Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

male, 50 years old (Los Olivos, California, United States)
thriller, pop singer, plastic surgery, dancer, Neverland Ranch, musician…American R&B singer, African American, Americanfunkmusician, American record producer, American pop singer
Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the "King of Pop", is an American musician, entertainer, and global...
George Clinton

George Clinton

male, 68 years old
funk musician, funk, American funk singer, P-Funk member, p-funk, American…Taper-friendly musician, North Carolina musician, Americanfunkmusician, African American, P-Funk musician
George Clinton (born July 22, 1940) is an American musician and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament...
James Brown

James Brown

male, deceased (2006)
The Hardest Working Man in Show Business, funk, singer, Songwriter, funk musician, singer-songwriter…American, Americanfunkmusician, African American, Black rock musician, American singer-keyboardist
James Joseph Brown (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006), commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" and "The Hardest Working Man in Show Bu...
Rick James

Rick James

male, deceased (2004)
musician, Songwriter, African American, Record producer, Bass guitarist, Grammy Award winner…American, Americanfunkmusician
Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr) (February 1 1948 - August 6 2004) was one of the most popular artists on the Motown label during the...
Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

male, 69 years old
jazz, Buddhist, soul, soul music, post-bop, rhythm section…Americanfunkmusician, Dance musician, Chicago musician, funk, Jazz fusion musician
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer....
Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye

male, deceased (1984)
Let's get it on, Motown, 'Here, My Dear' - album, Ostend, on the Belgian coast, born Washington D.C., beautiful man…Proud Black American, African American music, musician, Americanfunkmusician, American soul musician
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and performer who gained...
Billy Preston

Billy Preston

male, deceased (2006)
musician, African American, Black rock musician, Rhythm and blues pianist, Grammy Award winner, singer-songwriter…Americanfunkmusician, American, American session musician, American soul musician, Rock musician
William Everett Preston was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. In addition to his successful,...
Sly Stone

Sly Stone

male, 66 years old
funk, American soul musician, Americanfunkmusician, soul, Sly & the Family Stone member, American…Rhythm and blues musician, musician, funk musician, Soul musician, Texas musician
Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, 15 March 1943, in Denton, Texas) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his...
Maceo Parker

Maceo Parker

male, 66 years old
American funk saxophonist, North Carolina musician, alto, baritone saxophone, be-bop, American jazz saxophonist…Soul-jazz musician, jazz musician, African American, P-Funk musician, funk
Maceo Parker (born February 14, 1943) is a noted American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s....