Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 9

Billy Preston – American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel.

Inez Fox – Lead vocalist from rhythm and blues soul duo Charlie and Inez Foxx.

Dee Dee Sharp Gamble – American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.

Elvin Ray Jones – American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane’s quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appeared on such widely celebrated albums as My Favorite Things, A Love Supreme, Ascension and Live at Birdland.

Otis Redding – American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues.