Charles Walter Pope co-founded The Tams in Atlanta with his brother Joseph Pope. The group took its name from the tam o’shanter hats they wore on stage, and became a mainstay of Southern beach music. Pope led one of the two touring line-ups until his death from Alzheimer’s disease in 2013.
Mike Post is an American composer. He is best known for his television theme music for various shows, including Law & Order and its spin-offs Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent, The…
David Prater Jr. was an American Southern soul and rhythm & blues singer and musician, who was the deeper baritone/tenor vocalist of the soul vocal duo Sam & Dave from 1961 until…
William Everett Preston was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richard, Sam…
Paul Williams, known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single “Me and Mrs. Jones”. His 1973 album and single War of the Gods…
Ann Lee Peebles is a retired American singer and songwriter who gained popularity for her Memphis soul albums of the 1970s while signed to Hi Records. Her most successful singles include “I…
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose…
Arthur Lanon Neville Jr. was an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist from New Orleans.