Clark Terry - American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.

Cindy Birdsong - American singer who became famous as a member of The Supremes in 1967, when she replaced co-founding member Florence Ballard. Birdsong had previously been a member of Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles. Harry Ray - Singer from American R&B vocal group, The Moments.

Michael McCary - American singer, known for being a former bass singer of the R&B group Boyz II Men.

Eddie Kendricks - American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971.   Wanda Hutchinson - Vocalist who came to prominence in the American sister Grammy-award winning R&B/soul group, The Emotions. The Emotions are […]

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 […]