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    Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed...
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    Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader, and composer. Parker was...
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    contributed to the integration of country music, rhythm and blues, and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, notably with his two...
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    The filmmakers then gave film footage – with the Huey Lewis song in the background – to Ray Parker Jr., to aid Parker in writing the theme song. The band...
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  • and keyboardist of The Doors Ray Martin (orchestra leader) (1918–1988), British-Austrian orchestra leader born Kurt Kohn Ray Parker Jr. (born 1954), American...
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  • present rhythm and blues music globally. The National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame was founded in 2010. Its name was originally the Official Rhythm & Blues...
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  • Sweet Passion (category Articles with short description)
    Page – horn and string arrangements (4, 7) David Paich – keyboards (1) Ray Parker Jr. – guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10) Chuck Rainey – bass guitar (1, 5) Lee...
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  • Love Language (Teddy Pendergrass album) (category 1980s rhythm and blues album stubs)
    Keyboards: Randy Kerber, Michael Masser, Ray Parker Jr. (also played guitars on "Hot Love") Guitars: Paul Jackson Jr. Rhythm arrangements: Marcus Miller Strings...
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  • Hamilton Bohannon (category Songwriters from Georgia (U.S. state))
    of the leading figures in 1970s funk and disco music. He worked with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., the...
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    James Brown (redirect from Danny Ray (MC))
    to prominence in the mid-1950s as the lead singer of the Famous Flames, a rhythm and blues vocal group founded by Bobby Byrd. With the hit ballads "Please...
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