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Leroy Hutson
American musician
1
Morris Jennings
American musician
2
Norman Harris
American musician
3
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
4
Vincent Montana, Jr.
American musician
5
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
6
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
7
Eric Gale
American musician
8
Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
9
Richard Tee
American musician
10
Jerry Butler
American soul singer and songwriter
11
Odell Brown
American jazz organist, songwriter
12
Bunny Sigler
American musician
13
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
14
Loleatta Holloway
American singer (1946–2011)
15
Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae musician
16
Willie Weeks
American bassist
17
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
18
Leon Ware
American recording artist, songwriter and composer
19
Nathan Watts
American musician
20
Don Myrick
American musician
21
Kirk Whalum
American musician
22
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
23
Jimmy Maelen
musician
24
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
25
Musiq Soulchild
American singer
26
Lacy Gibson
American blues guitarist
27
Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
28
Tommy Cogbill
American musician
29
Gene Chandler
American musician
30
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
31
Eddie Kramer
audio engineer and producer
32
Major Lance
singer
33
David Lindley
American musician
34
David Sanborn
American saxophonist
35
Dan Hartman
American singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, record producer
36
The Osmonds
American family singing group
37
Paul Griffin
American session musician and pianist
38
Instant Funk
39
Leland Sklar
American musician
40
Arthur Jenkins
American musician
41
Baby Huey
Anerican singer
42
Johnny Colla
guitarist, saxophonist
43
Curtis Fowlkes
American musician
44
Pat Travers
Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer
45
Andy Kirk
American jazz saxophonist and tubist, bandleader
46
Benny Golson
American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger (born 1929)
47
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
48
Larry Carlton
American musician
49
Carl Wilson
American musician; original member of The Beach Boys (1946-1998)
50
Roberta Flack
American singer
51
Curtis Wright
American singer
