Neo Soul Cypher

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 16
2020-09-16 | WA
Earl Klugh (American acoustic guitarist and composer)

Izora Armstead (an American singer-songwriter)

Rodney Franklin (American jazz pianist, composer, and record producer)

B.B. King (American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later blues electric guitar players)

Jon Hendricks (American jazz lyricist and singer)

Today's Soul Birthday - September 17
2020-09-17
Jack McDuff (American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 18
2020-09-18
Michael Franks (American singer and songwriter, considered a leader of the quiet storm movement)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 19
2020-09-19
Billy Ward (American singer with Billy Ward and His Dominoes)

Lloyd Parks (Jamaican reggae vocalist and bass player who has recorded and performed as a solo artist)

Brook Benton (American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop)

Nile Rogers (American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and composer)

Freda Payne (American singer and actress)

Carl Davis (American record producer and music executive)

Bill Medley (American singer and songwriter)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 20
2020-09-20
Deah Dame (Lead singer of R&B group duo Damian Dame)

Eric Gale (American blues-rock guitarist)

Chico Hamilton (American jazz drummer and bandleader)

Eddie Bo (American singer and pianist)

Today's Soul Birthday - September 21
2020-09-21
G.C. Cameron (American soul and R&B singer)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 22
2020-09-22
Shirley Jones (American R&B singer. She was a member of The Jones Girls before starting a solo career. )

Marlena Shaw (American singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television commercials.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 23
2020-09-23
John Coltrane (American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront of free jazz.)

Ray Charles (American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called “Brother Ray.” He was often referred to as “The Genius.” Charles was blinded during childhood due to glaucoma.)

Wallace and Walter Scott (Vocalist and founding member of American r&b and soul group, The Whispers.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 24
2020-09-24
Wayne Henderson (American soul jazz and hard bop trombonist and record producer. In 1961, he co-founded the soul jazz/hard bop group The Jazz Crusaders.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 25
2020-09-25
Sam Rivers (American jazz musician and composer. He performed on soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, harmonica and piano. Active in jazz since the early 1950s, he earned wider attention during the mid-1960s spread of free jazz.)

Cecil Womack (American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was one of the musical Womack brothers, and had success both as a songwriter and recording artist, notably with his wife Linda as Womack & Womack.)

Dee Dee Warwick (American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and the first cousin of Whitney Houston.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 26
2020-09-26
Gary Bartz (American jazz saxophonist.)

Little Benny (American trumpet player, who was a part of the Washington D.C.-based go-go band Rare Essence.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 27
2020-09-27
Don Cornelius (American television show host and producer who was best known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1971 until 1993.)

Allan Barnes ( American jazz musician)

Keith Barrow (American Disco/Soul singer and songwriter born and raised in Chicago.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 28
2020-09-28
Ben E. King (American soul and R&B singer and record producer.)

Keni Burke (American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who began his career with four siblings in the 1970s band the Five Stairsteps.)

Sean Levert (American singer-songwriter and actor. Levert is best known as a member of the R&B vocal group LeVert. Levert was the son of O’Jays lead singer Eddie Levert and younger brother of singer Gerald Levert.)

Elbridge Bryant (American tenor, and one of the founding members of Motown singing group The Temptations.)

Koko Taylor (American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues and soul blues.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 29
2020-09-29
Jean Luc Ponty ( French jazz violinist and composer.)

Tommy Tate (American soul singer and songwriter, who had three hits on the R&B chart in the 1970s.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - September 30
2020-09-30
Marilyn McCoo (American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group The 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series Solid Gold.)

Cissy Houston (American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work.)

Basia (Polish singer-songwriter and recording artist noted for her Latin-inspired jazz-pop music.)

Moses Dillard (American musician who had a dual career in music for more than 20 years, leading his own bands, and as a guitarist working out of Muscle Shoals.)

Frankie Lymon (American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll group The Teenagers.)

Patrice Rushen (American jazz pianist and R&B singer. She is also a composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.)

