Cedar Walton - American hard bop jazz pianist. He came to prominence as a member of drummer Art Blakey's band before establishing a long career as a bandleader and composer. […]
David Ruffin - American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations during the group's "Classic Five" period as it […]
Booker Newbury - American singer and keyboardist, who was a member of the mid 1970s soul groups Sweet Thunder, and Impact, before pursuing a solo career. He is probably best […]
Ron Townson - American vocalist. He was an original member of The 5th Dimension, a popular vocal group of the late 1960s and early 1970s; he is the only original […]
Edwin Starr - American singer and songwriter. Starr was famous for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one hit "War". Richie Havens - American singer-songwriter […]
Nolan Strong - Detroit based singer of the R&B group The Diablos. Sam Cooke - American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He was also influential as a composer and producer, […]
Anita Pointer - American singer–songwriter, best known as a founding member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters.
Aaron Neville - American R&B and soul vocalist and musician. He has had four platinum albums and four Top 10 hits in the United States, including three that went to […]
Etta James - American singer who performed in various genres, including blues, R&B, soul, rock and roll, jazz and gospel. Barbara Carroll- American jazz pianist and vocalist. Edmund Sylvers - […]
Bettye Lavette - American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, with her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. […]
Bobby Blue Bland - American blues singer. Bland developed a sound that mixed gospel with the blues and R&B. L. J. Reynolds - Powerful baritone voiced singer L.J. Reynolds is best known […]
Phil Flowers - Washington area singer and composer who performed in the United States and abroad since the 1950's. He was sometimes described as "The Black Elvis" and "Skip Manning."
