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Artist
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Active |
Genre & Styles |
| Frank Sinatra
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1930s - 1990s |
Vocal, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Standards, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Big Band, Vocal Jazz, Show Tunes, AM Pop, Vocal Music |
| Marvin Gaye
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1950s - 1980s |
R&B, Pop/Rock, Motown, Soul, Smooth Soul, Quiet Storm, Funk, AM Pop, Pop-Soul, Early R&B, Blaxploitation |
| Michael Jackson
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1960s - 2000s |
R&B, Pop/Rock, Children's, Pop, Contemporary R&B, Soul, Motown, New Jack Swing, Dance-Pop |
| Wayne Shorter
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1950s - 2020s |
Jazz, Fusion, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Post-Bop, Crossover Jazz, Global Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Progressive Jazz, Saxophone Jazz |
| Freddie Hubbard
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1950s - 2000s |
Jazz, Fusion, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk, Post-Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet Jazz |
| Quincy Jones
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1950s - 2020s |
Jazz, R&B, Big Band, Bop, Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Traditional Pop, Film Score, Soul |
| Barry White
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1950s - 2000s |
R&B, Disco, Quiet Storm, Smooth Soul, Soul |
| Pharoah Sanders
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1960s - 2020s |
Jazz, Free Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Global Jazz, Progressive Jazz |
| Sam Cooke
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1950s - 1960s |
R&B, Religious, Soul, Black Gospel, Early R&B, Gospel |
| The Notorious B.I.G.
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1990s |
Rap, East Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap, Hardcore Rap, Pop-Rap |
| T-Bone Walker
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1920s - 1970s |
Blues, R&B, Electric Texas Blues, Regional Blues, Texas Blues, Early R&B |
| Frank Zappa
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1950s - 1990s |
Pop/Rock, Jazz, Avant-Garde, Classical, Comedy/Spoken, Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock, Album Rock, Avant-Prog, Comedy Rock, Progressive Jazz, Hard Rock, Modern Composition, Avant-Garde Music, Comedy, Computer Music, Experimental, Novelty, Fusion, Proto-Punk, Orchestral |
| Janis Joplin
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1960s - 1970s |
Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Blues-Rock, Hard Rock |
| Sergio Mendes
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1960s - 2020s |
Easy Listening, International, Pop/Rock, Latin, Jazz, AM Pop, Bossa Nova, Brazilian Traditions, Latin Pop, Lounge, Samba, Soft Rock, Piano Jazz |
| George Harrison
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1950s - 2000s |
Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Album Rock, British Psychedelia, Psychedelic/Garage, AM Pop, Experimental |
| Burt Bacharach
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1950s - 2020s |
Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Baroque Pop, Brill Building Pop, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Movie Themes, Soundtracks, Early R&B, Show/Musical |
| Leonard Cohen
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1960s - 2010s |
Pop/Rock, Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Folk-Rock |
| Charlie Haden
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1950s - 2010s |
Jazz, Classical, Free Jazz, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Progressive Jazz, Chamber Music, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Creative, Standards, Concerto, Keyboard |
| Henry Mancini
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1940s - 1990s |
Easy Listening, Stage & Screen, Jazz, Instrumental Pop, Lounge, Mood Music, Movie Themes, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Original Score, Soundtracks, Spy Music, TV Music, TV Soundtracks, Film Score, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz |
| Jimmy Witherspoon
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1940s - 1990s |
Blues, Jazz, R&B, Urban Blues, Early R&B, Jazz Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues, Texas Blues |
| Mel Tormé
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1920s - 1990s |
Vocal, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Children's, Holiday, Religious, Cast Recordings, Show Tunes, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, West Coast Jazz, American Popular Song, Bop, Vocal Pop, Cool, Show/Musical |
| Richard Pryor
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1960s - 2000s |
Comedy/Spoken, Blue Humor, Political Comedy, Satire, Standup Comedy, Comedy |
| Bobby Darin
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1950s - 1970s |
Pop/Rock, Vocal, Folk, Brill Building Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Traditional Pop, AM Pop, Folk-Rock |
| Peggy Lee
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1930s - 2000s |
