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“Dimebag” Darrell Abbott of Damageplan and Pantera
John Balance, Coil singer
Joe Barry, swamp pop singer
Doug Bennett of Doug and the Slugs
Elmer Bernstein, film composer
Jan Berry of Jan & Dean
Chief Bey, master drummer
Dave Blood, Dead Milkmen bassist
Johnny Bragg of the Prisonaires
Laura Branigan, 80s pop singer
Johnny Bristol, Motown singer/producer
Ray Charles, R&B innovator
Marius Constant, composer of Twilight Zone theme
Kevin Coyne, avant-rock artist
Skeeter Davis, country singer
Clement Dodd, reggae founding father
Roy Drusky, country singer
Malachi Favors, Art Ensemble of Chicago bassist
Rick Fielding, Canadian folk singer
Dave Godin, UK soul music promoter
Jerry Goldsmith, film composer
Walt Grealis, RPM magazine founder
Ersel Hickey, rockabilly singer
Rick James, funk superfreak
Illinois Jacquet, jazz saxophonist
Roger Johnston, Monks drummer
Pete Jolly, jazz cat and studio ace
Elvin Jones, drummer with John Coltrane
Russell Jones, aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard, of the Wu Tang Clan
Robin Kenyatta, jazz saxophonist
Barney Kessel, cool jazz guitarist
Arthur “Killer” Kane, New York Dolls bassist
Estelle Klein, Mariposa artistic director
Steve Lacy, soprano saxophonist
John McGeoch, PiL guitarist
Ellis Marsalis, patriarch of Marsalis jazz family
Billy May, arranger for Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole
Roger Mayne Ugly Ducklings guitarist
Terry Melcher, producer of the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers
Gil Melle, saxophonist, film and television composer
Tony Mottola, session guitarist
Bruce Palmer, Buffalo Springfield bassist
John Peel, BBC Radio DJ
Robert Quine, Voidoids guitarist
Johnny Ramone, Ramones guitarist
Alvino Rey, bandleader, guitarist
Greg Shaw, music historian founder of Bomp magazine and label
Doris Troy, R&B singer of Just One Look
Carl Wayne of the Move
John Whitehead, soul singer of McFadden & Whitehead
Syreeta Wright, soul chanteuse
Timi Yuro, Morrissey’s favourite singer