Rudolph Isley
Rudolph “Rudy” Bernard Isley was an American singer-songwriter and one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers.
Gospel Music
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Wanda Jackson
Wanda LaVonne Jackson is an American singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of rock, country and gospel. She was among the first women…
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was an American singer, actress, film producer, and record producer. Commonly referred to as “the Voice”, she is one of the most awarded entertainers of all time. Houston is…
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Donny Hathaway
Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer, keyboardist, songwriter, backing vocalist, and arranger who Rolling Stone described as a “soul legend”. His most popular songs include “The Ghetto”, “This Christmas”, “Someday…
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Crystal Gayle
Brenda Gail Webb, known professionally as Crystal Gayle, is an American country music singer widely known for her 1977 hit “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”. Initially, Gayle’s management and record…
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Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Fowles, known professionally as Gloria Gaynor, is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits “I Will Survive” (1978) which is one of the best-selling singles in history to…
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Regarded as the “Queen of Soul”, she was twice named by Rolling Stone magazine as the greatest singer of all time.
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him…