H. Leslie Adams
Composer & Educator

Dina Ruth Andrews
Music Executive

Rev. Dwight Andrews
Music Theorist, Composer & Minister

Howard Armstrong
Musician, Storyteller & Painter

Regina Harris Baiocchi
Composer

Ronnie Baker Brooks
Blues Musician

Wayne Baker Brooks
Blues Musician

Chuck Barksdale
R&B Vocalist

H. B. Barnum
Music Producer & Arranger

Harold Battiste
Jazz Musician

Keter Betts
Bass Player

Karen Briggs
Violinist

Lonnie Brooks
Blues Musician

Willie Brown, Jr.
Bass Soloist & Educator

Oscar C. Brown, Jr.
Poet, Songwriter & Entertainer

Charles Burrell
Classical Bass Player

Blanche Burton-Lyles
Pianist, Educator & Historical Society Founder

Jerry “The Iceman” Butler
Performer, Producer & Composer

Jean Carne
Vocalist, Arranger & Producer

Fred Cash
Singer, The Impressions

Eddy Clearwater
Blues Musician

Philip Cohran
Musician & Educator

Buddy Collette
Jazz Musician & Educator

Newton Collier
Rhythm & Blues Trumpet and Trombone Player

Tyrone Davis
R&B Vocalist

Carl Davis
Record Producer

Geraldine de Haas
Jazz Singer & Educator

Robert DeBlanc
Singer

Kool Moe Dee
Rapper

Mattiwilda Dobbs Janzon
Opera Singer

George Duke
Jazz Musician & Music Producer

Harry Elston
Singer & Songwriter

Kahil El’Zabar
Jazz Percussionist

Simon Estes
Opera Singer & Educator

Lessly “Count” Fisher
Band Leader & Nightclub Owner

Lois Fisher
Singer & Nightclub Owner

William Foster
Band Director

Paul Freeman
Orchestral Conductor

Kenny Gamble
Songwriter

Ghalib Ghallab
Jazz Pianist

Samuel Gooden
Bass vocalist, The Impressions

Odetta Gordon
Singer & Songwriter

Jerome Gourdine
Singer

Denyce Graves
Opera Singer

Everett Greene
Singer

Isaac Hayes
Musician & Entertainer

William Hayes
Musician and Educator

Carl Hines
Jazz Musician and Educator

Isaac Redd Holt
Jazz Musician

Bertha Hope
Jazz Pianist

Thornton “Pookie” Hudson
Entertainer & Songwriter

James Ingram
Singer, Songwriter & Musician

Fruteland Jackson
Blues Guitarist, Singer & Educator

Raymond Jackson, Jr.
Concert Pianist & Professor

Ella Jenkins
Children's Folk Singer

Mable John
Singer, Songwriter & Minister

Camara Kambon
Music Composer & Songwriter

Reverend Stanley Keeble
Gospel Musician

Matthew Kennedy
Educator & Former Fisk Jubilee Singers Director

B.B. King
Blues Musician

Willie Kitchens, Jr.
Singer, The Impressions, Choir Director

Georg Koen
Vocalist & Banking Consultant

Florence LaRue
Singer

John Levy
Music Manager

Ramsey Lewis
Jazz Pianist

Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Blues guitarist

Wendell Logan
Composer & Music Educator

Gloria Lynne
Singer

Michael Mauldin
Record Executive & Entertainment Manager

Steve McKeever
Music Executive

Eric McKinnie
Drummer & Vocalist, Blind Boys of Alabama

Lamonte McLemore
Singer & Photographer

Lena McLin
Musician & Educator

Jun Mhoon
Music Producer

Ernie Mae Miller
Entertainer

Geraldine Moore
Drummer

Famadou Don Moye
Percussionist

Jeffrey Mumford
Composer

Delano O’Banion
Singer, Conductor & Music Educator

Johnny Pate
Jazz Bassist & Arranger

Rickey Payton
Minister & Musician

Donald Porter
Singer

Charley Pride
Country Singer

Bernice Johnson Reagon
Artist & College Professor

Evelyn Freeman Roberts
Bandleader, Musician & Composer

Edward Robinson
Gospel Pianist

John Ross
Composer, Arranger, Conductor, & Music Educator

Cheryl Saunders
Choral Director & Educator

Katherine Anderson Schaffner
Singer, The Marvelettes

Morris “Butch” Stewart, Jr.
Music Producer

Billy Taylor
Pianist & Composer

Eddie Thomas
Music Promoter

Irma Thomas
Singer

Marshall Thompson
Drummer, The Chi-Lites

Ben Tucker
Jazz Musician & Entrepreneur

Walter J. Turnbull
Founder & Director, Boys Choir of Harlem

Sonny Turner
Singer

Helen Turner-Thompson
Musician & Educator

McCoy Tyner
Jazz Pianist

Luigi Waites
Musician & Music Educator

William Warfield
Vocalist

Dionne Warwick
Singer

Delia Warwick
Singer

Harold Wheeler
Musician, Composer, Arranger & Broadway Producer

James “Piano C Red” Wheeler
Blues Pianist

Julian E. White
Music Director, Florida A&M University

Donald White
Cellist

Dolores White
Composer and pianist

Josh White, Jr.
Folk Singer & Actor

Otis Williams
Singer & Songwriter

Julius Williams
Conductor, Composer, and Educator

Olly Wilson
Retired Music Professor & Composer

Nancy Wilson
Singer

BeBe Winans
Singer, Songwriter & Producer

Robert Winfrey
Musician, Composer, Musical arts director

Helen Jones Woods
Musician & Retired Nurse

Robert E. Wooten, Sr.
Gospel Conductor & Educator

Benjamin Wright
Music Director & Arranger

Barbara Wright-Pryor
Classical Soloist, Educator & Music Critic

Ann Yancy
Gospel Singer

Eldee Young
Bassist