died Feb. 18, 2017 Clyde Stubblefield "Cold Sweat" (James Brown)

Feb. 17, 1928 Betty King "In The Springtime" (Shakespeare)

born Feb. 16, 1928 Porfirio Jiménez "Culú cucu"

Feb. 15, 1933 Yvonne Baker "You Didn`t Say a Word"

born Feb. 14, 1939 Clarence Reid "Nobody But You Babe"

"My Funny Valentine" Hank Jones (Rodgers and Hart)

born Feb. 13, 1942 Roland Carter "Lift Every Voice"

Feb. 12, 1903 Todd Duncan "Unchained Melody" ***Original***

born Feb. 11, 1903 Antonio Machín "The Peanut Vendor"

2-10-1927 Leontyne Price "I sacri nomi" / "Numi pietà", Verdi

Feb. 9, 1943 Barbara Lewis "Baby I’m Yours" ***ORIGINAL***

born Feb. 8, 1938 Bessie Banks "Go Now" ***ORIGINAL***

2-7-1914 Carl Barriteau "Dance Of The Potted Puppet"

born Feb. 6, 1943 Jaibi "You Got Me"

rec. Feb. 5, 1958 "Rock & Roll Lily" Johnny Copeland

2-4-1910 Jimmie Lunceford "I'm Nuts About Screwy Music"

born Feb. 3, 1898 Lil Armstrong "Doin' The Suzie Q"

born Feb. 2, 1918 Nemours Jean-Baptiste "Nounoune"

2-1-1938 Sherman Hemsley "Ain’t That A Kick In The Head"

born Jan. 31, 1926 Chuck Willis "C C Rider"

born Jan. 30, 1896 Lillie Delk Christian "Too Busy"

born Jan. 29, 1892 Charles Matson "Tain't Nobody's Biz ness"

born Jan. 28, 1906 Churchill Kohlman "Cry" (Ray Charles)

born Jan. 27, 1918 Elmore James "Dust My Broom"

born Jan. 26, 1943 Jean Knight "Mr. Big Stuff"

born Jan. 25, 1891 Wellman Braud "Portrait"

born Jan. 24 1933 Lenny McBrowne "Like Someone In Love"

born Jan. 23, 1848 Raimundo Valenzuela "Ay Clara dame tu yema"

born Jan. 22, 1918 Humberto Cané "El Tiempo Sera Testigo"

born Jan. 21, 1904 Juice Wilson "Kansas City Kitty"

born Jan. 20, 1933 Ron Townson "Vesti La Giubba"

1-19-1928 Jimmy McPhail "My Mother, My Father and Love"

born Jan. 18, 1898 Jim Baxter "Operator Blues"

born Jan. 17, 1943, Billy Harper "Don't Get Sassy"

Jan. 16, 1942 Barbara Lynn "You'll Lose A Good Thing"

born Jan. 15, 1943 Fonce Mizell "Like We Used To Do"

born Jan. 14, 1938 Allen Toussaint "Southern Nights"

Jan. 13, 1938 C. P. Spencer "This Man Needs You"

1-11-1880 Washington Phillips "Mother's Last Word To Her Son"

born Jan. 12, 1928 Ruth Brown "Deep River"

born Jan. 10 ,1891 Helen Hagan "Concerto in C Minor"

born Jan. 9, 1918 Betty Roché "I Got It Bad"

born Jan. 8, 1904 Tampa Red "It Hurts Me Too"

died Jan. 6, 1991 Ada Moore "Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea"

born Jan. 7, 1898 Ethel Finnie "Heart Breakin' Joe"

born Jan. 5 ,1901 Troy Floyd "Dreamland Blues"

born Jan. 4, 1906 Frank Newton "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise"

rec. Jan. 3, 1957 "What Will I Tell My Heart", Fats Domino

died Jan. 2, 1973 Joe Harriott "Count Twelve"

born Jan. 1, 1888 Frank Stokes "Downtown Blues"

"Auld Lang Syne", Lou Rawls

Dec. 31, 1908 John Kirby "Beethoven Riffs - Sym. 7 mvt 2

"What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?", King Curtis

born Dec. 30, 1890 Charles Creath "Butterfinger Blues"

"Yo No Olvido al Año Viejo", Celia Cruz

born Dec. 29, 1897 Jules Bledsoe "Ol' Man River"

"Mrs. Santa Claus", Nat King Cole

born Dec. 28, 1903 Earl Hines "Chimes in Blues"

"What Do The Lonely Do At Christmas" The Emotions

Dec. 27, 1907 Eddie Wilcox "The Worm" w/ Joe Thomas