Daryl Hall and John Oates — commonly known as Hall & Oates — were an American musical duo, active from the early 1970s to the 2000s. They first recorded as a singer/songwriter duo but soon embraced maximalist art-rock and lavish blue-eyed soul. Applying their signature vocal trade-offs to a range of musical styles, Hall & […]
Dusty Springfield (April 16, 1939 – March 2, 1999) was an English singer with a career in pop that spanned nearly four decades. As part of sibling folk trio The Springfields, she scored one of the earliest stateside hits by a UK act when “Silver Threads and Golden Needles” made the Billboard Top 20 in […]
Rod Stewart (born Jan. 10, 1945) is an English rock vocalist from London who fronted several R&B/beat combos during the mid-1960s before rising to prominence as the frontman of the Jeff Beck Group on the 1968/69 albums Truth and Beck-Ola. In 1969, Stewart left the group along with bassist/guitarist Ron Wood to join the Small […]
Van Morrison (born Aug. 31, 1945) is an Irish singer–songwriter, best known for the hits “Brown Eyed Girl,” “Mooondance,” “Domino,” “Wild Night,” and “Jackie Wilson Said.” He first gained prominence as the frontman of Them, a mid-1960s R&B/beat band that rode the British Invasion with tracks like “Gloria” and “Here Comes the Night.” In 1967, […]
Gino Vannelli is an Italian-Canadian vocalist and songwriter who released ten albums between 1973 and 1990 and scored hits with “I Just Wanna Stop” and “Living Inside Myself.” He rose to prominence with his 1974 singles “Powerful People” and “People Gotta Move,” theatrical hybrids of lounge-jazz and blue-eyed soul. His lavish orchestration culminated with the […]
Janis Joplin (Jan. 19, 1943 — Oct. 4, 1970) was an American singer who fronted Bay Area blues-rockers Big Brother & the Holding Company, best known for their 1968 album Cheap Thrills and the evergreen “Piece of My Heart.” She went solo with the 1969 Columbia release I Got Dem Ol’ Kozmic Blues Again Mama! […]
Terry Reid (November 13, 1949 – August 4, 2025) was an English singer, guitarist, and songwriter who emerged in mid-sixties beatsters Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers. He debuted as a solo artist with the 1968 US Epic release Bang, Bang You’re Terry Reid, followed by a self-titled album on Columbia. As his profile soared, Reid […]
Boz Scaggs is an American vocalist, musician, and songwriter who emerged in the late-sixties incarnation of the Steve Miller Band and went solo with a 1969 Atlantic album. Between 1970 and 1988, he released eight albums on Columbia. His popularity peaked with the 1976–80 albums Silk Degrees, Down Two Then Left, and Middle Man. Scaggs […]
Robert Palmer (Jan. 19, 1949 — Sept. 26, 2003) was an English soul-rock singer famed for the hits “John and Mary,” “Addicted to Love,” and “Simply Irresistible.” He charted with songs originated by Andy Fraser (“Every Kinda People”), Moon Martin (“Bad Case of Loving You”), and The System (“You Are In My System”). He got […]
Joe Cocker (May 20, 1944 — Dec. 22, 2014) was an English soul-rock singer from Sheffield who released back-to-back albums on A&M in 1969. That summer, he floored Woodstock attendees with his full-throated rendition of the Beatles‘ “With a Little Help From My Friends.” His 1970 live set Mad Dogs & Englishmen and third studio […]
Teena Marie (March 5, 1956 — Dec. 26, 2010) was an American vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist, and arranger. She emerged from the Motown system with her 1979 debut Wild and Peaceful, produced by Rick James, with whom she later duetted on “Fire and Desire.” Her self-produced albums It Must Be Magic (1981), Starchild (1984), and […]
Frankie Miller is a Scottish blues-rock and blue-eyed-soul singer who released seven albums between 1972 and 1980 on Chrysalis, followed by two albums on Capitol and Vertigo. He charted with the singles “Be Good to Yourself” and “Love Letters” from his 1977 fourth album Full House and scored a multi-national Top 10 with his 1978 […]
