Edwin Birdsong

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". Under Polydor, he issued his first two full-length albums, What It Is and Supernatural.

Discography Albums What It Is (1971, Polydor) Supernatural (1973, Polydor) Dance of Survival (1975, Bam-Boo) Edwin Birdsong (1979, Philadelphia International) Funtaztik (1981, Salsoul)

Singles Year SongUS R&B 1973 "Rising Sign" — "Turn Around Hate (Communicate)" — 1975 "Dance of Survival" — 1978 "Kunta Dance" — 1979 "Phiss-Phizz" — "Cola Bottle Baby" — "Lollipop" / "Freaky Deaky Sities" — 1980 "Rapper Dapper Snapper" 65 1981 "Funtaztik" — 1982 "She's Wrapped Too Tight (She's a Button Buster)" 55 1984 "Perfect Love'n" — 1985 "Too Good to Go (When You Get It Right)" — "Son of a Rapper Dapper Snapper" — 1986 "For My Self" — 1987 "Percolator" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart.