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Pete Wingfield
English musician
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Gonzalez
British R&B and funk band
2
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
3
Commodores
American funk/soul band
4
Alexander O'Neal
American musical artist
5
Funkadelic
American band
6
MFSB
group of studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s Sigma Sound Studios
7
Timmy Thomas
American musician
8
B. T. Express
American band
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The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
10
Dexys Midnight Runners
band
11
Dick Morrissey
British jazz musician
12
Parliament
American funk band most prominent during the 1970s
13
Dennis Coffey
American guitarist
14
Mike Vernon
English music executive studio owner and record producer
15
Edwin Starr
American singer
16
Eumir Deodato
Brazilian musician
17
Salsoul Orchestra
band
18
Slade
British rock band
19
The Three Degrees
American vocal group
20
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
21
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
22
Van McCoy
American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor
23
Steve Arrington
American musician
24
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
25
David Gates
American musician and singer-songwriter
26
T-Connection
Bahamian band
27
Bloodstone
American soul musical group
28
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
29
Leon Haywood
American singer and songwriter
30
Gene Chandler
American musician
31
Bunny Sigler
American musician
32
The J.B.'s
band
33
Jimmy Castor
American musician
34
Average White Band
Scottish R&B band
35
Nick Straker
British musician
36
Betty Wright
American singer
37
The Jam
English rock band
38
Ohio Players
American funk and R&B band
39
Long John Baldry
English-Canadian singer and voice actor (1941-2005)
40
Rod Temperton
British musician
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Nazareth
Scottish hard rock band
42
Betty Davis
American funk and soul singer
43
Midnight Star
band
44
Dobie Gray
American singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop and musical theater. (1940-2011)
45
Earth, Wind & Fire
American band
46
Wild Cherry
American funk rock band
47
Deniece Williams
American singer
48
The Undisputed Truth
American band
49
The Stylistics
American musical group founded in Philadelphia
50
Light of the World
light of the World were a British jazz-funk band
51
Kleeer
American New York-based funk, disco, band
52
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
53
Peter Brown
American singer
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Vicki Brown
English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer
55
Roy Ayers
American funk, soul, and jazz composer, vibraphone player, and music producer
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The Style Council
English band active 1983–1989
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Enchantment
soul/R&B band
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Climax Blues Band
British blues rock band
59
Aswad
British band
60
Arrow
calypso and soca musician
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The Boomtown Rats
band
62
Bobby Tench
British vocalist and guitarist
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Ram Jam
Rock band who did "Black Betty"
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War
American funk band
65
GQ
American band
66
Swamp Dogg
musician
67
Tim Hinkley
English singer-songwriter, keyboardist and record producer
68
Archie Bell & the Drells
American vocal group
