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R&B/Soul Recording Artists
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Albums: Songs In The Key Of Life, The Definitive Collection, Talking Book
Stevie Wonder (born May 13, 1950 Saginaw, MI) is a singer, songwriter, producer, musician, humanitarian and social activist. Although his name at birth was Stevland Judkins, he later changed his name to Stevland Morris. His mother's biography states that his surname was legally changed to Morris...
- Prince
Albums: Sign O The Times, Purple Rain, Controversy
Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958), known from 1993 to 2000 as an unpronouncable symbol (or informally, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Tafkap, or simply The Artist), is a popular American musician. He had the biggest song of 1984 with "When Doves Cry" and is best known for his album...
- The Jackson 5
Albums: The Ultimate Collection, Christmas Album, ABC
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known simply as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana. The group, active from 1964 to 1990, regularly played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco.
- Marvin Gaye
Albums: What's Going On, Motown's Greatest Hits, The Very Best of Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye, (Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. Washington, D.C., April 2, 1939 – Los Angeles, California, April 1, 1984) was a pop, soul, rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer, arranger, musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He gained international fame during the 1960s...
- The Temptations
Albums: The Ultimate Collection, All Directions, Greatest Hits
The Temptations (also abbreviated as "The Tempts" or "The Temps") are an American Motown singing group whose repertoire has included doo-wop, soul, psychedelia, funk, disco, r&b, and adult contemporary. Formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960 as The Elgins.
- Whitney Houston
Albums: The Greatest Hits, Whitney, My Love Is Your Love
Whitney Houston (born on August 9, 1963) is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning American R&B/pop singer, actress, former fashion model, record and movie producer. She is known for her soulful coloratura soprano voice, vocal power, range and melismatic skill.
- Aretha Franklin
Albums: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Respect, 20 Greatest Hits
Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942) is a Memphis, Tennessee-born but Detroit, Michigan-raised American iconic gospel, soul, and R&B singer. Many have called her "The Queen Of Soul" and "Lady Soul". She is renowned for her soul and R&B recordings but is also adept at jazz, rock, blues, pop, and gospel.
- TLC
Albums: CrazySexyCool, FanMail, 3D
TLC is a hugely successful R&B and hip-hop group that was formed in 1991. Originally called 2nd Nature, the group was founded in Atlanta, Georgia by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, the late Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Crystal Jones. Before signing to LaFace Records through a production deal with R&B singer...
- Ray Charles
Albums: Anthology, Ray!, Mess Around
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger and bandleader. As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of...
- Tina Turner
Albums: All The Best, Private Dancer, Simply the Best
Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is a Grammy-winning multi-platinum American rock/soul singer, songwriter, actress, and author. She is the most successful female rock artist of all time. She started her storied career by joining Ike Turner to form The Ike & Tina Turner...
- James Brown
Albums: Night Train, Live at the Apollo, Cold Sweat
James Brown (James Joseph Brown, Barnwell, South Carolina, May 3, 1933 - Atlanta, Georgia, December 25, 2006) was a prolific singer, songwriter, bandleader and record producer. Dubbed "Soul Brother #1," "The Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness," and many other esteemed titles, James Brown is...
- Boyz II Men
Albums: II, CooleyHighHarmony, Evolution
Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Wanya Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Nathan Morris, on Motown Records during the early 1990s.
- Earth, Wind & Fire
Albums: Greatest Hits, The Eternal Dance, Gratitude
Earth, Wind & Fire is an American funk band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Led by Maurice White, they are best known for their hits of the 1970s, among them "After the Love Has Gone", "September," "Reasons," "Fantasy" and "Shining Star." Earth, Wind & Fire became the first black...
- Otis Redding
Albums: The Dock of the Bay, The Very Best of Otis Redding, The Definitive Collection
Otis Redding (Otis Ray Redding Jr., Dawson, Georgia, September 9, 1941 – Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967) was a highly influential soul singer from Georgia, USA. Redding was born in the small town of Dawson, Georgia. When he was 5, his family moved to Macon, Georgia.
- Barry White
Albums: The Collection, The Ultimate Collection, All Time Greatest Hits
Barry White (born Barrence Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas, USA; September 12, 1944 - July 4, 2003) was an American record producer, songwriter and singer. Say the name Barry White and you'd be hard pressed to name any other recording artist with such a huge, cross-sectional following.
- Al Green
Albums: Al Green, Best Of, Greatest Hits
Reverend Al Green (b. 13 April 1946) is an American gospel and soul singer who enjoyed great popularity in the early- and mid-1970s. "Let's Stay Together" and "Tired of Being Alone" were two of his biggest hits. Green boasted a voice capable of both fluid high streams of sugar and deep south...
- Smokey Robinson
Albums: The Ultimate Collection, My World: The Definitive Collection, Body & Soul - Love Serenade
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with the Motown record label, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy.
- Luther Vandross
Albums: The Ultimate Luther Vandross, Dance With My Father, This Is Christmas
Luther Ronzoni Vandross (April 20, 1951 - July 1, 2005) was an American R&B singer. A formidable soul artist whose career spanned four decades- 70's (as backing singer to David Bowie (Young Americans) and Chic,as well as his own explosion on the decades music with "Superstar, A House is not a...
- Erykah Badu
Albums: Baduizm, New Amerykah Part One (4th World War), Mama's Gun
Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), better known by her stage name Erykah Badu (pronounced /ˈɛrɨkə bɑːˈduː/), is an American recording artist, record producer and actress. Her work includes elements from R&B, hip hop and jazz. She is best known for her role in the rise of the neo...
- Patti LaBelle
Albums: Patti La Belle, Patti Labelle's Greatest Hits, Winner In You
Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a hugely revered R&B/soul singer who fronted two moderately successful groups before rising to stardom as a solo artist in the late 1970s, influencing a new generation of female singers.
- Maxwell
Albums: Now, Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite, Embrya
Maxwell (born in Brooklyn, New York on May 23, 1973) is an American R&B artist. He was enormously important in defining and shaping the soul sub-genre, neo-soul, over the latter half of the '90s. He recorded some of the most ambitious R&B of his time, becoming wildly popular and often earning...
- Teddy Pendergrass
Albums: Satisfaction Guaranteed (disc 1), Satisfaction Guaranteed (Disc 2), The Love Songs Collection
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade.
