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Del Shannon
Del Shannon
American musician
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Cornell Campbell
Cornell Campbell
Jamaican musician
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Clint Ballard, Jr.
Clint Ballard, Jr.
American songwriter
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The Pioneers
The Pioneers
Jamaican band
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Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin
American musician
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Otis Blackwell
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter, singer, and pianist
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Garnet Mimms
Garnet Mimms
American musician
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Gene McDaniels
Gene McDaniels
American singer and songwriter
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Freddy Cannon
Freddy Cannon
American rock and roll singer
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Trevor Gordon
Trevor Gordon
British-Australian singer and singer-songwriter
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Billy Swan
Billy Swan
American musician and songwriter
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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Junior Walker
Junior Walker
American saxophonist
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Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin
Jamaican reggae musician
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Robert Mersey
Robert Mersey
American musician, arranger and record producer
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The Honeydrippers
The Honeydrippers
British rock band
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Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb
English singer and musician
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Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb
English singer and musician
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Kalin Twins
Kalin Twins
American sibling duo
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Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon
American singer-songwriter
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Huey "Piano" Smith
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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Arthur Adams
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Adam Faith
Adam Faith
English singer, actor and financial journalist (1940-2003)
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Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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Ken Boothe
Ken Boothe
Jamaican musician
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Barry Gibb
Barry Gibb
British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees
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Major Lance
Major Lance
singer
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Percy Sledge
Percy Sledge
American singer
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Faye Adams
Faye Adams
American singer
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Grant Green
Grant Green
American jazz guitarist and composer
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Bee Gees
Bee Gees
British-Australian pop group; sibling trio
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Charles Blackwell
Charles Blackwell
English record producer, arranger and songwriter
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Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
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Alfred Aloysous Bernard
Alfred Aloysous Bernard
American singer
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The Spencer Davis Group
The Spencer Davis Group
British band
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Marvin Rainwater
Marvin Rainwater
American country and rockabilly singer and songwriter
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Scrapper Blackwell
Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Engelbert Humperdinck
English singer, recording artist; King of the Ballads
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Madeline Bell
Madeline Bell
American soul singer, songwriter
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Terri Gibbs
Terri Gibbs
American musician
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Derrick Morgan
Derrick Morgan
Jamaican musician
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Freda Payne
Freda Payne
American singer and actress
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The Coasters
The Coasters
American band
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P. P. Arnold
P. P. Arnold
American soul singer, songwriter, actress
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Kenneth McKellar
Kenneth McKellar
British singer, recording artist
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John Carter
John Carter
English singer, songwriter and record producer
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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Al Cohn
Al Cohn
American saxophonist
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The Dells
The Dells
American R&B vocal group
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Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
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Pérez Prado
Pérez Prado
Cuban bandleader, pianist, composer and arranger
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Wynonie Harris
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
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James Jones (June 2, 1937 – August 2, 2012) was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. According to Allmusic journalist Steve Huey, "best known for his 1960 R&B smash, 'Handy Man,' Jones sang in a smooth yet soulful falsetto modeled on the likes of Clyde McPhatter and Sam Cooke."