May 13, 1943 Mary Esther Wells, singer and The Queen of Motown, was born in Detroit, Michigan. By the age of 10 Wells had moved from singing in church choirs to performing in nightclubs around Detroit. In 1960 she was signed to Tamla Records, a subsidiary of Motown, and wrote and recorded “Bye Bye Baby” [...]
Archive | May 13, 2011
May 13th in African American History – Joseph Louis Barrow (Joe Louis)
May 13, 1914 Joseph Louis Barrow (Joe Louis), hall of fame boxer known as “the Brown Bomber,” was born in La Fayette, Alabama. He and his family moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1926. Louis made his amateur boxing debut in 1932 and at the end of his amateur career in 1934 had compiled a record [...]