# Gil Scott Heron poet,godfather of Hip Hop,Jazz,Blues,R&B,Pop,Spoken word ground breaking

# Hall and Oats one of the most important duos in music history,A hybrid of musical styles and influenced by R&B vocals and pop

# KC and the Sunshine Band help put the Miami sound on the map,very distinctive Dance music and slow cuts which have been Sampled,looped and Covered

#Brick,funk band out of Atlanta A musical hybrid of Funk,Jazz,Pop and feel good jams

# The Brothers Johnson one of the funkiest musical acts of the 70,'s and strong songwriting and instrumentation,memorable band

# Heatwave one strong band who hit you with strong R&B,pop and funk,slow jams,classics Johnnie Wilder incredible vocals and Rod Temperton incredible pen game,RIP

# Average White Band one funky band from Scotland with some Funky songs and soulful slow jams,strong band

WAR ANOTHER FUNKY,musical gumbo based band from California with a unique and distinctive sound

ONE way one of the important bands of the late 70's and 80s Funk and R&B c utd

# Slave one of the baddest bands from Ohio and they added Steve Arrington and took the funk further,strong instrumentalist and vocals