Happy Birthday to record producer, songwriter, and record executive Al Bell (born Alvertis Isbell on March 15, 1940).
Bell is best known as one of the key figures behind and a co-owner of Memphis, Tennessee-based Stax Records during the later half of the label's nineteen-year existence.
Happy Birthday to R&B singer Rockwell (born Kennedy William Gordy on March 15, 1964)...Rockwell is the son of Motown founder and CEO Berry Gordy.
Happy Birthday to singer-songwriter Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard March 15, 1962), better known by his former stage name Terence Trent D'Arby.
Happy Birthday to Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, March 15, 1943)...musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone.
Happy Birthday to recording artist, songwriter, entrepreneur, voice actor, DJ, record producer, and philanthropist William James Adams (born March 15, 1975), professionally known by his stage name will.i.am (pronounced "Will I am")...best known as one of the founding members of the hip hop/pop band, The Black Eyed Peas.
Happy Birthday to Jean Carne (born Sarah Jean Perkins on March 15, 1947)...a jazz, R&B, and pop singer known for her unique vocalizing and her impressive interpretative and improvisational skills.
Happy Birthday to Howard E. Scott (born March 15, 1946)...funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful 1970s funk band War.