R&B Soul

Faith Evans

Faith Evans

In spite of the fact that Faith Evans carved out a recording career in her own right, her name will forever remain linked in the minds of many to her…

Four Tops

Four tops

The Four Tops were one of soul music’s most popular and long-lived vocal groups. This quartet from Detroit endured for more than 40 years without a single change in personnel.…

Gibson Brothers

Gibson Brothers

The three brothers, Chris, Patrick and Alex were born on Martinique in the West Indies. They recorded their first single “Come To America” in Paris in 1976, and both it…

Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight

Born in Georgia in 1944, Gladys Knight began singing with her siblings at age 8, calling themselves “the Pips.” The group opened for R&B legends in the 1950s, then headed…

Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor

Gaynor was a singer with the Soul Satisfiers, a jazz/pop band, in the 1960s. Her first solo single was “She’ll Be Sorry/Let Me Go Baby” (1965). Her first real success…

Grace Jones

Grace Jones

Jones was born in Kingston, Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie and Robert W. Jones, who was a politician and Apostolic clergyman. Her parents took Grace and her brother Randy to…

Heather Headley

Heather Headley

R&B vocalist Heather Headley was born to pastors in Trinidad in the mid-1970s. At an early age, she was surrounded by music and performance art. She started playing concert piano…

Heather Small

Heather Small

Born and raised on a West London council estate. Heather battled with shyness and a profound desire to sing from her early age. Captivated by gospel music’s inspirational elements and…

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock began playing piano at his home in Chicago when he was seven years old. He gave his first public performance two years later. In high school, he picked…

Hot Chocolate

Hot Chocolate

In 1969 while demoing a slight reggae version of the John Lennon song [Give Peace A Chance] with a group of friends, Errol Brown changed the lyrics of the number…