Nelson Riddle - American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s.

Lesley Gore - American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. At the age of 16, she recorded the pop hit "It's My Party", a US number one in 1963. She followed it up with ten further Billboard top 40 hits including "Judy's Turn to Cry" and "You Don't Own Me". Randy "Rudy" Cain - Philadelphia soul […]

June 3rd - Featuring Mary J. Blige, Jazmine Sullivan, Trina & Tweet June 4th - Featuring Jodeci, Anthony Hamilton & a NO LIMIT reunion: Master P, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker, Mia X. Raheem Devaughn & Carl Thomas

Curtis Mayfield - American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. Deniece Williams - American singer, songwriter and record producer. Williams has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. Henry Stone - American record company executive and producer […]

Gary U.S. Bonds - American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three". Grant Green -  American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms […]

Prince - American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation, he was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona and wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams. Nikki Giovanni - American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Billy Butler - American soul singer and songwriter active in […]

Boz Scaggs - American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Boz Scaggs. Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins - former singer with 1950s and 1960s doo-wop group, The Parliaments. He is a founding member of the groundbreaking and influential 1970s funk bands Parliament and Funkadelic, also known as Parliament-Funkadelic.

Jackie Wilson - American soul and rock and roll singer and performer. Wilson was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Kenny Barron - American jazz pianist, who has appeared on hundreds of recordings as leader and sideman and is considered one of the most influential mainstream jazz pianists since […]

Shirley Alston - American soul singer who was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles. In addition to Owens, the Shirelles consisted of classmates of hers from Passaic High School, New Jersey: Doris Kenner Jackson, Addie "Micki" Harris McPhadden and Beverly Lee.

Bobby Freeman - American rock, soul and R&B singer, songwriter and record producer from San Francisco, best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, "C'mon and Swim". Marv Tarplin - American guitarist and songwriter, […]