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 Aerican 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";


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";


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

THE SEQUENCE ~ "FUNK YOU UP";


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

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO ~ "SADUMELA INTOZABANYE";