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Tommy Cogbill

American musician

1

Spooner Oldham

American songwriter and session musician

2

Charles Chalmers

musician

3

Barry Beckett

American keyboardist, session musician, record producer, and studio founder

4

Eddie Hinton

American songwriter and session musician

5

Bert Berns

American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s

6

Wilson Pickett

American singer and songwriter

7

Ahmet Ertegün

Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive

8

Jimmy Johnson

American musician (1943-2019)

9

King Curtis

American saxophonist (1934-1971)

10

Tom Dowd

American recording engineer and producer

11

George Jackson

American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer and songwriter

12

Duane Allman

American musician

13

Jim Dickinson

American musician

14

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist

15

Roger Hawkins

American drummer

16

Sweet Inspirations

American R&B vocal group

17

Gene "Bowlegs" Miller

American musician

18

Bettye LaVette

American soul singer-songwriter

19

Dan Penn

American musician

20

Jerry Jemmott

American musician

21

David "Fathead" Newman

American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist

22

Samuel David Moore

American musician

23

David Hood

American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player

24

Sam & Dave

American soul and R&B duo

25

Eddie Floyd

American singer

26

Solomon Burke

American singer

27

Quin Ivy

American record producer

28

Leiber-Stoller

American songwriting and record producing duo

29

Arthur Alexander

American country songwriter and soul singer

30

Al Jackson Jr.

American musician and record producer

31

Jon Landau

American music critic, manager, and record producer

32

Bobby Hatfield

American singer

33

Jesse Stone

American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter

34

Ray Charles

American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter

35

Booker T. & the M.G.'s

American musical group; R& B/funk band

36

Swamp Dogg

musician

37

Arif Mardin

Turkish-American songwriter & record producer

38

Bob Porter

Blues and jazz record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter

39

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician