Tommy Dorsey - American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. David Ebo - American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1976, Harold Melvin was looking for a lead singer for his group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes after Teddy Pendergrass left, eventually hiring Ebo to replace Teddy.

Bobby Rush - American blues musician, composer and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap and funk. Hubert Laws - American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 40 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Sir Mack Rice - American songwriter and singer. His best-known composition and biggest hit as a […]

Laverne Baker - American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Her most successful records were "Tweedle Dee", "Jim Dandy", and "I Cried a Tear" Ernestine Anderson - American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 […]

Booker T. Jones - American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger, best known as the frontman of the band Booker T. & the M.G.'s. Errol Brown - ritish-Jamaican singer and songwriter, best known as the frontman of the soul and funk band Hot Chocolate. Bob Crewe - American songwriter, dancer, singer, manager, and record producer. He […]

Baby Washington - American soul music vocalist, who had 16 rhythm and blues chart entries in 15 years, most of them during the 1960s. Idris Muhammed - American jazz drummer who recorded with Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, and Tete Montoliu. Timmy Thomas - American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, best known […]

Alexander O'Neal - American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger from Natchez, Mississippi. In a music career spanning more than 40 years, O'Neal is an accomplished R&B and soul singer. Scherrie Payne - American singer. Payne is best known as the last lead singer of the R&B/Soul vocal group The Supremes from 1973 until 1977. Because […]