Today’s Soul Birthdays – October 26
Bootsy Collins (American musician, singer and songwriter.) Eddie Henderson (American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.)
Bootsy Collins (American musician, singer and songwriter.) Eddie Henderson (American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.)
Weldon Irvine, Jr. (American composer, playwright, poet, pianist, organist, and keyboardist.)
Cleo Laine (English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a G above high C, giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves.)
Eugene "Bird" Daughtrey - American singer from vocal group "The Intruders". King Errisson - American musician. Melba Moore - American singer, actress, voice actress, and entertainer. Randy Jackson - American singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer. Randy is best known as a former member of his family band the Jacksons.
Otis Williams - American bariton singer, songwriter and a record producer. Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations, a group in which he continues to perform; he also owns the rights to the Temptations name. Clifford Brown - American jazz trumpeter. Daryl Coley - American Christian […]
Benard Edwards - American bass player, singer, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic. Dooley Siverspoon - American gospel singer. Yvonne Wright - American singer and songwriter. Illnois Jacquet - American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying […]
Earl Carroll - Lead vocalist of the doo-wop group The Cadillacs. The group's biggest hit was "Speedoo", which with a minor spelling change became Carroll's subsequent nickname. It was released in 1955. Maxine Nightingale - British R&B and soul music singer. She is best known for her hits in the 1970s, with the million seller […]
Joe Turner - American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Clifford Curry - American beach music, soul music, and R&B singer. Billy Mitchell - American jazz tenor saxophonist.
Jeff Lorber - American keyboardist, composer, and record producer.
Ike Turner - American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. Loleatta Holloway - American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation". Charles Bradley - American singer. After years of obscurity and a part-time music career, Bradley came to prominence in his early 50s.
Arturo Sandoval - Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. Lani Hall - American singer, lyricist, author, and the wife of Herb Alpert. From 1966 to 1971 she performed as lead vocalist for Sérgio Mendes & Brasil […]
Kaytranada will be streaming live on Moment House from the legendary venue Societes Des Arts Technologiques in Montreal. Performing tracks from BUBBA and more, Kaytranada fans are in for a night that will keep them dancing from home and amazed at exclusive new content. https://www.momenthouse.com/kaytranada
Kaytranada will be streaming live on Moment House from the legendary venue Societes Des Arts Technologiques in Montreal. Performing tracks from BUBBA and more, Kaytranada fans are in for a night that will keep them dancing from home and amazed at exclusive new content. https://www.momenthouse.com/kaytranada
Tommy Dorsey - American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. David Ebo - American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1976, Harold Melvin was looking for a lead singer for his group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes after Teddy Pendergrass left, eventually hiring Ebo to replace Teddy.
Bobby Rush - American blues musician, composer and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap and funk. Hubert Laws - American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Sir Mack Rice - American songwriter and singer. His best-known composition and biggest hit as a […]
Laverne Baker - American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee", "Jim Dandy", and "I Cried a Tear" Ernestine Anderson - American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 […]
Booker T. Jones - American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Errol Brown - ritish-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. Bob Crewe - American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He […]
Baby Washington - American soul music vocalist, who had 16 rhythm and blues chart entries in 15 years, most of them during the 1960s. Idris Muhammed - American jazz drummer who recorded with Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu. Timmy Thomas - American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, best known […]
Alexander O'Neal - American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. In a music career spanning more than 40 years, O'Neal is an accomplished R&B and soul singer. Scherrie Payne - American singer. Payne is best known as the last lead singer of the R&B/Soul vocal group The Supremes from 1973 until 1977. Because […]
Diana Krall - Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million albums worldwide. "Blue" Lovett - Bass singer & songwriter who came to prominence as a member of the popular American R&B vocal group, The Manhattans. The Manhattans […]
Ronald Devoe - American singer, best known as one of the members of the R&B/pop group New Edition, and the R&B/hip hop group Bell Biv DeVoe.
Hank Ballard - Rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of The Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. Jenny Burton - American R&B singer who had several hits on the US Billboard dance chart.
Tony Rich - American Grammy-award-winning Contemporary singer-songwriter best known for his hit single "Nobody Knows". Warren Pete Moore - American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group The Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members.
J. Blackfoot - American soul singer. A member of The Soul Children in the late 1960s and 1970s, he subsequently had a moderately successful solo career. His biggest hit was "Taxi", which reached the charts in both the US and UK in 1984.
Betty Everett - American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "Shoop Shoop Song", and her duet "Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butler. Gloria Lynne - American jazz vocalist with a recording career spanning from 1958 to 2007.
Richard Tee - American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger, who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as "In Your Eyes", "Slip Slidin' Away", "Just the Two of Us", "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow", "Crackerbox Palace", "Tell Her About It", and many others. Donald "Duck" Dunn - American bass guitarist, session […]
Percy Sledge - American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the RIAA. Jocelyn Brown - American R&B and dance […]
Garnet Mimms - American singer, influential in soul music and rhythm and blues. Tina Turner - American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Known as "the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer. Skip Scarborough […]
Randy Brecker - American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Jimi Hendrix - American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists […]
J.J. Barnes - American R&B singer and songwriter. He recorded several singles, starting in 1960. Des'ree - English pop recording artist who rose to popularity during the 1990s. She is best known for her hits "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You". June Pointer - American singer, best known as the youngest […]
Ronnie Laws - American jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws, jazz vocalist Eloise Laws and the older brother of Debra Laws.
Cassandra Wilson - American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. She has been described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
Little Richard - American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was an influential figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. Frank Wilson - American songwriter, singer and record producer for Motown Records.
Steve Alaimo - Â American singer who was a teen idol in the early 1960s. Willie Hutch - American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer and recording artist for the Motown record label during the 1970s and 1980s. Frankie Beverley - American singer, musician, songwriter, and producer, known primarily for his recordings with the […]