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

Anita Pointer - 74 - Singer with The Pointer Sisters

THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "SLOW HAND";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "FIRE";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "JUMP FOR MY LOVE";


THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "I'M SO EXITED";


Irene Cara - 63 - American singer ("Flashdance... What a Feeling") and actress ("Sparkle", "Fame", "Sister Sister", "City Heat"), Oscar winner (1983)

IRENE CARA ~ "WHAT A FEELING";


IRENE CARA ~ "OUT ON MY OWN";


Calvin Simon - 79 - Singer with 1970's American Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic

PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "BRING BACK THE FUNK";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "COSMIC SLOP";



Greg Webster - 84 - Drummer w/1970's R&B band the Ohio Players

THE OHIO PLAYERS ~ "ROLLERCOASTER OF LOVE";


THE OHIO PLAYERS ~ "FIRE";



Sidney Kirk - 78 - American Jazz and R&B pianist with Issac Hayes, Dionne Warwick, Albert King, Rufus Thomas & the Platters

ISSAC HAYES ~ "SHAFT";


William Hart - 77 - American singer/songwriter with 1970's R&B group The Delfonics ("La-La (Means I Love You)", "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)")

THE DELFONICS ~ "DIDN'T I BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME";


THE DELFONICS ~ "LA LA LA MEANS I LOVE YOU";


Sam Gooden - 87 - Singer with 1970's R&B group The Impressions

THE IMPRESSIONS ~ "IT'S ALL RIGHT";


THE IMPRESSION ~ "PEOPLE GET READY";


Betty Davis - 77 - American 1970's Funk and Soul singer

BETTY DAVIS ~ "FUNK";



Howard Grimes ~ 80 ~ Memphis Soul drummer for Stax and Hi Records in the 1960's & 70's w/Rufus & Carla Thomas, Al Green, Willie Mitchell, Otis Clay, O.V. Wright, Syl Johnson, Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, The Bo-Keys, Cyndi Lauper, Deke Dickerson

RUFUS & CARLA THOMAS ~ "CAUSE I LOVE";


AL GREEN ~ "TIRED OF BEING ALONE";


AL GREEN ~ "LET'S STAY TOGETHER";


David Tyson ~ 62 ~ Singer w/1970's Vocal group the Manhattans

THE MANHATTANS ~ "GIRL OF MY DREAM";


THE MANHATTANS ~ "KISS & SAY GOODBYE";



Richard Pratt - Singer with 1970's Soul vocal group Blue Magic

BLUE MAGIC ~ "CHASING RAINBOWS":



Timmy Thomas ~ 77 ~ US 1960's & 70's Soul singer

TIMMY THOMAS ~ "WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER";



Eric Mercury ~ 70's ~ Toronto 1960's & 70's R&B singer with The Soul Searchers

ERIC MERCURY & THE SOUL SEARCHERS ~ "LONELY GIRL";



Adam Wade - 87 - American Soul singer ("The Writing on the Wall") and television host (Musical Chairs)
ADAM WADE ~ "THE HUNGARY YEARS";


Donny Gerrard ~ Vancouver 1970's Soul and R&B singer w/Skylark, later backup singer with Mavis Staples, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John & Cher

SKYLARK ~ "WILDFLOWER"



Geraldine Hunt - 77 - American R&B singer ("Can't Fake the Feeling")

GERALDINE HUNT ~ "CAN'T FAKE THE FEELING":


Syl Johnson ~ 85 ~ 1970's Chicago Soul singer

SYL JOHNSON ~ "WE DID IT";


SYL JOHNSON ~ "ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS";


Jimmy Johnson (real name James Earl Thompson) - 93 - Blues guitarist and singer w/Slim Harpo, Freddie King, Albert King, Magic Sam, Otis Rush, Eddy Clearwater, Otis Clay and Jimmy Johnson (to whom he was not actually realated), brother to Syl Johnson

JIMMY JOHNSON & BIG TIME SARAH ~ "B.L.U.E.S";


JIMMY JOHNSON ~ "AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY";


Luther Johnson - 83 - Mississippi BLues singer/guitarist w/Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, John Lee Hooker (including in "The BLues Brothers"), Jimmy Johnson & solo

LUTHER JOHNSON;


Freddie Roulette ~ 83 ~ Chicago Blues & Gospel steal guitarist & singer

FREDDIE ROULETTE ~ "LUCILLE";


Walter Wolfman Washington ~ 79 ~ New Orleans Blues and R&B singer/guitarist

WALTER WOLFMAN WASHINGTON ~ "STEAL AWAY";


WALTER WOLFMAN WASHINGTON ~ "NOBODY'S FAULT BUT MINE";


Barbara Morrison - 72 - American Jazz and R&B singer w/Johnny Otis, Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Jr Mance, Joe Sample

BARARA MORRISION ~ "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES";


Ernie Andrews ~ 94 ~ American Jazz, Blues, Big Band and R&B singer from the 1940's onward

ERNIE ANDREWS ~ "IF I DON'T LOVE YOU";


ERNIE ANDREWS ~ "OLD MAN JAZZ":



Derf Reklaw Raheem ~ Percussionist with 1970's & 80 Jazz/Funk Fusion bands The Pharohs, The Intentions, The Blend Crafters,

