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Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur
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Miami Sound Machine
Miami Sound Machine
American musical group
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Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
American singer
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La India
La India
Puerto Rican recording artist; singer, salsa musician
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Angie Stone
Angie Stone
American singer and actress
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Ledisi
Ledisi
American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress.
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Martha and the Vandellas
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
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Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
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Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
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Karyn White
Karyn White
American singer
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Tamia
Tamia
Canadian musician and singer
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Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Cuban-American singer–songwriter
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Sheila E.
Sheila E.
American singer and percussionist
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Sam Watters
Sam Watters
American record producer
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Etta James
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Melba Moore
Melba Moore
American singer, actress
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Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
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Kelly Price
Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
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Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams
American singer
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Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle
American singer-songwriter and actress
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Estelle
Estelle
British singer-songwriter
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Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
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Barry White
Barry White
American singer-songwriter
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Siedah Garrett
Siedah Garrett
American singer-songwriter
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Betty Davis
Betty Davis
American funk and soul singer
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Freddie Jackson
Freddie Jackson
American singer
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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
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Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton
American R&B singer-songwriter
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Vicki Sue Robinson
Vicki Sue Robinson
American musician (1954-2000)
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Ella Mai
Ella Mai
English singer and songwriter
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Jody Watley
Jody Watley
American singer
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Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
American singer
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Jazmine Sullivan
Jazmine Sullivan
American singer-songwriter
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Ann Nesby
Ann Nesby
American actress and singer
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Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Scottish recording artist
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Caron Wheeler
Caron Wheeler
English singer
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Anita Baker
Anita Baker
American singer-songwriter
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Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx
American musician
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Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
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Betty Everett
Betty Everett
American recording artist; soul singer and pianist
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Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona
Canadian R&B artist
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Jhené Aiko
Jhené Aiko
American singer
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Van McCoy
Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
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Mýa
Mýa
American R&B recording artist
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Ralphi Rosario
Ralphi Rosario
American musician
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Donna Summer
Donna Summer
American singer and songwriter
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Vivian Green
Vivian Green
American musician
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Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Moore
American singer
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams
American gospel singer and actress
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Bessie Regina Norris (December 21, 1953 – May 10, 2020), better known by her stage name Betty Wright, was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter and background vocalist. Beginning her professional career in the late 1960s as a teenager, Wright rose to fame in the 1970s with hits such as "Clean Up Woman" and "Tonight Is the Night". Wright was also prominent in her use of whistle register.