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

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March 30th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Jay Traynor [John Traynor; 1943-2014; pop and doo-wop singer; co-founder of Jay and the Americans] -

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March 30th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tracy Chapman [folk, blues rock, pop and soul singer-songwriter] -

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March 31st:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Vanessa Bley [1985-2019; jazz-noir singer, songwriter and guitarist; Twin Danger] -

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March 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Hugh McCracken [Hugh Carmine McCracken; 1942-2013; rock guitarist and session musician] -

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March 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Al Goodman [Willie Albert Goodman; 1943-2010; R&B singer; The Moments; Ray, Goodman and Brown] -

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March 31st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Lowell Fulson [1921-1999; blues guitarist and songwriter] -

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April 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Rudolph Isley [Rudolph Bernard Isley; R&B, doo-wop, soul and gospel singer-songwriter; founding member of The Isley Brothers] -

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April 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jimmy Cliff [James Chambers; ska, rocksteady, reggae and soul musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and actor] -

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April 1st:

Happy Birthday, to:

Russell Patterson [R&B, disco, funk, and pop singer, songwriter, record producer and actor; Black Ivory] -

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April 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Amos Milburn [James Amos Milburn; 1927-1980; rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie and jump blues singer and pianist] -

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April 1st:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Gil Scott-Heron [Gilbert Scott-Heron; 1949-2011; soul and jazz poet, musician and author] -

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April 1st:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Alberta Hunter [1895-1984; jazz and blues singer and songwriter] -

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April 2nd:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Leola Jiles [1938-2019; R&B, soul, gospel and jazz singer; The Apollas] -

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April 2nd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Marvin Gaye [Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr; 1939-1984; soul, R&B, pop, funk and jazz singer, songwriter, musician and record producer] -

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April 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Gregory Abbott [Gregory Joel Abbott; R&B and soul singer, musician, composer and producer] -

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April 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

RL [Robert Lavelle Huggar; R&B singer, record producer and songwriter; Next] -

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April 2nd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Prince Paul [Paul Edward Huston; hip hop and R&B disc jockey, record producer and recording artist] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Philippe Wynne [Philippe Escalante Wynne, formerly Walker; 1941-1984; soul and funk singer; The Spinners] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Doris Day [Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; 1922-2019; actress, singer and animal welfare activist) -

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April 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Tony Orlando [Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis; pop singer, songwriter, producer, music executive and actor; Tony Orlando and Dawn) -

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April 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Wayne Newton [Carson Wayne Newton; jazz and pop singer and entertainer] -

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April 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Eddie Murphy [Edward Regan Murphy; actor, comedian, writer, producer, R&B and funk singer] -

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April 3rd:

Happy Birthday, to:

Marsha Mason [actress and director] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday: -

Jan Berry [William Jan Berry; 1941-2004; rock singer; Jan and Dean] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Jimmy McGriff [James Harrell McGriff; 1936-2008; jazz, blues and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Louis Satterfield [Louis Edward Satterfield; 1937-2004; blues, soul, jazz, pop, rock, R&B and funk bass and trombone player; The Pharaohs; The Phenix Horns] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Dooley Wilson [Arthur Wilson; 1886-1953; actor, singer and musician; 'As Time Goes By', as Sam in 'Casablanca', 1942] -

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April 3rd:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Marlon Brando [Marlon Brando, Jr; 1924-2004; actor, film director and activist] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Hugh Masekela [Hugh Ramapolo Masekela; 1939-2018; jazz, mbaqanga, and afro-pop trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Major Lance [1939 -1994; R&B, soul and pop singer] -

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April 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Lemar [Lemar Obika; soul, R&B and neo soul singer, songwriter, musician and record producer] -

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April 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Jill Scott [Jill Heather Scott; R&B, soul, hip hop and jazz singer-songwriter, model, poet and actress] -

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April 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Clive Davis [Clive Jay Davis; record producer, A&R executive and music industry executive; President of Columbia Records; 1967-1973; founder and President of Arista Records, 1975-2000; founder of J Records, 2000] -

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April 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Kelly Price [Kelly Cherelle Price; R&B, soul and gospel singer, songwriter, author and actress] -

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April 4th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Robert Downey, Jr; [Robert John Downey, Jr; actor, producer and singer] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Maya Angelou [Marguerite Annie Johnson; 1928-2014; poet, writer, memoirist and civil rights activist; 'I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings'] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Heath Ledger [Heath Andrew Ledger; 1979-2008; actor, photographer and music video director] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Anthony Perkins [1932-1992; actor, director and singer] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Muddy Waters [McKinley Morganfield; 1913-1983; blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Elmer Bernstein [1922-2004; composer, conductor, songwriter and keyboardist] -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Bea Benaderet [Beatrice Benaderet; 1906-1968; actress and voice artist) -

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April 4th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Sharon Sheeley [Sharon Kathleen Sheeley; 1940-2002; songwriter] -

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April 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Ronnie White [Ronald Anthony White; 1939-1995; R&B, soul, funk, disco and doo-wop singer, songwriter and producer; original member of The Miracles] -

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April 5th:

Happy Birthday, to:

Pharrell Williams [Pharrell Lanscilo Williams; hip hop, R&B, funk and pop singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer - 'The Neptunes' - fashion designer and entrepreneur; N.E.R.D.] -

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April 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Tony Williams [Samuel E. Williams; 1928-1992; R&B and soul singer; lead singer with The Platters, 1953-1960] -

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April 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Lenny Mayes [Leonard Cornell Mayes; 1951-2004; R&B, pop and soul singer; The Dramatics]

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April 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Nicholas Caldwell [1944-2016; R&B, soul, boogie and funk singer and musician; original member of The Whispers] -

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April 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Stanley Turrentine [Stanley William Turrentine; 1934-2000; jazz tenor saxophonist] -

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April 5th:

Remembering, on his Birthday:

Billy Bland [1932-2017; R&B singer and songwriter) -

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April 5th:

Remembering, on her Birthday:

Bette Davis [Ruth Elizabeth Davis; 1908-1989; actress) -