddy Bolden (1877), Jimmy Reed
(1925)
7-Little Milton Campbell (1934), Latimore (1939)
8-Harmonica
Fats (1927), Guitar Shorty (1939)
9-Otis Redding (1941)
10-Roy Brown
(1925)
11-Barbeque Bob (1902)
12-Alger "Texas" Alexander
(1900), Barry White (1944), Gus Cannon (1885)
13-Charles Brown (1922), Joanna
Connor (1962)
15-Silas Hogan (1911), Snooky Pryor (1921)
16-B.B. King
(1925), Little Willie Littlefield (1931), BIlly Boy Arnold (1935)
18-Louis
Myers (1929)
19-Brook Benton (1931), Freda Payne (1945)
22-Bobby Radcliff
(1951)
23-Albert Ammons (1907), John Coltrane (1926), Ray Charles (1930),
Fenton Robinson (1935), Ben E. King (1938), Tiny Bradshaw (1905), MIghty Joe Young
(1927)
24-Z.Z. Hill (1935), Willie Kent (1936), Tarheel Slim (1924)
25-Roosevelt
"Booba" Barnes (1936)
29-Houston Stackhouse (1910), Koko Taylor
(1935), Chick Willis (1934)
30-Johnny Mathis (1935), Frankie Lymon (1942)
OCTOBER
1- George "Wild Child" Butler
(1936), Donny Hathaway (1945), Cub Koda (1948)
3-Albert Collins (1932), Stevie
Ray Vaughan (1954), Chubby Checker (1941), Billy Branch (1951)
5-Roy Book
Binder (1941)
6-Aaron "Little Sonny" Willis (1932), Sammy Price
(1908)
9-O.V. Wright (1939)
10-Ivory Joe Hunter (1914), Harry "Sweets"
Edison (1915)
11-Thelonius Monk (1917), Art Blakey (1919)
12-Nappy
Brown (1929), Sam Moore (1935)
13-Art Tatum (1910), Shirley Caesar (1938)
14-My
mom (1917), Jimmy Liggins (1924), Son Thomas (1924), Kenny Neal (1957)
15-Victoria
Spivey (1906), Robert Ward (1938)
16-Sugarpie Desanto(1935), Big Joe Williams
(1903)
18-Chuck Berry
19-William "Piano Red" Perryman (1911)
20-Jelly
Roll Morton (1885)
21-Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Elvin Bishop (1942), Doctor
Ross (1925)
23-Rufus "Speckled Red" Perryman (1892), Boozoo Chavis
(1930)
24-Sonny Terry (1911), Willie Mabon (1925), Jimmy Dawkins (1936)
26-Mahalia
Jackson (1911), Detroit Junior (1931), Bootsy Collins (1951)
27-Me (1954),
Henry Townsend (1909)
30-Tommy Ridgely (1925)
31-Ethel Waters (1896),
Illinois Jacquet (1902)
NOVEMBER
1- Beulah
"Sippie" Wallace (1898), Little Johnny Jones (1924)
3-Earl "Speedo"
Carroll (1937), Sonny Rhodes (1940)
4-Willie Love (1906), Delbert McClinton
(1940), James Peterson (1937)
5-Ike Turner (1931)
6-Joe Carter (1927),
Maurice John Vaughn (1952)
8-Arnold "Gatemouth" Moore (1913), Bonnie
Raitt (1949)
10-Mojo Buford (1929), James Davis (1938), Big Chief Ellis (1914),
Hip Linkchain (1936)
11-LaVern Baker (1929), Mose Allison (1927)
12-Bukka
White (1906), Booker T. Jones (1944)
13-Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker
(1913), John Hammond, Jr. (1942)
14-Carey Bell (1936), Valerie Wellington
(1959)
15-Clyde McPhatter (1933), Little Willie John (1937), Anson Funderburgh
(1954)
16-W.C. Handy (1873), Hubert Sumlin (1931), Francis Clay (1923)
17-Tab
Benoit (1967)
18-Hank Ballard (1936)
21-Coleman Hawkins (1904), Lloyd
Glen (1909), Dr. John (1940)
22-Alex Moore (1899), Angela Strehli (1945)
23-Betty
Everett (1939), R.L. Burnside (1926)
24-Scott Joplin (1868)
25-Eddie
Boyd (1914), Etta Jones (1928), Jimmy Johnson (1928)
26-Tina Turner (1939)
27-Jimi
Hendrix (1942)
29-John Mayall (1933)
30-Robert Nighthawk (1909), Brownie
McGhee (1915)
DECEMBER
1- Billy Paul (1934), Lou Rawls (1935)
4-Larry
Davis (1936)
5-Alec "Rice" Miller, Sonny Boy Williamson II (1899),
Rev. James Cleveland (1931), "Little Richard" Penniman (1935)
7-Blind
John Davis (1913)
8-Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925), Jimmy Smith (1925), Jerry Butler
(1939)
9-Junior Wells (1934)
10-Guitar Slim (1926)
11-Big Mama
Thorton (1926)
12-Joe Williams (1918), Lonesome Sundown (1928)
13-Lucky
Peterson (1964)
15-Tampa Red (1903), Andrew Odom (1936)
17-Sy Oliver
(1910), James Booker (1939), Paul Butterfield (1942)
18-Pee Wee Crayton (1914),
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (191