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Major Lance
singer
1
The Five Du-Tones
2
Billy Stewart
American singer
3
Jerry Butler
American soul singer and songwriter
4
Don Patterson
American jazz organist
5
Arthur Prysock
American singer
6
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
7
Gloria Jones
American singer
8
Garnet Mimms
American musician
9
Barbara Lewis
American singer and songwriter
10
The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
11
Andrew Love
American musician
12
Ted Taylor
American soul musician
13
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
14
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
15
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
16
Arthur Conley
American soul singer
17
James Gadson
American musician
18
Marv Tarplin
American guitarist and songwriter
19
Luther Ingram
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
20
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
21
Billy Eckstine
American musician
22
Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers
band
23
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
24
Houston Person
American saxophonist
25
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
26
Billy Butler
American musician
27
Samantha Jones
English singer
28
David Porter
American record producer, songwriter and singer
29
Lorraine Ellison
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
30
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
31
Jo Armstead
singer and songwriter
32
Bob Bushnell
musician
33
Eddie & Ernie
34
Walter Jackson
singer
35
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
American musician
36
Marv Johnson
American R&B and soul singer
37
Dionne Warwick
American singer, actress and TV show host
38
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
39
Joe Stubbs
musical artist
40
Billy Preston
American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel (1946-2006)
41
Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
42
O. V. Wright
American singer
43
Betty Wright
American singer
44
Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
45
The Miracles
American rhythm and blues vocal group
46
Wayne Jackson
American musician
47
Honey Cone
band
48
Joe Simon
American soul and R&B musician
49
The 5th Dimension
American popular music vocal group
50
Laurel Aitken
singer
51
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
52
The Action
band that plays blue-eyed soul
53
Arthur Alexander
American country songwriter and soul singer
54
Dee Dee Warwick
American soul singer
55
The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
56
Jimmy Johnson
American musician (1943-2019)
57
Kip Anderson
American soul blues and R&B singer and songwriter
58
Jackie Wilson
American singer
59
Norman Whitfield
American songwriter, record producer
60
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
61
Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s
