The Tams were a group of five black singers from Atlanta, Georgia, who came together in 1960. They chose the...

Jimmy Hughes was born in 1938 and grew up in Leighton, not far from Muscle Shoals. His early experience of...

Arthur Alexander was born on 10th May 1940 in Sheffield, one of the quad cities. He joined a Gospel group,...

Tami Lynn’s story is an interesting one that highlights the up and downs of seeking a career in the music...

Eddie Jones was born in Mississippi in 1926. He started performing when he came to New Orleans after the war,...

Huey Smith was born in New Orleans. He wrote his first song on the piano at the age of eight,...

Roy Brown was one of a group of Black singers who started the first wave of R&B music in New...

Andrew Louis Smith first came to Motown when Hank Cosby suggested he play on a Stevie Wonder recording session, probably...

Uriel Jones was born in Detroit in 1934, the same year as Jack Ashford. He spent some time in Detroit’s...

Richard “Pistol” Allen was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1932. Like his mentor, Benny Benjamin, he was a Jazz musician...