Rhythm and Blues Singers and Groups

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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Singers

List of R&B musicians

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

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
• 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*
• [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-delicates-​p185992/biography The Delicates]
• 5th Dimension
• 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
• Eugene Record
• Berry Gordy

Record Labels

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

Songwriters

• Jimmy Webb

List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States)

• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_rhythm_and_blues_hits_(United_States) Wikipedia]

List of artists who reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart

• Wikipedia

Links

• Singers Chante Moore and Kenny Lattimore wed in Jamaica
• [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Soul_Train_episodes_(seasons_1%E2%80%939) List of Soul Train episodes (seasons 1–9)]
• A Songwriter, Still on the Line (Jimmy Webb)
• BLACK CELEBRITIES WHO DIED WITH LITTLE OR NO FANFARE-PART I