Today’s Soul Birthdays – August 26

Valerie Simpson - American husband-and-wife songwriting-production team and recording duo of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. Ashford was born in Fairfield, South Carolina, and Simpson in the Bronx, New York City. Branford Marsalis - American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, […]

Today’s Soul Birthdays – August 27

Lester Young - American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the most influential players on his instrument. Yolanda Adams - American gospel singer, record producer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She has sold nearly 10 […]

Today’s Soul Birthdays – August 30

Robert Manuel Clivillés - American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and music video director most noted for his work with C+C Music Factory, a group he founded with musical partner David Cole. Kenny Dorham - American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the […]

Today’s Soul Birthdays – August 31

Bobby Parker - American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Wilton Felder - American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of the Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Van Morrison -  Northern Irish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer whose recording career spans seven decades.

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 1

Archie Bell - American singer from R&B vocal group, Archie Bell & Drells. Don Blackman - American jazz-funk pianist, singer, and songwriter. He performed with Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind and Fire, Louis Hayes, and Nicolas Dietz. Terry Callier -  American soul, folk and jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter. General Johnson - Chairmen of the Board and an […]

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 2

Sam Gooden - American soul singer. He is best known for being an original member of the successful group The Impressions from its beginnings as The Roosters in the 1950s. Bobby Purify - American soul singer. Horace Silver - American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer […]

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 3

Memphis Slim - American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists.

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 4

Beyonce - American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyoncé performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child. She rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl groups of all time.

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 6

CeCe Peniston - American singer and former beauty queen. In the early 1990s, she scored five number one hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. Her signature song "Finally" reached the number 5 spot on the Hot 100 and number 2 in UK Top 75.

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 7

Gloria Gaynor - American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive", "Let Me Know", "I Am What I Am", and her version of "Never Can Say Goodbye". Latimore - American blues and R&B singer, songwriter and pianist. Little Milton - American blues singer and guitarist, best known for his number-one R&B […]

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 8

David Lewis - Lead singer/guitarist for the 1980s, and 1990s R&B, POP supergroup Atlantic Starr. Earl Nelson - American soul singer and songwriter. He started his career in the doo-wop group the Hollywood Flames in the 1950s before founding the R&B duo Bob & Earl with Bobby Byrd.

Today’s Soul Birthdays – September 9

Billy Preston - American musician, whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Inez Foxx - American R&B singer/songwriter. 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. Otis Redding - American singer […]

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