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Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
1
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
2
Commodores
American funk/soul band
3
Floyd Dixon
American rhythm and blues pianist and singer
4
Rudolph Isley
American singer-songwriter
5
The Drifters
American R&B band (1953-)
6
The Outsiders
US band
7
The O'Jays
American band that plays rhythm and blues
8
The Clovers
American rhythm and blues/doo-wop vocal group
9
John Hicks
American jazz pianist and composer
10
The Orioles
American R&B group
11
Rudy Lewis
American singer
12
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
13
Parliament-Funkadelic
American band
14
The Marvelettes
1960s all-girl music group
15
Jerry Butler
American soul singer and songwriter
16
TLC
American vocal group
17
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
18
Tavares
Boy Band
19
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
20
Franny Beecher
Rock and roll musician
21
The Hollies
English pop group formed in Manchester in the early 1960s
22
Molly Hatchet
American southern rock/hard rock band
23
Blue Cheer
American rock band
24
Clyde McPhatter
American singer
25
Fats Navarro
American jazz trumpeter
26
The Penguins
American doowop band, formed in 1953
27
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
28
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
29
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s
30
The Dells
American R&B vocal group
31
The Animals
English band
32
The Famous Flames
American R&B band
33
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
34
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
35
Harvey Fuqua
American musician, record producer
36
Gladys Knight & the Pips
American R&B/soul band
37
James Mtume
American jazz and R&B musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality
38
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
39
Martha and the Vandellas
American vocal group
40
Sawyer Brown
American country music band
41
Classics IV
American band
42
A Taste of Honey
American band
43
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
44
The Wrens
doo-wop singing group from New York City from the 1950s
45
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
46
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
47
Art Pepper
American musician
48
James Ingram
American singer–songwriter and record producer
49
The Moody Blues
English band
50
Jay McShann
American blues, jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer
51
The Dave Clark Five
English pop rock group
52
Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
53
Kathi McDonald
American singer
54
Aynsley Dunbar
British musician
55
Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
56
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
57
The "5" Royales
R&B band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
58
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
59
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
60
Little Willie John
American recording artist; R&B singer
61
The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
62
Billy Ward and His Dominoes
African American R&B group
63
Bo Diddley
American R&B musician
64
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
65
Milton Brown
American musician
66
Ruby & the Romantics
American band
67
Little Anthony and the Imperials
rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York
68
Blues Project
band
69
Royce Campbell
American musician
70
The Shirelles
African American girl group
71
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
