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| JANUARY | |||
| 4 | Arthur Conley | 1946 | |
| 5 | George Brown (Kool & The Gang) | 1949 | |
| Johnny Adams | 1932 | ||
| Wilber Harrison | 1929 | ||
| 6 | Jazzie B (Soul II Soul) | 1963 | |
| Kathie Sledge (Sister Sledge) | 1959 | ||
| Shirley Brown | 1947 | ||
| Van McCoy | 1944 | ||
| Doris Troy | 1937 | ||
| 7 | + | James Carr | 2001 |
| 8 | + | Larry Williams | 1980 |
| R. Kelly | 1969 | ||
| Marcus Hutson (The Whispers) | 1943 | ||
| 9 | Roy Head | 1953 | |
| Kenneth Kelly (The Manhattans) | 1943 | ||
| 11 | Mary J. Blige | 1971 | |
| 12 | George Duke | 1946 | |
| Cynthia Robinson(Sly & The Family Stone) | 1946 | ||
| 13 | Clarence Carter | 1936 | |
| 14 | L.L. Cool J | 1968 | |
| Linda Jones | 1944 | ||
| 15 | Edward Bivins (The Manhattans) | 1942 | |
| 16 | Aaliyah | 1979 | |
| Maxine Jones (En Vogue) | 1966 | ||
| Sade | 1959 | ||
| Ronnie Milsap | 1946 | ||
| Barbara Lynn | 1942 | ||
| 17 | + | Billy Stewart | 1970 |
| 18 | + | Mckinley Mitchell | 1986 |
| David Ruffin | 1941 | ||
| 19 | Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul) | 1963 | |
| 21 | + | Jackie Wilson | 1984 |
| Nokio (Dru Hill) | 1979 | ||
| Billy Ocean | 1950 | ||
| Edwin Starr | 1942 | ||
| 22 | + | Tommy Tucker | 1982 |
| Sam Cooke | 1931 | ||
| 23 | Anita Pointer (Pointer Sisters) | 1948 | |
| 24 | Aaron Neville | 1941 | |
| Ann Cole | 1934 | ||
| 25 | Alicia Keys | 1981 | |
| Etta James | 1938 | ||
| 26 | Deon Jackson | 1946 | |
| 27 | Bobby Bland | 1930 | |
| 30 | Jody Watley | 1959 | |
| Jackie Ross | 1946 |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| 1 | Big Boi (Outkast) | 1975 | |
| Rick James | 1952 | ||
| 2 | Alan McKay (Earth, Wind & Fire) | 1948 | |
| 3 | Dennis Edwards | 1943 | |
| Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 1935 | ||
| 5 | Bobby Brown | 1969 | |
| Barrett Strong | 1941 | ||
| 6 | + | Johnny Funches (The Dells) | 1998 |
| + | Joe Stubbs (The Falcons) | 1998 | |
| Jimmy Cozier | 1977 | ||
| Natalie Cole | 1950 | ||
| Bob Marley | 1945 | ||
| Willie Tee | 1944 | ||
| 7 | King Curtis | 1934 | |
| 8 | Otis Leaville | 1941 | |
| 9 | Major Harris | 1947 | |
| Barbara Lewis | 1943 | ||
| 10 | Roberta Flack | 1939 | |
| 11 | Kelly Rowland (Destiny's Child) | 1981 | |
| Brandy | 1979 | ||
| D'Angelo | 1974 | ||
| Little Johnny Taylor | 1943 | ||
| Otis Clay | 1942 | ||
| Leon Haywood | 1942 | ||
| 12 | Gene Mcdaniels | 1935 | |
| 13 | King Floyd | 1945 | |
| 14 | Ice-T | 1959 | |
| Clarence Reid | 1945 | ||
| 15 | Nat "King" Cole | 1965 | |
| Brian Holland | 1941 | ||