Graham Parker is an English New Wave/soul-rock singer and songwriter who released the popular 1976–79 albums Howlin’ Wind, Heat Treatment, Stick to Me, and Squeezing Out Sparks. His most popular songs include “Don’t Ask Me Questions,” “Heat Treatment,” “The Heat in Harlem,” “Local Girls,” and “Protection.” Up through his 1980 release The Up Escalator, he […]
Bobby Caldwell (August 15, 1951 – March 14, 2023) was an American blue-eyed soul singer and songwriter known for the hits “What You Won’t Do for Love” and “Don’t Lead Me On.” Between 1978 and 2015, he released fifteen studio albums. His style evolved soft-rock and jazz-pop to retro R&B and big-band sounds. Background He […]
Bonnie Tyler (June 8, 1951 – July 8, 2026) was a Welsh soul-pop singer who emerged with the 1977 album The World Starts Tonight, which spawned the UK hit “Lost in France.” She scored a transatlantic hit with “It’s a Heartache” from her 1978 second album, Natural Force. In 1983, Tyler teamed with Meat Loaf […]
Paul Young is an English soul-pop singer who first recorded with Streetband, which made two albums and charted with the 1978 novelty song “Toast.” In 1980, he fronted the R&B septet Q-Tips on one self-titled Chrysalis album. As a solo artist, Young released the 1983–86 CBS albums No Parlez, The Secret of Association, and Between […]
Andy Fairweather Low (born Aug. 2, 1946) is a Welsh vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter who first emerged as the frontman of late-1960s soul-rockers Amen Corner. After three albums, the band morphed into Fair Weather for two further albums. Between 1974 and 1976, Fairweather Low released three albums to local fanfare on A&M. After a fourth […]
Ruth Copeland (born 1946) is an English soul-rock singer who moved stateside in the late 1960s and released the 1970/71 albums Self Portrait and I Am What I Am on Invictus. After several years singing backup for Parliament, she wrapped her career with the 1976 RCA release Take Me to Baltimore. Background Ruth Copeland was […]
Daryl Hall (born Oct. 11, 1946) is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from Philadelphia who rose to prominence during the 1970s as one-half of the soul/pop duo Hall & Oates. Discography: Sacred Songs (1980, recorded 1977) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)
John Paul Young (born June 21, 1950) is a Scottish-Australian soul-pop singer who scored a run of Albert Productions hits with “Yesterday’s Hero,” “The Love Game,” “I Hate the Music,” “I Wanna Do It with You,” and “Standing in the Rain.” His first three albums, Hero (1975), J.P.Y. (1976), and Green (1977), preceded the international […]
Jess Roden (born Dec. 28, 1947) is an English soul-rock singer from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who served as the vocalist in the Alan Bown Set circa 1967/68, followed by a two-album stint with Bronco during the early 1970s. After cutting an album with transatlantic hard-rockers the Butts Band, Roden released four albums and a live disc […]
Dana Gillespie is an English singer and actress who made the 1968 album Foolish Seasons on London Records, followed by the 1969 Decca release Box of Surprises. After four years in theater, she partnered with David Bowie and Mick Ronson, who co-produced her 1973 album Weren’t Born a Man for RCA. During the 1980s, she […]
Carmel was an English jazz-pop/soul combo from Manchester led by the namesake vocalist Carmel McCourt. They debuted with a 1982 self-titled EP on Red Flame, followed by four albums between 1984 and 1989 on London Records. Members: Carmel McCourt (vocals), Jim Parris (bass), Gerry Darby (drums) Background Carmel formed in Manchester in 1981 when singer […]
Elkie Brooks (born Feb. 25, 1945) is an English soul-pop vocalist who recorded three singles apiece on Decca and His Master’s Voice during the mid-’60s. In 1970, she formed the jazz-rock-soul big band Dada with her guitarist husband Pete Gage and singer Paul Korda. They released one album before Korda cleared for Robert Palmer and […]
Chris Farlowe is an English rock singer who surfaced in the R&B–beat boom with five 1962–65 singles on Decca and Columbia–EMI, which issued his 1966 debut album with backing band The Thunderbirds. He cut eleven singles through 1968 on Immediate Records and scored a UK No. 1 with the Rolling Stones song “Out of Time.” […]
