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A global, multilingual list of rhythm and blues and contemporary R&B musicians recognized via popular R&B genres as songwriters, instrumentalists, vocalists, mixing engineers, and for musical composition and record production.
African-American male singer-songwriters (381 P) Pages in category "African-American male singers" The following 152 pages are in this category, out of 152 total.
Barry Eugene White (né Carter; September 12, 1944 – July 4, 2003) [1] was an American singer and songwriter. A two-time Grammy Award winner known for his bass voice and romantic image, his greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring R&B, soul, funk, and disco songs such as his two biggest hits: "Can't Get Enough of Your ...
In rock and roll, “great singing” is subjective. Mick Jagger cannot be said to have a particularly operatic voice, but what he does works within the context of the Rolling Stones. And besides ...
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His lyrics often focus on society's underworld and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. He began in the folk scene during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected the influence of such diverse genres as rock, Delta blues, opera, vaudeville, cabaret, funk, hip hop and experimental techniques verging on industrial ...
Carey became Billboard's most successful female artist of the decade, and one of the most successful R&B acts of the 1990s. R&B artists such as Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, R.Kelly and Mariah Carey are some of the best selling music artists of all time, and especially in the 1990s brought Contemporary R&B to a worldwide ...
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and sold over 40 million records worldwide. [1]