Neo Soul Cypher

Today's Soul Birthdays -
2022-06-10
Shirley Alston – American soul singer who was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles. In addition to Owens, the Shirelles consisted of classmates of hers from Passaic High School, New Jersey: Doris Kenner Jackson, Addie “Micki” Harris McPhadden and Beverly Lee.

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 9
2022-06-09
Jackie Wilson – American soul and rock and roll singer and performer. Wilson was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul.

Kenny Barron – American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since the bebop era.

Les Paul – American jazz, country, and blues, guitarist, songwriter, luthier and inventor.

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 8
2022-06-08
Boz Scaggs – American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Boz Scaggs.
Clarence “Fuzzy” Haskins – former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic.

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 7
2022-06-07
Prince – American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, he was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona and wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams.

Nikki Giovanni – American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator.

Billy Butler – American soul singer and songwriter active in the 1960s and 1970s.

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 6
2022-06-06
Gary U.S. Bonds – American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his classic hits “New Orleans” and “Quarter to Three”.

Grant Green – American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms throughout his career.

Wayman Tisdale – American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

Levi Stubbs – American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, who released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He has been noted for his powerful, emotional, dramatic style of singing.

Roots Picnic 2022 | Philadelphia
2022-06-04 - 2022-06-05 | The Mann Center, 5201 Parkside Avenue Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, 19131, United States

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 3
2022-06-03
Curtis Mayfield – American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music.

Deniece Williams – American singer, songwriter and record producer. Williams has been described as “one of the great soul voices” by the BBC.

Henry Stone – American record company executive and producer whose career spanned the era from R&B in the early 1950s through the disco boom of the 1970s to the 2010s.

Eddie Holman – American singer and recording artist. He is best known for his 1970 hit song “Hey There Lonely Girl”. His specialties range from R&B and pop to gospel.

Florida Funkfest 2022
2022-06-03 - 2022-06-04 | Central Florida Fairgrounds, 4603 W Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL, United States
June 3rd – Featuring Mary J. Blige, Jazmine Sullivan, Trina & Tweet
June 4th – Featuring Jodeci, Anthony Hamilton & a NO LIMIT reunion: Master P, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X. Raheem Devaughn & Carl Thomas

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 2
2022-06-02
Lesley Gore – American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16, she recorded the pop hit “It’s My Party”, a US number one in 1963. She followed it up with ten further Billboard top 40 hits including “Judy’s Turn to Cry” and “You Don’t Own Me”.

Randy “Rudy” Cain – Philadelphia soul singer with The Delfonics. He also helped set up the group Blue Magic.

Robert Glasper - New York
2022-06-01 18:00 - 23:00 (America/Chicago) | Washington Square Park, New York, NY, 10012, United States

Today's Soul Birthdays - June 1
2022-06-01
Nelson Riddle – American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 31
2022-05-31
Charles Drain – American soul singer.

Marlo Henderson – American guitarist and saxophonist, who played in mainly blues and R&B genres.

Paulinho Da Costa – Brazilian percussionist born in Rio de Janeiro, considered one of the most recorded musicians of modern times.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 30
2022-05-30
D’Marie Warren – Member the popular disco trio ‘Alton, McClain & Destiny’.

Roland Bautista – American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Bautista was best known for his work with Earth, Wind & Fire. He also worked with such artists as Ronnie Laws, The Crusaders, George Duke and Randy Crawford.

Gladys Horton – American R&B and pop musician. She was the lead singer and founder of the all female group The Marvelettes.

Maxine Powell – American etiquette instructor and talent agent.

Erykah Badu - R&B Only Fest
2022-05-28 12:30 - 23:00 | Lakewood Amphitheatre, 2002 Lakewood Way SW, Atlanta, GA, 30315, United States

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 27
2022-05-27
Dee Dee Bridgewater – American jazz singer. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio’s syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Ramsey Lewis – American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received five gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 26
2022-05-26
Miles Davis – American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music.

Little Willie John – American R&B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Oscar Tony Jr. – American soul singer.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 25
2022-05-25
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 the Five Stairsteps.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 24
2022-05-24
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.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 23
2022-05-23
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.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 20
2022-05-20
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.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 19
2022-05-19
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 L.A. Express.

Neo Soul Cypher Show Guest! - RIA BOSS
2022-05-18 20:00 - 21:00
Wednesday, May 18TH Quash (Q-Man) and Regina come together to interview singer/songwriter, RIA BOSS!
Take a listen to RIA BOSS at:
https://linktr.ee/theriaboss
THE NEO SOUL CYPHER SHOW – Relaunched and Reimagined!
9pmET, 8pmCT, 6pmPT
ONLINE: https://neosoulcypher.com/live-streams-and-broadcasts/
Get the latest in Neo Soul and Classic Hip-Hop Music, Culture, Lifestyle and Community!

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 18
2022-05-18
Feliciano Butch Tavares – Vocalist in American R&B, funk, and soul music group, Tavares.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 17
2022-05-17
Bobby Sheen – American rhythm and blues singer.

George Johnson – American guitarist but a songwriter, arranger, and producer.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 13
2022-05-13
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 Wonder – American singer-songwriter and musician, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that includes rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 12
2022-05-12
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 creators of the Motown Sound and of the late-1960s subgenre of psychedelic soul.

James Purify – American singer from R&B duo James & Bobby Purify.

Ronnie Foster – American funk and soul jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s have gained a cult following after the emergence of acid jazz.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 11
2022-05-11
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.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 10
2022-05-10
Arthur Alexander – American country soul songwriter and singer.

Ron Banks – Founding member of R&B group the Dramatics.

Bill Coday – American musician and singer.

Today's Soul Birthday - May 9
2022-05-09
David Prater – American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988.

Today's Soul Birthdays - May 6
2022-05-06
Herb Cox – American singer from R&B group, The Cleftones.
