January 1
Diane Warren (1956)
Michael Wycoff (1956)
Rachelle Ferrell (1961)
January 2
Glenn Goins of Parliament (1954)
January 3
Van Dyke Parks (1941)
January 4
Michael Stipe of REM (1960)
January 5
Sam Phillipe of Sun Records (1923) (d. 2003)
Grady Thomas of Funkadelic (1941)
George Brown of Kool & the Gang (1949)
January 6
Wilbert Harrison (1929)
Van McCoy (1944) (d.1979)
Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge (1959)
Beau Williams (1950)
January 7
Kenny Loggins (1948)
January 8
Elvis Presley (1935) (d.1977)
Shirley Bassey (1937)
Little Anthony (1941)
Marcus Hutson of the Whispers (1943)
R. Kelly (1969)
Sean Paul (1973)
January 9
Kenneth Kelley of the Manhattans (1943)
Haddaway (1965)
January 10
Jerry Wexler (1917) (d. 2008)
Rod Stewart (1945)
Cyril Neville (1948)
Donald Fagen (1948)
Luci Martin of Chic (1955)
Aerlee Taree of Arrrested Development (1973)
Chris Smith of Kris Kross (1979)
January 11
Clarence Clemons (1942) (d. 2011)
Mary J. Blige (1971)
Rahsaan Patterson (1974)
Lee Ritenour (1952)
January 12
Cynthia Robinson of Sly & the Family Stone (1946)
Felipe Rose of the Village People (1954)
Mel C of the Spice Girls (1974)
George Duke (1946)
Brian Culbertson (1973)
Phil Perry (1952)
January 13
January 14
Clarence Carter (1936)
Alain Toussaint (1938)
Linda Jones (1944) (d.1972)
L.L. Cool J (1968)
Marc Broussard (1982)
January 15
Sonny Bivens of the Manhattans (1942)
Lisa Lisa (1967)
January 16
Maxine Jones of En Vogue (1962)
Aaliyah (1979) (d. 2001)
Sade (1959)
Barbara Lynn
January 17
Eartha Kitt (1927) (d. 2008)
Will Hart of the Delfonics (1945)
Sheila Hutchinson of the Emotions (1953)
Paul Young (1956)
Susanna Hoffs of the Bangles (1959)
Kid Rock (1971)
January 18
David Ruffin (1941) (d.1991)
Angela Winbush (1955)
January 19
Harvey Hinsley of Hot Chocolate (1948)
Robert Palmer (1949) (d.2003)
Trey Lorenz (1969)
January 20
Leadbelly (1889) (d. 1949)
Ron Townson of the 5th Dimension (1933) (d. 2001)
Billy Powell of the O’Jays (1942) (d.1982)
Jose James (1978)
January 21
Edwin Starr (1942) (d.2003)
Billy Ocean (1950)
Jam Master Jay of Run DMC (1965) (d.2002)
Nokio of Dru Hill (1979)
January 22
Sam Cooke (1931) (d. 1964)
DJ Jazzy Jeff (1965)
January 23
Jerry Lawson of the Persuasions (1944)
Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters (1948)
Reggie Calloway (1955)
January 24
Aaron Neville (1941)
January 25
Etta James (1938) (d. 2012)
Alicia Keys (1980)
January 26
Anita Baker (1958)
Andrew Ridgeley of Wham (1963)
Jazzie B of Soul II Soul (1963)
Thom Bell (1943)
Kirk Franklin (1970)
January 27
Bobby Bland (1930)
January 28
William Nelson of Funkadelic (1951)
Marvin Sapp (1967)
January 29
James Jamerson of the Funk Brothers (1938) (d. 1983)
Charlie Wilson (1953)
January 30
Ruth Brown (1928) (d. 2006)
William King of the Commodores (1949)
Jody Watley (1961)
January 31
Harry Casey, a.k.a. KC of KC and the Sunshine Band (1951)
Justin Timberlake (1981)
