Betty Wright - American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s […]
Robin and Maurice Gibb - American vocalist from R&B music group the Bee Gees.
Eugene Record - American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the Chicago-based vocal group The Chi-Lites from their formation in 1959 […]
Lee Dorsey - American pop and R&B singer during the 1960s. Woody Shaw - American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator.
Bob James - American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. Chris Kenner - American, […]
Johnny Otis - American singer, musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, talent scout, disc jockey, record producer, television show host, artist, author, journalist, minister, and impresario. He was a seminal influence on […]
Patti Drew - American pop singer who achieved brief success in the late 1960s. Yvonne Elliman - American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first […]
Chris Jasper - American singer, composer, and producer. Paul Jackson Jr. - American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. Bo Diddley - American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer […]
Donna Summer - American singer, songwriter and actress. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music gained […]
Grandmaster Flash - American hip hop recording artist and DJ. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of hip hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Marshall Jones - […]
Arthur Prysock - American jazz and R&B singer best known for his live shows and his deep baritone, influenced by Billy Eckstine. Nathan Heathman - He was a child prodigy […]
Willie Mitchell - American trumpeter, bandleader, soul, R&B, rock and roll, pop and funk record producer and arranger who ran Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Sir George Martin - English […]
