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Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
1
Lamont Dozier
American singer, songwriter and record producer
2
Honey Cone
band
3
Nikka Costa
American singer
4
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
5
Johnny Hates Jazz
British band
6
Edwin Starr
American singer
7
Phillip Mitchell
singer and songwriter
8
Freda Payne
American singer and actress
9
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
10
Al Green
American singer
11
Jim Messina
American musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist, recording engineer and record producer
12
Pete Wingfield
English musician
13
B. T. Express
American band
14
Barry White
American singer-songwriter
15
Betty Wright
American singer
16
Leroy Hutson
American musician
17
Eamon
American singer
18
Peter Brown
American singer
19
Precious Wilson
Jamaican singer
20
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
21
Ray Parker Jr.
American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor
22
Daryl Hall
American musician and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates
23
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
24
Luther Vandross
American singer, songwriter, and record producer (1951-2005)
25
Syreeta Wright
American singer-songwriter
26
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
27
James Cleveland
American musician
28
Surface
American band
29
Graham Parker
British singer
30
Caron Wheeler
English singer
31
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
32
Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
33
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
34
Kwamé
American rapper
35
Garnet Mimms
American musician
36
Johnny Rivers
American musician
37
Kurtis Blow
American rapper
38
Gims
Congolese-born French rapper
39
Brenda Russell
American singer-songwriter
40
Tyrone Davis
American musician
41
Lene Lovich
American new wave singer
42
Gino Vannelli
Canadian singer, songwriter and jazz musician
43
Eruption
band
44
Enchantment
soul/R&B band
45
A Taste of Honey
American band
46
James D-Train Williams
American musician
47
Jon B.
American contemporary R&B singer
48
William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
49
Brenda Holloway
American musician
50
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
51
Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
52
Chris Clark
American musician
53
Biddu
Indian singer
54
Nightcrawlers
band
55
Ellen Foley
American singer and actress
56
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
57
Kelis
American singer–songwriter
58
Leon Sylvers III
American singer, songwriter, disc-jockey, record producer and multi-instrumentalist
59
David Foster
Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
60
David A. Stewart
English musician, songwriter and record producer
61
Titiyo
Swedish singer and songwriter
62
The Smurfs
cartoon band based on The Smurfs
63
Evelyn Thomas
American musician
64
Andre Williams
American R&B and punk blues musician
65
Frankie Miller
British singer
66
Robin Thicke
American-Canadian singer
67
Nick Lowe
British singer
68
Barbara Acklin
American soul singer and songwriter
69
Paul Rodgers
English-Canadian singer-songwriter
70
The Sylvers
American R&B/Soul family vocal group from Watts, Los Angeles, California
71
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
72
Full Force
American R&B and hip hop singers
73
Blue Magic
American R&B and soul group
74
John Medora
American musician
75
Eddy Grant
Guyana born British reggae musician
76
Swamp Dogg
musician
77
Anita Baker
American singer-songwriter
78
Tony Hatch
English composer for musical theatre and television; noted songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer
79
Dan Hartman
American singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record producer
80
Maze
band
