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Kip Anderson deep soul singer Don Arden manager of Small Faces, Black Sabbath and Sharon Osbourne’s father
Alvin Batiste New Orleans jazz clarinetistCarey Bell blues harmonica great
Richard Bell keyboardist with Janis Joplin and the Band
Michael Brecker jazz saxophonist and pop sessioneer
Teresa Brewer 50s pop star
Chad “Pimp C” Butler UGK rapper
Bobby Byrd Famous Flames singer and James Brown sidekick
Henson Cargill country singer of Skip A Rope
Jimmy Cheatham trombonist with Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton
Alice Coltrane jazz composer/harpist and wife of late John Coltrane
Art Davis bassist with Thelonius
Monk and John Coltrane
James B. Davis gospel singer and founder of Dixie Hummingbirds
Brad Delp Boston singerDenny Doherty Mamas and the Papas singer
Joel Dorn producer
Lucky Dube South African reggae star
Kevin DuBrow Quiet Riot singer
Dan Fogelberg singer/songwriter
Jim Ford singer/songwriter of Harlan County and Nikki Hoeky
Eddie Fisher soulful jazz guitarist
Johnny Frigo jazz bassist/composer
Robert Goulet singer/actor
Norm Hacking Toronto roots artist and children’s book author
Lee Hazlewood producer/poet
Billy Henderson Spinners singer of Rubberband Man
Andrew Hill jazz composer/pianist
Jerome “Jah Jerry” Hines Reggae session guitarist and Skatalites member
Don Ho Hawaiian entertainer
Pookie Hudson doo-wop singer of Spaniels’ Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
John Hughey steel guitarist for Conway Twitty, Vince GillJoe Hunter Funk Brothers session pianist on numerous Motown hits
Luther Ingram soul singer of If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don’t Want To Be Right)
Kelly Johnson Girlschool lead guitarist
“Sneaky” Pete Kleinow Flying Burrito Brothers steel guitarist
Hilly Kristal CBGBs founder
Frankie Laine singer of Rawhide theme
Lobby Loyde Oz rock guitarist of Wild Cherries and Coloured Balls fame
Jon Lucien soul-jazz singer
Nellie Lutcher jazz vocalist
Janis Martin early rockabilly great
Hank Medress Tokens singer of The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Tommy Makem Irish music great
Frank Morgan jazz alto saxophonist
Tommy Newsom saxophonist and substitute bandleader on The Tonight Show
Mike Osborne British jazz alto saxophonist
Cecil Payne jazz flautist/saxophonist
Luciano Pavarotti opera star
Bobby “Boris” Pickett co-writer of The Monster Mash
Bill Pinkney original member of the Drifters and New York Blue Sox pitcher
Gordon “Specs” Powell drummer with Billie Holiday and CBS network orchestra
Gary Primich blues harmonica player
Boots Randolph saxophonist
Paul Raven bassist with Killing Joke, Ministry and ProngDel Reeves Grand Ole Opry star
Doug Riley, aka Dr. Music bandleader/composer
Mario Rivera Latin jazz multi-instrumentalist
Max Roach jazz drummer and bebop innovator
Tony Scott clarinetistBeverly Sills opera star
Cees Slinger Dutch jazz pianist
Karlheinz Stockhausen German avant-garde composer
Freddie Scott soul singer
Earl Turbinton New Orleans saxophonist, brother of Willie Tee
Willie Tee Turbinton New Orleans keyboardist
Hank Thompson honky-tonk singer
Billy Thorpe Australian hard rock singer/guitarist
Ike Turner R&B bandleader, producer and architect of rock ’n’ roll
Carlos “Patato” Valdés Cuban conga great
Eric Von Schmidt folk singer and Bob Dylan inspiration
Porter Wagoner country star who launched Dolly Parton’s career
Ian Wallace King Crimson drummer and session ace
Tony Wilson Factory Records founder
Masakazu Yoshizawa Japanese bamboo flute master
Joe Zawinul pioneering jazz fusion keyboardist
