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Barrett Strong born 5 February 1941

Barrett Strong Jr. (February 5, 1941 – January 28, 2023) was an American singer and songwriter known for his recording of "Money (That's What I Want)", which was the first hit single for the Motown...

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Eddie Hazell born 6 February 1934

Eddie Hazell (February 6, 1934 – November 2, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist and singer. Edward E. Hazell grew up in the Little Falls, New Jersey area and began performing as a professional...

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Warren Smith born 7 February 1932

Warren Smith (February 7, 1932 – January 30, 1980) was an American rockabilly and country music singer and guitarist. Smith was born in Humphreys County, Mississippi to Iola and Willie Warren Smith,...

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Gary Williams born 8 February 1938

Gary Williams (February 8, 1938 – November 23, 2018) was a rockabilly and country singer and songwriter known as the “Travelling Blues Boy.” Born and raised in Spokane, Washington, Williams was...

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Blanche Calloway born 9 February 1902

Blanche Dorothea Jones Calloway (February 9, 1902 – December 16, 1978) was an American jazz singer, composer, and bandleader. She was the older sister of Cab Calloway and was a successful singer before...

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Big Joe Duskin born 10 February1921

Joseph L. "Big Joe" Duskin (February 10, 1921 – May 6, 2007)[1] was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist. He is best known for his debut album, Cincinnati Stomp (1978), and the tracks "Well,...

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Lou Johnson born 11 February 1941

Joe Louis Johnson (February 11, 1941 – May 1, 2019) was an American soul singer and pianist who was active as a recording artist in the 1960s and early 1970s.Unfortunately, despite his fantastically...

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Barry Wood born 12 January 1909

Barry Wood (February 12, 1909 - July 19, 1970) was an American singer and television producer. He is best known for being Frank Sinatra's immediate predecessor as the lead male vocalist on the long...

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King Floyd born 13 February 1945

King Floyd (February 13, 1945 – March 6, 2006) was a New Orleans soul singer, best known for his top 10 hit from 1970, "Groove Me". King Floyd III was born in New Orleans in 1945and raised in nearby...

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Henri Decker born 14 February 1920

Henri Decker (February 14, 1920 - November 3, 2002) was a versatile French singer, songwriter, guitarist, publisher and producer. Born Henri Léon Decker in Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure (now...

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Bobby Barnett born 15 February 1933

Bobby Barnett (15 February, 1933 – 24 September 2017) was a country singer, songwriter and guitar player. I must admit, I never heard of Bobby Barnett until I came across a couple of albums of his...

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Leon Ware born 16 February 1940

Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 – February 23, 2017) was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer and one of the under heralded architects of soul music. Besides a solo career as a...

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Jeffrey Foskett born 17 February 1956

Jeffrey Foskett (February 17, 1956 – December 11, 2023) was an American guitarist and singer, best known as a touring and studio musician for Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys since the 1980s. Foskett...

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Fran Lacey (undated)

Many singers emerge and return to obscurity and sadly Fran Lacey is one of them. All that is known about her on the web is contained in the liner notes of her one and only LP “Frann!!” I cannot find...

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Johnny Stark born 19 February 1937

Johnny Stark (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 2021) was a Rock'n'roll singer from New Jersey. Johnny Stark was born John G. Sticco in Fairview, New Jersey on February 19, 1937. From the earliest age he...

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Sunny Gale born 20 February 1927

Sunny Gale (February 20, 1927 – 2022) was an American pop singer who was popular in the 1950s. Gale reached the Billboard Hot 100 several times throughout the earlier half of the decade, scoring her...

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Tadd Dameron born 21 February 1917

Tadd Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger, and pianist.His full discography includes almost 300 recordings on which he appeared as a performer or the...

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Billy Mo born 22 February 1923

Billy Mo (February 22, 1923 - July 16, 2004) was a jazz trumpeter and pop singer. Billy Mo was born Peter Mico Joachim in Trinidad. His parents died when he was about five years old, after which he and...

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Margaret Young born 23 February 1891

Margaret Youngblood (February 23, 1891 – May 3, 1969) better known by her stage name Margaret Young, was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the 1920s. Margaret Youngblood was born in...

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Tony Campello born 24 February 1936

Tony Campello* (born 24 February 1936) was one of the first Brazilian rock'n'rollers. He started singing and playing his guitar as soon as he listened to his first Elvis Presley record back in his...

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