| Alvin Cash | 1939 | ||
| 18 | Irma Thomas | 1941 | |
| 19 | Smokey Robinson | 1940 | |
| Bobby Rogers (The Miracles) | 1940 | ||
| 21 | Nina Simone | 1933 | |
| 22 | + | Florence Ballard (The Supremes) | 1976 |
| Bobby Hendricks (The Drifters) | 1937 | ||
| 23 | + | Huey Marvin Davis (The Contours) | 2002 |
| + | Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) | 1995 | |
| 25 | Foster Sylvers | 1962 | |
| 26 | Erykah Badu | 1971 | |
| Mitch Ryder | 1945 | ||
| 27 | Rozanda "Chili" Thomas (TLC) | 1971 | |
| 28 | + | Frankie Lymon | 1968 |
| Barbara Acklin | 1944 | ||
| 29 | Ja Rule | 1976 |
| MARCH | |||
| 1 | + | Doreen Waddell (Soul II Soul) | 2002 |
| Norman Connors | 1948 | ||
| 2 | Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops) | 1938 | |
| 3 | Junior Parker | 1927 | |
| 4 | Bobby Womack | 1944 | |
| Miriam Makeba | 1942 | ||
| 6 | Mary Wilson (The Supremes) | 1944 | |
| Slyvia | 1936 | ||
| 7 | Hamilton Bohannon | 1942 | |
| 8 | Cheryl James (aka Salt) (Salt-N-Pepa) | 1964 | |
| 9 | Jeffrey Osborne | 1948 | |
| Laura Lee | 1945 | ||
| Tommy Tucker | 1939 | ||
| Lloyd Price | 1933 | ||
| 10 | + | La Vern Baker | 1997 |
| 11 | Cheryl Lynn | 1957 | |
| 12 | Marlon Jackson | 1957 | |
| Ruby Andrews | 1947 | ||
| 13 | Bobby Patterson | 1944 | |
| 14 | + | Linda Jones | 1972 |
| Quincy Jones | 1933 | ||
| Phil Phillips | 1931 | ||
| 15 | Sly Stone | 1944 | |
| 16 | + | Joe Pope (The Tams) | 1996 |
| + | Tammi Terrell | 1970 | |
| 17 | Nat "King" Cole | 1917 | |
| 18 | Vanessa Williams | 1963 | |
| Irene Cara | 1959 | ||
| Wilson Pickett | 1941 | ||
| 19 | + | Big John Patton | 2002 |
| Ruth Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) | 1946 | ||
| Walter Jackson | 1938 | ||
| 21 | Russell Thompkins (The Stylistics) | 1951 | |
| Rosemary Stone (Sly & The Family Stone) | 1945 | ||
| Al Jarreau | 1940 | ||
| 22 | Stephanie Mills | 1957 | |
| George Benson | 1943 | ||
| 23 | Chaka Khan | 1953 | |
| 24 | P.A. Pasemaster Mase (De La Soul) | 1970 | |
| Don Covay | 1938 | ||
| Billy Stewart | 1937 | ||
| 25 | + | Harold Melvin | 1997 |
| Aretha Franklin | 1942 | ||
| 26 | Teddy Pendergrass | 1950 | |
| Diana Ross | 1944 | ||
| Rufus Thomas | 1917 | ||
| 27 | Bunny Sigler | 1941 | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 1924 | ||
| 28 | Milan Williams (The Commodores) | 1948 | |
| 29 | Willie Clayton | 1955 | |
| 30 | Tracy Chapman | 1964 | |
| 31 | + | O'Kelly Isley | 1986 |
| Al Goodman (Ray, Goodman & Brown) | 1947 | ||
| Herb Alpert | 1935 |
| APRIL | |||
| 1 | + | Marvin Gaye | 1984 |
