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Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter and musician
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The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
2
Chris Jasper
American singer, composer and musician
3
Bloodstone
American soul musical group
4
Dazz Band
American funk band
5
Lynn Davis
American musician
6
Commodores
American funk/soul band
7
Lenny Williams
American singer
8
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
9
Cornelius Grant
American musician
10
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
11
James Gadson
American musician
12
Jay Graydon
American musician songwriter, recording artist, guitarist, singer, producer, arranger, and record engineer
13
Paul Riser
American musician
14
Nathan Watts
American musician
15
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
16
Maze
band
17
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
18
Raymond Lee Brown
American musician
19
David T. Walker
American musician
20
Tokyo Blade
English heavy metal band
21
Marv Tarplin
American guitarist and songwriter
22
Jack Ashford
American musician
23
Leon Ware
American recording artist, songwriter and composer
24
Louis Shelton
musician
25
Eric Carr
American musician
26
Roger Troutman
American musician, songwriter, producer
27
Anthony Phillips
British musician
28
Ernie Isley
American musician, songwriter
29
Anna Gordy Gaye
American businesswoman, music executive and songwriter
30
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
31
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
32
The Brothers Johnson
Funk Band
33
The Originals
band
34
Talking Heads
American rock band
35
Dee Murray
English bassist
36
Joe Sample
American pianist
37
Cheryl Lynn
American singer
38
Rick James
American singer, songwriter, dancer, bandleader and record producer dancer
39
Greg Phillinganes
American keyboardist
40
George Thorogood
American blues rock vocalist/guitarist
41
Tommy Stewart
American trumpeter
42
Walter Hawkins
American musician
