Birthdays

Today is the birthday of Chelo Silva. She would be 104 today. Chelo Silva of Brownsville, Texas, sang heartbreak like she had personally invented it. Her voice carried the ache […]

Kenny Dorham was born in 1924 in Fairfield — the bebop trumpet giant who co-founded the Jazz Messengers and wrote the standard "Blue Bossa."

Today is the birthday of Freddie King. He would be 92 today. If you've spent any time in a Texas blues club, you've heard Freddie King — whether you knew […]

Today is the birthday of Hank Thompson. He would be 101 today. Hank Thompson turned honky-tonk into a business empire, and he ran it like a general. He grew up […]

Today is the birthday of Beyoncé. She is 45 today. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1981. She grew up in the Third Ward and […]

Today is the birthday of Buddy Holly. He would be 90 today. Charles Hardin Holley was born in Lubbock, Texas on September 7, 1936. The South Plains city was dry […]

Today is the birthday of George Jones. He would be 95 today. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas on September 12, 1931 — in Hardin County, deep in […]

Today is the birthday of George Jones. He would be 95 today. George Glenn Jones was born in Saratoga, Texas on September 12, 1931 — in Hardin County, deep in […]

Today is the birthday of Charles Brown. He would be 104 today. Charles Brown grew up in Texas City, Texas, in a house full of hymns and classical records. He […]