Z.Z. Hill (American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 1
2020-10-01
Donny Hathaway (American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway has been described as a “soul legend” by Rolling Stone.)

Howard Hewett (Grammy Award-winning American singer–songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the Grammy winning R&B/soul vocal group Shalamar.)

Herb Fame (American singer from vocal duo, Peaches & Herb)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 2
2020-10-02
Freddie Jackson (American Grammy-nominated singer.)

Vanessa Bell Armstrong (Gospel singer who released her debut album Peace Be Still in 1983.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 5
2020-10-05
Arlene Smith (American singer/writer of vocal group The Chantels)

Darondo (American soul singer from the San Francisco Bay Area.)

Richard Street (Richard Allen Street was an American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1971 to 1993.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 6
2020-10-06
Thomas McClary (American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores. McClary is credited with having created the signature sound of The Commodores’ original music.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 7
2020-10-07
Larry Young ( American jazz organist and occasional pianist.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 8
2020-10-08
Hamish Stuart (Scottish born British guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. )

Joshie Joe Armstead ( an American soul singer and songwriter. Armstead began her career singing backing vocals for blues musician Bobby “Blue” Bland before becoming an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the early 1960s.)

Robert Kool Bell (American musician, singer and songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the American funk band, Kool & the Gang.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 9
2020-10-09
O.V Wright (American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African-American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul’s most authoritative and individual artists.)

Abdullah Ibrahim (South African pianist and composer.)

Nona Hendryx (American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress. )

Rod Temperton (English songwriter, musician, vocalist, and record producer.)

Kenny Garrett (American post-bop jazz saxophonist and flautist who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and of Miles Davis’s band.)

Yusef Lateef (American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 12
2020-10-12
Nappy Brown (American R&B singer. His hits include the 1955 Billboard chart #2, “Don’t Be Angry”, “Little By Little”, and “Night Time Is the Right Time”.)

Sam Moore (American vocalist who was a member of the soul and R&B group Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame (for “Soul Man”), and the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.)

Melvin Franklin (American bass singer. Franklin was best known for his role as a founding member of Motown singing group The Temptations from 1960 to 1994.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 13
2020-10-13
Dorothy Moore ( American blues, gospel, and R&B singer best known for her 1976 hit song, “Misty Blue”.)

Pharoah Sanders (American jazz saxophonist. A member of John Coltrane’s groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of “sheets of sound”.)

Shirley Caesar (American Gospel music singer, songwriter and recording artist whose career has spanned seven decades. )

Art Tatum (American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest in his field.)

Ray Brown (American jazz double bassist known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 14
2020-10-14
Karyn White ( American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s.)

Robert Parker (American R&B singer and musician, best known for his 1966 hit, “Barefootin'”.)

Norman Harris (American guitarist, producer, music arranger and songwriter, closely associated with Philly soul. He was a founding member of MFSB, the Philadelphia studio band, and one of the Baker-Harris-Young record production trio.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 15
2020-10-15
Marv Johnson (American R&B and soul singer, notable for performing on the first record issued by Tamla Records, which later became Motown.)

Titi Jackson (American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Jackson was an original member of The Jackson 5)

Nellie Lutcher (American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 16
2020-10-16
Terry Huff (Washington, D.C.-based singer whose biggest hit was the ache-filled “The Lonely One,” a substantial hit along the East Coast. )

Sugar Pie Desanto (American rhythm-and-blues singer, whose career in music flourished in the 1950s and 1960s.)

Today's Soul Birthday - October 17
2020-10-17
Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 19
2020-10-19
Wilbert Hart (American R&B singer and a pioneering co-founding member of the legendary Delfonics.)

George McCrae (American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit “Rock Your Baby”.)

Jennifer Holiday (American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God and later became a successful recording artist.)

Sharon Redd ( American singer from New York City. She was the half sister of R&B singer Penny Ford.)

Today's Soul Birthdays - October 20
2020-10-20
Eddie Harris (American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ.)

C.P. Spencer (American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s.)

Jelly Roll Morton (American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz’s first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated.)
