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Al Jackson Jr.
American musician and record producer
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Andrew Love
American musician
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Wayne Jackson
American musician
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David Porter
American record producer, songwriter and singer
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Donald Dunn
American bass guitarist (1941-2012)
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Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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The Mar-Keys
studio session band
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Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
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Luther Ingram
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
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Lewie Steinberg
American musician
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Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Shirley Brown
American musician
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The Dixie Nightingales
African-American male vocal group
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Dee Dee Warwick
American soul singer
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The Mad Lads
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Roger Hawkins
American drummer
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Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Isaac Hayes
American singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor (1942-2008)
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James Carr
American musician
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Carla Thomas
American singer
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David Hood
American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player
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Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
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Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Wendy Rene
American singer
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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The Soul Children
band that plays jazz
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The Emotions
American vocal group from Chicago, Illinois
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King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Delaney & Bonnie
American husband and wife music duo
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The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
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William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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The Knickerbockers
American rock band, formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1964
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Barry Beckett
American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder
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Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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The Memphis Horns
American horn section
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The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
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Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Billy Butler
American musician
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Cissy Houston
American singer
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Al Green
American singer
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Jo Armstead
singer and songwriter
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Margie Joseph
American R&B and soul singer
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The Temprees
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Beverley Knight
soul singer, songwriter and record producer
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The Intruders
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Darrell Banks
American musician
