(1941-08-22)August 22, 1941 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died
January 21, 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 77) Inglewood, California, U.S.[1]
Genres
Funk
soul
jazz
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
record producer
musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals
keyboards
organ
Years active
1971–2019
Labels
Polydor
Bamboo
Philadelphia International
Website
edwinbirdsong.com
Musical artist
Edwin L. Birdsong (August 22, 1941 – January 21, 2019)[2][3] was an American keyboardist and organist, known in the 1970s and 1980s for his experimental funk/disco music. Birdsong did not achieve much chart success, but developed a strong fan base,[4] and has also been sampled by other artists many times, most famously by Daft Punk who sampled "Cola Bottle Baby" in "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger", and Gang Starr who sampled his single "Rapper Dapper Snapper" for their song "Skills".[3]
^Slotnik, Daniel E. (January 29, 2019). "Edwin Birdsong, Whose Music Was Reborn in Hip Hop, Dies at 77". The New York Times.
^U.S. Public Records Index, Vols 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
^ abSavage, Mark (January 23, 2019). "Edwin Birdsong: Funk musician sampled by Daft Punk dies". BBC News. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
^"Legendary fusion musician Edwin Birdsong joins the ancestors". New York Amsterdam News. March 7, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
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