| Gil Scott-Heron | 1949 | ||
| 2 | + | Edwin Star | 2003 |
| Robert Lavelle Huggar (Next) | 1977 | ||
| Marvin Gaye | 1939 | ||
| 4 | Marjor Lance | 1942 | |
| Hugh Masekela | 1939 | ||
| 5 | Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers) | 1944 | |
| Tony Williams (The Platters) | 1928 | ||
| 7 | Carl Douglas | 1948 | |
| Mongo Sanatamaria | 1922 | ||
| 8 | J.J. Jackson | 1941 | |
| 10 | Kenny Lattimore | 1970 | |
| 11 | + | Dave Prater | 1988 |
| 12 | Herbie Hancock | 1940 | |
| 13 | Louis Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) | 1955 | |
| Peabo Bryson | 1951 | ||
| Al Green | 1946 | ||
| 16 | Herbie Mann | 1930 | |
| Roy Hamilton | 1929 | ||
| Ed Townsend | 1929 | ||
| 19 | Bernie Worrel (P-Funk) | 1944 | |
| 20 | Luther Vandross | 1951 | |
| 21 | Robert Knight | 1945 | |
| Bobby McClure | 1942 | ||
| 22 | Mell Carter | 1943 | |
| 23 | Narada Michael Walden | 1952 | |
| John Miles | 1949 | ||
| 24 | Freddie Scott | 1933 | |
| 25 | + | Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC) | 2002 |
| 26 | Tione "T-Boz" Watkins (TLC) | 1970 | |
| Claudine Clark | 1941 | ||
| 27 | Ann Peebles | 1947 | |
| 28 | Fantastic Johnny C. | 1943 | |
| 29 | Tammi Terrel | 1945 | |
| 30 | Bobby Marchan | 1930 |
| MAY | |||
| 1 | Ray Parker Jr. | 1954 | |
| Big Maybelle | 1924 | ||
| 3 | James Brown | 1933 | |
| 4 | Jackie Jackson | 1951 | |
| Nickolas Ashford | 1942 | ||
| Tyrone Davis | 1938 | ||
| 5 | Craig David | 1981 | |
| Johnnie Taylor | 1938 | ||
| Ace Cannon | 1934 | ||
| 6 | Sylvia Robinson (Mickey & Sylvia) | 1936 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Ruffin | 1939 | |
| 8 | Philip Bailey | 1951 | |
| 9 | Dave Prater (Sam & Dave) | 1937 | |
| 10 | Arthur Alexander | 1940 | |
| Larry Williams | 1935 | ||
| 12 | James Purify | 1944 | |
| 13 | Stevie Wonder | 1950 | |
| Mary Wells | 1943 | ||
| 14 | Shanice | 1973 | |
| 15 | Lenny Welch | 1938 | |
| 16 | Ralph Tresvant (New Edition) | 1968 | |
| Janet Jackson | 1966 | ||
| Pervis Jackson (The Spinners) | 1938 | ||
| 17 | + | Little Johnny Taylor | 2002 |
| + | Johnny "Guitar" Watson | 1996 | |
| George Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) | 1953 | ||
| 19 | Grace Jones | 1952 | |
| 20 | Shorty Long | 1940 | |
| 21 | Ronald Isley (Isley Brothers) | 1941 | |
| 23 | Maxwell | 1972 | |
| 24 | Heavy D | 1967 | |
| Patti LaBelle | 1944 | ||
| 25 | Lauryn Hill | 1975 | |
| Donnie Elbert | 1936 | ||
| 26 | + | Little Willie John | 1968 |
| Lenny Kravitz | 1964 | ||
| Oscar Toney Jr. | 1939 | ||
| 27 | Dre (OutKast) | 1975 | |
