Subgenres

Early R&B  artists

The Dubs and The Shells
The Shells
Earl Lewis & The Channels
Billy Joel
Raphael Saadiq
Various Artists
Hanson
Fats Domino
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
The Coasters
The Five Satins
Jackie Wilson
The Stylistics
Hugh Laurie
The Drifters
Huey "Piano" Smith
The Mystics
The Elegants
AJR
Gene Pitney
The Shirelles
Our New Orleans
Dion
Walter Wolfman Washington
Phil Spector
The Platters
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint
The Crew Cuts
Bo Diddley
Neil Sedaka
The Mothers of Invention
Irma Thomas
The Penguins
The Overtones
Bobby Vee
Little Anthony & The Imperials
The Temptations
The Olympics
Dee Clark
Lloyd Price
The Diamonds
Aaron Neville
Dr. John
Jan & Dean
Galactic
Mr. Bungle
The Meters
The Angels
The Fleetwoods
Barenaked Ladies & The Persuasions
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Robert Parker
Jerry Butler
Johnny Maestro & The Crests
The Band
The Beach Boys
Boyz II Men
Lee Dorsey
Allen Toussaint
Dr. John & The Lower 911
Alan Menken
Davina and the Vagabonds
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Clairy Browne & the Bangin' Rackettes
Professor Longhair
Gene Chandler
Dion & The Belmonts
Henry Butler & Steven Bernstein
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Frank Zappa
The Neville Brothers
Darts
The Cadillacs
The Dells
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
The Clovers
The Impressions
The Genies
The Chordettes
Champion Jack Dupree
New Edition
Billy Ward and The Dominoes
Mike Bloomfield / John Paul Hammond / Dr. John
The Skyliners
Louis Jordan
Marcia Ball
The Velvelettes
Snooks Eaglin
James Brown
Randy & The Rainbows
Sun Ra
The Chantels
The Del-Vikings
The New Orleans Social Club
The Persuasions
Phil Phillips
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
Curtis Hairston
The Wild Magnolias
Little Red
Isley Jasper Isley
Tommy Edwards
Stick McGhee
Cyril Neville
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Kermit Ruffins
Katie Webster
Johnny Maestro
Rockapella
Curtis Lee
Earl King
The Subdudes
The Mello-Kings
Da Vinci's Notebook
Johnny Adams
King Dream Chorus & Holiday Crew
Guitar Slim
The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Twin Temple
Estradasphere