Stevie Wonder(born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950; name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American
singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Blind from birth, Wonder signed with Motown Records at the
age of eleven, and continues to perform and record for the label. He has recorded more than thirty U.S. top ten hits and won
twenty-two Grammy Awards, the most ever won by a solo artist.
Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958) is an American musician. He performs under the mononym of Prince but has also been
known by various other names, most notably the unpronounceable symbol which he used as his stage name between 1993 and 2000.
During this period, he was usually referred to as The artist formerly known as Prince. Prince is a songwriter and musician,
having released several hundred songs both under his own name and with other artists.
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006), originally James Joseph Brown, Jr. , also known as "The Godfather of
Soul", was an American entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music
and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called "the hardest working man in show business". As a
prolific singer, songwriter, dancer and bandleader, Brown was a pivotal force in the music industry.
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer-songwriter
and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range. Starting as a member of the doo-wop group The Moonglows in the late fifties,
he ventured into a solo career after the group disbanded in 1960 signing with the Tamla subsidiary of Motown Records. After
starting off as a session drummer, Gaye ranked as the label's top-selling solo artist during the sixties.
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American music conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer
and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27
Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991.
Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is regarded as one of the most influential jazz
musicians of the 20th century. His music embraces elements of rock and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.
In his jazz improvisation, he possesses a unique creative blend of jazz, blues, and modern classical music, with a harmonic
concept much like the styles of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
