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Voice Male started singing in the Fall of 1994 as a nine-man outfit, all members at one time or another in the New Horizons Choir at the Logan LDS Institute of Religion adjacent to Utah State University
Gospel singer Valerie Boyd made her debut in mid-1999 with Back Home Live ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
The contemporary gospel project Voices of One was formed by a diverse cast of artists, including Alice Echols, Sunnie Paxson, Rod Wilson, Michael Sembello, and executive producer Fred Frank
Heavily influenced by fellow Philadelphians Boyz II Men, Voices of Theory is an urban contemporary group that combines R&B/pop crooning with hip-hop production All five members of the group — Mechi, James, Hector, David, and Mike G — are Latino men who grew up in North Philly, a tough area of the city that has often been compared to the South Bronx
A New York-born African-American singer, Valerie Carr had cut music for Syd Nathan’s King Records in the middle-1950’s before signing with Morris Levy’s Roulette label in 1958, at age 22
Responsible not only for singing but for writing soul music golden oldies such as “Your Love Goes Stronger,” Valerie Jones had a reputation for being the least outgoing of three Detroit sisters who performed together as the Jones Girls
Teaming with husband Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson co-wrote numerous soul hits before the pair began a fabulously successful performing career of their own in the early ’70s
Valerie Wellington took the Chicago blues scene by surprise in 1982, perhaps not forgoing her classical training as an opera singer as much as using it to enhance her work in the blues
Although best known to the listening public at large for his lone headlining hit, the disco blockbuster “The Hustle,” Van McCoy in fact enjoyed a long and remarkably prolific career behind the scenes as a songwriter and producer, piling up a series of soul hits prior to his premature death at the age of just 39
Singer/songwriter Van Stephenson managed to balance a career as both a sought-after songwriter and member of prominent country trio Blackhawk during a career that spanned more than two decades