Zydeco king Clifton Chenier entered the world today in 1925. (He sadly departed it in 1987.) Here are some samples of his Louisiana Cajun-Creole’swamp blues’ played on the accordion that have greatly influenced modern music.
Harold Melvin, of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, was born today in 1936 (d. 1997). Here is an example of their Philly soul sound, “Bad Luck”:
Singer/songwriter Carly Simon greeted this world in 1945. I think everyone in America has heard, or been, this tune:
And then there’s this, the theme song to the film “Working Girl”:
Finally, multi-instrumentalist Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult came out of his shell today in 1946.