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Lowrell Simon
American musician
1
Willie Henderson
American musician
2
Sly Stone
American musician, songwriter, and record producer
3
Sly and the Family Stone
American band
4
Billy Butler
American singer
5
Little Sister
musical artist
6
The Wailing Souls
band
7
Major Harris
American R&B singer
8
Steve Miller Band
American rock band
9
Barbara Acklin
American soul singer and songwriter
10
The Chi-Lites
band
11
The J.B.'s
band
12
Bread
1970s American soft rock band from California
13
Young-Holt Unlimited
band
14
Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
15
Shocking Blue
Dutch rock band
16
The Dramatics
American rhythm and blues group
17
Larry Graham
American bass guitar player
18
Ripple
American rock band
19
Bar-Kays
American band
20
The Essex
21
Ohio Players
American funk and R&B band
22
Joe Simon
American soul and R&B musician
23
Parliament
American funk band most prominent during the 1970s
24
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
25
The Detroit Emeralds
band
26
Four Tops
American Motown vocal group
27
Five Stairsteps
American Chicago soul group; sibling band
28
Phoebe Snow
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
29
The Main Ingredient
American soul and R&B group
30
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer
31
Pete Sears
British musician
32
Graham Central Station
American band
33
Jefferson Starship
American rock band
34
Commodores
American funk/soul band
35
The Crusaders
American jazz fusion group
36
Larry Knechtel
American session musician
37
Wild Cherry
American funk rock band
38
The Beginning of the End
funk group from Nassau, Bahamas
39
The Fatback Band
American funk band
40
R. Dean Taylor
Canadian singer, musician, songwriter and record producer
41
Con Funk Shun
American rhythm and blues band
42
Rare Earth
American rock band
43
Supertramp
British band
44
Brenda & the Tabulations
band
45
Norman Whitfield
American songwriter, record producer
46
Gwen Guthrie
American singer-songwriter
47
Shirley Goodman
American singer
48
Brenton Wood
American singer
49
The Gladiators
band that plays reggae
50
The Floaters
American R&B vocal group
51
Paul Humphrey
American musician
52
Jefferson Airplane
American rock band
53
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
54
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
55
Jimmy Ruffin
American musician
56
The Undisputed Truth
American band
57
Al De Lory
American record producer, arranger and musician
58
The Pointer Sisters
American vocal group from Oakland, California
59
Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
60
Smith
band from the USA
61
Edwin Starr
American singer
