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New Birth
American musical group
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Switch
American musical group; R&B/funk band
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Commodores
American funk/soul band
3
Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
4
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
5
Rufus
American funk band
6
Michael McDonald
American recording artist; singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and record producer
7
Ohio Players
American funk and R&B band
8
Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
9
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
10
Rose Royce
American soul and R&B group
11
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
12
DeBarge
American R&B, soul and funk musical group
13
Sly and the Family Stone
American band
14
Lenny Williams
American singer
15
Seawind
American jazz fusion
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The Trammps
American soul band
17
Rare Earth
American rock band
18
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
19
The Fatback Band
American funk band
20
Brainstorm
American funk and R&B band
21
The Undisputed Truth
American band
22
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
23
Tower of Power
American soul and funk band
24
Zapp
American funk band from Dayton, Ohio
25
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
26
Alan Steward
Dutch musician
27
Billy Griffin
American singer and songwriter
28
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
29
The Moonglows
American R&B group
30
Brick
American band
31
The Jackson 5
American pop music family group
32
Simply Red
English soul band
33
The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
34
James Gang
American rock band
35
Don Brewer
American musician
36
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
37
Fred Wesley
American jazz trombonist
38
Boyz II Men
American rhythm & blues vocal group
39
Roy Hargrove
American jazz trumpeter
40
Norman Whitfield
American songwriter, record producer
41
Táta Vega
American musician
42
Joan Osborne
US singer and songwriter
43
The Miracles
American rhythm and blues vocal group
44
Smokey Robinson
American recording artist; R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
45
The Doobie Brothers
American rock band
46
Bar-Kays
American band
47
Cynthia Johnson
American singer, leader of Lipps Inc.
48
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
49
Gleaming Spires
American new wave musical duo
50
Living Colour
American rock band
