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Patrice Rushen

583,895 plays (125,022 listeners)

Keyboardist/singer/songwriter/arranger/musical director Patrice Rushen has had an outstanding career with several Top Ten R&B hits, including "Haven't You Heard," "Forget Me Nots," "Feels So Real," and "Watch Out." Arguably she has received much of her popularity through other acts copying or sampling her material.

Teena Marie

773,066 plays (144,173 listeners)

Teena Marie (March 5, 1956 - December 26th, 2010) was an American Grammy Award-nominated singer–songwriter–producer.

Leon Ware

191,635 plays (36,191 listeners)

Leon Ware (born February 6, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan) is a soul music singer, songwriter and producer. During the 1970s and 1980 he released six albums with moderate success. To date, Ware has ten full-length solo albums to his credit, according to his website www.leonware.com

Roy Ayers

1,770,833 plays (225,002 listeners)

Roy Ayers was born on September 10, 1940 in Los Angeles. Thanks to his trombone playing father and piano teaching mother, he became immersed in music from day one and the story goes that he was given his first set of vibe mallets by his hero Lionel Hampton at the age of 5.

Deniece Williams

476,019 plays (117,047 listeners)

Deniece Williams (formerly Deniece Chandler), often referred to by the nickname "Niecy", is an American singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. Williams, whose music has been influenced by pop, soul, gospel, R&B and dance, is known for her hits such as "Let's Hear It for the Boy" and "Silly" and for her vocal-duets with Johnny Mathis.

Donny Hathaway

1,651,380 plays (260,471 listeners)

Donny Edward Hathaway (October 1, 1945 – January 13, 1979) was an Grammy Award-winning American soul musician.

Marlena Shaw

978,203 plays (162,600 listeners)

Marlena Shaw (born Marlina Burgess, September 22, 1942, New Rochelle, New York, United States) is an American singer. Shaw began her singing career in the 1960s and is still singing today. Her music has often been sampled in hip hop music, and used in television commercials

Syreeta

170,457 plays (39,598 listeners)

Syreeta Wright (August 3, 1946 – July 6, 2004), who recorded professionally under the single name Syreeta, was a singer-songwriter active from the 1960s until her death. She is considered one of the most underrated R&B vocalists to emerge out of the 1970s Motown scene.