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R&B
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Early R&B
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R&B Instrumental
Overview
Artists
Albums
Songs
R&B Instrumental Song Highlights
Time Is Tight
Steve Cropper
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Donald "Duck" Dunn
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Al Jackson, Jr.
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Saturday Night
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock
Son of Shaft
Homer Banks
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William Brown
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Allen Jones
Bar-Kays
Melting Pot
Steve Cropper
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Donald "Duck" Dunn
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Al Jackson, Jr.
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Green Onions
Steve Cropper
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Al Jackson, Jr.
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Booker T. Jones
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Lewie Steinberg
Booker T. & the MG's
Just Kissed My Baby
Ziggy Modeliste
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Art Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Talkin' 'Bout New Orleans
Ziggy Modeliste
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Art Neville
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Cyril Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Talk to Me, Talk to Me
Joe Seneca
James Brown
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Gary Brooker
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Keith Reid
King Curtis
The Birth of the Blues
Buddy DeSylva
King Curtis
You Can't Sit Down
Dee Clark
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Kal Mann
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Cornell Muldrow
Bar-Kays
Last Night
The Mar-Keys
The Mar-Keys
Soul-Limbo
Steve Cropper
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Donald "Duck" Dunn
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Al Jackson, Jr.
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Pungee
Ziggy Modeliste
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Art Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Send One Your Love
Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Here We Go Again
Joe Sample
Ray Barretto
Walk on the Wild Side
Earl Bostic
Drones
Calvin Broadus
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Kendrick Duckworth
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James Fauntleroy
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Robert Glasper
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Tyrone Griffin
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Trevor Lawrence Jr.
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Terrace Martin
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Robert "Sput" Searight
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Marlon Williams
Terrace Martin
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) [A Tom Moulton Mix]
Kenny Gamble
MFSB
Grab This Thing
William Bell
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Steve Cropper
Bar-Kays
Watermelon Man
Herbie Hancock
Fred Wesley & the J.B.'s
Saucy
Steve Cropper
The Mar-Keys
Medley: Golden Slumbers/ Carry That Weight/ The End/ Here Comes the Sun/ Come Together
George Harrison
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John Lennon
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Paul McCartney
Booker T. & the MG's
Born Under a Bad Sign
William Bell
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. & the MG's
Chicken Strut
Ziggy Modeliste
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Naomi Neville
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Leo Nocentelli
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George Porter, Jr.
The Meters
Slumberland
Ed Motta
Ed Motta
Don't Be Ashamed
Lowman Pauling
Steve Cropper
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Willie Jones
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Bettye LaVette
Soul Bossa Nova
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Overlander
The Budos Band
The Budos Band
Memphis Soul Stew
King Curtis
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner
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Marshall "Rock" Jones
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Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks
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Dutch Robinson
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Clarence Satchell
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Gary Webster
Ohio Players
Grown Folks
P. Alexander
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Vawn Sims
Bar-Kays
Hey Lover
Roy Ayers
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Anitra Castleberry
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Elgin Clark
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Old Jack Swing
Georgia Anne Muldrow
Sunflowers
Roy Ayers
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Come as You Are
Jean Carn
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
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Adrian Younge
Love's Theme
Barry White
The Love Unlimited Orchestra
Scorpio
Dennis Coffey
Dennis Coffey
10 West
Dâm-Funk
Little Sunflower
Freddie Hubbard
Dennis Coffey
Other Styles in Early R&B
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