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Philly soul drummer Earl Young kept the beat on countless hits coming out of the City of Brotherly Love during the ’60s, ’70s, and mid-’80s As one-third of the classic Baker-Harris-Young rhythm section that included bassist Ron Baker and guitarist Norman Harris, Young played on hits by the Intruders, the O’Jays, Barbara Mason, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the Three Degrees, the Village People, and many others

The Atlanta-based Elusion is a post-Spice Girls all-female urban soul combo Where the Spice Girls fashioned themselves to specific archetypes, the members of Elusion were two sets of identical twins that spouted their own variation on the Spices’ infamous “Girl Power

Originally released on MGM, “Eat ‘Em Up” was one of several singles released in the first half of the ’50s featuring Philadelphia R&B guitarist Elvie Hill

Elvie Thomas Biography, Photos, Pictures

Little is known about Elvie Thomas, a country blues singer and guitarist Said to be from Palmer’s Crossing, MS, she recorded two songs (“Motherless Child Blues” and “Over to My House”) in Grafton, WI, for Paramount Records in March of 1930, with Geeshie Wiley assisting on second guitar

Elzadie Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

1920s blues vocalist Elzadie Robinson hailed from Shreveport, Louisiana, but remained in Chicago, after going there to record Her recordings span 1926-29, and during that time she worked with several pianists including Bob Call, and her regular accompanist and fellow Shreveport native, Will Ezell

Emanual Laskey Biography, Photos, Pictures

Little is known about Emanual Laskey, a jet black complected, rail-thin Detroit soul singer His discography lists 12 singles and no albums Producer Don Davis wrote and produced Laskey’s first four singles, the best of his disappointing career

Emile Russell Biography, Photos, Pictures

The name Emile Russell may sound like it belongs to a French chef, or perhaps to an early explorer who wandered upstream in New Brunswick Neither is the case In fact, Russell is the reason so many people are dancing, although not the only one

Earth, Wind & Fire Biography, Photos, Pictures

Earth, Wind & Fire were one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk bands of the ’70s Conceived by drummer, bandleader, songwriter, kalimba player, and occasional vocalist Maurice White, EWF’s all-encompassing musical vision used funk as its foundation, but also incorporated jazz, smooth soul, gospel, pop, rock & roll, psychedelia, blues, folk, African music, and, later on, disco

Emmett Spicer Biography, Photos, Pictures

With the name Emmett Spicer, it almost seems too good to be true that one of the few anecdotes about this early Chicago electric guitarist was that he, along with famous jazz bassist Wilbur Ware, doused another musician with nutmeg as a prank

Empress recorded a few tracks for Prelude in the early ’80s, most notably “Dyin’ to Be Dancin’” and “Take a Risk” Though her output was minimal, the black diva holds a certain place in history because of her affiliation with Prelude, the most influential disco label of the early ’80s