1^st

1993: Willie Banks of The Messengers died.

2022: Johnny Holmes, one of the guitarists for The Gospel Incredibles, died in Atlanta, GA.

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.

2012: Robert Covington, of Robert Covington And The Cross Jordans, died in Brooklyn, NY.

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.

2009: Eddie "Hugh" Brown of The Brown Brothers of Chicago, IL, died in Kilmichael, MS.

2017: William Bright, a member of the Dixie Hummingbirds, dies in Philadelphia, PA.

2024: Henry Green, of The Williams Brothers, died at his home in McComb, MS.

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 Henley of Doc McKenzie and The Hi-Lites is born in Patterson, NJ.

2012: Gloria Langley, one of the lead singers, of Women Of Strength (of Columbia, SC) died in Camden, SC.

2022: Dright Gordon (guitarist for The Mighty Clouds Of Joy, The Williams Brothers, The Racy Brothers, and others) dies.

7^th

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

2017: Darryl Peavy, of Darryl Peavy & Nu Season, died in Atlanta, GA.

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

2011: Robert E. Evans of The Disciples (Formerly The Singing Disciples) died in Baltimore, MD.

1955: The Davis Sisters 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."

1968: Kevin Mathews, Drummer for The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, is born.

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

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

2011: Ronnie Lee Brown, Guitarist for the Brown Singers and for Leomia Boyd, died in Aberdeen,  MS.

2012: Whitney Elizabeth Houston died in Los Angeles, CA.

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

2011: Dewayne Williams, of The New Stars Of Faith of Ft Valley, GA, died.

2019: Evangelist Roxanne Broadnax, of Evangelist Roxanne & New Direction, died in Atlanta, GA.

13^th

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

2019: Floyd Dewey Comfort, Jr., Guitarist with Bishop Pittman And The Sons Of Christ, died in Stockton, CA.

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

1991: Walter Edward Dunson, Sr. of The Soul Stirrers died.

2020: Curtis "Nephew" Franklin, the Road Manager for The Legendary Singing Stars died in Columbia, SC.

2023: Tyrone Porter of The Christianaires died in Monticello, MS.

1978: Prof. Alex Bradford dies.

18^th

2008: William Berry Palmer, musician for The Harmonettes, The Southland Troubadors and The Joylites, died in Spartanburg, SC.

2013: Cleotha Staples of The Staple Singers died in Chicago, IL.

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 Manager of Madame Edna Gallmon Cooke, died in Henderson NC.

2009: George N. Scott, Radio Angel and Gospel Promoter, died in Atlanta, GA.

1954: Minister Kenneth Washington, singer and songwriter, is born in Albany, GA.

2010: William Pace Sr., a member of The United Juniors Gospel Singers, died in Muskegon, MI.

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.

2010: Wayne "Puddin" Lamonte Davis, who played drums for The Fantastic Violinaires and The Pilgrim Jubilees, died in Rocky Mount, NC.

2015: George Dickens, Jr., of George Dickens and the Gospel Disciples, died in Tarboro, NC.