Today’s Soul Birthdays – August 12
Percy Mayfield - American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit […]
Percy Mayfield - American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit […]
Billy Griffin - American singer and songwriter. He is best known for replacing Smokey Robinson as lead singer of The Miracles in 1972. Stix Hooper - American drummer and founding […]
James "J.T." Taylor - American singer and actor who achieved worldwide fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988. Taylor joined Kool & the […]
Maysa Leak - American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work […]
Maxine Brown - American soul and R&B singer. Edward Hawkins - American gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was one of the originators of the urban contemporary […]
Johnny Nash - American singer-songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of […]
David Lasley - American recording artist, singer, musician and songwriter. C.L. Blast - American soul singer. Lewis was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1934. His first record was "Your Heart […]
Roscoe Shelton - American electric blues and R&B singer. He is best remembered for his 1965 hit single "Strain on My Heart" and for his working relationships with the Fairfield […]
Jeffrey Daniels - American dancer, singer-songwriter and choreographer, most notable for being a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. Dee Harvey - American R&B singer. He was at […]
Walter Williams - Singer from American R&B group, The O'Jays. Wayne Shorter - American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, […]
Valerie Simpson - American songwriter and singer. Branford Marsalis - American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis […]
Kenny Dorham - American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition […]