December 1
Billy Paul (1934)
Lou Rawls (1936) (d.2006)
Vesta Williams (1963)
December 2
Nelly Furtado (1978)
December 3
Montell Jordan (1968)
December 4
Jay-Z (1969)
Southside Johnny (1948)
Anthony David (1971)
December 5
Sonny Boy Williamson (1899) (d.1965)
Little Richard (1932)
O’Bryan (1961)
December 6
Dave Brubeck (1920)
Eugene Wilde (1961)
Frankie Beverly (1946)
December 7
Tom Waits (1949)
December 8
Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925) (d.1990)
Jerry Butler (1939)
Dan Hartman (1951) (d.1994)
Chrisette Michele (1982)
December 9
Junior Wells (1932) (d.1998)
Sammy Strain of the O’Jays (1941)
Walter “Clyde” Orange of the Commodores (1946)
Donald Byrd (1932)
December 10
Ralph Tavares of Tavares (1941)
Paul Hardcastle (1957)
Jessica Cleaves of the Friends of Distinction (1948)
December 11
Big Mama Thornton (1926) (d.1984)
Jermaine Jackson (1954)
Curtis Williams of Kool & the Gang (1962)
December 12
Dionne Warwick (1940)
Grover Washington, Jr. (1943) (d. 1999)
Sheila E (1959)
December 13
Jamie Foxx (1967)
Morris Day (of the Time) (1957)
December 14
Joyce Vincent Wilson of Dawn (1946)
Ronnie McNeir (1951)
December 15
Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes (1939)
Harry Ray of Ray, Goodman & Brown (1946) (d. 1992)
Byron Cage (1962)
December 16
Michael McCary of Boyz II Men (1972)
Lalah Hathaway (1968)
December 17
Art Neville of the Neville Bros (1937)
Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations (1939) (d. 1992)
Wanda Hutchinson of the Emotions (1951)
December 18
Keith Richards (1943)
DMX (1970)
Christina Aguilera (1980)
Angie Stone (1961)
December 19
Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire (1941)
December 20
Bobby Colomby of Blood Sweat and Tears (1944)
Anita Ward (1957)
December 21
Betty Wright (1953)
Carla Thomas (1942)
Gwen McCrae (1943)
Delious Kennedy (of All-4-One) (1970)
December 22
Robin Gibb (1949) (d. 2012)
Maurice Gibb (1949) (d. 2003)
Jordin Sparks (1989)
December 23
Esther Phillips (1935) (d. 1984)
December 24
Ricky Martin (1971)
December 25
O’Kelly Isley of the Isley Bros (1937) (d. 1986)
Noel Redding (1945) (d. 2003)
Bob James (1939)
December 26
Duke Fakir of the Four Tops (1935)
Andre Fischer of Rufus
December 27
Fred Hammond (1960)
December 28
Pops Staples (1915) (d. 2000)
Charles Neville (1938)
Edgar Winter (1946)
John Legend (1978)
Akon (1979)
December 29
Yvonne Elliman (1951)
Latoya London (1978)
December 30
Bo Diddley (1928) (d. 2008)
Tyrese (1978)
Chris Jasper (1951)
December 31
Donna Summer (1948) (d. 2012)
