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James Wheeler Biography, Photos, Pictures

Blues guitarist James Wheeler was born in Albany, GA, on August 28, 1937 His earliest musical influences were the big bands of the time, especially Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, and his first idol, Louis Jordan

A major star on television (In Living Color, The Jamie Foxx Show), the big screen (Any Given Sunday, Collateral, Ray), and radio (his second album, Unpredictable, went platinum), Jamie Foxx — born Eric Morlon Bishop, Jr

Jamie Slocum Biography, Photos, Pictures

Prior to 2001, CCM artist Jamie Slocum released two albums, Grace Changes Everything and Someone Like You ~ Ashleigh Kittle, All Music Guide

Best known for his hit “Bahama Mama,” Jamo Thomas was one of the few Bahamian artists to achieve significant — if fleeting — recognition in America during the 1960s

Singer Jan Bradley’s soft soprano graced Curtis Mayfield’s song “Mama Didn’t Lie,” a Top Ten R&B/Top 20 pop hit on Chess Records in 1963 Born Addie Bradley on July 6, 1943, in Byhalia, MS, Jan Bradley moved with her family to Robbins, IL, a Chicago suburb, when she was four years old

Detroit-based acoustic CCM singer/songwriter Jan Krist debuted in 1992 with the LP Decapitated Society, followed two years later by A Wing and a Prayer; in 1996, she returned with Curious, produced in part by the legendary Jim Dickinson; Love Big, Us Small followed in early 2000

Feisty characters that they are, classic blues zealots have generally come to only one consensus regarding the name Jane Lucas: no such person existed The Songwriters Hall of Fame, on the other mojo hand, chose to list Lucas alongside major blues performers Big Bill Broonzy and Scrapper Blackwell as collaborators of Georgia Tom Dorsey, subject of a 1997 tribute from the organization

Janet Paschal Biography, Photos, Pictures

After six years with The Nelons, a Southern gospel group, she sang with the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries before pursuing a solo career as a contemporary Southern gospel singer Debuting in 1988 with a self-titled effort on the Word label, her subsequent recordings included 1992’s Language of the Heart, 1997’s The Good Road and 1998’s Sweet Life

Janice Marie Johnson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Singer/bassist/guitarist/songwriter Janice Marie Johnson, as a founding member of A Taste of Honey, sang lead on the million-selling hits “Boogie Oogie Oogie” and a cover of Kyu Sakamoto’s 1963 gold hit “Sukiyaki

Janice Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born and raised in Garfield, NJ, Janice Robinson took to music at an early age Shyness and loneliness caused by being one of the only African-American kids in a neighborhood of Polish and Italian families, coupled with the rebellion that almost naturally comes to daughters of Baptist preachers, kept her from seriously pursuing her talent until high school