Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Bobby Bennett |
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Birthdate | June 27, 1938 |
Birth Place | North Carolina |
Age (in 2024) | 86 Years Old |
Zodiac | Cancer |
Occupation | R&B Singer |
Bobby Bennett is best known as R&B Singer who has born on June 27, 1938 in North Carolina. Currently, Bobby Bennett is 86 years, 4 months and 5 days old. Bobby Bennett will celebrate 87th birthday on Friday, 27th of June 2025. Below the countdown to Bobby Bennett upcoming birthday.
Remembered best for his work with the 1960s R&B vocal ensemble The Famous Flames, this soul singer collaborated with future music superstar James Brown on such Flames hits as 'Please, Please, Please' and 'Bewildered.' He and his Famous Flames bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
During his high school years, he was a member of a touring gospel music group called The Harmonizing Five. He later attended the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University on an athletic scholarship.
His group's 1963 Live at the Apollo recording rose to the top of Billboard's pop music chart and was the first R&B album to sell more than a million copies.
He was raised in Alamance County, North Carolina, as the child of Robert and Inez Bennett. He later settled in Maryland with his wife Sandi.
Bennett was portrayed by actor Aakomon Jones in the 2014 James Brown biopic Get On Up.
Bobby Bennett is 86 years old today.
Bobby Bennett was born on June 27, 1938 in North Carolina.
Bobby Bennett zodiac sign is Cancer.
Bobby Bennett was best known as R&B Singer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Bobby Bennett's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Bobby Bennett's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1977 | France grants independence to Djibouti. |
1980 | The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board. |
1981 | The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong. |
1982 | Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4. |
1988 | The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people. |
1988 | Villa Tunari massacre: Bolivian anti-narcotics police kill nine to 12 and injure over a hundred protesting coca-growing peasants. |
1991 | Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War. |
1994 | Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan. Seven people are killed, 660 injured. |
2007 | Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. His Chancellor, Gordon Brown succeeds him. |
2007 | The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do AlemĂŁo in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do AlemĂŁo massacre. |
2008 | In a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters. |
2013 | NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun. |
2014 | At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. |
2015 | Formosa Fun Coast fire: A dust fire occurs at a recreational water park in Taiwan, killing 15 people and injuring 497 others, 199 critically. |
2017 | A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe. |
1986 | The birth of LaShawn Merritt, American sprinter |
1987 | The birth of India de Beaufort, English actress |
1987 | The birth of Ed Westwick, English actor |
1988 | The birth of Stefani Bismpikou, Greek gymnast |
1988 | The birth of Matthew Spiranovic, Australian footballer |
1988 | The birth of Kate Ziegler, American swimmer |
1989 | The birth of Hana BirnerovĂĄ, Czech tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Matthew Lewis, English actor |
1992 | The birth of Ahn So-hee, South Korean singer and actress |
1992 | The birth of Karthika Nair, Indian film actress |
1993 | The birth of Johanna TalihÀrm, Estonian biathlete |
1993 | The birth of Alberto Campbell-Staines, Australian athlete |
1994 | The birth of Anita HusariÄ, Bosnian tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Monté Morris, American basketball player |
2002 | The birth of Kelee Ringo, American football player |
2013 | The death of Stefano Borgonovo, Italian footballer (b. 1964) |
2013 | The death of Ian Scott, English-New Zealand painter (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Edmond Blanchard, Canadian jurist and politician (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of Allen Grossman, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (b. 1930) |
2014 | The death of Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Rachid Solh, Lebanese politician, 48th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Zvi Elpeleg, Polish-Israeli diplomat, author, and academic (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (b. 1930) |
2015 | The death of Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (b. 1948) |
2016 | The death of Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
2017 | The death of Peter L. Berger, Austrian sociologist (b. 1929) |
2018 | The death of Joe Jackson, American manager, father of Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (b. 1928) |
2018 | The death of Liz Jackson, Australian journalist and former barrister (b. 1951) |
2018 | The death of William McBride, Australian obstetrician (b. 1927) |
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