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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
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Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
American singer
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Wah-Wah Watson
Wah-Wah Watson
American guitarist
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Paul Riser
Paul Riser
American musician
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Lee Ritenour
Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
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Phil Perry
Phil Perry
American musician
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Neil Stubenhaus
Neil Stubenhaus
American bass guitarist
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Barry Miles
Barry Miles
American musician
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Louis Johnson
Louis Johnson
American bass guitarist, songwriter
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Richard Tee
Richard Tee
American musician
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Cornelius Grant
Cornelius Grant
American musician
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Michael Brecker
Michael Brecker
American musician
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Norman Whitfield
Norman Whitfield
American songwriter, record producer
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Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
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Don Grusin
Don Grusin
American musician
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Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)
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Danny Sembello
Danny Sembello
American musician
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Van McCoy
Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
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Dave Grusin
Dave Grusin
American composer, arranger, producer, and pianist
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Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden
American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
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Bob Glaub
Bob Glaub
American bass guitarist
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Bobby Robinson
Bobby Robinson
American songwriter and record producer
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Ernie Watts
Ernie Watts
American jazz musician
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Cornell Dupree
Cornell Dupree
American R&B/soul jazz guitarist
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Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
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Gloria Jones
Gloria Jones
American singer
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Larry Rosen
Larry Rosen
American music producer, entrepreneur
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Oscar Seaton, Jr.
Oscar Seaton, Jr.
musical artist
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Greg Phillinganes
Greg Phillinganes
American keyboardist
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Dan Higgins
Dan Higgins
American musician
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George Duke
George Duke
American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (1946-2013)
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Anthony Jackson
Anthony Jackson
American electric bass guitar player, session musician, songwriter
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musical artist
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Melvin Lee Davis is an American bass player, vocalist, keyboard player, producer, TV composer and engineer based in Orange County, California. He is the music director for Grammy-award winning artist Chaka Khan and has recorded with The Pointer Sisters, Lee Ritenour, Bryan Ferry, Patti Austin and Gladys Knight & the Pips. He co-wrote "Soul Train's a-Comin", the theme song for the television show Soul Train. His albums, Tomorrow's Yesterday and Nature's Serenade were released through The Orchard; LTV: Love, Truth & Victory was released through P-Vine Records.