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James Cleveland
American musician
1
The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
2
Mississippi Mass Choir
musical artist
3
Byron Cage
American musician
4
Donnie McClurkin
American musician
5
Thomas Whitfield
American gospel singer
6
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
7
Kim Burrell
American musician
8
Roscoe Shelton
American electric blues and R&B singer
9
Jennifer Holliday
American actress and singer
10
Ricky Lawson
American musician
11
Smokie Norful
American musician
12
Brett James
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
13
Michael W. Smith
American musician and songwriter
14
Damita
American musician
15
Walter Hawkins
American musician
16
Billy Preston
American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel (1946-2006)
17
Chanté Moore
American singer-songwriter
18
Kirk Franklin
American musician
19
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
20
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
21
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
22
Bill Gaither
American musician
23
Della Reese
American actress and singer
24
Doris Akers
Music composer, arranger and singer
25
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
26
Little Richard
American pianist, singer and songwriter
27
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Canadian hip-hop record producer
28
The Oak Ridge Boys
American band that plays country music
29
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones
American Chicago blues and soul blues singer, guitarist, harmonicist and songwriter
30
Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
31
Laura Lee
American singer
32
Marvin Winans
American singer
33
Dottie Rambo
Gospel music singer-songwriter
34
Bobby Rogers
American singer
35
Keb' Mo'
American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter
36
The Blackwood Brothers
American southern gospel quartet
37
Roger Nichols
American record producer and audio engineer
38
Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
39
Dorothy Norwood
American Musician
40
The Clark Sisters
American gospel vocal group
41
Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
42
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
43
R. Stevie Moore
American musician
44
Freddie Jackson
American singer
45
Karen Clark Sheard
American musician and songwriter
46
Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
47
Dale Hawkins
American musician
48
Richard Smallwood
American singer
49
June Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter and actress (1929-2003)
50
Larnelle Harris
American musician
51
Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
52
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
53
George Martin
English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician
54
The "5" Royales
R&B band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
55
Mathew Knowles
American music executive, businessman, record producer, and manager
