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Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Johnny Pate
American record producer
2
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
3
Billy Butler
American singer
4
Walter Jackson
singer
5
Gene Chandler
American musician
6
Leroy Hutson
American musician
7
Carl Davis
record producer
8
Jerry Butler
American soul singer and songwriter
9
Linda Clifford
American R&B, disco and house music singer and actress
10
Lakeside
American band
11
Donny Hathaway
American singer-songwriter and musician (1945-1979)
12
The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
13
Johnny Rivers
American musician
14
Brook Benton
American singer and songwriter
15
Eugene Record
American singer, songwriter
16
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
17
Morris Jennings
American musician
18
Baby Huey
Anerican singer
19
Tyrone Davis
American musician
20
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
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Barbara Mason
American musician
22
Red Saunders
American musician
23
Earl Washington
American musician
24
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
25
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
26
Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
27
Five Stairsteps
American Chicago soul group; sibling band
28
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
29
Odell Brown
American jazz organist, songwriter
30
Ted Taylor
American soul musician
31
Sounds of Blackness
32
Steve Winwood
English recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
33
Terry Callier
American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter
34
Ava Cherry
American singer
35
Aaron Neville
American musician
36
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
37
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
38
The Blow Monkeys
British new wave/sophisti-pop band
39
Otis Williams and the Charms
40
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
41
William DeVaughn
American R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
43
Percy Mayfield
American singer and songwriter
44
Otis Rush
American musician
45
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
