6^th

Sarah Gaines, gospel promoter, is born.

7^th

1929: Rev. Julius Cheeks, lead singer for the Sensational Nightingales, is born, Spartanburg, S.C.

8^th

1930: Robert Blair of the Fantastic Violinaires is born, Columbus, Miss.

2010: Dennis Lee Bowers, of Tommy Ellison & The Singing Stars a/k/a The Legendary Singing Stars, died in Augusta, GA.

2012: Eddie Garvin, of The Morning Stars of Savannah, GA, died in Savannah, GA.

10^th

2006:  Nancy Jackson, of Brothers and Sisters of Willacoochee, GA, died in Atlanta, GA.

2023: Reverend Thomas J. Spann, a founding member and bass singer of The Brooklyn All Stars, died in High Point, NC.

12^th

2012: Timothy Garner, of Timothy Garner & Travails, died in Dallas, TX.

2012: Gladys Beamon Gregory, Gospel Singer Extraordinaire, died in Chicago, IL.

13^th

2021: Mr. Edward Lewis Jacobs, of The Jacobs Brothers of Atlanta, died.

14^th

2005: James "Crip" Burton, promoter dies in Augusta, GA.

2023: Haywood Barnes of The Sunset Jubilaires (Luther Barnes & the Sunset Jubilaires), died in Rocky Mount, NC.

16^th

1992: Rev. Cleophus Robinson's Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, MO., is destroyed by fire.

2018: Aretha Franklin, The Queen Of Soul, dies in Detroit, MI.

17^th

1982: Mary Johnson Davis dies, Philadelphia, PA.

2005: John Jefferson formerly of The Sensational Nightengales dies.

18^th

2017: Roger D. McKinney, of Lee Williams And The Spiritual QC's, died in Tupelo, MS.

2019: Pastor Ricky McDuffie, of Ricky McDuffie & The Family, dies in Bennettsville, SC.

20^th

Paul Porter of The Christianaires is born.

1949: Margaret Allison & The Angelic Gospel Singers hit the R&B charts with "Touch Me, Lord Jesus."

2007: Reverend Julius Guinyard, Manager and Lead Singer of The Gospel Allstars of Orangeburg, SC, died.

2010: Kevin Mathews, Drummer for The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, died in Cincinnati, OH.

21^st

2010:  Freddie Branch, of Freddie Branch & The Singing Stars of Louisburg, NC, died in Louisburg, NC.

2015:  Percy E.  Griffin, Sr., of The Swanee Quintet, died in Savannah, GA.

22^nd

2015:  Deacon Samuel Barnes, of The Sunset Jubilaires, died in Rocky Mount, NC.

23^rd

1924: Sister Wynona Carr is born, Cleveland Ohio.

2006: Charles D. Derrick, Jr., one of the first gospel music radio announcers in SC,  died.

2011: Willie Joe Sanders, Sr., of Joe Sanders & The Royal Travelers of Lake City, died in Florence, SC.

2019: Mr. Raiford Hinton, of Raiford Hinton & The Fantastic Jordianaires, died in Columbia, SC

24^th

25^th

Rev. Curtis Watson is born in St. Louis, MO.

1935: Willie Neal Johnson is born in Tyler, Tex.

26^th

Clay Graham of The Pilgrim Jubilees is born.

29^th

1927: Marion Williams is born, Miami, Fla.

Margaret Allison formed the Angelic Gospel Singers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1942. In 1949, the group's gospel classic "Touch Me, Lord Jesus" sold more than 100,000 copies and reached number thirteen on the national R&B charts.