Biography: Jay Richards, Jaybird Coleman, Jazz Gillum, JD & the Evil's Dynamite Band, J.J. Barnes, Jean Carn, J.J. Jackson, Jean Jacques Milteau, Jean Knight, Jean Terrell,

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Jay Richards Biography, Photos, Pictures

”Gifted” and “persistent” are just two words that describe composer Jay Richards He covers a wide range of emotions with his composing, and leaves the listener feeling as if they’ve just been a part of something quite magical

Jaybird Coleman Biography, Photos, Pictures

Jaybird Coleman was an early blues harmonica player Although he only recorded a handful of sides and his technique wasn’t particularly groundbreaking, his music was strong and a good representation of the sound of country-blues harmonica in the early ’30s

Jazz Gillum
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Genre: R & B

Next to John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, no harmonica player was as popular or as much in demand on recording sessions during the ’30s as Jazz Gillum His high, reedy sound meshed perfectly on dozens of hokum sides on the Bluebird label, both as a sideman and as a leader

JD & the Evil's Dynamite Band Biography, Photos, Pictures

Part of the Soul Fire stable of retro-leaning deep funk artists, JD & the Evil’s Dynamite Band specialize in heavy psychedelic funk that evokes the experimentalism of the late ’60s and early ’70s (but wasn’t actually produced in that time period, as Soul Fire claims)

J.J. Barnes
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Genre: R & B

JJ Barnes’ “Baby Please Come Back Home” (June 1967) jammed all over the Midwest, East Coast, South, and west of the Mississippi River This was the 11th single and the sixth recording company (Groovesville) of Barnes’ career

Jean Carn
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Genre: R & B

Singer Jean Carne’s career has had various incarnations, as well as a slight name change similar to Dionne Warwick’s (adding an “e” to the end of her last name as Warwick did for a short time)

J.J. Jackson Biography, Photos, Pictures

One of the most interesting obscure figures of ’60s soul, JJ Jackson scored a mammoth R&B hit in 1966 with one of the most infectious dance smashes of the decade, “But It’s Alright

Jean Jacques Milteau Biography, Photos, Pictures

Born in Paris in 1950, blues harmonica player Jean Jacques Milteau first discovered the harmonica in the mid-’60s while listening to rock albums by artists such as Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones

Jean Knight
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Genre: R & B

Soul singer Jean Knight’s only big hit was a monster — the sassy funk classic “Mr Big Stuff,” one of the largest-selling singles ever released by the legendary Stax label

Jean Terrell Biography, Photos, Pictures

Los Angeles-based singer Jean Terrell sang with her brother Ernie (who later became a championship boxer) in the group Ernie Terrell & the Knockouts in the ’60s This hardly prepared her for a historic role as the Supremes’ new vocalist in 1969 when she replaced Diana Ross