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (TLC) | 1971 | ||
| 28 | Gladys Knight | 1944 | |
| 29 | LaToya Jackson | 1956 | |
| Larry Blackmon (Cameo) | 1956 | ||
| 31 | + | Johnnie Taylor | 2000 |
| Darryl McDaniel (Run-D.M.C.) | 1964 | ||
| Richard Dunbar (The Knight Brothers) | 1939 |
| JUNE | |||
| 1 | + | David Ruffin | 1991 |
| 2 | Jimmy Castor | 1943 | |
| 3 | Deniece Williams | 1951 | |
| Eddie Holman | 1946 | ||
| Curtis Mayfield | 1942 | ||
| 4 | El DeBarge | 1961 | |
| 5 | Brian McKnight | 1969 | |
| Ronnie Dyson | 1950 | ||
| Freddie Stone (Sly & The Family Stone) | 1946 | ||
| 6 | Levi Stubbs (The Four Tops) | 1936 | |
| 7 | Prince | 1958 | |
| Billy Butler | 1945 | ||
| 8 | Boz Scaggs | 1944 | |
| 9 | + | Arthur Alexander | 1993 |
| Jackie Wilson | 1934 | ||
| Johnny Ace | 1929 | ||
| 10 | Faith Evans | 1973 | |
| Jo-Jo (K-Ci & JoJo) | 1971 | ||
| Shirley Alston (The Shirelles) | 1941 | ||
| 12 | Lyn Collins | 1948 | |
| 13 | + | Clyde McPhatter | 1972 |
| James Carr | 1942 | ||
| Bobby Freeman | 1940 | ||
| 14 | + | Brenda Payton (Brenda & The Tabulations) | 1992 |
| Junior Walker | 1931 | ||
| 15 | James Smith (The Stylistics) | 1950 | |
| 16 | Edward Levert (The O'Jays) | 1942 | |
| Lamont Dozier | 1941 | ||
| 18 | Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men) | 1971 | |
| 19 | Al Wilson | 1939 | |
| 20 | + | Lawrence Payton (The Four Tops) | 1997 |
| Lionel Richie | 1949 | ||
| 21 | Brenda Holloway | 1946 | |
| Deodato | 1942 | ||
| Mitty Collier | 1941 | ||
| 25 | Billy Davis (Fifth Dimension) | 1939 | |
| Eddie Floyd | 1935 | ||
| 26 | Jean Knight | 1943 | |
| 29 | + | Shorty Long | 1969 |
| Evelyn "Champagne" King | 1960 | ||
| Little Eva | 1945 | ||
| Johnny Ace | 1929 | ||
| 30 | Florence Ballard (The Supremes) | 1943 |
| JULY | |||
| 1 | Andre Crouch | 1942 | |
| Syl Johnson | 1939 | ||
| 3 | Fontella Bass | 1940 | |
| 4 | + | Barry White | 2003 |
| Ralph Johnson (Earth, Wind & Fire) | 1951 | ||
| Bill Withers | 1938 | ||
| Louis Armstrong | 1901 | ||
| 6 | + | Van McCoy | 1979 |
| Jan Bradley | 1943 | ||
| Gene Chandler | 1937 | ||
| 9 | Debbie Sledge (Sister Sledge) | 1954 | |
| 11 | Lil' Kim | 1975 | |
| Peter Brown | 1953 | ||
| Bonnie Pointer | 1951 | ||
| 12 | + | Minnie Riperton | 1979 |
| Big John Patton | 1935 | ||
| 13 | Deborah Cox | 1973 | |
| Gerald Levert | 1966 | ||
| 15 | Millie Jackson | 1944 | |
| 16 | Denise LaSalle | 1939 | |
| William Bell | 1939 | ||
| 17 | Martha Reeves | 1941 | |
| 18 | Shirley Goodman(Shirley & Co.) | 1936 | |
| 19 | + | Judy Clay | 2001 |
| 22 | Keith Sweat | 1961 | |
