Thomas McClary (American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founder and lead guitarist of The Commodores. McClary is credited with having created the signature sound of The Commodores' original music.)

Larry Young ( American jazz organist and occasional pianist.)

Hamish Stuart (Scottish born British guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. ) Joshie Joe Armstead ( an American soul singer and songwriter. Armstead began her career singing backing vocals for blues musician Bobby "Blue" Bland before becoming an Ikette in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the early 1960s.) Robert Kool Bell (American musician, singer […]

O.V Wright (American singer who is generally regarded as a blues artist by African-American fans in the Deep South; he is also regarded as one of Southern soul's most authoritative and individual artists.) Abdullah Ibrahim (South African pianist and composer.) Nona Hendryx (American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress. ) Rod Temperton (English […]

Nappy Brown (American R&B singer. His hits include the 1955 Billboard chart #2, "Don't Be Angry", "Little By Little", and "Night Time Is the Right Time".) Sam Moore (American vocalist who was a member of the soul and R&B group Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He is a member of the Rock & Roll […]

Dorothy Moore ( American blues, gospel, and R&B singer best known for her 1976 hit song, "Misty Blue".) Pharoah Sanders (American jazz saxophonist. A member of John Coltrane's groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound".) Shirley […]

Karyn White ( American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s.) Robert Parker (American R&B singer and musician, best known for his 1966 hit, "Barefootin'".) Norman Harris (American guitarist, producer, music arranger and songwriter, closely associated with Philly soul. He was a founding member of MFSB, the Philadelphia studio band, and one […]

Marv Johnson (American R&B and soul singer, notable for performing on the first record issued by Tamla Records, which later became Motown.) Titi Jackson (American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Jackson was an original member of The Jackson 5) Nellie Lutcher (American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early […]

Terry Huff (Washington, D.C.-based singer whose biggest hit was the ache-filled "The Lonely One," a substantial hit along the East Coast. ) Sugar Pie Desanto (American rhythm-and-blues singer, whose career in music flourished in the 1950s and 1960s.)

Wyclef Jean  (Haitian rapper, musician and actor. At the age of nine, Jean immigrated to the United States with his family. He first achieved fame as a member of the New Jersey hip hop group the Fugees. Jean has won three Grammy Awards for his musical work.)

Wilbert Hart (American R&B singer and a pioneering co-founding member of the legendary Delfonics.) George McCrae (American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".) Jennifer Holiday (American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, Your Arms Too Short to Box with God and […]

Eddie Harris (American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ.) C.P. Spencer (American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer for the Motown label in the late 1960s and early 1970s.) Jelly Roll Morton (American ragtime and jazz pianist, […]