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
|
|
