This day (February 23, 1944), in Beaumont, Texas, is born John Dawson ‘Johnny’ Winter III , an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer, best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances.

This day (February 20, 1937), in Chillicothe, Ohio, is born Nancy Wilson, an American singer with more than 70 albums, and three Grammy Awards. She has been labeled a singer of blues, jazz, cabaret and pop; a ‘consummate actress’; and ‘the complete entertainer.’

This day (February 19, 1955), in Oakland, California, is born David Murray, an American jazz musician who plays mainly tenor saxophone and sometimes bass clarinet and has recorded prolifically for many record labels since the mid-1970s.

This day (February 19, 1972), in New York, died Edward Lee Morgan, an American hard bop trumpeter and composer, recorded prolifically from 1956 until a day before his death .

This day (February 18, 1941), in Ponchatoula, Louisiana,, is born Irma Thomas, an American Grammy Award-winning soul and rhythm and blues singer, known as the ‘Soul Queen of New Orleans’.