Today’s Soul Birthdays – August 3

Eddie Jefferson – American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo.

Johnny Graham – Lead guitarist of Earth Wind & Fire.

Beverly Lee – American soul singer.

Syreeta Wright – American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s.

Tony Bennett – American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz.