Clyde McPhatter - American rhythm and blues, soul, and rock and roll singer. He was one of the most widely imitated R&B singers of the 1950s and early 1960s and was a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. Camelle Hinds - Singer, song writer and bassist. Jimmy Ellis - American singer and […]

Blue Lovett - Bass singer and songwriter. Richard "Dick" Griffey - American record producer and music promoter who founded SOLAR Records, a RAS acronym for "Sound of Los Angeles Records". The label played a major role in developing a funk-oriented blend of disco, R&B and soul music during the 1970s and 1980s. Lillian Lopez - […]

Ronald Devoe - American singer, rapper, and actor known as one of the members of the R&B/pop group New Edition, and the R&B/hip hop group Bell Biv DeVoe. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Barney Kessell - American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and […]

Hank Ballard - American R&B singer and songwriter, the lead vocalist of The Midnighters and one of the first rock and roll artists to emerge in the early 1950s. Jenny Burton - American R&B singer who had several hits on the US Billboard dance chart.

Tony Rich - American Grammy-award-winning Contemporary singer-songwriter best known for his hit single "Nobody Knows". Warren Pete Moore - American singer-songwriter and record producer, notable as the bass singer for Motown group The Miracles from 1955 onwards, and was one of the group's original members.