Vocal, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Swing, Torch Songs, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Show Tunes, Vocal Pop, Cast Recordings |
| Buddy Rich
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1920s - 1980s |
Jazz, Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, Bop, Modern Big Band |
| Erroll Garner
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1940s - 1970s |
Jazz, Bop, Swing, Mainstream Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz |
| Jelly Roll Morton
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1900s - 1940s |
Jazz, Early Jazz, New Orleans Jazz, Dixieland, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Keyboard |
| Woody Herman
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1930s - 1980s |
Jazz, Classical, Big Band, Cool, Swing, Concerto, Orchestral, Show/Musical |
| Lowell Fulson
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1940s - 1990s |
Blues, R&B, Pop/Rock, Electric Texas Blues, Regional Blues, West Coast Blues, Early R&B, Soul-Blues, Urban Blues, Texas Blues |
| Anita O'Day
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1930s - 2000s |
Vocal, Jazz, Bop, Swing, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz |
| Art Tatum
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1920s - 1950s |
Jazz, Swing, Jazz Instrument, Piano Jazz, Stride, Boogie-Woogie |
| Jo Stafford
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1930s - 1980s |
Vocal, Jazz, Traditional Pop, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Pop, Show/Musical, Vocal Music |
| Louis Jordan
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1930s - 1970s |
Blues, Jazz, R&B, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues, Swing, Urban Blues, Early R&B |
| Roger Miller
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1950s - 1990s |
Country, Comedy/Spoken, Children's, Country-Pop, Honky Tonk, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Traditional Country, Country Comedy, Comedy, Novelty |
| Stan Kenton
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1930s - 1970s |
Jazz, Vocal, Big Band, Progressive Jazz, Traditional Pop |
| Benny Carter
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1920s - 1990s |
Jazz, Blues, Big Band, Mainstream Jazz, Swing, East Coast Blues, Jump Blues, Regional Blues, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz |
| Eddie Harris
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1960s - 1990s |
Jazz, Hard Bop, Jazz-Funk, Mainstream Jazz, Soul Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz |
| Andraé Crouch
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1960s - 2010s |
Religious, Contemporary Gospel, Gospel |
| Fred Astaire
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1900s - 1980s |
Vocal, Stage & Screen, Jazz, Show Tunes, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Cast Recordings, Standards, Vocal Jazz, Vocal Music, Show/Musical |
| Marvin Hamlisch
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1960s - 2010s |
Stage & Screen, Easy Listening, Pop/Rock, Classical, Latin, Cast Recordings, Film Music, Instrumental Pop, Musical Theater, Original Score, Show Tunes, Soft Rock, Movie Themes, Soundtracks, Show/Musical, Film Score, Vocal Music |
| Maurice Jarre
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1950s - 2000s |
Stage & Screen, Classical, Film Score, Original Score, Soundtracks, Movie Themes, TV Soundtracks |
| Gene Autry
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1920s - 1960s |
Country, Jazz, Cowboy, Traditional Country |
| Johnny Mercer
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1930s - 1970s |
Vocal, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Standards, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop, Vocal Jazz |
| Nelson Riddle
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1940s - 1980s |
Easy Listening, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Orchestral/Easy Listening, Soundtracks, Traditional Pop, TV Soundtracks, Film Music, TV Music, Film Score, Show/Musical |
| Joe Pass
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1940s - 1990s |
Jazz, Vocal, Bop, Hard Bop, Mainstream Jazz, Guitar Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Standards |
| Paul Butterfield
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1960s - 1980s |
Blues, Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock, Chicago Blues, Electric Chicago Blues, Electric Harmonica Blues, Harmonica Blues, Regional Blues, Modern Electric Chicago Blues |
| Al Jarreau
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1960s - 2010s |
Vocal, Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz, AM Pop, Soft Rock |
| Oliver Nelson
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1950s - 1970s |
Jazz, Stage & Screen, Classical, Hard Bop, Orchestral, Post-Bop, Film Music, Fusion, Jazz Instrument, Mainstream Jazz, Modern Big Band, Saxophone Jazz, Soul Jazz, Soundtracks, Film Score |
| Miklós Rózsa
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1910s - 1980s |
Stage & Screen, Classical, Original Score, Soundtracks, Film Music, Chamber Music, Concerto |
| Johnnie Ray
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1950s - 1980s |
Vocal, Traditional Pop, Vocal Pop |