Luther Ronzoni Vandross, Jr.[4] was born on April 20, 1951, at Bellevue Hospital, in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.[5] He was the fourth child and second…
Gaye was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. on April 2, 1939, at Freedman’s Hospital[ in Washington, D.C., to church minister Marvin Gay Sr. and domestic worker Alberta Gay (née Cooper).…
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)[2] was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He helped to shape the sound of Motown…
Jamesetta Hawkins (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012), known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll,…
Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in Barnwell, South Carolina, to 16-year-old Susie (née Behling; 1916–2004) and 21-year-old Joseph Gardner Brown (1912–1993) in a small wooden shack.[15] Brown’s name…
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major…
Curtis Lee Mayfield was born on June 3, 1942, in the Cook County hospital in Chicago, Illinois,[13] the son of Marion Washington and Kenneth Mayfield, one of five children.[14][15] Mayfield’s…
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious…
