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Plush (Dance)　

Platinum Hook　

Phreek　

Finis Henderson　

Chicago vocalist Finis Henderson was the lead singer for Weapons of Peace before going solo after moving to Los Angeles in the early ’80s. His father was a dancer and also vice-president of {@Sa ..more

Frank Ocean　

An R＆B vocalist affiliated with the outlandish hip-hop crew Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, Frank Ocean (Christopher Lonny Breaux) was born and raised in New Orleans. The aspiring songw ..more

Freedom　

Prince Phillip Mitchell　

A veteran composer, vocalist, guitarist, and pianist, Prince Phillip Mitchell’s roots are in vintage R＆B, although he’s better known for soul tunes. Mitchell sang with both The Premiers and T ..more

Futures　

One of Philadelphia’s finest groups, the Futures made good music, but Lady Luck refused to work her magic on them. Frank Washington, Kenny Crew, James King, John King, and Henry McGil ..more

Phil Perry　

A former member of the Montclairs, Phil Perry later teamed with Richard Sanlin in a duo that had a short stay at Capitol in 1980. Their first single stalled at number 81 and the album fizz ..more

Fantasia　

Playing For Change　

A multi-media charity art project, Playing for Change was created in 2004 by producer/engineers Mark Johnson and Enzo Buono. Hoping to break down musical and social barriers and promote a pea ..more

Bloodstone (Dance)　

Blue Magic　

Blue Magic, an R＆B vocal quintet whose members were Theodore Mills, Vernon Sawyer, Wendell Sawyer, Keith Beaton, and Richard Pratt, was formed in Philadelphia and signed to {@Atla ..more

Black Heat　

Black Heat was a short-lived ’70s funk band that recorded briefly for Atlantic. Keyboardist Johnell Gray, guitarist Bradley Owens, bassist Chip Jones, and percussionist Raymond Gre ..more

Far East Movement　

Electronic pop-rap group Far East Movement made their major-label debut in 2010. Founded in 2003, the group was originally a trio comprised of high-school companions Kev Nish (born Kevin Ni ..more

Burial (Dance & Soul)　

Brothers Johnson　

Guitarist/vocalist George Johnson and bassist/vocalist Louis Johnson formed the band Johnson Three Plus One with older brother Tommy and their cousin Alex Weir while attending school in ..more

Fifth Dimension　

Phyllis Hyman　

Phyllis Hyman began her career as a silky voiced, jazz-influenced singer and gradually moved into slick, heavily produced urban contemporary ballads and light dance numbers. Hyman won a ..more

Freda Payne　

The multi-talented Freda Payne is best known for her singing career, yet she has also performed in musicals and acted in movies over the years, and briefly was the host of her own TV talk show. ..more