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Harvey Fuqua
American musician, record producer
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Johnny Bristol
American musician, songwriter and record producer
2
The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
3
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
4
Edwin Starr
American singer
5
The Marvelettes
1960s all-girl music group
6
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
7
Lakeside
American band
8
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
9
Rare Earth
American rock band
10
New Birth
American musical group
11
Robert Ward
American blues and soul guitarist
12
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
13
The 5th Dimension
American popular music vocal group
14
DeBarge
American R&B, soul and funk musical group
15
James Gadson
American musician
16
Dazz Band
American funk band
17
Barrett Strong
American singer, songwriter
18
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
soul band from Vancouver, British Columbia
20
The Fantastic Four
Detroit band
21
Sly and Robbie
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo
22
The Romantics
American New Wave band
23
Fuzzy Haskins
American singer and guitarist
24
Norman Whitfield
American songwriter, record producer
25
William Stevenson
American songwriter and record producer for Motown Records
26
Marvin Gaye
American singer-songwriter and musician
27
Marv Johnson
American R&B and soul singer
28
Major Lance
singer
29
The Moonglows
American R&B group
30
Rowland S. Howard
musician, songwriter
31
Dennis Edwards
American singer
32
Switch
American musical group; R&B/funk band
33
Shotgun Messiah
Swedish sleaze metal band
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J. J. Barnes
musician
35
David Ruffin
American singer
36
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
38
The Rimshots
American funk and disco band
39
The Walker Brothers
American pop band
40
Smokey Robinson
American recording artist; R&B singer-songwriter and record producer
41
The Velvelettes
band
42
Mitch Ryder
American singer
43
Shorty Long
American singer
44
Jimmy Ruffin
American musician
45
Eddie Floyd
American singer
46
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
47
The Undisputed Truth
American band
48
Dennis Coffey
American guitarist
49
The Outsiders
US band
50
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
51
Kim Simmonds
British musician
52
The Contours
American band
53
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
54
Henry Cosby
American Motown songwriter and record producer
