Edwin Starr
Charles Edwin Hatcher, known by his stage name Edwin Starr, was an American singer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the…
Soul
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Percy Sledge
Percy Tyrone Sledge was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. He is best known for the song “When a Man Loves a Woman”, a No. 1 hit on both the Billboard…
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Dee Dee Sharp
Dione LaRue, known professionally as Dee Dee Sharp, is an American R&B singer.
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Joe Simon
Joseph Simon was an American soul and R&B musician. He began as a gospel artist singing with the Golden West Singers in the Bay Area in California. A consistent presence on the…
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Boz Scaggs
William Royce “Boz” Scaggs is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a bandmate of Steve Miller in the Ardells in the early 1960s and a member of the Steve Miller…
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Freddie Scott
Freddie Scott was an American soul singer and songwriter. His biggest hits were “Hey, Girl”, a top ten US pop hit in 1963, and “Are You Lonely for Me”, a No. 1…
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Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1974 single “Lovin’ You”, her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register.
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Smokey Robinson
William “Smokey” Robinson Jr. is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he…