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 World Beat Figures

Bunny Wailer ~ 73 ~ Founding member of classic Jamaican Reggae group The Wailers with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh

THE WAILERS ~ "STIR IT UP";


THE WAILERS ~ "NO WOMAN NO CRY";


THE WAILERS ~ "THE HEATHEN";


Robbie Shakespeare - 68 - Jamaican bassist (Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru)

Garth Dennis - 72 - Jamaican reggae musician (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)

BLACK UHURU ~ "SOLIDARITY";


SLY & ROBBIE ~ "BOOPS HERE TO GO";


SLY & ROBBIE;


Ernest Wilson - 69 - Jamaican reggae singer w/The Clarendonians

THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "SUNSHINE";


U-Roy (Real name Ewart Beckford) - 78 - Jamaican Reggae singer & toastmaster

U-ROY ~ "VERSION GALORE";


U-ROY ~ "SOUL REBEL";


Ronnie Williams ~ 78 ~ Toronto/Jamaican/UK Reggae guitarist w/Bob Marley, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Tommy McCook, Lee Scratch Perry, Harry J Allstars, Ginger Williams

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS ~ "TRENCHTOWN ROCK";


JUNIOR MURVIN ~ "POLICE & THIEVES";


THE HARRY J ALL-STARS ~ "THE LIQUIDATOR";


Brian Travers ~ 62 ~ Sax player with UK Reggae band UB40 ("Red Red Wine", "I Got You Babe")

UB40 ~ "RED RED WINE";


UB40 ~ "I GOT YOU BABE";


Brother Resistance ~ 66–67 ~ Trinidadian rhythm poet and musician

BROTHER RESISTANCE ~ "AH CAN'T TAKE THAT";


Josky Kiambukuta - 72 -Singer with Congolese Afro-Jazz band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;


TPOK JAZZ;


Bopol Mansiamina - 72 - Bassist & guitarist w/Congolese Soukous band Les Quatre Étoiles

LES QUATRE ETOILOES;


Thione Seck - 66 - Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra Baobab, Raam Daan)

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "UTRAS HORAS";


ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "GOUYE-GUI";


Mamady Keïta - 70 Guinean drummer

MAMADY KEITA ~ "KUKU";


Nobesuthu Mbadu ~ 76 ~ South African mbaqanga singer with the Mahotella Queens

THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS ~ "KAZET GAZETTE";


Wes ~ 51 ~ Cammeroonian singer


Henry Stephen - 79 - Venezuelan 1960's R&B singer

HENRY STEPHEN ~ "UN VASO DI VINO";


HENRY STEPHEN ~ "MI LIMON MI LIMONIRO";


Elio Roca - 78 - Argentine 1960's & 70's Pop singer

ELIO ROCA ~ "YO QUIERO DIBUJARTE";


Rinaldo Rafanelli - 71 - Singer with Argentine 1970's bands Sui Generis, Color Humano

SUI GENERIS ~ "CANCION PARA MI MUERTO";


Meñique - 87 - Panamanian Salsa singer and songwriter

MENIQUE;


Cassiano ~ Brazilian 1980's & 90's singer-songwriter and guitarist

CASSIANO ~ "SETEMBRO";


César Isella ~ 82 ~ Argentine singer-songwriter with 1960's folk group Los Fronterizos

LOS FRONTERIZOS ~ "EL QUIANQUUENO";

Johnny Pacheco ~ 85 ~ Dominican Salsa flutist, producer & bandleader from the 1960's (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records)

THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUITATE";


CELIA CRUZ & THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUINTARA";


José Manuel Zamacona - 69 - Singer with Mexican 70's & 80's band Los Yonic's

LOS YONICS ~ "ROSAS Y BLANCOS";


Omar Moreno Palacios ~ 82 ~ Argentine folk singer

OMAR MORENO PALACIOS:


Jorge Oñate - 71 - Colombian vallenato folk singer

JORGE ONATE;


Roberto González - 68 - Mexican folk rock musician & composer

ROBERTO GONZALEZ ~ "EL HUERTO";


Erriquez - 60 - Singer and guitarist with Italian Folk band Bandabardò

BANDABARDO ~ "BEPPEANNA";


Gabi Luncă ~ 82 ~ Romanian folk and lăutărească singer

GABI LUNCA ~ "Cu-o damigeana si-un pahar


GABI LUNA ~ LA CARICUMA DE LA DRUM";


Đorđe Balašević - 67 - Singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Serbian folk band Rani Mraz

RANI MRAZ;