Laverne Baker - American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee", "Jim Dandy", and "I Cried a Tear" Ernestine Anderson - American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 […]
Booker T. Jones - American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Errol Brown - ritish-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. Bob Crewe - American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He […]
Baby Washington - American soul music vocalist, who had 16 rhythm and blues chart entries in 15 years, most of them during the 1960s. Idris Muhammed - American jazz drummer who recorded with Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu. Timmy Thomas - American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, best known […]
Alexander O'Neal - American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. In a music career spanning more than 40 years, O'Neal is an accomplished R&B and soul singer. Scherrie Payne - American singer. Payne is best known as the last lead singer of the R&B/Soul vocal group The Supremes from 1973 until 1977. Because […]
Diana Krall - Canadian jazz pianist and singer, known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 6 million albums in the US and over 15 million albums worldwide. "Blue" Lovett - Bass singer & songwriter who came to prominence as a member of the popular American R&B vocal group, The Manhattans. The Manhattans […]
Ronald Devoe - American singer, best known as one of the members of the R&B/pop group New Edition, and the R&B/hip hop group Bell Biv DeVoe.
Hank Ballard - Rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of The Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. Jenny Burton - American R&B singer who had several hits on the US Billboard dance chart.
Tony Rich - American Grammy-award-winning Contemporary singer-songwriter best known for his hit single "Nobody Knows". Warren Pete Moore - American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group The Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members.
J. Blackfoot - American soul singer. A member of The Soul Children in the late 1960s and 1970s, he subsequently had a moderately successful solo career. His biggest hit was "Taxi", which reached the charts in both the US and UK in 1984.
Betty Everett - American soul singer and pianist, best known for her biggest hit single, the million-selling "Shoop Shoop Song", and her duet "Let It Be Me" with Jerry Butler. Gloria Lynne - American jazz vocalist with a recording career spanning from 1958 to 2007.
Richard Tee - American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger, who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as "In Your Eyes", "Slip Slidin' Away", "Just the Two of Us", "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow", "Crackerbox Palace", "Tell Her About It", and many others. Donald "Duck" Dunn - American bass guitarist, session […]
Percy Sledge - American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song "When a Man Loves a Woman", a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts in 1966. It was awarded a million-selling, Gold-certified disc from the RIAA. Jocelyn Brown - American R&B and dance […]
