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The Platters - 100% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Doo Wop, Easy Listening, Holiday & Seasonal, Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul, Vocals
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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One of the leading R&B vocal groups of the 50s, they were the first black group to be accepted as a major chart act and, for a short time, were the most successful vocal group in the world. The Platters were formed in Los Angeles in 1953 by entrepreneur/songwriter Buck Ram... ArrowRead more


The Drifters - 99% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Easy Listening, Holiday & Seasonal, R&B / Soul, Vocals
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Formed in 1953 in New York, USA, at the behest of Atlantic Records, this influential R&B vocal group was initially envisaged as a vehicle for ex-Dominoes singer Clyde McPhatter (Clyde Lensley McPhatter, 15 November 1932, Durham, North Carolina, USA, d. 13 June 1972, New York... ArrowRead more


The Five Keys - 93% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Doo Wop, R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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This US R&B vocal group helped shape the rhythm and blues revolution of the early 50s. The ensemble was formed as the Sentimental Four in Newport News, Virginia, USA, in 1945, and originally comprised two sets of brothers - Rudy West (25 July 1932, Newport News, Virginia,... ArrowRead more


Shuggie Otis - 85% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, 2000s
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John Otis Jnr., 30 November 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA. A precociously talented guitarist, Otis was encouraged by his dance band father, Johnny Otis, who had him playing bass and lead guitar onstage in his early teens. Johnny Otis featured him on his 1969 Kent album,... ArrowRead more


Billy Paul - 78% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Paul Williams, 1 December 1934, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Although Paul had been an active singer in the Philadelphia area since the 50s, singing in jazz clubs and briefly with Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, it was not until he met producer Kenny Gamble that his career... ArrowRead more


Bobby Womack - 75% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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4 March 1944, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. A founder member of the Valentinos, this accomplished musician also worked as a guitarist in Sam Cooke's touring band. He scandalized the music fraternity by marrying Barbara Campbell, Cooke's widow, barely three months after the ill-fated... ArrowRead more


The Isley Brothers - 73% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Blues, Holiday & Seasonal, Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Three brothers, O'Kelly (25 December 1937, d. 31 March 1986), Rudolph (b. 1 April 1939) and Ronald Isley (b. 21 May 1941), began singing gospel in their home-town of Cincinnati, USA, in the early 50s, accompanied by their brother Vernon, who died in a car crash around 1957.... ArrowRead more


Lloyd Price - 67% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Pop / Rock, R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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9 March 1933, Kenner, Louisiana, USA. Price, who launched his career in the early 50s performing rocking R&B, New Orleans-style, was - like his Crescent City compatriot Fats Domino - made for the rock 'n' roll era. He did not have to modify his approach at all to become a... ArrowRead more


Jackie Wilson - 66% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: Holiday & Seasonal, R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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Jack Leroy Wilson, 9 June 1934, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 21 January 1984, Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA. When parental pressure thwarted his boxing ambitions, Wilson took to singing in small local clubs. He sang with the Thrillers (a predecessor group to the Royals) and... ArrowRead more


Eddie Floyd - 62% match to Brook Benton Powered by AudioScrobbler

Genres: R&B / Soul
Decades Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
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25 June 1935, Montgomery, Alabama, USA. A founder member of the Detroit-based Falcons, Floyd was present on both their major hits, "You're So Fine" (1959) and "I Found A Love" (1962). He then recorded solo for Lupine in Detroit and Safice in Washington, DC, before moving to... ArrowRead more



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