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 Blues, Gospel, R&B & Soul Figures

Bernice Johnson Reagon - 81 - Singer with American Folk/Blues/Gospel groups The Freedom Singers & Sweet Honey in the Rock

THE FREEDOM SINGERS ~ "WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED";


SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK ~ "MOTHERLESS CHILD";


SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK ~ "PEACE";


Ella Jenkins ~ 100 - American Blues & Folk singer/songwriter

ELLA JENKINS ~ "WADE IN THE WATER";


Barbara Dane - 97 - American Folk & Blues singer and activist, co-founder of Paredon Records

BARBARA DANE w/LOUIS ARMSTRONG & GENE KRUPA ~ "OLD FASHONED LOVE"


BARBARA DANE ~ "CARELESS LOVE";


Rodessa Barrett Porter - 94 - American gospel singer w/The Barrett Sisters

THE BARRETT SISTERS ~ "YOU'LL NEER WALK ALONE";


Clarence Frogman Henry ~ 87 ~ American 1950's & 60's R&B singer "I Ain't Got No Home")

CLARENCE FROGMAN HENRY ~ "I AN'T GOT NO HOME";


CLARENCE FROGMAN HENRY ~ "I DON'T KNOW WHY I LOVE YOU BUT I DO";


Sugar Pie DeSanto - 89 - American 1960's R&B singer, cousin of Etta James

SUGAR PIE DESANTO w/BUDDY GUY & WILLIE DIXON ~ "ROCK ME BABY";


SUGAR PIE DESANTO w/BUDDY GUY & WILLIE DIXON ~ "BABY WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO";


Don Nix - 83 - Memphis guitarist & sax player with R&B band The Mar-Keys and songwriter w/Leon Russell, John Mayall, Freddie King, Gerry Lewis & Playboys

THE MAR-KAYS ~ "LAST NIGHT";


Duke Fakir - 88 - Singer with the Four Tops ("Reach Out I'll Be There", "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch", "Same Old Song", "Baby I Need Your Lovin")

THE FOUR TOPS ~ "REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE";


THE FOUR TOPS ~ "I CAN'T HELP MYSELF";


THE FOUR TOPS ~ "IT'S THE SAME OLD SONG";


THE FOUR TOPS ~ "BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING";


Marlena Shaw - 81 - American R&B and Jazz singer ("It's Better than Walking Out", "California Soul")

MARLENA SHAW ~ "WADE IN THE WATER";


MARLENA SHAW ~ "CALIFORNIA SOUL"


Frank Farian - 82 - German singer, songwriter w/Boney M ("Rasputin") and record producer with R&B groups Boney M and Milli Vanilli

BONEY M ~ "RASPUTIN";


BONEY M ~ "RIVERS OF BABYLON";


Henry Fambrough - 85 - 1970's Soul singer with The Spinners ("Could It Be I'm Falling In Love", "Ghetto Bride", "I Never Knew Love Before", "Rubberband Man")

THE SPINNERS ~ "RUBBERBAND BAND";


THE SPINNERS ~ "WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU";


THE SPINNERS ~ "COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE";


Pooch Tavares - 81 - Singer with American 1970's R&B band Tavares ("Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel", "More Than A Woman")

TAVARES ~ "HEAEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL";


TAVARES ~ "MORE THAN A WOMAN";


Harry Williams - 80 - Singer with 1970's Funk & R&B band Bloodstone

BLOODSTONE ~ "NATURAL HIGH";


BLOODSTONE ~ "OUTSIDE WOMAN";


Diva Gray - 72 - Singer with 1970's Soul & Funk groups Chic and Change

CHIC ~ "LE FREAK";


CHIC ~ "DANCE DANCE DANCE";


Tito Jackson - 72 - Member of the Jackson Five, brother of Michael & Janet Jackson

THE JACKSON FIVE ~ "ABC";


THE JACKSON FIVE ~ "DANCING MACHINE";


THE JACKSON FIVE ~ "THE LOVE YOU SAVE";


Frankie Beverly - 77 - Singer with American 1970's & 80's R&B band Maze ("Before I Let Go", "Back in Stride")

MAZE ~ "BACK IN STRIDE AGAIN";


Cissy Houston - 91 - American Grammy winning Gospel & Soul singer w/The Sweet Inspirations and actress, mother of Whitney Houston

CISSY HOUSTON ~ "YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND";


CISSY HOUSTON w/WHITNEY HOUSTON and BEBE & CECE WINNANS ~ "PEACE IN THE VALLEY";


CISSY HOUSTON ~ "I DO DON'T YOU";


Donald Kinsey - 70 - American Blues guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, Albert King, Roy Buchanan, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley & the Wailers)

THE KINSEY REPORT ~ "BAD SITUATION" & "SHUFFLE JAM";


WC Clark ~ 84 ~ Austin, Texas Blues singer/guitarist ("Cold Shot")

WC CLARK ~ "HEART OF GOLD";


WC CLARK ~ "COLD SHOT";


Jimmy James - 84 - British-Jamaican singer ("Now Is the Time", "I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me")

JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS ~ "NOW IS THE TIME";


JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS ~ "I'LL GO WHERE THE MUSIC TAKES ME";


Evelyn Thomas - 70 - American 1980's R&B singer ("High Energy")

EVELYN THOMAS ~ "HIGH ENERGY";


Brother Marquis - 58 - American rapper w/2 Live Crew

2 LIVE CREW ~ "ME SO HORNY";


2 LIVE CREW ~ "BANNED IN THE USA";

Some Blues, Soul & R&B Figures From The 50's, 60's & 70's

Mary Wilson - 76 - Detroit singer with 1960's & 70's Soul group the Supremes ("Stop In The Name Of Love", "Where Did Our Love Go")

THE SUPREMES ~ "STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE";


THE SUPREMES ~ "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO";


THE SUPREMES ~ "BABY LOVE";


THE SUPREMES ~ "COME SEE ABOUT ME";


Lloyd Price ~ 88 ~ American 1950's & 60's R&B singer ("Personality", "Lawdy Miss Clawdy", "Stagger Lee")

LLOYD PRICE ~ "PERSONALITY"


LLOYD PRICE & LITTLE RICHARD ~ "LAWDY MISS CLAWDY";


Charles Connor ~ 86 ~ Drummer with Little Richard ("Tutti Frutti", "Keep A Knocking"), James Brown, Smiley Lewis, Jack Dupree, Shirley and Lee, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, The Coasters, Big Joe Turner, Larry Williams, Don Covay, Dee Clark and The Upsetters

LITTLE RICHARD ~ "TUTTI FRUTTI";


LITTLE RICHARD ~ "KEEP A KNOCKING";


Pee Wee Ellis ~ 80 ~ American R&B sax player with James Brown, also Van Morrison, Maceo Parker, George Benson, Ginger Baker, Jack McDuff, Sonny Stitt, Shirley Scott, Leon Thomas

JAMES BROWN ~ "PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE";


JAMES BROWN ~ "NIGHT TRAIN";


Nolan Porter ~ 68 ~ American Soul singer "Keep On Keeping On";

NOLAN PORTER ~ "KEEP ON KEEPING ON";


Purvis Staples ~ 85 ~ Singer with the Staple Singers from the 1960's onward

THE STAPLES SINGERS ~ "GREAT DAY";


THE STAPLE SINGERS ~ "SIT DOWN SERVANT";


THE STAPLE SINGERS ~ "PRAY ON";


THE STAPLE SINGERS ~ "RESPECT YOURSELF";


Sarah Dash ~ 76 ~ American singer w/Labelle "Lady Marmalade";

LABELLE ~ "LADY MARMALADE";


LABELLE ~ "YOU TURN ME ON";


Ralph Tavares - 79 - Singer with 1970's R&B group Tavares ("Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel")

TAVARES ~ "HEAVEN MUST BE MISSING AN ANGEL";


Ronnie Wilson - 73 - Keyboard & horn player with R&B The Gap Band

THE GAP BAND ~ "YOU DROPPED A BOMB ON ME";


THE GAP BAND ~ "PARTY TRAIN";


Regi Hargis - 70 - Singer, guitarist & bassist with 1970's American band Brick

BRICK ~ "DAZZ";


Morris "B.B." Dickerson ~ 71 ~ Bassist and singer with Eric Burdon & War ("Low Rider", "Spill The Wine" "Why Can't We Be Friends")

WAR ~ "SPILL THE WIND";


WAR ~ "LOW RIDER";


WAR ~ "WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS"


Dennis Thomas ~ 70 ~ Saxophonist with 1970's & 80's R&B band Kool & the Gang ("Celebrate")

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


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "CELEBRATE";


Paul Mitchell ~ Singer with 1970's Soul vocal group the Floaters ("Float On")

THE FLOATERS ~ "FLOAT ON";


Grady Gaines ~ 86 ~ R&B Saxman w/The Texas Upsetters, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Joe Tex, Gatemouth Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Little Willie John, James Brown, Dee Clark, Big Walter Price, Joe Hughes

BUDDY & STACEY WITH THE UPSETTERS ~ "SHOT GUN";


GRADY GAINES & THE TEXAS UPSETTERS ~ "FULL GAIN";


James Burke - 70 - Singer from 1960's American Soul group Five Stairsteps ("Oh Child")

THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS ~ "DANGER SHE'S A STRANGER";


THE FIVE STAIRSTEPS ~ "OH CHILD";


Joe Simon - 85 - American soul and R&B singer ("The Chokin' Kind", "Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)", "Power of Love")

JOE SIMON ~ "POWER OF LOVE";


JOE SIMON ~ "GOING THROUGH THESE CHANGES";


Willie Winfield - 91 - Singer with American Doo-Wop group The Harptones

THE HARPTONES ~ "THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES";


John Dee Holeman ~ 92 ~ American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and

JOHN DEE HOLMAN & ALGIA MAE ~ "CROW JANE";


JOHN DEE HOLMAN ~ "ONE BLACK RAT";