Category : Performance

After serving in World War II, Riley B. King, better known as B.B. King, became a disc jockey in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was dubbed...

Earth, Wind & Fire, American pop, soul, and jazz-fusion band that became one of the best-selling and most influential black groups of the 1970s. The...

Al Green, born Albert Leornes Greene on April 13, 1946, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. With a career spanning over five decades,...

Teddy Pendergrass, in full Theodore DeReese Pendergrass, (born March 26, 1950, Kingstree, S.C., U.S.—died Jan. 13, 2010, Bryn Mawr, Pa.), American rhythm-and-blues singer who embodied...

The O’Jays, American vocal group that rose to the forefront of the Philadelphia soul movement of the 1970s. The O’Jays’ origins date to the late...

Harold Melvin was one of the driving forces behind Philadelphia soul, leading his group the Blue Notes to the top of the charts during their...

Hip-hop, a cultural movement that attained widespread popularity in the 1980s and ’90s; is also, the backing music for the musical style incorporating rhythmic and/or...

The Ink Spots, a musical quartet, originally included members Orville “Hoppy” Jones, Ivory “Deek” Watson, Jerry Daniels, and Charlie Fuqua. Some accounts claim Slim Greene...

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The Drifters, an American rhythm-and-blues vocal group that produced a series of chart-topping hits from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s. The Drifters were actually...