Today’s Soul Birthdays – October 13

Shirley Caesar – American gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned seven decades.

Dorothy Moore – American blues, gospel, and R&B singer best known for her 1976 hit song, “Misty Blue”.

Pharaoh Sanders – American jazz saxophonist. A member of John Coltrane’s groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of “sheets of sound”.

Ray Brown – American jazz double bassist known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.