Anita O'Day - American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances that shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer".
Chuckii Booker - American producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader. Cornell Dupree - American jazz and R&B guitarist. Maurice White - American singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder, leader, main songwriter, and producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, and served as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey. Lenny […]
Kim Weston - American soul singer, and Motown alumna. Keith Wilder - Singer of the influential Seventies funk outfit Heatwave.
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 with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night". Carla Thomas - American singer, who is often referred to as the Queen […]
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 until 1973 and again from 1980 to 1988. Esther Phillips - American singer, best known for her R&B vocals. She also performed pop, country, jazz, […]
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, New Orleans-based R&B singer and songwriter, best known for two hit singles in the early 1960s, "I Like It Like That" and "Land of 1000 […]
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 American R&B and rock and roll. Lonnie Liston Smith - American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with such jazz artists as Pharoah Sanders […]
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 cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
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 who played a key role in the transition from the blues to rock and roll. He influenced many artists, including Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, the […]
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 a global following.
