Some 70's, 80's & 90's Soul and R&B Figures

Garland Green ~ 83 ~ American Soul singer and pianist

GARLAND GREEN ~ "JEALOUS KIND OF FELLA";


James Gadson - 86 - Drummer with American R&B band Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band

CHARLES WRIGHT & THE WATTS 103rd St BAND ~ "EXPRESS YOURSELF";


Harry Kim - 74 American trumpeter with Earth Wind & Fire

EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "BOOGIE WONDERLAND";


Bryan Loren ~ 59 ~ American keyboard player with Nona Hendryx, Tavares, and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Fat Larry's Band, Cashmere songwriter with the Simpsons ("Do the Bartman"), Whitney Houston, Sting

TAVARES ~ "HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL";


Steve Washington ~ 67 ~ Sax player with 1970's American Funk bands Slave and Aurra

AURRA ~ "ARE YOU SINGLE";


Monti Rock III ~ 86 ~ American Disco singer as Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Letts ("Get Dancin'")

DISCO TEX & THE SEX-O-LETTS ~ "GET DANCING";


Warren Tipton ~ 70's ~ Singer with 1970's Soul group the Chi-Lites

THE CHI-LITES ~ "OH GIRL";


THE CHI-LITES ~ "HAVE YOU SEEN HER";


Ronald LePreade ~ 75 ~ Bassist with the Commodores ("Machine Gun", "Brick House", "I'm Easy", "Night Shift")

THE COMMODORES ~ "MACHINE GUN";


THE COMMODORES ~ "BRICK HOUSE";


THE COMMODORES ~ "I'M EASY";


THE COMMODORES "NIGHT SHIFT";


Dexter Wansel ~ 75 ~ Keyboardist with 1970's Disco band MFSB songwriter and record producer

MFSB ~ "THE SOUND OF PHILADEPHIA";


DAVID Z ~ 78 ~ American drummer & keyboardist w/Funk band Lipps Inc ("Funky Town"), session musician w/Prince, Etta James, Billy Idol, BoDeans, Buddy Guy and Neneh Cherry

LIPPS SYNCH ~ "FUNKY TOWN";


Foster Sylvers ~ 64 ~ Singer with 1970's R&B group The Sylvers

THE SYLVERS ~ "BOOGIE FEVER";


THE SYLVERS ~ "HOTLINE";


Clarence Carter ~ 90 ~ Alabama R&B singer ("Patches", "Backdoor Santa")

CLARENCE CARTER ~ "PATCHES";


Peabo Bryson ~ 75 ~ South Carolina R&B singer

PEABO BRYSON & ROBERTA FLACK ~ "TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE";


PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE ~ "A WHOLE NEW WORLD";


Barbara Carr ~ 85 ~ American Blues singer

BARBARA CARR ~ "OOD WOMAN GO BAD";


Cassandra Wilson ~ 70 ~ American Jazz singer

CASSANDRA WILSON ~ "HARVEST MOON";


CASSANDRA WILSON ~ "LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE";


CASSANDRA WILSON ~ "TIME AFTER TIME";


Stephen "Cat" Coore ~ 69 ~ Guitarist and cellist with Jamaican Reggae band Third World

THIRD WORLD ~ "NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE";


Sly Dunbar ~ 73 ~ Jamaican drummer (Sly & Robbie), record producer ("Underneath It All"), and songwriter ("Murder She Wrote")

SLY & ROBBIE ~ "BOOPS HERE TO GO";


Afrika Bambaataa - 68 - American DJ and rapper ("Planet Rock", "Looking for the Perfect Beat", "Renegades of Funk", "World Destruction")

TIME ZONE ~ "WORLD DESTRUCTION";


AFRIKA BAMBATTA ~ "RENEGADES OF FUNK";


AFRIKA BAMBATTA ~ "JUST GET UP & DANCE";


Rob Base ~ 59 ~ American rapper (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock) and songwriter ("It Takes Two", "Joy and Pain")

ROB BASE & EZ ROCK ~ "IT TAKES TWO";


Blondy - 66 - American rapper (The Sequence) and songwriter ("Funk You Up")

THE SEQUENCE ~ "FUNK YOU UP";


Cleetis Mack ~ American rapper (Digital Underground)

DIGITAL UNDERGROUND ~ "THE HUMPTY DANCE";


Albert Mazibuko - 77 - South African choral singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "SADUMELA INTOZABANYE";


Abdullah Ibrahim ~ 91 ~ (AKA Dollar Brand) South African jazz pianist (The Jazz Epistles) and composer

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM ~ "MANNENBERG"