Ben E. King (American soul and R&B singer and record producer.) Keni Burke (American singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist who began his career with four siblings in the 1970s band the Five Stairsteps.) Sean Levert (American singer-songwriter and actor. Levert is best known as a member of the R&B vocal group LeVert. Levert was the son of O'Jays lead […]
Jean Luc Ponty ( French jazz violinist and composer.) Tommy Tate (American soul singer and songwriter, who had three hits on the R&B chart in the 1970s.)
Marilyn McCoo (American singer, actress, and television presenter, who is best known for being the lead female vocalist in the group The 5th Dimension, as well as hosting the 1980s music countdown series Solid Gold.) Cissy Houston (American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne […]
Donny Hathaway (American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and arranger. Hathaway has been described as a "soul legend" by Rolling Stone.) Howard Hewett (Grammy Award-winning American singer–songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the Grammy winning R&B/soul vocal group Shalamar.) Herb Fame (American singer from vocal duo, Peaches & Herb)
Freddie Jackson (American Grammy-nominated singer.) Vanessa Bell Armstrong (Gospel singer who released her debut album Peace Be Still in 1983.)
Arlene Smith (American singer/writer of vocal group The Chantels) Darondo (American soul singer from the San Francisco Bay Area.) Richard Street (Richard Allen Street was an American soul and R&B singer, most notable as a member of Motown vocal group The Temptations from 1971 to 1993.)
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 […]
