Dee Clark - American soul singer best known for a string of R&B and pop hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including the song "Raindrops", which became a million-seller in the United States in 1961. Joni Mitchell - Canadian-American singer-songwriter and painter. Drawing from folk, pop, rock, classical, and jazz, Mitchell's songs often […]

Gerald Alston - American soul/R&B singer, and the lead singer of the Grammy Award winning group The Manhattans between late 1970 and 1988, recording 25 top 40 R&B and 12 Hot 100 Pop Singles. Cubie Burke - Member of 60s/70s soul group THE STAIRSTEPS. Minnie Riperton -  American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single […]

Tommy Dorsey - American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombone playing. His theme song was "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You". David Ebo - American singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1976, Harold Melvin was looking for a […]

Bobby Rush -  American blues musician, composer, and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap, and funk. Rush has won twelve Blues Music Awards and in 2017, at the age of 83, he won his first Grammy Award for the album Porcupine Meat. Herbert Laws - American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning […]

Laverne Baker - American R&B singer who had several hit records on the pop chart in the 1950s and early 1960s. Ernestine Anderson - American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. Mose Allison - American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter.