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Russ Kunkel
Russ Kunkel
American musician
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Steve Miller Band
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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The Trammps
The Trammps
American soul band
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Average White Band
Average White Band
Scottish R&B band
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Kokomo
Kokomo
British band
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Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
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The Fatback Band
The Fatback Band
American funk band
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Ohio Players
Ohio Players
American funk and R&B band
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War
War
American funk band
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Commodores
Commodores
American funk/soul band
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Amon Düül II
Amon Düül II
German musical group
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Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Jamaican reggae group
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The Upsetters
The Upsetters
Jamaican reggae band
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Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
American country rock band
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Cold Blood
Cold Blood
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East of Eden
East of Eden
band
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Bar-Kays
Bar-Kays
American band
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Return to Forever
Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
American band
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Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
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Sham 69
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
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The Oak Ridge Boys
The Oak Ridge Boys
American band that plays country music
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The Jaggerz
The Jaggerz
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Strawbs
Strawbs
English rock band
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The Tony Williams Lifetime
The Tony Williams Lifetime
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Wet Willie
Wet Willie
American rock band
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The Grease Band
The Grease Band
British rock band that originally formed as Joe Cocker's backing group
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Aston Barrett
Aston Barrett
Jamaican bass player and Rastafarian
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Henry McCullough
Henry McCullough
British musician
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The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
American rock and pop band
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The Gap Band
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
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Blue Riddim Band
Blue Riddim Band
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Dave Stewart
Dave Stewart
English keyboardist and composer
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Skin Alley
Skin Alley
British progressive rock combo
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Leland Sklar
Leland Sklar
American musician
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Jan Schelhaas
Jan Schelhaas
British musician
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Blackfoot Sue
Blackfoot Sue
band
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Blackfoot
Blackfoot
American Southern rock musical ensemble from Jacksonville, Florida
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Rufus
Rufus
American funk band
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Caleb Quaye
Caleb Quaye
British musician
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Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry
American funk rock band
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Greenslade
Greenslade
band
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Barefoot Jerry
Barefoot Jerry
American band
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Frank Wright
Frank Wright
American jazz musician
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Birth Control
Birth Control
German band
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Humble Pie
Humble Pie
English rock band
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Sons of Champlin
Sons of Champlin
American rock band
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
American musical group
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Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
English blues and progressive rock band (1970–1976, 2005–present)
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Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
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Soft Machine
Soft Machine
English rock band
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Bob Marley and the Wailers
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
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Family
Family
English rock band
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The Crusaders
The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
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The Glitter Band
The Glitter Band
musical group
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Elf
Elf
American rock band
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Montrose
Montrose
California-based hard rock band
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The Grass Roots
The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
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Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
Intro
Jamaican singer
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Michael James (born 13 September 1940), known professionally as Jimmy James, is a British-Jamaican soul singer, known for songs like "Come to Me Softly", "Now Is the Time" and "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me". Based in Britain, he has performed as the lead singer of Jimmy James and the Vagabonds since the mid-1960s.