Today’s Soul Birthdays – April 22
Charles Mingus - American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history.
Charles Mingus - American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history.
Narada Michael Walden - American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. Since 2020 he is the drummer for Journey.
Joe Henderson - American R&B and gospel singer, best known for his 1962 recording of "Snap Your Fingers". Henderson was born in Como, Mississippi, United States, and raised in Gary, Indiana. After working in gospel music, he signed with Todd Records in 1958. Richard Owens - American R&B and soul singer better known as the […]
D.C. Larue - American singer, songwriter and producer. His music was successful in clubs and on dance music charts worldwide during the 1970s and early 1980s. Mike Francis - Italian singer and composer, born in Florence, Italy. Internationally, he was best known for his 1984 hit, "Survivor", and his collaborations with American singer Amii Stewart. […]
Ann Peebles - American singer and songwriter who gained celebrity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s for Hi Records. Two of her most popular songs are "I Can't Stand the Rain", which she wrote with her husband Don Bryant and radio broadcaster Bernie Miller, and "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down". Cuba Gooding […]
Too Short - American rapper and record producer. Too Short became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 80s, with lyrics often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival. Steve Khan - American jazz guitarist.
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Duke Ellington - American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death over a career spanning more than six decades. Toots Thielmans - Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for his harmonica playing, as well as his guitar, whistling skills, and composing. Dave Valentin - American […]
Tashan - American R&B Soul vocalist. Bobby Marchan - American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, bandleader, MC, and female impersonator.
James Brown - American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, record producer, and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is often referred to by the honorific nicknames "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1".
Nick Ashford - songwriting partner and later his wife, wrote some of Motown's biggest hits, like “Ain't No Mountain High Enough” and “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing,” before they remade their careers as a recording and touring duo, died on Monday in New York City. Tyrone Davis - American blues and soul singer with […]
Jheryl Busby - American recording company executive who was the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Motown Records. Johnnie Taylor - American recording artist and songwriter who performed a wide variety of genres, from blues, rhythm and blues, soul, and gospel to pop, doo-wop, and disco.