| 1890 | Chris Kelly, He was a Traditional jazz cornetist born in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana on Deer Range Plantation. He's best-known for his early contributions on the New Orleans jazz scene. Throughout the 1920s he was a regular collaborator with clarinetist George Lewis. he died in August 1929 at the age of 38.
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| 1903 | Ambrose Thibodeaux, Cajun accordion player from Eunice, Louisiana. He was one of the leading exponents of Creole music in the '50s and '60s. He was influenced by Joseph Falcon, Canray Fontenot and Alphonse Ardoin. He continued performing well into his eighties and lives on as a musical presence in Cajun music in the form of his tunes, many of which are covered by artists such as Michael Doucet. He died at age of 92 in 1995.
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| 1906 | Edwin McIntosh 'Snoozer' Quinn, Traditional jazz guitarist and vocalist from McComb, Mississippi. While he was young, he played with a local band in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He performed in New Orleans for a few years, then toured with Paul Whiteman, and recorded with Bix Beiderbecke and Frank Trumbauer. He subsequnetly recorded with a hillbilly singer named Jimmie Davis, who became the governer of Louisiana. He was considered by some to be the greatest guitarist of all-time. 'Snoozer' died in 1952 in New Orleans.
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| 1919 | Anita O-Day, Jazz and swing singer - "Chickery Chick". Her splendid improvising, wide dynamic tone and innate sense of rhythm made her the most enjoyable singer of the age.
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| 1925 | Boogie Woogie Red (Vernon Harrison), He was a blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter, and a native of Rayville, Louisiana. During his career he worked with with Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Tampa Red, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim and others. He recorded his own albums in 1974 and 1977, and toured Europe that same decade. He died in Detroit, in July 1992, at the age of 66.
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| 1926 | Chuck (Charles Edward Anderson) Berry, Singer, guitarist and Lifetime Achievment Grammy award winner - "Maybellene", "Roll Over Beethoven", Johnny B. Goode".
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| 1947 | Laura Nyro, She was one of pop music's true originals: A brilliant and innovative composer, her songs found greater commercial success in the hands of other performers - "Up on the Roof". She died in 1997.
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| 1961 | Wynton Marsalis, Jazz trumpeter from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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