Today’s Soul Birthdays – June 8th

Boz Scaggs – American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He became prominent for his series of albums in the late 1970s, and songs “Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown” from Silk Degrees, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Scaggs continues to write, record music, and tour.

Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins – Former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic. He left Parliament-Funkadelic in 1977 to pursue a solo career.