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Shirley Goodman
American singer
1
Shirley & Company
band
2
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
3
Joe Jones
American musician
4
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
5
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
6
Charles Brown
American recording artist; songwriter, blues singer and pianist
7
The Shirelles
African American girl group
8
The Flairs
9
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
10
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
11
Bunny Sigler
American musician
12
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
13
The Midnighters
American R&B group
14
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
15
Smiley Lewis
American musician
16
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
17
Al Green
American singer
18
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
19
Dionne Warwick
American singer, actress and TV show host
20
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
21
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
22
Earl Palmer
American drummer
23
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
24
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
25
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
26
Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
27
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
28
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
29
Delbert McClinton
American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist
30
King Floyd
African American soul singer
31
George Jackson
American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer and songwriter
32
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
33
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
34
Hank Ballard
American R&B recording artist; singer and songwriter
35
Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
36
Climax
American band
37
Sylvia Robinson
American singer, record producer, and executive
38
Gene Chandler
American musician
39
Brenda Lee
American singer and recording artist
40
Annisteen Allen
singer
41
Zhané
band
