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H.E.R. is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She has received an Academy Award, a Children's and Family Emmy Award, and five Grammy Awards, along with nominations for a Golden Globe Award, three Am...
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Taj Jackson
Taj Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and director. He is an original member of 3T along with his brothers; Taryll Adren Jackson and Tito Joe ("TJ") Jackson. His career and solo work...
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Taryll Jackson
Taryll Jackson is an American singer. He is one of three members of the American R&B/pop music trio 3T. Wikipedia: 3T
School yearbook photo from https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1265/images/sid_97440_1984_0295 Original file: https://ibb.co/4RNHc7Y or https://imgbox.com/jw0dB9kH https://pixhost.to/show/14/343852782_sid_97440_1984_0295.jpg This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macau), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation.

Tito Joe "TJ" Jackson
TJ Jackson is an American singer. He is one of three members of the American R&B/pop music trio 3T. Wikipedia: 3T
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Jay R
Gaudencio Sillona III, known professionally as Jay R, is a Filipino-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor and model. In 2003, he released his debut album, Gameface, under Universal Record...

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Rhythm and Blues (R&B) singers and groups since 1965 and 1970, many of which started in the United States. Wikipedia

We have to give props to the musicians that made all this possible!

Standing in the Shadows of Motown -- The Funk Brothers, Motown -- The Funk Brothers -- Film Documentary Soundtrack. In 1959, Berry Gordy gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene to begin cutting songs for his new record company. Over a fourteen year period they were the heartbeat on "My Girl," "Bernadette," I Was Made to Love Her," and every other hit from Motown's Detroit era.

By the end of their phenomenal run, this unheralded group of musicians had played on more number ones hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined - which makes them the greatest hit machine in the history of popular music. They called themselves the Funk Brothers.

The Funk Brothers

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Sam Cooke (d)
Smokey Robinson
Barbara Acklin - "Am I the Same Girl?"
Maxine Brown
Theola Kilgore
Linda Jones (d) - "Hypnotized"
Janis Lyn Joplin (d)
Barbara Mason - "Yes, I'm Ready"
Pharoah Sanders
Michael Jackson (d)
Phyllis Hyman (d)
Marvin Gaye (d)
Deniece Williams
Stephanie Mills
Ashford (d) and Simpson
Lou Rawls (d)
Jean Carne
Donna Summer (d)
Nina Simone (d)
Bill Withers
Luther Vandross (d)
Dionne Warwick
Lionel Richie
Aretha Franklin
James Brown (d)
Mary Wells
Norman Conners
Shirley Jones
Jimmy Ruffin
Tammy Terrell (d)
David Ruffin (d)
Edwin Starr
Randy Crawford
Barry White (d)
George Benson
Al Jareau
Linda Crawford
Peaches and Herb
Jerry Butler
Betty Everett
Isaac Hayes (d)
Teena Marie (d)
Peabo Bryson
Roberta Flack
Donnie Hathaway (d)
Barbara Lewis
Brenda Payton (d)
Billy Stewart (d) - "Sitting in the Park"
Aaron Neville
Freddie Jackson
Prince
Rick James (d)
Janet Jackson
Eugene Wilde
Bobby Brown
Barrett Strong
Stevie Wonder
Al Green
Stanley Turpentine - "Betcha" album
Billy Paul

Groups

A Taste of Honey
Sister Sledge
The Whispers
The Dramatics
Gladys Knight and the Pips
Heatwave
Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
The Jones Girls
The Pointer Sisters - individual profiles created.
Delfonics
The Jackson 5
The O'Jays
Earth, Wind and Fire
The Spinners
Chic
The Commodores
The Floaters
Cameo
Gap Band
GQ
DeBarge
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
The Marvelettes
The Contours
Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Diana Ross and the Supremes
The Temptations
Jr. Walker and the All Stars
Four Tops
The Undisputed Truth
The Sylvers
Brenda and the Tabulations
The Delicates
The 5th Dimension
The Stylistics
Little Anthony and the Imperials
Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
The Toys
The Manhattans

Producers

Lionel Richie
Norman Conners
Gamble and Huff
Bobby Sanders (d)
Eugene Record
Berry Gordy

Record Labels

Arista Records
Atlantic Records
Motown
Anna
Tamla
Gordy
Soul
V.I.P.

Songwriters

Jimmy Webb
Janis Lyn Joplin (d)

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