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George Clinton　

The mastermind of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective during the 1970s, George Clinton broke up both bands by 1981 and began recording solo albums, occasionally performing live with his form ..more

George Jackson　

Songwriter George Jackson wrote or co-wrote hits for Clarence Carter (the gold single Too Weak to Fight), Wilson Pickett (A Man and a Half), Bob Seger ({＆Old Time Rock and Roll, ..more

Joe　

Joe is an accomplished vocalist of smooth and sultry R＆B productions with occasional hip-hop beats, and his extensive background in gospel music has allowed him to produce his albums as we ..more

John Morales　

Bronx native John Morales, a pioneering mixing artist worthy of Dance Music Hall of Fame induction, became involved with music just prior to his teens, when he took a part-time position at a record ..more

John Beltran　

A producer’s credentials for recording Detroit-styled techno don’t come much better than John Beltran’s. Based in nearby Lansing, Beltran worked with Derrick May (as Indio) and released sever ..more

Johnnie Taylor　

Young gospel phenom, gritty Stax/Volt soulster, lady-killing balladeer, chart-topping disco king, Southern soul-blues stalwart -- Johnnie Taylor somehow always managed to adapt to th ..more

Joss Stone　

British singer Joss Stone was only 16 years old when she hit the mainstream in 2003, armed with a powerful voice and a vintage, soul-based sound. Smartly aligning herself with a number of soul lege ..more

Juicy (Dance)　

Jurassic 5　

Though there’s actually six of them, Jurassic 5 got everything else right on their self-titled debut EP. Part of the new rap underground of the late ’90s (along with Company Flow, Mos Def, ..more

Juno Reactor　

Best-known for injecting former porn star Traci Lords with some hi-NRG trance on her 1995 solo album, Ben Watkins and co. have pursued a fusion of Goa trance and techno on their own recordings a ..more

Jamiroquai　

Active beginning in the early ’90s, Jamiroquai has amassed a steady stream of hits in its native U.K. and experienced chart success in just about every other area of the world, with an irresistible ..more

Janet Jackson　

Few celebrity siblings can emerge from the shadows of their already famous relations to become superstars in their own right and with their own distinct personalities. That’s exactly what Janet Jack ..more

Justin Bieber　

Pop singer Justin Bieber was barely into his teens when he released his platinum-selling debut, My World, and became one of 2009’s youngest success stories. An Ontario native, Bieber had plac ..more

Justice (Electro)　

Jazzanova　

Berlin’s Jazzanova collective formed in 1995, after DJing with one another at a club called Delicious Doughnuts. Alexander Barck, Claas Brieler, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering, ..more

Jackson 5　

The Jackson 5 were one of the biggest phenomenons in pop music during the early ’70s, and the last great group to come out of the Motown hitmaking machine before Marvin Gaye and Stevie W ..more

Jacksons　

Jermaine Jackson　

The lone Jackson family member to stay with Motown while the other brothers split for CBS/Epic (he was then married to Berry Gordy’s daughter Hazel), Jermaine enjoyed a artistically ..more

Jaga Jazzist　

Plenty of your hipper bands might vary their influences list with acts like Tortoise, Charles Mingus, and the Neptunes just to prove they are cool. With the risky, sprawling, and somehow sere ..more

Gym Class Heroes　

Melding elements of rap, rock, R＆B, and funk into one cohesive and melodic sound, upstate New York’s Gym Class Heroes have diverse appeal based on their impressive musical dexterity. Of ..more