Phyllis Hyman

This day ( December 28, 1940), in  Richmond, Virginia, is born Lonnie Liston Smith, Jr., an American jazz, soul, and funk musician.

This day (December 17, 1999 ), in New York city, died Grover Washington, Jr., an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist.

Freddie Mercury, Carmel, The Blue Nile, Fairground Attraction, Imagination, Belinda Carlisle, Jason Donovan, The Mighty Lemon Drops, Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, ABC, Sade, Phyllis Hyman