Biography
Edwin L. Birdsong (August 22, 1941 – January 21, 2019) 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. Birdsong 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".
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Discovery
2001
3 Feet High And Rising
1989
Alive 2007
2007
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
1990
Graduation
2007
In Square Circle
1985
The Anthology
1999
New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)
2007
Musique Vol. I 1993 - 2005
2006
Hits, Rarities, & Remixes
2003
Vibrations
1976
Daft Club
This Is War
2009
The Best Of
2003
Let's Do It
1978
Lifeline
1977
A Tear To A Smile
1975
Daddy Bug
1969
Stoned Soul Picnic
1968
These Things Happen
2014
Me. I Am Mariah ...The Elusive Chanteuse
2014
OK Bartender
2009
Stronger
2007
Mystic Voyage
1975
Credited work
1,046 releases · 183 albums · active 1968–2026
- Performance · 1,741
- Production · 307
- Other credits · 83
- Engineering · 54
- Mastering · 2
Studios: Electric Lady Studios · Wonderland Studios, Los Angeles · Sigma Sound Studios, New York · Record Plant, Los Angeles
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Roy Ayers
- Roy Ayers Ubiquity
- Daft Punk
- Too Nice
- De La Soul
- Eighties Ladies
- A Tribe Called Quest