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The Roberta Martin Singers

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Roberta Martin

American musician

2

The Barrett Sisters

3

James Cleveland

American musician

4

George Beverly Shea

American gospel singer and hymn composer born in Canada

5

Gene McDaniels

American singer and songwriter

6

Inez Andrews

American singer

7

Blind Joe Taggart

American blind country blues musician

8

The Jordanaires

American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley

9

Kings of Rhythm

American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner

10

The Larks

11

Mahalia Jackson

American gospel singer

12

Billy Ward and His Dominoes

African American R&B group

13

Solomon Burke

American singer

14

Thomas A. Dorsey

American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music

15

Doris Akers

Music composer, arranger and singer

16

Mitty Collier

American musician

17

Willie Mae Ford Smith

American singer

18

Michael W. Smith

American musician and songwriter

19

Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

20

Clyde McPhatter

American singer

21

Al Green

American singer

22

Red Foley

American musician

23

Little Richard

American pianist, singer and songwriter

24

Andraé Crouch

American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)

25

Webb Pierce

American honky-tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist

26

Barbara Acklin

American soul singer and songwriter

27

Golden Gate Quartet

American gospel vocal group

28

Michael English

American gospel singer

29

Jake Hess

American singer

30

Philip Bailey

American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor

31

Della Reese

American actress and singer

32

The Blackwood Brothers

American southern gospel quartet

33

Cleophus Robinson

American gospel singer and preacher

34

Donny Hathaway

American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)

35

The Oak Ridge Boys

American band that plays country music

36

J. Mayo Williams

American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)

37

Arthur Adams

American blues musician

38

Pat Boone

American recording artist; singer

39

Loleatta Holloway

American singer (1946–2011)

40

The Imperials

American christian music group

41

The Chuck Wagon Gang

country gospel musical group

42

Daryl Coley

American musician

43

Shenandoah

American country music group

44

Brother Joe May

singer

45

Thomas Whitfield

American gospel singer

46

Mavis Staples

American singer

47

Brian McKnight

American singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and R&B musician

48

Sam Cooke

American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

49

Betty Everett

American recording artist; soul singer and pianist

50

Michael Tait

American singer

51

Beverly Crawford

African American gospel vocalist

52

Alice Leslie Carter

United States American classic female blues singer

53

Jessy Dixon

American musician

54

The Weavers

American folk music quartet

55

Arnold Moore

American singer

56

Billy "The Kid" Emerson

American musician

57

The Soul Stirrers

band

58

The Blind Boys of Alabama

gospel group from Alabama, United States

59

Fontella Bass

American singer

60

The "5" Royales

R&B band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.

61

B.Slade

American singer-songwriter

62

Kirk Franklin

American musician

63

Audio Adrenaline

American Christian rock band

64

The Dixie Hummingbirds

band

65

Donald Lawrence

American musician

66

Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's