| George Clinton | 1940 | ||
| Chuck Jackson | 1937 | ||
| 23 | Michaelle Williams (Destiny's Child) | 1980 | |
| 24 | Jimmy Holiday | 1934 | |
| 26 | + | Mary Wells | 1992 |
| Dobie Gray | 1942 | ||
| Bobby Hebb | 1941 | ||
| Brenton Wood | 1941 | ||
| 27 | Harvey Fuqua | 1929 | |
| 29 | Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men) | 1973 |
| AUGUST | |||
| 1 | Coolio | 1963 | |
| Chuck D (Public Enemy) | 1960 | ||
| Jean Wells | 1940 | ||
| 2 | Edward Patten (Gladys Knight & The Pips) | 1939 | |
| 3 | John Graham (Earth, Wind & Fire) | 1951 | |
| 4 | Timi Yuro | 1940 | |
| 6 | Randy DeBarge (DeBarge) | 1958 | |
| 7 | + | Esther Phillips | 1984 |
| Charles Pope (The Tams) | 1936 | ||
| 8 | Joe Tex | 1933 | |
| 9 | Whitney Houston | 1963 | |
| Barbara Mason | 1947 | ||
| 10 | Patti Austin | 1948 | |
| Ronnie Bennet Spector (The Ronettes) | 1945 | ||
| Bobby Hatfield (Righteous Brothers) | 1940 | ||
| 13 | + | Joe Tex | 1982 |
| + | King Curtis | 1971 | |
| + | Joe Hinton | 1968 | |
| 14 | Larray Graham | 1946 | |
| 15 | Frederick Knight | 1944 | |
| Bobby Byrd | 1934 | ||
| Buster Brown | 1911 | ||
| 16 | James "J.T." Taylor (Kool & The Gang) | 1953 | |
| Barbara George | 1942 | ||
| 17 | + | Lorrain Ellison | 1985 |
| + | Paul Williams(The Temptations) | 1973 | |
| Posdnuous (De Le Soul) | 1969 | ||
| 18 | Nona Hendryx | 1945 | |
| Maxime Brown | 1939 | ||
| 19 | + | Betty Everett | 2001 |
| Lil' Romeo | 1989 | ||
| Lee Ann Womack | 1966 | ||
| Johnny Nash | 1940 | ||
| 20 | Isaac Hayes | 1942 | |
| 21 | Kim Sledge (Sister Sledge) | 1958 | |
| 22 | James DeBarge (DeBarge) | 1963 | |
| Roscoe Shelton | 1931 | ||
| John Lee Hooker | 1917 | ||
| 25 | + | Aaliyah | 2001 |
| 26 | Valerie Simpson | 1946 | |
| 27 | Mase | 1977 | |
| 29 | Me'Shell NdegéOcello | 1969 | |
| Kendall Duffie (Kloud 9) | 1968 | ||
| Kelvis Duffie (Kloud 9) | 1968 | ||
| Michael Jackson | 1958 | ||
| Gene Allison | 1934 | ||
| Dinah Washington | 1924 |
| SEPTEMBER | |||
| 1 | Greg Errico (Sly & The Family Stone) | 1946 | |
| Archie Bell | 1944 | ||
| 2 | K-Ci Hailey (Jodeci) | 1969 | |
| Joe Simon | 1943 | ||
| Inex Foxx | 1942 | ||
| Robert Lee Dickey (James & Bobby Purify) | 1939 | ||
| 3 | Freddy King | 1934 | |
| 4 | Beyoncé Knowles (Destiny's Child) | 1981 | |
| Ronald LaPread (The Commodores) | 1950 | ||
| Merald Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) | 1942 | ||
| 5 | Terry Ellis (En Vogue) | 1966 | |
| 6 | CeCe Peniston | 1969 | |
| 7 | Gloria Gaynor | 1949 | |
| Alfa Anderson (Chic) | 1946 | ||
| Latimore | 1939 | ||
| Little Milton | 1934 | ||
