3^rd

1946: Mahalia Jackson records "I Want To Rest."

4^th

1945: Clifton Davis is born, Chicago, Ill.

Joseph "Jo-Jo" Wallace of the Sensational Nightingales is born.

Marvin Reed of the Evereadys is born in Detroit, MI.

Sam Walker is born

1890: Bishop Ford Washington McGee is born.

2003: Lee Cloud of The Northernaires dies in Brooklyn, NY.

6^th

1871: The Fisk Jubilee Singers debut

1929: Louis Johnson of the Swan Silvertones is born.

8^th

Rev. Rodney Mills is born

1926: Rev. J.C. Burnette records "The Gospel Train Is Leaving."

2001: Henry Bossard bass singer for the Swan Silvertones dies.

9^th

1973: Sister Rosetta Tharpe died in Philadelphia, PA.

Clarence Conner, of The Gospel Incredibles, was born in McClellanville, SC

1984: Joseph Johnson lead singer of the CBS Trumpeteers dies.

1997: Gospel Music's Hall of Fame inducts first artists

2007: Rev. C. L. Fairchild dies.

2007: John Smith of the Traveling Stars of Memphis, Tennessee died.

13^th

1938: Shirley Caesar is born in Durham NC.

2002: Paul Owens of The Dixie Hummingbirds dies in Philadelphia, PA.

2003: Rev. Willie Morganfield Pastor and famed soloist dies 

1925: Archie Brownlee is born in Turrell, AR.

20^th

Willie Mitchell of the Messengers is born

1963: Zack Austin, lead guitarist for the Gospel Legends and former lead guitarist for Doc McKenzie & The Hi-Lites, is born. 

21^st

1976: Dorothy Pearson dies in Philadelphia, PA

22^nd

1955: Roger Lee Bryant of the Jackson Southernaires is born in Detroit, Michigan.

John Whitmore of the Gospel Four is born

1973: Minister Tyrone Lindsey of The Windy City SpiritualaireS is born in
Lexington, MS.

2006: Paul Arnold, 2nd lead singer of The Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio, died in Dayton, Ohio.

23^rd

2000: Johnny Jones of the Swanee Quintet dies.

25^th

1991: Daniel "Scotty" Scott of the Supreme Angels dies.

2009: Chequita Lumzy of the Lumzy Sisters died in New Brunswick, NJ.

26^th

1899: Mary Johnson Davis is born, Pittsburgh, PA

1911: Mahalia Jackson is born, New Orleans, LA.

1914: Rev. Claude Jeter of the Swan Silvertones is born, Montgomery, Ala.

27^th

1939: Golden Eagle Gospel Singers record "Warrior on the Battlefield"

 Evangelist Mona Austin of Columbia, SC is born. 

Larry Moore of the Sensational Nightingales is born.

1902: The Dinwiddie Quartet cuts the first gospel record.

30^th

1992: James Walker of The Dixie Hummingbirds died.

31^st

1896: Ethel Waters is born, Chester, PA.

2007: Kenneth Harris of Karen Washington & The Singing Stars died.