Harold Battiste

Harold Raymond Battiste Jr. was an American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher. A native of, and later community leader in, New Orleans, he is best known for his work as an arranger on records by Barbara George, Sam Cooke, Joe Jones, Lee Dorsey, Sonny and Cher, Dr. John, and others.

28 October 1931

Born on the same birth day (28 October): Adolfo Camarillo • Azumafuji Kin'ichi • Christopher Kelk Ingold • Concha García Campoy • George Dangerfield • Georgia Godwin • Keigo Abe • Montel Vontavious Porter • Sihem Bensedrine • Una Raymond-Hoey

Born in the same month (October 1931): Anatoly Pristavkin • Desmond Tutu • Diana Dors • Ed Emberley • Eileen Derbyshire • Ernst Hinterberger • John le Carré • José Alencar • Nikolai Chernykh • Suhailah Noah • Tommy Lewis (American football)