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Tommy Cogbill
American musician
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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
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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
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Duane Allman
American musician
13
Jim Dickinson
American musician
14
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Roger Hawkins
American drummer
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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
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David Hood
American bass player, Muscle Shoals session player
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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
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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
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Arif Mardin
Turkish-American songwriter & record producer
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Bob Porter
Blues and jazz record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
