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Dorothy LaBostrie
American songwriter
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Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Eddie Bo
New Orleans jazz musician
3
Senator Jones
American musician
4
Edwin Starr
American singer
5
Arthur Alexander
American country songwriter and soul singer
6
Johnny Bristol
American musician, songwriter and record producer
7
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
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Edgar Blanchard
New Orleans jazz musician
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Frankie Ford
American musician
10
Gary U.S. Bonds
American singer and songwriter
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The Fantastic Four
Detroit band
12
O. V. Wright
American singer
13
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
14
George Jackson
American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer and songwriter
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Marv Johnson
American R&B and soul singer
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Tommy Ridgley
American R&B singer and bandleader
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Lee Dorsey
American pop/R&B singer
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The Detroit Emeralds
band
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Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
20
Johnny Horton
American country music, honky tonk and rockabilly singer and musician, songwriter
21
Mort Shuman
American singer, pianist and songwriter
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Bert Berns
American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
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Z. Z. Hill
American blues singer
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Betty Harris
American singer
26
Johnny Wakelin
British singer-songwriter
27
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
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Little Johnny Taylor
American blues and soul singer
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Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
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Walter "Wolfman" Washington
American singer and guitarist
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Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
32
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Dorothy Moore
American singer
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Luther Ingram
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
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Chris Kenner
American musician
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Aaron Neville
American musician
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Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
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Ben E. King
American soul and R&B singer and record producer
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Stewart Levine
American record producer
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Peggy Scott-Adams
African-American soul and R&B singer
42
Percy Mayfield
American singer and songwriter
43
Andre Williams
American R&B and punk blues musician
44
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
45
Marie Adams
American singer (1925-1972)
46
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
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Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
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Johnny Heartsman
American electric blues and soul blues musician
49
Marty Stuart
American musician
50
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
51
Willy DeVille
American musician, singer-songwriter
52
Don Covay
American musician
53
Chuck Jackson
American recording artist; R&B singer
54
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s
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Doc Pomus
American recording artist; blues singer, lyricist, songwriter
56
Timmy Thomas
American musician
57
Rockie Charles
American musician
58
Bobby Robinson
American songwriter and record producer
59
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
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Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
61
Frankie Laine
American popular singer (1913-2007)
