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James Brown,  , 
| The "Godfather of Soul", ,
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Louis Armstrong,  ,
| Jazz Trumpet player/born in New Orleans, ,
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Beyonce',  | Modern day female pop singer, |
Aretha Franklin,  ,
| The "Queen of Soul", ,
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B B King,  ,
| Has a guitar named Lucille, ,
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Billie Holiday,  ,
| Jazz singer from Baltimore, Maryland, ,
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Duke Ellington,  ,
| Jazz composer from Washington, DC, ,
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Michael Jackson,  ,
| "The King of Pop", ,
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Kirk Franklin,  ,
| Introduced Hip-Hop into Gospel music, ,
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L L Cool J,  | Rap pioneer turned actor (male), |
Prince,  | Wrote the movie "Purple Rain", |
Ray Charles,  ,
| Blind piano player/Soul singer, ,
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Ella Fitzgerald,  ,
| Jazz singer known fo her "scat" singing, ,
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Mahalia Jackson,  | Legendary female Gospel singer, |
Parliament Funkadelic,  ,
| Legendary Funk band of the 1970's, ,
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Muddy Waters,  | Pioneering blues musician/ played the electric guitar, |
Robert Johnson,  ,
| Wrote a Blues song about losing his shoes, ,
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Sam Cooke,  ,
| Wrote "A Change is Gonna Come", ,
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Little Richard,  ,
| Early R&B Pioneer/Wrote "Tutti Frutti", ,
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Miles Davis,  ,
| Jazz trumpet player/Invented "Cool" Jazz, ,
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Thomas Dorsey,  ,
| Known as "The Father of Gospel Music", ,
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Scott Joplin,  ,
| Wrote "Ragtime," an early form of Jazz for the piano, ,
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Run-DMC,  ,
| Rap group from the 1980's, ,
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The Coasters,  ,
| 1950's R&B group that performed "Yakety Yak", ,
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Jackie Wilson,  ,
| "Mr. Excitement"/Influenced artists like Michael Jackson, ,
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