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Brook Benton

American singer and songwriter

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The Larks

2

Joe Morris

American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter and bandleader

3

Allen Bunn

musical artist

4

Mabel Scott

American singer

5

Ruby & the Romantics

American band

6

LaVern Baker

American rhythm and blues singer (1929-1997)

7

Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

8

Big Maybelle

American R&B singer and pianist

9

Melba Moore

American singer, actress

10

Arthur Adams

American blues musician

11

Judy Clay

American soul and gospel singer

12

Thurman Ruth

American singer

13

Ann Cole

American musician

14

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

15

Roy Brown

American R&B singer, songwriter and musician

16

Deborah Chessler

American songwriter

17

Ruby Turner

British R&B and soul singer, songwriter and actress

18

Lula Reed

American singer (1926-2008)

19

Candi Staton

American soul and gospel singer

20

Rose Marie McCoy

American songwriter

21

Dorothy Moore

American singer

22

Etta James

American recording artist; singer

23

Annie Laurie

American jump blues and rhythm and blues singer

24

The Staple Singers

American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group

25

Johnny Otis

American singer, musician, composer, and record producer

26

Roy Milton

American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader

27

Esther Phillips

American R&B singer

28

Johnnie Taylor

American soul-blues and pop singer

29

Big Mama Thornton

American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

30

Sugar Pie DeSanto

American singer

31

Ann Peebles

American singer and songwriter

32

Percy Sledge

American singer

33

Sam Cooke

American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

34

Linda Hopkins

African American actress and blues and gospel singer

35

Marie Adams

American singer (1925-1972)

36

Denise LaSalle

American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer

37

Lillian Leach

American singer

38

Betty Hall Jones

American singer

39

The Du Droppers

American doo-wop group

40

Marv Johnson

American R&B and soul singer

41

Alberta Adams

American singer, musician

42

Griffin Brothers

American R&B band

43

Peggy Scott-Adams

African-American soul and R&B singer

44

Art Rupe

American music industry executive

45

Frankie Lymon

American singer

46

Mitty Collier

American musician

47

Carla Thomas

American singer

48

Bobby Bland

American soul & blues musician

49

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

50

Maria Muldaur

American folk-blues singer

51

Clyde McPhatter

American singer

52

Chuck Willis

American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter

53

Ella Mae Morse

American popular music singer (1924-1999)