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"

Some 70's & 80's Soul & R&B Figures

Rudolph Isley - 84 - American 1960's & 70 R&B singer w/The Isley Brothers) and songwriter ("Shout", "Twist & Shout", "Respectable", "It's Your Thing")

THE ISLEY BROS ~ "SHOUT";


THE ISLEY BROS ~ "WHO'S THAT LADY";


Sweet Charles Sherrell - 80 - American bassist w/James Brown & The JB's

JAMES BROWN & THE JB'S ~ "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T GO";


JAMES BROWN ~ "PAPA'S GOT A BAND NEW BAG" & "I FEEL GOOD";


JAMES BROWN & THE JB'S ~ "SEX MACHINE";


Floyd Newman - 91 - American saxophonist w/The Mar-Keys & the Memphis Horns (playing with Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, BB King, Aretha Frankin, Etta James, Bozz Skaggs, Lulu, Stephen Stills)

WILSON PICKETT ~ "LAND OF 1000 DANCES";


OTIS REDDING ~ "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS" / "RESPECT";


ARETHA FRANKIN ~ "RESPECT";


ETTA JAMES ~ "SOMETHINGS GOT A HOLD OF ME";


Fuzzy Haskins - 81 - American Hall of Fame singer for Parliament-Funkadelic;

PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC ~ "BRING THE FUNK";


PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC ~ "COSMIC SLOP";


PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC ~ "GIVE UP THE FUNK";


Fred White - 67 - Drummer with R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire

EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "LET'S GROOVE";


EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "BOOGIE WONDERLAND";


EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "SEPTEMBER";


Sheldon Reynolds - 63 - American guitarist w/R&B bands Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire, Smokey Robinson

THE COMMODORES ~ "NIGHT SHIFT";


EARTH WIND & FIRE ~ "SUNDAY MORNING";


Bobby Eli - 77 - Guitarist with 1970's Disco group MFSB songwriter ("TSOP", "Love Won't Let Me Wait"), backing band with Teddy Pendergrast, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, the Spinners, Wilson Pickett, and Billy Paul

MFSB ~ "TSOP";


THE O-JAYS ~ "LOVE TRAIN";


BILLY PAUL ~ "ME & MRS JONES";


George "Funky" Brown - 74 - American drummer with Kool & the Gang and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration", "Get Down On It")

KOOL & THE GANG ~ "LADIES NIGHT";


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "CELEBRATION";


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "GET DOWN ON IT";


Jean Knight - 80 - American singer ("Mr. Big Stuff")

JEAN KNIGHT ~ "MR BIG STUFF";


Nidra Beard - 71 - American singer w/1970's & 80's R&B band Dynasty

DYNASTY ~ "I'VE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT";


DYNASTY ~ "I DON'T WANT TO BE A FREAK";


Linda Lewis - 72 - English R&B singer-songwriter ("Rock-a-Doodle-Doo")

LINDA LEWIS ~ "ROCK-A-DOODLE-DOO";


LINDA LEWIS ~ "THE OLD SCHOOLYARD";


Otis Redding III - 59 - American singer and guitarist of R&B group The Reddings, son of Otis Redding

THE REDDINGS ~ "IF YOU FEEL IT";


THE REDDINGS ~ "CLASS";


Keith Beaton - 72 - Singer with 70's Soul group Blue Magic

BLUE MAGIC ~ "SIDESHOW";


Gordy Harmon - 79 - American soul singer with vocal group The Whispers

THE WHISPERS ~ "AND THE BEAT GOES ON";


THE WHISPERS ~ "KEEP ON LOVING ME";


Bobby Caldwell - 71 - American 1970's & 80's Blue Eyed Soul, & Jazz singer "What You Won't Do For Love"

BOBBY CALDWELL ~ "WHAT YOU WON'T DO FOR LOVE";


Renee Geyer - 62 - Australian Soul and Jazz singer

RENEE GEYER ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


RENEE GEYER ~ "SAY TO ME";


Lilian Day Jackson - 63 - American born singer with 1970's & 80's Dutch band Spargo

SPARGO ~ "ONE NIGHT AFFAIR";


SPARGO ~ "JUST FOR YOU";


David Jude Jolicoeur - 54 - Rapper & composer with Grammy winning 1990's Hip Hop group De La Soul ("Me Myself and I")

DE LA SOUL ~ "ME MYSELF & I";


DE LA SOUL ~ "SAY NO GO";