| 8 | Pink | 1979 | |
| 9 | Macy Gray | 1970 | |
| Billy Preston | 1946 | ||
| Dee Dee Sharp | 1945 | ||
| Inez Fox | 1942 | ||
| Otis Redding | 1941 | ||
| 12 | Barry White | 1944 | |
| Judy Clay | 1938 | ||
| 15 | Cannonball Adderley | 1928 | |
| 18 | Ricky Bell (New Edition) | 1967 | |
| 19 | Nile Rodgers (Chic) | 1952 | |
| Freda Payne | 1945 | ||
| Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) | 1940 | ||
| Brook Benton | 1931 | ||
| 20 | Eddie Bo | 1930 | |
| 21 | Trugoy the Dove (De La Soul) | 1968 | |
| 23 | Jermaine Dupri | 1972 | |
| Ben E. King | 1938 | ||
| Ray Charles | 1930 | ||
| 25 | Will Smith | 1968 | |
| 26 | Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) | 1972 | |
| Cindy Herron (En Vogue) | 1965 | ||
| 28 | Koko Taylor | 1935 | |
| 30 | Patrice Rushen | 1954 | |
| Frankie Lymon | 1942 | ||
| Z.Z. Hill | 1935 | ||
| Johnny Mathis | 1935 | ||
| Cissy Houston | 1933 |
| OCTOBER | |||
| 1 | Donnie Hathaway | 1945 | |
| Jerry Martini (Sly & The Family Stone) | 1943 | ||
| 5 | + | Eddie Kendricks | 1992 |
| Richard Street (The Temptations) | 1942 | ||
| Arlene Smith (The Chantels) | 1941 | ||
| 7 | Toni Braxton | 1968 | |
| Robert Knight | 1945 | ||
| 8 | Cliff Adams (Kool & The Gang) | 1952 | |
| Robert "Kool" Bell (Kool & The Gang) | 1950 | ||
| Jo Armstead | 1944 | ||
| 9 | O.V. Wright | 1939 | |
| 10 | Mya | 1979 | |
| 11 | Andrew Woolfolk (Earth, Wind & Fire) | 1950 | |
| Margie Alexander | 1948 | ||
| 12 | Melvin Franklin (The Temptations) | 1942 | |
| Paul Humphrey | 1935 | ||
| Sam Moore (Sam & Dave) | 1935 | ||
| 14 | Usher | 1978 | |
| Robert Parker | 1930 | ||
| 15 | Ginuwine | 1975 | |
| Frankie Gaye | 1941 | ||
| Marv Johnson | 1938 | ||
| 16 | Sugar Pie DeSanto | 1935 | |
| 19 | Jennifer Holliday | 1960 | |
| George McCrea | 1944 | ||
| 21 | Elvin Bishop | 1942 | |
| Steve Cropper (Booker T. & The MGs) | 1942 | ||
| Jimmy Beaumont (The Skyliners) | 1940 | ||
| 24 | Monica | 1980 | |
| Bettye Swann | 1944 | ||
| 26 | Bootsy Collings | 1951 | |
| 29 | Randy Jackson | 1961 | |
| 30 | Eddie Holland | 1939 |
| NOVEMBER | |||
| 1 | LaTavia Roberson(Destiny's Child) | 1981 | |
| Ronald Bell (Kool & The Gang) | 1951 | ||
| 2 | Nelly | 1978 | |
| Maxine Nightingale | 1952 | ||
| 4 | Puff Daddy | 1970 | |
| 5 | Ike Turner | 1931 | |
| 6 | Eugen Pitt (The Jive Five) | 1937 | |
| Joe Pope(The Tams) | 1933 | ||
| 7 | Dee Clark | 1938 | |
| 8 | Minnie Ripperton | 1947 | |
| Gerald Alston (The Manhattens) | 1942 | ||
| 9 | Sisqo aka Mark Andrews | 1977 | |
| Pepa aka Sandra Denton (Salt-N-Pepa) | 1961 | ||
