1^st

1993: Willie Banks of the Messengers died.

2^nd

1955: Sam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers recorded "Touch The Hem of His Garmet."

1941: Johnnie Martin of the Mighty Clouds of Joy is born.

1994: Willie Mae Ford Smith dies in St. Louis, MO.

Edna Patterson of P&P productions Atlanta, GA is born in Atlanta.

1927: Rev. Dewey Young of the Flying Clouds is born in Greenville, SC.

Evelyn Turrentine-Agee is born in St. Louis MO.

5^th

Rev. Thomas Spann of the Brooklyn Allstars is born.

1984: Vance "Tiny" Powell of the Paramount Singers dies.

2007: Joe Watson of The Blind Boys of Mississippi died in New Haven, CT.

6^th

1987: Johnnie Martin of the Mighty Clouds of Joy dies.

1982: Kylo Turner of the Pilgrim Travelers dies.

Darryl Henly of Doc McKenzie and The Hi-Lites is born.

7^th

2007: Ernestine Rundless, founder and leader of The Meditation Singers of Detroit, died.

1960: Archie Brownlee lead singer for the Blind Boys of Mississippi, dies.

1955: The Davis record "Twelve Gates To The City."

1991 Rev. James Cleveland dies.

1916: "Gospel" Joe Williams of the Harmonizing Four is born.

1954: The Chosen Gospel Singers, featuring Lou Rawls, record "No Room in the Hotel."

1960: Michael Todd of the Windy City Spiritualaires is born.

1932: Jimmy Carter of the Blind Boys of Alabama is born.

1957: The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi recorded "Let's Have Church."

13^th

Rev. Manuel Somerville, bass player for the Bell Singers, is born.

1970: Tim Woodson of the Heirs of Harmony is born in Battle Creek, MI.

1978: Prof. Alex Bradford dies.

23^rd

1994: Rev. Reuben Willingham dies.

Johnnie Mims of The Swanee Quintet is born in Augusta, GA.

1993: Jet Bledsoe of the Spirit of Memphis Quartet dies.

2007: Rev. Howard "Slim" Hunt of Slim and The Supreme Angels died in Goldsboro, NC.

2007:  Barney Parks, Jr., former member of the Dixie Hummingbirds, founder of

The Sensational Nightingales and Husband and Manger of Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke, died in Henderson NC.

1956: Rev. Claude Jeter & The Swan Silvertones recorded "Jesus Remembers."

1915: J. J. Farley of the Soul Stirrers is born.

1991: Willie Love of the Fairfield Four dies.

2003: Marvin Sanders of the Mighty Golden Bells Raleigh, NC dies in Raleigh, NC.

2006: Ricky Dimming of Michael Carter and 2^nd Generation died in Shreveport, LA.