Today’s Soul Birthdays – May 10
Arthur Alexander - American country soul songwriter and singer. Ron Banks - Founding member of R&B group the Dramatics. Bill Coday - American musician and singer.
Arthur Alexander - American country soul songwriter and singer. Ron Banks - Founding member of R&B group the Dramatics. Bill Coday - American musician and singer.
Irving Berlin - American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five.
Burt Bacharach - American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Norman Whitfield - American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. He has been credited as one of the […]
Mary Wells - American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. Teddy Randazzo - American pop songwriter, singer, arranger and producer, who composed hit songs such as "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", "Pretty Blue Eyes", and "Hurt So Bad" in the 1960s. Stevie […]
Bobby Sheen - American rhythm and blues singer. George Johnson - American guitarist but a songwriter, arranger, and producer.
Feliciano Butch Tavares - Vocalist in American R&B, funk, and soul music group, Tavares.
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Grace Jones - Jamaican model, singer and actress. In 1999, she ranked 82nd on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll, and in 2008, she was honored with a Q Idol Award. Tom Scott - American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He was a member of The Blues Brothers and led the jazz fusion group […]
Shorty Long - American soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer for Motown's Soul Records imprint. He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1980.
Maxwell - American singer-songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Along with fellow musicians D'Angelo and Erykah Badu, Maxwell has been credited as an originator of the "neo soul" movement that rose to prominence during the late 1990s.
Patti Labelle - American singer and actress. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Heavy D - Jamaican-born American rapper, record producer, singer and actor.
Donnie Elbert - American soul singer and songwriter, who had a prolific career from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s. Hal David - American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Clarence Burke - Lead singer of […]