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 […]