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Idris Muhammad
About Idris Muhammad was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such as Ahmad Jamal, Lou Donaldson, Pharoah Sanders, Bob James, and Tete Montoliu. Albums/Songs: Stefan Pelzl’s Juju featuring Idris Muhammad You Ain’t No Friend of Mine! My Turn Legends…
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Love Unlimited
About Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for American singer-songwriter Barry White on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings. Albums/Songs: The Very Best of Under the Influence of… Love Unlimited From a Girl’s Point of View We Give to You In Heat Best…
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Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
About Jalacy J. “Screamin’ Jay” Hawkins was an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer. Famed chiefly for his powerful, shouting vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as “I Put a Spell on You”, he sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him an early pioneer of shock rock. He received a…
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Al Stewart
About Alastair Ian Stewart is a Scottish-born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with tales of characters and events from history. Albums/Songs: Zero She Flies The Early Years Modern Times Sparks of…
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Harvey Mandel
About Harvey “The Snake” Mandel is an American guitarist best known as a member of Canned Heat. He also played with Charlie Musselwhite and John Mayall as well as maintaining a solo career. Albums/Songs: Games Guitars Play Snake Pit Shangrenade The Snake Emerald Triangle Harvey Mandel & The Snake Crew Chicago Blues Union Twist City…
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The Commodores
About Commodores, often billed as The Commodores, is an American funk and soul group. The group’s most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. Albums/Songs: Love Songs Greatest Hits Hot on the Tracks / In the Pocket Heroes Nightshift Natural High Christmas 14 Greatest Hits…
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Abdel Halim Hafez
About Abdel Halim Ali Shabana, commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez, was an Egyptian singer, actor, conductor, businessman, music teacher and film producer. Albums/Songs: لا تكذبي (La Takzebi) Fatet Ganbena موعود (Mawoud) Zay El Hawa Kariat Al Fengan Aai Damait Hozen….La Hikayet Hob Mashi el Tariek Nebtedi Menien El Hikaya (Live) Ala Hasb Weddad بأمر…
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Johnny “Guitar” Watson
About John Watson Jr., often known professionally as Johnny “Guitar” Watson, was an American musician. A flamboyant showman and electric guitarist in the style of T-Bone Walker, his recording career spanned 40 years, and encompassed rhythm and blues, funk and soul music. Albums/Songs: Two for the Price of One Please Send Me Someone To Love…
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Frankie Valli
About Francesco Stephen Castelluccio, better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, best known as the frontman of the Four Seasons. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. Albums/Songs: ’Tis the Seasons The Very Best of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Romancing the ’60s Closeup / Valli…
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Hubert Laws
About Hubert Laws is an American flutist and saxophonist with a career spanning over 50 years in jazz, classical, and other music genres. Laws is one of the few classical artists who has also mastered jazz, pop, and rhythm-and-blues genres, moving effortlessly from one repertory to another. He has three Grammy nominations. Albums/Songs: The Chicago…