David Prater - American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until his death in 1988.

Arthur Alexander - American country soul songwriter and singer. Ron Banks - Founding member of R&B group the Dramatics. Bill Coday - American musician and singer.  

Irving Berlin - American composer, songwriter and lyricist. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook. Born in Imperial Russia, Berlin arrived in the United States at the age of five.

Burt Bacharach - American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. Norman Whitfield - American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. He has been credited as one of the […]

Mary Wells - American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. Teddy Randazzo - American pop songwriter, singer, arranger and producer, who composed hit songs such as "Goin' Out of My Head", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", "Pretty Blue Eyes", and "Hurt So Bad" in the 1960s. Stevie […]