THE PHAROAHS ~ "THE TRACKS OF MY TEARS";


THE INTENTIONS ~ "DIG IT";



Charles E. McCormick - 75 - Singer with American 1970's R&B band Bloodstone

BLODDSTONE ~ "NEVER LET YOU GO";


James Mtume - 76 - American Jazz musician (keyborads, bass, percussion,guitars) w/Mtume & Miles Davis and songwriter ("Juicy Fruit", "The Closer I Get to You")

MTUME ~ "JUICY FRUIT";


MTUME ~ "YOU ME & HE";



Benjamin Moore Jr ~ 81 ~ Singer/guitarist with the Blind Boys Of Alabama from the 2000's onward

THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "AMAZING GRACE";


THE BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA ~ "SPIRIT IN THE SKY";


Joyce Sims - 63 - American R&B singer-songwriter ("Come Into My Life")

JOYCE SIMMS ~ "COME INTO MY LIFE";


Jessie Daniels - 58 - Singer w/1980's American R&B the Force MD's

THE FORCE MD'S ~ "TENDER LOVE";


THE FORCE MD'S ~ "LOVE IS A HOUSE";



Traci Braxton - 50 - American R&B singer (The Braxtons) and television personality (Braxton Family Values)

THE BRAXTONS ~ "THE BOSS";


THE BRAXTONS ~ "WHERE'S THE GOOD IN GOODBYE";



Keith Martin - 55 - American R&B singer

KEITH MARTIN ~ "NEVER FIND SOMEONE LIKE YOU";



Roderick "Pooh" Clark - 49 - American R&B singer w/1990's R&B group Hi-Five

HI-FIVE ~ "I LIKE THE WAY";


HI-FIVE ~ "SHE'S PLAYING HARD TO GET";

Diane Luckey (AKA Q Lazzarus) ~ 61 ~ American R&B singer ("Goodbye Horses")

Q LAZZARUS ~ "GOOBYE HORSES";


Jewell Caples ~ 53 ~ American 1990's R&B singer for Death Row Records

JEWELL CAPLES ~ "WOMAN TO WOMAN";

Some Blues & R&B Figures

Bill Withers ~ 81 ~ American 1970's R&B singer-songwriter ("Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lovely Day", "Just The Two Of Us")

BILL WITHERS ~ "LEAN ON ME";


BILL WITHERS ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


BILL WITHERS ~ "JUST THE TWO OF US";


BILL WITHERS ~ "LOVELY DAY";


Johnny Nash - 80 - American singer-songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now")

JOHNNY NASH ~ "I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW";


Ronald Bell ~ 68 ~ American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration")

KOOL & THE GANG ~ "CELEBRATE";


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


Betty Wright ~ 66 ~ American soul and R&B singer ("Clean Up Woman")

BETTY WRIGHT ~ "CLEAN UP WOMAN";


BETTY WRIGHT ~ "SHOORAH SHOORAH";


Pamela Hutchinson ~ 61 ~ American singer w/Gospel/Soul/Dosco group The Emotions ("The Best Of My Love");

THE EMOTIONS ~ "THE BEST OF MY LOVE";


Edna Wright ~ 76 ~ American singer with 1970's R&B group Honey Cone

THE HONEY CONE ~ "ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW";


Bonnie Pointer ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's R&B vocal group the Pointer Sisters (original line-up) and solo

THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "YES WE CAN CAN";


J. Marvin Brown ~ 66 ~ American 1970's soul singer w/The Softones

THE SOFTONES ~ :CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE";


Lucky Peterson ~ 55 ~ American Blues sing/guitarist/pianist starting as a child star in the 1970's

LUCKY PETERSON ~ "OUR FUTURE";


LUCKY PETERSON ~ "EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES";


Harold Beane ~ 73 ~ American Funk & Soul guitarist (Isaac Hayes, Funkadelic)

ISSAC HAYES ~ "SHAFT";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "DO THAT STUFF";


Robert Parker ~ 89 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("Barefootin'")

ROBERT PARKER ~ "BAREFOOTIN'";


ROBERT PARKER ~ "LET'S GO BABY (WHERE THE ACTION IS)";


Willie Wright ~ 80 ~ American R&R singer

WILLIE WRIGHT ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


Roy C Hammond ~ 81 ~ American R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's ("Shotgun Wedding","Impeach The President")

ROY C & THE HONEYDRIPPERS:

Big George Brock ~ 87 ~ Mississippi Blues singer/harmonica player, club owner and boxer from the 1950's onward w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Memphis Minnie, Ike & Tina Turner

BIG GEORGE BROCK ~ "BIG BOSS MAN";


BIG GEORGE BROCK ~ "GOT MY MOJO WORKING";


Charlie Baty ~ 67 ~ Blues guitarist with Little Charlie & The Nightcats from the 1970's-2000's also with Anson Funderberg, Duke Robillard, Kid Ramos, Kim Wilson

LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "THE BOOTY SONG (I LOVE TO WATCH YOU WALK AWAY)";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "DUMP THAT CHUMP";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "I'LL TAKE YOU BACK";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "NIGHTCAT BOOGIE";