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Lee Dorsey epitomized the loose, easygoing charm of New Orleans R&B perhaps more than any other artist of the ’60s Working with legendary Crescent City producer/writer Allen Toussaint, Dorsey typically offered good-time party tunes with a playful sense of humor and a loping, funky backbeat

Lee Fields initially made his name among die-hard funk fans with a series of hard-hitting singles recorded for various small labels during the ’70s Everything about Fields — his look, his vocals, the grooves on his records — was so indebted to James Brown that he earned the nickname “Little J

Songwriter Lee Garrett co-wrote Steve Wonder’s number one R&B hit “Signed, Sealed and Delivered I’m Yours”; the Wonder-produced number one R&B hit by Jermaine Jackson, “Let’s Get Serious”; and The Spinners’ “It’s a Shame

This Chicago blues artist was a driving force in the rhythm sections that recorded on many of the finest sides cut in the ’70s, such as the intense Master of Modern Blues album by Johnny Shines on the Testament label

Old time record hustler Lee Magid held a position in nearly every facet of the industry at one time or another As a producer he recorded some of the best gospel acts in the business, including Clara Ward, and as a manager he helmed the careers of singers such as Al Hibbler and Della Reese

A funky guitarist with a rough and powerful deep soul singing style, Atlanta musician Lee Moses deserved a much wider audience during his lifetime, but although he released several dynamite singles and an engaging album in the late ’60s and early ’70s, he is a true lost figure in the history of R&B

Harmonica player and vocalist Lee Oskar was a charter member of War in the late ’60s, when the West Coast group first backed Eric Burdon and later went out on their own

In his own time, rough-voiced Lee Sain found precious little success, despite being discovered by Tom Nixon and Josephine Bridges as an opening act for the Temprees in Flint, MI

Lee Williams Biography, Photos, Pictures

Although the Tupelo, MI-based Spiritual QC’s have existed in some form since 1968, it wasn’t until the late ’90s that they began recording and getting their due as a highly skilled traditional-styled black gospel group

Lee Williams & the Cymbals Biography, Photos, Pictures

This Harlem vocal group was discovered Hollywood style The guys were singing in the backyard of a brownstone on 127th Street where they lived when Joe Evans, the owner of Carnival Records, heard them practicing as he walked by