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1997 11th Soul Train Music Awards

1996 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men

1995 R B Hudmon, R&B/Soul Singer, dies at 41

1995 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win

1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51

1994 Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55

1994 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win

1993 Marv Johnson, U.S. soul singer (You Got What it Takes), dies at 54

1993 7th Soul Train Music Awards

1992 Mary Wells, U.S. soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49

1992 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and Color Me Badd win

1992 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies

1991 5th Soul Train Music Awards

1990 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson

1989 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker

1988 Adela Rogers St. John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94

1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards

1987 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross

1984 Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer (I'll Be Around), dies at 43

1982 Kevin Sheridan, actor, Soul Man

1979 Julia A Perry, U.S. composer and conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55

1975 Shannon Kavanaugh, born in Boston, Massachusetts, rocker, Ivory Soul

1970 Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food

1969 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29

1968 Trugoy, rocker, De La Soul

1966 C Thomas Howell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Red Dawn, Tank, Soul Man

1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 6 weeks

1964 Dave Pirner, rocker, Soul Asylum

1963 Carol Decker, rocker, T'Pau-Heart and Soul

1963 "If You Wanna Be Happy" by Jimmy Soul hits #1

1963 Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper, Soul II Soul-Feel Free

1963 Caron Wheeler, English singer, Soul II Soul-Keep on Movin'

1961 Matt Johnson, rocker, The The-Infected Soul Mining

1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, born in New York City, comedienne, SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll

1959 Ronnie Rogers, guitarist, T'Pau-Heart and Soul

1952 Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer

1951 Jayne Kennedy, Washington D.C., sportscaster, CBS, /actress, Body and Soul

1951 Carmen R "Tata" Vega, U.S. soul singer, Color Purple soundtrack

1951 Jeff Altman, comedian/actor, Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man

1951 Russell Thompkins, Jr., U.S. soul singer, Stylistics-Sing Baby Sing

1950 Thomas McClary, U.S. soul guitarist, Commodores-Still

1950 Rochelle Fleming, U.S. soul vocalist, First Choice, Smarty Pants

1949 Anita Louis, U.S. singer, Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman

1949 William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer, Commodores-Easy

1948 Patti Austin, soul singer and actress, Real Me

1948 James Wise, U.S. soul singer, Archie Bell and the Drells

1946 John "Blackfoot" Colbert, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Taxi

1946 Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music

1945 Randy Cain, U.S. soul singer, 4 Gents/Delfonics

1944 Barbara Parritt, U.S. soul singer, Toys-Lover's Concerto

1944 Van McCoy, U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Hey Mr. DJ, Hustle

1943 David Soul, [Solberg] Chicago, actor, Starsky and Hutch

1942 Aretha Franklin, born in Memphis, Tennessee, Respect

1941 David Porter, U.S. songwriter, Soul Man

1941 Don Cornelius, TV show host, Soul Train

1940 Percy Sledge, soul singer, When A Man Loves A Woman

1940 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge

1939 Norman West, U.S. singer, Soul Children, Hearsay, Give 'em Love

1939 Charlie Foxx, U.S. songwriter/soul singer, Mockingbird

1939 Edward Patten, U.S. soul singer, Gladys Knight and the Pips

1938 Philippe Wynne, U.S. soul singer, Detroit Spinners, Ghetto Child

1938 Bobby Hendricks, U.S. soul vocalist, Itchy Twitchy Feeling

1937 Doris Troy, [Payne], U.S. soul singer and songwriter, Just One Kiss

1936 Charles Pope, U.S. soul singer, Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me

1935 J. J. Malone, U.S. soul singer, It's a shame

1935 David John Lodge, English writer, Soul and Bodies

1935 Sam Cooke, born in Chicago, Illinois, soul singer, Sam and Dave-You Send Me

1934 King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], U.S. vocalist, Memphis Soul Stew

1931 Brook Benton, soul vocalist, Rainy Night in Georgia

1931 Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex of moronia"

1931 James Earl Jones, Mississippi, actor, Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man

1930 Robert Parker, U.S. saxophonist/soul singer, Barefootin'

1928 James Brown, born in Pulaski, Tennessee, soul singer, Hot Pants, Living in America

1928 James Brown, Augusta, Georgia, singer/jail bird, soul brother #1, Hot Pants

1925 Roy James Brown, New Orleans, boxer/soul singer, Good Rockin' Tonight

1925 Don Costa, actor, Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie

1919 Merce Cunningham, choreographer, Acrobat in Every Soul is a Circus

1908 John Waldo Green, New York City, composer, Body and Soul, Guy Lombardo's arranger

1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54

1895 Cullen Landis, born in Nashville, Tennessee, actor, Soul of the Beast

1892 Cyril Ring, Massachusetts, actor, Body and Soul

1878 Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare



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