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Cab Calloway

American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)

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Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

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Marvin Hamlisch

American composer and conductor (1944-2012)

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Jerry Herman

American composer and lyricist

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Wayman Tisdale

basketball player

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Richard Rodgers

American composer of songs and Broadway musicals

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Berry Gordy

American Music Executive, Record Producer

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Stephen Schwartz

American musical theatre lyricist and composer

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Clarence Williams

American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher

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Bob Wills

American Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader (1905-1975)

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Walter Thomas

American saxophonist

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Hal Singer

American musician