- female, 65 years old
- Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross on March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress, whose musical repertoire spans R&B, soul, disco,...
- male, deceased (1975)
- Louis Jordan was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late...
- female, deceased (1997)
- LaVern Baker was an American Rhythm & Blues singer.
- male, 88 years old
- Dave Bartholomew (born 24 December 1920, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America) is a musician, band leader, composer, and arranger, prominent...
- male, deceased (2001)
- James Carr (June 13, 1942 - January 7th, 2001) Born to a Baptist preacher's family in Coahoma, Mississippi, Carr began singing in church and was...
- male, deceased (1992)
- Theodore Riley, better known as Teddy Riley (10 May, 1924 - 14 November, 1992) was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader. On occasion he also sang...
- male, 70 years old
- Frankie Ford (born August 4 1939) is an American rock & roll and rhythm & blues singer. He is the adopted son of Vincent & Anna Guzzo. He was born...
- male, 52 years old
- Nelson George (b. September 1, 1957) is an African American author, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated...
- female, deceased (2004)
- Doris Troy was an R&B singer, known to her many fans as "Mama Soul." She was born Doris Payne in The Bronx, the daughter of a Barbadian Pentecostal...
- male, 71 years old
- Jeff Barry (born April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Barry was born Joel Adelberg in Brooklyn, New...
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