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Sade　

When singer Sade and her band of the same name were establishing themselves, their record company, Epic, made a point of printing Pronounced Shar-day on the record labels of their releases. So ..more

Sam & Dave　

Perhaps no act epitomized soul music as the secularization of gospel more than Sam ＆ Dave. The original pairing of Sam Moore and Dave Prater met in Florida in 1961, and they recorded un ..more

Sam Cooke　

Sam Cooke was the most important soul singer in history -- he was also the inventor of soul music, and its most popular and beloved performer in both the black and white communities. Equally ..more

Sam Dees　

Sam Dees is a prolific songwriter, producer, and recording artist who wrote or co-wrote hit songs for Atlantic Starr (their radio-aired LP track Am I Dreaming, Send for Me), Larry Gr ..more

Sasha　

Scooter　

German techno group Scooter was formed in 1994 by H.P. Baxxter, Rick Jordan and Ferris Bueller, who together with producer Jens Thele previously joined forces as the remix team the { ..more

Seal　

Seal emerged from England’s house music scene in the early ’90s to become the most popular British soul vocalist of the decade. Although his earliest material still showed signs of {\acid hou ..more

Serebro　

Shalamar　

Shalamar was the creation of Dick Griffey, the booking agent for the television R＆B program Soul Train, and British R＆B producer Simon Soussan. The group’s first single, the 1977 {@M ..more

Simian Mobile Disco　

Producers/remixers James Ford and James Shaw formed Simian Mobile Disco in 2005, following their departure from the experimental electronic rock band Simian. The two had originall ..more

Skrillex　

Sonny Moore found club and mainstream stardom beginning in 2008, when he swapped his gig as post-hardcore frontman for From First to Last and created the dancefloor-oriented project Skrillex. ..more

Skyy　

A New York City octet, one of three funk and/or disco bands in which producer/keyboardist Randy Muller was involved. The original lineup featured Denise, Delores, and Bonny Dunning a ..more

Slave　

Arguably the hottest of the ’70s Ohio funk bands, Slave had a great run in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Trumpeter Steve Washington formed the group in Dayton in 1975. Vocalist Floyd Miller ..more

Sly & The Family Stone　

Sly ＆ the Family Stone harnessed all of the disparate musical and social trends of the late ’60s, creating a wild, brilliant fusion of soul, rock, R＆B, psychedelia, and funk that bro ..more

Smokey Robinson　

Berry Gordy founded Motown Records, but one could argue that Smokey Robinson was the man who first pushed America’s most iconic soul music label toward greatness. As the leader of the Mirac ..more

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles　

Scoring over 40 hits in the R＆B Top 40 charts, the Miracles started out as the Five Chimes in the mid-’50s while the members were still in high school. The Detroit vocal group consisted of ..more

Snoop Dogg　

As the embodiment of ’90s gangsta rap, Snoop Dogg blurred the lines between reality and fiction. Introduced to the world through Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, Snoop quickly became the most fam ..more

Snoop Lion (Snoop Dogg)　

Solange　

Solange Knowles, the younger sister of Beyonce Knowles, studied dance and theater as a child and made her singing debut at age five at an amusement park. As her father managed her sister’s emerg ..more

Solomon Burke　

While Solomon Burke never made a major impact upon the pop audience -- he never, in fact, had a Top 20 hit -- he was an important early soul pioneer. On his ’60s singles for Atlantic, he b ..more