Today is the 19th day of Black History Month. As we go through the month, I’m going to talk about a collection of Black artists. It’ll be fairly comprehensive and eclectic list — although it won’t be a complete list.
So far I’ve talked about:
- Rick James, who was born 76 years ago on February 1
- OutKast‘s Big Boi, who celebrated his 49th birthday on February 1
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
- John Lee Hooker
- Patti LaBelle
- The Temptations‘ second and longest tenured lead vocalist Dennis Edwards, who was born 81 years ago on February 4
- Tina Turner
- Aretha Franklin
- Bobby Brown, who celebrated his 55th birthday on February 5
- Bob Marley, who was born 79 years ago on February 6
- The Supremes
- J. Dilla, who was born 50 years ago on February 7
- Queen Latifah
- Black Moon, DJ Evil Dee and Buckshot
- Dionne Warwick
- Big Mama Thornton
- Evelyn “Champagne” King
- Bad Brains
- Fishbone
- Grace Jones
- TLC
- Maceo Parker, who celebrated his 81st birthday on February 14
- SWV
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- Ice T, who celebrated his 66th birthday on February 16
- Dr. Dre, who celebrated his 59th birthday on February 18
Acclaimed British singer/songwriter, musician and producer Seal celebrates his 61st birthday today. He has sold over 20 million records, as a result of smash-hit songs “Crazy,” which was a Top 10 hit in both the States and UK, “Killer” and “Kiss from a Rose,” which was part of the Batman Forever soundtrack. The British artist has won multiple awards throughout his career including three BRIT Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. And as a songwriting he has won two Ivor Novello Awards for Best Song Musically and Lyrically — for 1990’s “Killer” and 1991’s “Crazy.”
Happy birthday, Seal!
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