Aretha Franklin

Ed King was an American musician. He was a guitarist for the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock and guitarist and bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from…

Patrick Williams was an Oscar-nominated American composer, arranger, and conductor who worked in many genres of music, and in film and television. He won two Grammys for his jazz arrangements…

Randy Scruggs was a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He won four Grammy Awards and was twice named Musician of the Year at the Country Music Association Awards. He was…

Matthew Murphy, known as Matt “Guitar” Murphy, was an influential American blues guitarist. He was associated with Memphis Slim, James Cotton and Howlin’ Wolf. He is also known as the…

Hugh Masekela was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer. He has been described as “the father of South African jazz.” Masekela is known for his jazz compositions…

Aretha Franklin was an American singer, songwriter, civil rights activist, actress, and pianist. She began her career as a child singing gospel. At the age of 18, she embarked on…

Dennis Edwards was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the front man in The Temptations, on Motown Records. Edwards sang with the group from 1968…

Clarence Fountain was a Gospel legend. He was a founding member of the Blind boys of Alabama, a five-time Grammy Award-winning gospel group who first sang together in 1939.

Cecil Taylor was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach,…

Roy Clark was an American singer and musician. He is best known for having hosted Hee Haw, a nationally televised country variety show, from 1969 to 1997. Clark was an…

Geoff Emerick was an English sound engineer who worked with the Beatles on, among others, their legendary Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road albums. He was…

James Rodford was an English musician, who played bass guitar for several British rock bands. He was a founding member of Argent, and performed with them from their formation in…

Lari White was an American country music artist and actress. She first gained national attention in 1988 as a winner on You Can Be A Star, a talent competition which…

Tony Joe White was an American singer-songwriter and swamp-rock guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit “Polk Salad Annie” and for “Rainy Night In Georgia.” Many of his songs have…

Peter Cowling was an English bass guitarist, best known for his work with Canadian blues rock guitarist Pat Travers.

Joe Osborn was an American bass guitar player known for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the 1960s and through the 1980s. Early in…

Alexander Sevastian was a well-known virtuoso Russian-Canadian accordionist. Much of his early education and early career was in Russia before relocating to Canada in 2001. Sevastian won numerous prestigious accordion…

Edwin Hawkins was an American Gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He was one of the originators of the urban contemporary Gospel sound. He is probably best known…