December

December 01

  • Vesta (1963)
  • Nelly Furtado (1978)
  • Lisa Fischer (1958)
  • Bette Midler (1945)
  • Lou Rawls (1936)
  • Billy Paul (1934)

December 02

  • Valerie Holiday of the Three Degrees (1947)

December 03

December 04

  • Jay Z (1969)
  • Cassandra Wilson (1955)
  • Southside Johnny (1948)
  • Anthony David (1971)

December 05

  • Jim Messina (1947)
  • Frank Wilson (1940)
  • Andy Kim (1942)
  • Little Richard (1932)
  • Keri Hilson (1982)
  • O’Bryan (1961)

December 06

December 07

  • Barbara Weathers (formerly of Atlantic Starr) (1963)
  • Brenda Jones (of the Jones Girls) (1958)
  • Tom Waits (1949)
  • Louis Prima (1910)

December 08

  • Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925)
  • Dan Hartman (1951)
  • Wah Wah Watson (1951)
  • Jimmy Smith (1925)
  • Chrisette Michele (1982)
  • Jerry Butler (1939)

December 09

December 10

  • Leanne McCrei of McCrei (1998)
  • Ralph Tavares (1941)
  • Jessica Cleaves of the Friends of Distinction (1948)
  • Paul Hardcastle (1957)

December 11

  • Jermaine Jackson (1954)
  • David Gates (of Bread) (1940)
  • Easther Bennett (1972)
  • Curtis Williams of Kool & the Gang (1962)
  • Big Mama Thornton (1926)
  • McCoy Tyner (1938)
  • David Gates of Bread (1940)
  • Brenda Lee (1944)

December 12

  • Aaron Brown of the Pasadenas (1964)
  • Frank Sinatra (1915)
  • Everett Collins (1953)
  • Sheila E (1959)
  • Grover Washington Jr (1943)
  • Dionne Warwick (1940)

December 13

December 14

  • Charlie Rich (1932)
  • Joyce Vincent Wilson of Dawn (1946)
  • Ronnie McNeir (1951)
  • Linda Jones (1944)

December 15

  • Harry Ray of Ray, Goodman & Brown (1946)
  • Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes (1939)
  • Byron Cage (1962)

December 16

December 17

  • Sam Dees (1945)
  • Wanda Hutchinson of the Emotions (1951)
  • Art Neville of the Neville Bros (1937)
  • Otis Redding III (1963)
  • Eddie Kendricks (1939)

December 18

  • Keith Richards (1943)
  • DMX (1970)
  • Christina Aguilera (1980)
  • Angie Stone (1961)

December 19

December 20

  • Kim Weston (1939)
  • Yvonne Gage (1959)
  • Bobby Colomby of Blood Sweat and Tears (1944)
  • Keith Wilder of Heatwave (1951)
  • Anita Ward (1957)

December 21

  • Delious Kennedy of All-4-One (1970)
  • Carla Thomas (1942)
  • Hank Crawford (1934)
  • Betty Wright (1953)
  • Gwen McCrae (1943)

December 22

  • Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees (1949)
  • Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees (1949)
  • Jordin Sparks (1989)

December 23

  • Esther Phillips (1935)
  • Eugene Record (1940)

December 24

  • Ricky Martin (1971)
  • Lee Dorsey (1924)
  • John Luongo (1949)

December 25

  • Ryan Shaw (1980)
  • O’Kelly Isley of the Isley Brothers (1937)
  • Bob James (1939)
  • Noel Redding (1945)
  • John Edwards of The Spinners (1944)
  • Merry Clayton (1948)
  • Sherree Brown (1955)

December 26

December 27

December 28

  • Pops Staples (1915)
  • Charles Neville (1938)
  • Edgar Winter (1946)
  • Lonnie Liston Smith (1940)
  • Johnny Otis (1921)
  • John Legend (1978)

December 29

  • Latoya London (1978)
  • Yvonne Elliman (1951)
  • Rob Parissi of Wild Cherry (1950)
  • Patti Drew (1944)

December 30

  • Gwen Dickey of Rose Royce (1953)
  • Del Shannon (1934)
  • Viola Wills (1939)
  • Jay Kay of Jamiroquai (1969)
  • Bo Diddley (1928)
  • Paul Jackson, Jr. (1959)
  • Tyrese (1978)
  • Chris Jasper (1951)

December 31

  • Donna Summer (1948)
  • Fermin Goytisolo of KC and the Sunshine Band (1951)
  • Barry Biggs (1947)

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Various Artists

80s Soul Classics, Vol. 8

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Walter Beasley

"Come Live With Me"

Choice Cut

Paul Anthony

"Ready to Learn Your Love"

Choice Cut

Heidi Tann feat. Kinsman Dazz Band

"Island Summer"

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