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Albertina Walker
American singer (1929-2010)
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Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
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James Cleveland
American musician
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Inez Andrews
American singer
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Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Bessie Griffin
American singer (1922–1989)
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Dottie Rambo
Gospel music singer-songwriter
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Anita Kerr
American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer
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Miki Howard
American singer, actress
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Yolanda Adams
American gospel singer and actress
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Martha Tilton
American singer
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Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
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Cindy Walker
American songwriter, country music singer and dancer
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Al Green
American singer
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Kim Burrell
American musician
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Philip Bailey
American R&B, soul, gospel and funk singer, songwriter, percussionist and actor
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Loleatta Holloway
American singer (1946–2011)
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Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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The Isley Brothers
American musical group
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Marvin Winans
American singer
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Gloria Gaynor
American singer
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Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
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Roberta Martin
American musician
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
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The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
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Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
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Brenda Holloway
American musician
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Rosemary Clooney
singer and actress from the United States (1928-2002)
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Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
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Coko
American singer (b. 1970)
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Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Billy Preston
American musician whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel (1946-2006)
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Wanda Jackson
American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
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Lisa Marie Presley
American singer-song-writer and daughter of Elvis Presley
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George Beverly Shea
American gospel singer and hymn composer born in Canada
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Darlene Love
American musician
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The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Vanessa Bell Armstrong
American singer
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The Emotions
American vocal group from Chicago, Illinois
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Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
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Natalie Cole
American singer and songwriter
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The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
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Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
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Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Kathleen Battle
American opera singer
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The Barrett Sisters
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Ronnie Milsap
American recording artist; country music singer and pianist
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Rita Coolidge
American singer
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Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Mervyn Warren
American singer
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Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Merry Clayton
American musician
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Gloria Jones
American singer
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Sandra Crouch
American musician
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Maybelle Carter
folk and country music guitarist
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Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
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June Carter Cash
American singer, songwriter and actress (1929-2003)
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Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Skeeter Davis
American singer-songwriter
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Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
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Ann-Margret
Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer
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Ashford & Simpson
songwriting-production team
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Dusty Springfield
English singer and record producer
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Lady Rizo
American singer
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Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
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Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Kay Starr
American singer
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
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Dean Pitchford
American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist
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Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Guy Sebastian
Australian singer-songwriter
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Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Ethel Waters
American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress
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The Blackwood Brothers
American southern gospel quartet
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Mary Mary
American contemporary gospel duo
