| 1892 | Roy Palmer, A traditional jazz trombonist and native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked with Tuxedo and the Onward brass bands, Papa Celestin, and Richard M. Jones band in Storyville. He left for chicago after Storyville closed and recorded with King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Lil Hardin Armstrong, Freddie Keppard, and the State Street Ramblers. He passed away in December 1962 at the age of 70 in Chicago.
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| 1911 | Ernie 'Cag' Cagnolatti, Traditional jazz trumpeter from Madisonville, Louisiana. 'Cag' worked with Papa Celestin, Paul Barbarin and the Young Tuxedo Brass Band through most of his career. However, he did perform swing with Herb Leary's large society swing band in the 1930's. From the 60's through the 80's, he worked primarily at Preservation Hall. He passed away in 1983 at the age of 72.
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| 1912 | Herbert Mills, Singer with the popular group called 'The Mills Brothers'. He died in 1989.
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| 1917 | Lou Monte, Singer best known for a number of best-selling, Italian-themed novelty records which he recorded for both RCA Records and Reprise Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He died in 1989.
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| 1929 | Warren Bell Sr., An alto-saxophonist and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He started his career with the original Dooky Chase band. Bell went on to play tenor sax with Dave Bartholomew’s band. He also performed with a group at the Caravan (in uptown New Orleans off Freret Street) and at the renowned Mason’s on Claiborne Avenue. His son, Warren Bell, Jr is a well-known news anchor. He passed away in November 2006 at the age of 77. (96) |
| 1938 | Booker Little, The first trumpeter emerging after Clifford Brown's death to gain his own sound. He had a tremendous amount of potential before his premature death. He died in 1961.
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| 1938 | Warner Mack, Country singer and songwriter who was a popular performer for Decca Records during the 1960s.
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| 1939 | Marvin Gaye, One of the most gifted and enduring talents ever launched by Motown. He blazed the trail for the popular black music. He died in 1984.
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| 1941 | Leon Russell, The ultimate rock & roll session man, his long and storied career includes collaborations with Jerry Lee Lewis and Phil Spector to the Rolling Stones. His solo work is a fusion of rich swamp pop, country, blues and gospel.
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| 1943 | Larry Coryell, As one of the pioneers of jazz-rock, he has a special place in history. He brought a hard-edged, phrasing and note-bending style from blues, rock to jazz.
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| 1947 | Emmylou Harris, Though other performers sold more records and earned greater fame, few left as profound an impact on contemporary music as Emmylou Harris. Blessed with a wornderful voice, she traveled a singular artistic path, proudly carrying the torch of "Cosmic American music" passed down by her mentor, Gram Parsons
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| 1952 | Leon Wilkeson, Bassist for the legendary southern rock group called 'Lynyrd Skynyrd'.
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