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John Ellison
American singer
1
Archie Bell & the Drells
American vocal group
2
The Temprees
3
The Box Tops
American rock band
4
Chico Hamilton
American musician
5
The Passions
British musical group; post-punk/new wave band
6
Red Callender
American string bass and tuba player, member of The Wrecking Crew
7
War
American funk band
8
The Shadows
British rock group
9
The Trammps
American soul band
10
Gordon Haskell
British singer
11
Gene McDaniels
American singer and songwriter
12
Lorraine Ellison
American recording artist; singer-songwriter
13
Blondie
American rock band
14
Manfred Mann
English rock band, formed in London in 1962
15
The Rascals
American rock band/blue-eyed soul band
16
The Pretty Things
English band
17
Teddy Wilson
American pianist (1912-1986)
18
Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
19
Bay City Rollers
Scottish pop band
20
Junior Mance
American musician
21
Marva Whitney
American singer
22
Roger Troutman
American musician, songwriter, producer
23
Bar-Kays
American band
24
The "5" Royales
R&B band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
25
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
26
The Monochrome Set
British band
27
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
28
The Pioneers
Jamaican band
29
Gene Loves Jezebel
British rock group
30
Sebastian Hardie
31
Marty Stuart
American musician
32
Buddy Rich
American jazz drummer and bandleader
33
The Mills Brothers
American jazz and pop vocal quartet
34
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
British band
35
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
36
Santana
American band led by Carlos Santana
37
The Real Thing
British soul group
38
Guy
American R&B band
39
The Mar-Keys
studio session band
40
Surface
American band
41
Ted Taylor
American soul musician
42
Art Ryerson
American musician
43
Bomfunk MC's
band
44
Keni Burke
American musician
45
Tony! Toni! Toné!
American soul/R&B group
46
Average White Band
Scottish R&B band
47
The Flying Burrito Brothers
band
48
Collective Soul
American rock band
49
Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
band
50
Red
American rock band
51
Peter Giles
British musician
52
The Sylvers
American R&B/Soul family vocal group from Watts, Los Angeles, California
53
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
American rock band
54
Dave Pell
American musician
55
Hard Stuff
English hard rock band
56
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
57
Lester Young
American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist
58
Madness
English ska band
59
Dexys Midnight Runners
band
60
Tower of Power
American soul and funk band
61
Art Farmer
American jazz trumpeter
62
The Spencer Davis Group
British band
63
The Soul Children
band that plays jazz
64
Kick Axe
Canadian rock band
65
The Walker Brothers
American pop band
66
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
67
The Wannadies
Swedish alternative rock band
