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Saturday, May 24th, 2025
Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holt Edwards (born May 24, 1944, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is an American singer, author and actress. LaBelle spent sixteen years as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, who changed their name to Labelle in the early 1970s and released the disco song, "Lady Marmalade". LaBelle started her solo career shortly after the group disbanded in 1977 and crossed over to pop music with "On My Own", "If Only You Knew", "If You Asked Me To", "Stir It Up" and "New Attitude". She has also recorded R&B ballads such as "You Are My Friend" and "Love, Need and Want You".
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Saturday, May 24th, 2025
Heavy Dee
Dwight Arrington Myers (May 24, 1967 – November 8, 2011), better known as Heavy D, was a Mandeville, Jamaica-born American actor, rapper, record producer, singer and former leader of Heavy D & the Boyz, a hip hop group which included G-Whiz (Glen Parrish), "Trouble" T. Roy (Troy Dixon), and Eddie F (born Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s.
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Monday, May 26th, 2025
Pamela Grier
Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an actress who became famous in the 1970s.
She also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress and other award nominations for her famous roles like Jackie Brown.
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Monday, May 26th, 2025
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Miles Dewie Davis was born to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois. His father, Dr. Miles Henry Davis, was a dentist. Davis' mother, Cleota Mae (Henry) Davis, wanted her son to learn the piano; she was a capable blues pianist but kept this fact hidden from her son.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born May 27, 1950) is an American Jazz singer. Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she grew up in Flint, Michigan.
She is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award - winning stage actress and host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia), the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth (née Woods) and Merald Woodlow Knight, Sr., a postal worker. Her family group the PIPs were composed of her brothers and sisters.
The PIPS were named after her cousin James "Pip" Woods. Her music accomplishments make her a legend in the music industry.
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Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Mel B.
Melanie Janine Brown (born 29 May 1975), often better known as Mel B, is an English pop singer-songwriter, actress, author and television presenter.
Brown was born in Harehills is an inner-city area of east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
She is best known as Scary Spice, one of the members of the girl group the Spice Girls.
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Friday, May 30th, 2025
Cee Lo Green
Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1974, Atlanta, Georgia), better known by his stage name Cee Lo Green, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer.
He originally came to prominence as a member of the southern hip hop group Goodie Mob, later launching a critically acclaimed solo career and forming Gnarls Barkley with DJ/producer Danger Mouse.
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