Music

Composers, musicians, and singers who have contributed to this Black genre.

Musician Paul Hucklebuck Williams born


Paul Hucklebuck Williams

*Paul Williams was born on this date in 1915. He was an African American musician.

Keb Mo, the spirit of the Blues


Keb Mo

*Keb Mo was born on this date in 1951. He is an African American singer, composer and musician.

Cesária Évora, a Portuguese Diva


Cesaria Evora

*Cesária Évora was born on this date in1941. She was a black Portuguese singer and entertainer.

Heavy D had Hip Hop style!


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*Heavy D was born on this date in 1967. He was an African American Hip Hop/Rap artist.

Dorothy Maynor, beautiful voice, generous heart.


Dorothy Maynor

*Dorothy Leigh Maynor was born on this date in 1910. She was an African-American opera singer and educator.

HoneyBoy Edwards, a Delta original


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*David "Honeyboy" Edwards was born on this date in 1915. He was an African American blues musician.

Nick Ashford wrote many great songs


Nick Ashford

*Nick Ashford was born on this date in 1941. He was a songwriting/production and recording artist. Nickolas Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina.

A versatile musician, Billy Preston


Billy Preston

*Billy Preston was born on this date in1946. He was an African-American musician and singer.

From Houston, Texas, and raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. William Everett Preston in addition to his successful, Grammy-winning career as a solo artist, Preston collaborated with some of the greatest names in the music industry, including the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Little Richard, Ray Charles, George Harrison, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis Jr., Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson 5, Quincy Jones, and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Blues pioneer, Sonny Boy Williamson


Sonny Boy Williamson

*Sonny Boy Williamson was born on this date in 1914.

From the Delta to the world, Cassandra Wilson


Cassandra Wilson

*Cassandra Wilson was born on this date in 1955. She is an African-American singer, and songwriter.