Jean Wells - American soul singer Robert Cray - American blues guitarist and singer. He has led his own band and won five Grammy Awards.

Fat Larry James - Drummer and Founder of American R&B/funk band, The Fat Larry's Band. Johnny Kemp - Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a songwriter in late 1979 and is perhaps best known for his solo work, including his single "Just Got Paid", which was nominated for a Grammy […]

Eddie Jefferson - American jazz vocalist and lyricist. He is credited as an innovator of vocalese, a musical style in which lyrics are set to an instrumental composition or solo. Johnny Graham - Lead guitarist of Earth Wind & Fire. Beverly Lee - American soul singer. Syreeta Wright - American singer-songwriter, best known for her […]

Louis Armstrong - American trumpeter and vocalist. He is among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and different eras in the history of jazz. Armstrong was born and raised in New Orleans.  Timi Yuro - American singer-songwriter. Sometimes called "the little girl with the big voice," she is considered to […]

Damita Jo DeBlanc - American actress, comedian, and singer. Her second marriage was to her manager James "Biddy" Wood in 1961. Airto Moreira -  Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer.

David Grant - British singer, comedian and vocal coach. Joe Tex -  American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the styles of funk, country, gospel, and rhythm and blues. Benny Carter - American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With […]

Whitney Houston - American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide.

Patti Austin - American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Ronnie Spector - American singer who co-founded and fronted the girl group the Ronettes. She is sometimes referred to as the original "bad girl of rock and roll". Bobby Hatfield - American singer. He and Bill Medley were the Righteous Brothers. He sang the […]

Kenny Gamble - American singer, songwriter, and producer.

Percy Mayfield - American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song first recorded by Ray Charles. Pat Metheney - American jazz guitarist and composer. He is the leader […]

James "J.T." Taylor -  American singer and actor who achieved worldwide fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988. Taylor joined Kool & the Gang in 1979, and remained with the group for 9 years.

Maysa Leak - American jazz singer better known by her mononym Maysa. She is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito.

Maxine Brown - American soul and R&B singer. Edward Hawkins - American gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. He was probably best known for his arrangement of "Oh Happy Day", which was included on the "Songs of the Century" list. Ernie […]

Johnny Nash - American singer-songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston.

David Lasley - American recording artist, singer, musician and songwriter. C.L. Blast - American soul singer. Lewis was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1934. His first record was "Your Heart Must Be Made of Stone" recorded in New York in 1955. In 1957, he was drafted into the Army. Isaac Hayes - American singer, actor, […]

Roscoe Shelton - American electric blues and R&B singer. He is best remembered for his 1965 hit single "Strain on My Heart" and for his working relationships with the Fairfield Four and with Bobby Hebb. Other notable recordings include "Think It Over" and "Baby Look What You're Doin' to Me". Chuck Brown - American guitarist, […]

Jeffrey Daniels - American dancer, singer-songwriter and choreographer, most notable for being a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. Dee Harvey - American R&B singer. He was at one time signed to Motown Label and recorded his first album, Just as I Am with Motown in 1991.

Walter Williams - Singer from American R&B group, The O'Jays. Wayne Shorter - American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded the jazz fusion […]

Valerie Simpson -  American songwriter and singer. Branford Marsalis - American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque. From 1992 to 1995 he led the […]

Kenny Dorham - American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never received the kind of attention or public recognition from the jazz establishment that many of his peers did.  

Bobby Parker - American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 1961 song "Watch Your Step", a single for the V-Tone record label which reached the Billboard Hot 100; the song was performed by, and influenced, the Beatles among others. Wilton Felder - American saxophone and bass player, and is best […]

Archie Bell - American R&B vocal group from Houston, Texas, and one of the main acts on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records. Don Blackman - American jazz-funk pianist, singer, and songwriter. He performed with Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth, Wind and Fire, Louis Hayes, and Nicolas Dietz. Terry Callier - American soul, folk and jazz […]

Sam Gooden -  American soul singer. He was best known for being an original member of the successful 1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted R&B group The Impressions, from its beginnings as The Roosters in the 1950s. Bobby Purify - American soul singer. Horace Silver - American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in […]