| 10 | Warren G | 1970 | |
| 11 | La Vern Baker | 1929 | |
| 12 | Arthur Tavares (Tavares) | 1946 | |
| Booker T. Jones | 1944 | ||
| Ruby Nash (Ruby & The Romantics) | 1939 | ||
| 13 | Timmy Thomas | 1944 | |
| Baby Washington | 1940 | ||
| 14 | Adina Howard | 1975 | |
| 15 | Tony Thompson (Chic) | 1954 | |
| Alexander O'Neal | 1953 | ||
| Little Willie John | 1937 | ||
| Clyde McPhatter | 1932 | ||
| 16 | + | O.V. Wright | 1980 |
| Garnet Mimms | 1933 | ||
| 17 | Ronny DeVoe (New Edition) | 1967 | |
| Bob Gaudio (Four Seasons) | 1942 | ||
| 18 | + | Junior Parker | 1971 |
| Hank Ballard | 1936 | ||
| 19 | Tony Rich | 1971 | |
| 21 | + | Alvin Cash | 1999 |
| David Porter | 1941 | ||
| Dr. John | 1940 | ||
| 23 | + | Junior Walker | 1955 |
| Betty Everett | 1939 | ||
| Gloria Lynne | 1931 | ||
| 24 | Donald Dunn (Booker T. & The MGs) | 1941 | |
| Percy Sledge | 1940 | ||
| 25 | Stacy Lattisaw | 1966 | |
| 26 | Tina Turner | 1938 | |
| 27 | + | Barbara Acklin | 1998 |
| Al Jackson Jr. (Booker T. & The MGs) | 1934 | ||
| 28 | Dawn Robinson (En Vogue) | 1968 | |
| R.B. Greaves | 1944 | ||
| Berry Gordy | 1929 | ||
| 30 | Des'ree | 1968 | |
| June Pointer (Pointer Sisters) | 1956 | ||
| Luther Ingram | 1944 |
| DECEMBER | |||
| 1 | + | Lee Dorsey | 1986 |
| Lou Rawls | 1935 | ||
| Billy Paul | 1934 | ||
| 2 | + | Valorie Jones | 2001 |
| Jay-Z | 1970 | ||
| 3 | Montell Jordan | 1971 | |
| 5 | Little Richard | 1932 | |
| 6 | Len Barry | 1942 | |
| 8 | Jerry Butler | 1939 | |
| Jimmy Smith | 1925 | ||
| 9 | Walter Orange (The Commodores) | 1946 | |
| 10 | + | Otis Redding | 1967 |
| Timothy Christian Riley (Tony! Toni! Tone!) | 1966 | ||
| Ralph Tavares (Tavares) | 1948 | ||
| 11 | + | Sam Cooke | 1964 |
| Jermaine Jackson | 1954 | ||
| 12 | Sheila E. | 1959 | |
| Grover Washington Jr. | 1943 | ||
| Dionne Warwick | 1940 | ||
| 15 | + | Rufus Thomas | 2001 |
| Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes) | 1939 | ||
| 17 | Eddie Kendricks | 1939 | |
| 18 | + | Roebuck "Pops" Staples | 2000 |
| 19 | Maurice White | 1941 | |
| 20 | Anita Baker | 1957 | |
| 21 | Betty Wright | 1953 | |
| Gwen McCrae | 1943 | ||
| Carla Thomas | 1942 | ||
| 23 | Esther Phillips | 1935 | |
| 24 | + | Johnny Ace | 1954 |
| Lee Dorsey | 1924 | ||
| 25 | McKinley Mitchel | 1934 | |
| Chris Kenner | 1929 | ||
| 26 | + | Curtis Mayfield | 1999 |
| 28 | Johnny Otis | 1921 | |
| Roebuck "Pops" Staples | 1915 | ||
| 29 | Yvonne Elliman | 1951 | |
| Pattie Drew | 1944 | ||
| 30 | + | Frankie Gaye | 2001 |
| Tyrese | 1978 | ||
| 31 | Donna Summer | 1948 |