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.)
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, […]
Steve Cropper (American guitarist, songwriter and record producer.) Dizzy Gillespie (American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic and rhythmic complexity previously unheard in jazz.)
Bobby Fuller (American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance" and "I Fought the Law", recorded with his group The Bobby Fuller Four.) Curtis Womack (American musician and was the brother of legendary singer Bobby Womack. He was a member of the singing group “The Womack Brothers")
Charlie Foxx ( American singer and guitarist from rhythm and blues and soul duo group Inez and Charlie Foxx) Dianne Reeves (American jazz singer.) Belita Woods (lead singer of the late 1970s R&B group Brainstorm.) Ellie Greenwich (American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer.) Ernie Watts (American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who […]
Bootsy Collins (American musician, singer and songwriter.) Eddie Henderson (American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player.)
Weldon Irvine, Jr. (American composer, playwright, poet, pianist, organist, and keyboardist.)
Cleo Laine (English jazz and pop singer and an actress, known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a G above high C, giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves.)
Eugene "Bird" Daughtrey - American singer from vocal group "The Intruders". King Errisson - American musician. Melba Moore - American singer, actress, voice actress, and entertainer. Randy Jackson - American singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer. Randy is best known as a former member of his family band the Jacksons.
Otis Williams - American bariton singer, songwriter and a record producer. Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations, a group in which he continues to perform; he also owns the rights to the Temptations name. Clifford Brown - American jazz trumpeter. Daryl Coley - American Christian […]
Benard Edwards - American bass player, singer, songwriter and record producer, known primarily for his work in disco music with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic. Dooley Siverspoon - American gospel singer. Yvonne Wright - American singer and songwriter. Illnois Jacquet - American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying […]
