Kool And The Gang
Kool & the Gang have influenced the music of three generations. Thanks to songs like Celebration, Cherish, Jungle Boogie, Summer Madness and Open Sesame, they’ve earned two Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 25 Top Ten R&B hits, nine Top Ten Pop hits and 31 gold and platinum albums. Kool & the Gang has performed […]
Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King
American Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King is a Grammy winning R&B vocalist and worldwide music star. Throughout her career she has notched up plenty of hits such as big disco tune ‘Shame’ from 1978, which is a perennial favourite on the dance floors of the world. Other big tracks of hers include the likes of ‘Love […]
Frankie Valli
No other white American group of the time, save the Beach Boys, boasted such intricate harmonies, though the Four Seasons were much more firmly in the Italian-American doo-wop tradition. Their uptown production values were contemporary and, in certain respects, innovative. The R&B influence in their music was large, and some of their early singles enjoyed […]
Gabriella Cilmi
Gabriella Lucia Cilmi (born 10 October 1991) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In 2008, Cilmi was awarded six ARIA awards including Single of the Year and Best Female Artist. Her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned was released in 2008, and was a moderate international success. Then, she recorded in 2010 her second album, Ten. As […]
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight known as the “Empress of Soul”, is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author. She is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both the Motown and Buddah Records labels, with her group Gladys Knight & the Pips, the most famous incarnation of which […]
Daniel Bedingfield
Daniel Bedingfield is one of the great pop stars of the last 15 years. New Zealand born, British raised Daniel’s pop wizardry earned him a BRIT Award, six U.K. Top 10 singles and four million in album sales from 2001 to 2004. Bedingfield’s new material, first showcased in 2012, moves adroitly between dance-floor bangers and […]
Akon
Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam,[1] better known as simply Akon, is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist and songwriter.[2] According to Forbes, Akon grossed $21 million in 2010, $20 million in 2009 and $12 million in 2008. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of “Locked Up”, the first single from his debut […]
Alexander O’Neal
Alexander O’Neal (born November 15, 1953 in Natchez, Mississippi) is an American R&B singer. He is best known for the songs “If You Were Here Tonight” and “Fake” and the duets with Cherrelle, “Saturday Love” and “Never Knew Love Like This”.
Beverley Knight
Beverley Knight MBE is an English soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. Heavily influenced by soul greats such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight is signed to Parlophone Records and has released five studio albums to date. Widely labelled as one of Britain’s greatest soul […]
