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Jose James　

Whitney Houston　

Whitney Houston is inarguably one of the of the biggest female pop stars of all time. Her accomplishments as a hitmaker are extraordinary; just to scratch the surface, she became the first artis ..more

Bobby Womack　

A veteran who paid his dues for over a decade before getting his shot at solo stardom, Bobby Womack persevered through tragedy and addiction to emerge as one of soul music’s great survivors. Abl ..more

Bonobo　

With the experimental warmth of ’60s French films and the pizzicato flavor of horizontal hip-hop, Simon Green’s Bonobo project established the welcome niche of a pretension-free, post-party i ..more

Boyz II Men　

According to no less an authority than the RIAA, Boyz II Men are the most commercially successful R＆B group of all time. They’ve sold ludicrous numbers of records and been involved in three of t ..more

Paul Hardcastle (Jazz Masters)　

Boys Noize　

Berlin-based Boys Noize producer Alexander Ridha releases music similar in style to the French electro of Kitsune Music and Ed Banger Records. He also runs his own label, {@Boysnoize Recor ..more

Pointer Sisters　

The Pointer Sisters were as chameleonic as David Bowie, if not more so. The sibling group backed Grace Slick and Boz Scaggs, made stops at Sesame Street and the Grand Ole Opry, w ..more

Boney M　

Although they never had much success in America, the Euro-disco group Boney M. were a European phenomenon during the ’70s. After German record producer Frank Farian (born in 1942) recorded th ..more

Billy Paul　

Billy Paul had a good run in the ’70s as an R＆B vocalist, though he’d been recording since the ’50s, when he debuted on Jubilee. Paul was featured on radio broadcasts in Philadelphia at ag ..more

Portishead　

Portishead may not have invented trip-hop, but they were among the first to popularize it, particularly in America. Taking their cue from the slow, elastic beats that dominated Massive Attack ..more

Hot 8 Brass Band　

Bob Sinclar　

The man behind such productions as the Mighty Bop (downtempo hip-hop), Bob Sinclar (house), and Reminiscence Quartet (acid jazz) is Chris the French Kiss (aka Christophe le Fria ..more

Paula Abdul　

In the wake of Madonna’s success, many dance-pop divas filled the charts, but out of them all, Paula Abdul was the only one who sustained a career. The former L.A. Lakers cheerleader and chor ..more