Subgenres

Early R&B  artists

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