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As per our current Database, Bobby Byrd is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
🎂 Bobby Byrd - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, Bobby Byrd is 90 years, 3 months and 3 days old. Bobby Byrd will celebrate 91rd birthday on a Friday 15th of August 2025. Below we countdown to Bobby Byrd upcoming birthday.
| Popular As |
Bobby Byrd |
| Occupation |
R&B Singer |
| Age |
90 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
| Born |
August 15, 1934 (Georgia) |
| Birthday |
August 15 |
| Town/City |
Georgia |
| Nationality |
Georgia |
🌙 Zodiac
Bobby Byrd’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Bobby Byrd was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
About
Remembered as the founder of the influential R&B group The Famous Flames, he was also responsible for discovering the acclaimed funk and soul vocalist James Brown. In 1998, Byrd was chosen by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation as the recipient of the prestigious Pioneer Award.
Before Fame
Early in his career, he performed with a church choral group known as the Zioneers. Later, he joined vocal ensembles called the Gospel Starlighters and the Avons.
Trivia
In 2012, he became a posthumous inductee into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Family Life
He and his sister, Sarah, spent their childhoods in Toccoa, Georgia. During his marriage to soul singer Vicki Anderson (which lasted from the early 1970s until his death in 2007), Byrd raised children named Keisha, Carleen, Bartlett, Anthony, and James.
Associated With
Byrd, Catfish Collins collaborated on the hit 1970 funk and R&B track "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine."
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