Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer, was born on Sep. 23, 1930 (d. 2004). #RayCharles

"Georgia on My Mind" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell) (1997, Montreux)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIp9TwSEgFg

Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer, was born on Sep. 23, 1930 (d. 2004). #RayCharles

Ray Charles - "Busted" (Harlan Howard) (1997, Montreux)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rpsRwPIbFA

Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer, was born on Sep. 23, 1930 (d. 2004). #RayCharles

Ray Charles with the Raelettes - "Hit the Road Jack" (Percy Mayfield)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" (Bruce Springsteen) (1978, Phoenix)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlsBJxH1CWg

Bruce Springsteen, American singer, songwriter, and musician, was born on Sep. 23th. #BruceSpringsteen

"Mister I ain't a boy, no I'm a man / And I believe in a promised land."

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "The Promised Land" (Bruce Springsteen) (2002, Barcelona)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJx0HftF6Vk

Bruce Springsteen, American singer, songwriter, and musician, was born on Sep. 23th. #BruceSpringsteen

"Well, now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact / But maybe everything that dies someday comes back."

Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - "Atlantic City" (Bruce Springsteen)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-FZozVtgHw

Bruce Springsteen, American singer, songwriter, and musician, who is known for many "narrative songs about working class American life" (Wikipedia), was born on Sep. 23th. #BruceSpringsteen

"Thunder Road" (Bruce Springsteen) (Live, 1975)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O3MO2y30fU

Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, was born on Sep. 21, 1934 (d. 2016). #LeonardCohen

A great cover of a Leonard Cohen song:

Jennifer Warnes - "First We Take Manhattan" (Leonard Cohen) (1986)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvmt2TeI_2w

Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, was born on Sep. 21, 1934 (d. 2016). #LeonardCohen

I almost did not post this song because it's been overdone, covered by so many, but it's the songwriter singing it here.

Leonard Cohen - "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) (2009?, London)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q

Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, was born on Sep. 21, 1934 (d. 2016). #LeonardCohen

"I saw some people starving / There was murder, there was rape / Their villages were burning / They were trying to escape / I couldn't meet their glances / I was staring at my shoes / It was acid, it was tragic / It was almost like the blues"

Leonard Cohen - "Almost Like the Blues" (Leonard Cohen, Patrick Leonard) (2014)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szYrXzEi0cg

Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, was born on Sep. 21, 1934 (d. 2016). #LeonardCohen

Leonard Cohen - "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) (1970, The Isle of Wight)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_56ep729TE

Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist, was born on Sep. 21, 1934 (d. 2016). #LeonardCohen

Leonard Cohen and Julie Felix - "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen) (1967)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzgUs3c9QHY

Don Felder, American musician "who was the lead guitarist of the rock band Eagles from 1974 until his termination from the band in 2001" (Wikipedia), was born on September 21st. #DonFelder

Eagles - "Hotel California" (Don Felder Don Henley Glenn Frey) (Live 1977)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09839DpTctU

Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (d. 1996), American musicians, fraternal twins, and co-founders of the rock band Styx, bassist and drummer respectively, were born on September 20, 1948. #ChuckPanozzo #JohnPanozzo

Styx - "Grand Illusion" (Dennis DeYoung) (released 1977)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U2E-In0DDg

Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (d. 1996), American musicians, fraternal twins, and co-founders of the rock band Styx, bassist and drummer respectively, were born on September 20, 1948. #ChuckPanozzo #JohnPanozzo

Styx - "Superstars" (James Young, Dennis DeYoung, Tommy Shaw) (1977)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O01lk3DAoU8

"Mama" Cass Elliot, American singer, actress and member of the Mamas & the Papas, was born on Sep. 19, 1941 (d. 1974). #MamaCass #CassElliot

The Mamas & The Papas - "Words of Love" (John Phillips) (1966, The Ed Sullivan Show)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2BmO7hCQrY

Sylvia Tyson, Canadian musician, performer, singer-songwriter, member of Ian and Sylvia and now of Quartette, was born on Sep. 19th. #SylviaTyson

The more successful cover of Sylvia Tyson's song by We Five:

We Five - "You Were on My Mind" (Sylvia Fricker [Sylvia Tyson]) (1965)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZtM7rkJVno

Sylvia Tyson, Canadian musician, performer, singer-songwriter, member of Ian and Sylvia and now of Quartette, was born on Sep. 19th. #SylviaTyson

Ian and Sylvia - "You Were on My Mind" (Sylvia Fricker [Sylvia Tyson]) (1964)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5ZEfm9yH2k

Paul Williams, American composer, singer, songwriter and actor, who wrote or co-wrote many 1970s hits, was born on Sep. 19th. #PaulWilliams

Carpenters - "The Rainbow Connection (Outtake)" (Paul Williams, Kenneth Ascher)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoqJpXWGFOA