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Will Holland
British musician
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Jimmy McGriff
American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader (1936-2008)
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Melvin Sparks
American soul jazz, hard bop and jazz blues guitarist
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Bernard Purdie
American drummer
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Jimmy Ponder
American guitarist
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Rusty Bryant
American musician
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Richard Holmes
American organist
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Thornel Schwartz
American jazz guitarist
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The Fabulous Counts
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Horace Ott
American musician
10
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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Madeline Bell
American soul singer, songwriter
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Stanley Turrentine
American musician
13
Harold Vick
American musician
14
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
15
Ronnie Cuber
American musician
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Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
17
Lonnie Smith
American jazz musician
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Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Bob Bushnell
musician
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Marlena Shaw
American singer
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Shirley Scott
American jazz organist and recording artist
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Tracy Nelson
American singer
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Billy Butler
American musician
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Sonny Lester
American record producer
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Debbie Taylor
singer
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Mickey Roker
American jazz drummer
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Mel Lewis
American musician
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Les McCann
American musician
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Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
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Alice Russell
British soul singer
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Carl Wilson
American musician; original member of The Beach Boys (1946-1998)
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Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
36
Cissy Houston
American singer
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Gloria Scott
singer
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Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Holle Thee Maxwell
American singer
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The Ikettes
American vocal group; backing vocalists for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue
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Idris Muhammad
American drummer
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Grady Tate
American jazz musician
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Freda Payne
American singer and actress
45
P. P. Arnold
American soul singer, songwriter, actress
46
Minnie Riperton
American singer-songwriter
47
Johnny "Hammond" Smith
American organist
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Hank Jones
American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer (1918-2010)
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The Mirettes
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Paul Humphrey
American musician
51
Jimmy Scott
American jazz singer
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Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Nancy Wilson
American singer (1937-2018)
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Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
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Jimmy Heath
American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger and big band leader
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Donald Bailey
American jazz drummer
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Laura Nyro
American musician and songwriter
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Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
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Mary Mary
American contemporary gospel duo
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Jerry Dodgion
American musician
