Make This A Birthday To Remember.......

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March 12th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tony Terry [[Antonio Terry; soul, R&B and new jack swing singer) -

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March 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Al Jarreau [[Alwin Lopez Jarreau; 1940-2017; R&B, soul, pop and jazz singer and musician) -

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March 12th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Leonard Chess [[Lejzor Szmuel Czyz; 1917-1969; blues, rock and roll, R&B and soul record company executive; co-founder of Chess Records) -

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Hey west,i love the new format brother...you still da man!!

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Thank you kindly, Arr&bee....still going steady here, now keeping the entries focused on people who have made 'real music' for us all.

Trust you are still going Rock Unsteady - !

And keep chipping in with any of your usual enquiries about all those ladies and gentlemen from the movie world....

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March 13th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Candi Staton [[Canzetta Maria Staton; soul, R&B, gospel, house, dance and disco singer-songwriter) -

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March 13th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Bobby Patterson [[blues and soul musician, singer, songwriter and record producer) -

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March 13th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Frances Nero [[Willie Frances Nero, formerly Peak; 1943-2014; soul and jazz singer) -

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March 13th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

David Peaston [[1957-2012; R&B, soul and gospel singer) -

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March 14th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Quincy Jones [[Quincy Delight Jones, Jr; R&B, soul, funk and big band record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer;

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March 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Bunny DeBarge [[Etterlene DeBarge; R&B, soul and gospel singer-songwriter and record producer; Debarge ) -

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March 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Sly Stone [[Sylvester Stewart; funk, psychedelic soul and rock musician, songwriter and record producer; Sly and the Family Stone) -

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March 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jean Carn [[aka Jean Carne, formerly Sarah Jean Perkins; R&B, pop, disco, jazz and soul singer) -

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March 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

will.i.am [[William Adams; hip hop and pop rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur; television personality and actor; Black Eyed Peas) -

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March 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Young Buck [[David Darnell Brown; hip hop rapper and songwriter; G-Unit) -

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March 15th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Sananda Maitreya [[Sananda Francesco Maitreya; Terence Trent D'Arby, formerly Terence Trent Howard; pop, rock and progressive soul singer, songwriter and musician) -

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March 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Arif Mardin [[1932-2006; jazz, rock, soul, disco and country music producer and arranger; producer, arranger, studio manager and vice president of Atlantic Records; EMI; Manhattan Records) -

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March 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Ralph MacDonald [[Ralph Anthony MacDonald; 1944-2011; percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist) -

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March 15th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Lightnin' Hopkins [[Samuel John Hopkins; 1912-1982; electric, country and Texas blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist) -

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March 15th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Bertha Hill [[Bertha 'Chippie' Hill; 1905-1950; blues and vaudeville singer and dancer) -

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March 16th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Flavor Flav [[William Jonathan Drayton, Jr; hip hop rapper, musician, hype man and television personality; co-founder of Public Enemy) -

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March 17th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Nat King Cole [[Nathaniel Adams Coles; 1919-1965; R&B and jazz singer and jazz pianist) -

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March 17th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Jim Weatherly [[James Dexter Weatherly; 1943-2021; country and pop singer-songwriter) -

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March 17th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Lorraine Ellison [[Marybelle Luraine Ellison; 1931-1983; soul and R&B singer-songwriter) -

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March 17th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Zola Taylor [[Zoletta Lynn Taylor; 1938-2007; R&B and rock and roll singer; The Platters) -

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March 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Harold Ray Brown [[rock, funk, blues and jazz drummer, percussionist, vocalist, songwriter and bandleader; founding member of War) -

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March 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Cunnie Williams [[R&B singer) -

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March 17th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Clarence 'Wa-hoo' Collins [[R&B, doo-wop and soul singer; co-founder of The Imperials) -

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March 18th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Wilson Pickett [[1941-2006; R&B and soul singer and songwriter) -

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March 18th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Charley Pride [[Charley Frank Pride; 1934-2020; country and gospel singer, guitarist and professional baseball player) -

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March 18th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Queen Latifah [[Dana Elaine Owens; hip hop, R&B, soul, jazz and gospel singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and producer) -

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March 18th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Robert Lee Smith [[R&B, soul and beach music singer; The Tams) -

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March 18th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Courtney Pine [[jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist; The Jazz Warriors) -

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March 19th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ruth Pointer [[Ruth Esther Pointer; R&B, soul, dance, jazz and funk singer-songwriter; The Pointer Sisters) -

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March 19th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Clarence Paul [[Clarence Otto Pauling; 1928-1995; R&B and soul songwriter, record producer and singer) -

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March 19th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Clarence 'Frogman' Henry [[Clarence Henry II; R&B singer and pianist) -

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March 19th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Jackie 'Moms' Mabley [[Loretta Aiken; 1894-1975; stand-up comedian, entertainer and occasional singer) -

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March 19th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Barbara Tucker [[house and soul singer, songwriter and choreographer) -

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March 19th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Bun B [[Bernard James Freeman; hip hop rapper, actor and songwriter; UGK - UnderGround Kingz) -

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March 19th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Walter Jackson [[1938-1983; soul and R&B ballad singer) -

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March 20th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe [[Rosetta Nubin; 1915-1973; gospel, jazz, blues, and R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist) -

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March 20th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Ultra Nate [[dance, garage house and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ and promoter) -

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March 20th:

Happy Birthday, to :

Lee 'Scratch' Perry [[Rainford Hugh Perry; dub, reggae, ska, rocksteady, jungle and electronic record producer, singer and songwriter) -

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March 20th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Marian McPartland [[Margaret Marian McPartland, formerly Turner; 1918-2013; jazz pianist, composer and writer) -

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March 21st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Russell Thompkins, Jr; [[Russell Allen Thompkins, Jr; soul, R&B and disco singer; The Stylistics) -

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March 21st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Rose Stone [[Rosemary Stewart; aka Rose Banks and 'Sister Rose'; soul, funk and R&B singer, songwriter and keyboardist; Sly And The Family Stone) -

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March 21st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Choker Campbell [[Walter Luzar Campbell; 1916-1993; soul, R&B, rock and jazz saxophonist, flautist, vocalist and bandleader) -

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March 21st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Solomon Burke [[Solomon Vincent McDonald Burke, formerly James Solomon McDonald; 1940-2010; blues, gospel, R&B and soul singer, songwriter, guitarist and preacher) -

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March 21st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Robert 'Shotgun' Johnson [[1953-1983; disco and funk drummer; K.C. & The Sunshine Band) -

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March 21st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Richard 'Dimples' Fields [[1942-2000; R&B and soul singer) -