Bernard “Bernie” Arthurneal Mackey, a singer and guitarist for the Ink Spots, a famed quartet of the ‘30s and ‘40s, was a Black trailblazer, leaving an imprint on pop culture and paving the road for other African American vocal groups, from the Ravens to the Orioles to Motown’s Temptations.

Born in the Bahamas on July 29, 1909-1980