UNSUNG HEROES OF SOUL

Maxine Brown's “uptown soul” sound produced four top ten Rhythm & Blues hits in the early to mid 1960s.

The Capitols were a Detroit trio best known for "Cool Jerk."

James Carr's haunting baritone suggested a demon-driven man perpetually at the end of his rope—which he was.

“Clarence Carter is both an artist steeped in the most traditional aspects of Southern music and one of the most modern of all deep bluesmen.” - Dave Marsh

Alvin Cash & The Crawlers were a Chicago-based family act whose biggest hit was an instrumental.

The Chairmen of the Board enjoyed four consecutive top forty hits in a mere ten months.

A six-foot platinum blonde, Chris Clark recorded for Motown and co-wrote the screenplay of the Award-winning 1972 film, "Lady Sings the Blues."

Otis Clay was a Grammy Award nominee and a Blues Hall of Fame inductee who became massively popular in Japan.

In 1964, Mitty Collier transformed a James Cleveland gospel classic into an R&B smash.

Arthur Conley was a protégé of Otis Redding, with whom he co-wrote one of the biggest hits of 1967.

The Contours gave Motown one of its earliest hits, a recording that charted in both 1962 and 1988.

A prolific songwriter, Don Covay was better known for covers of his material by others than for anything he himself recorded. His songwriting credits include Aretha's Franklin big hit, "Chain of Fools."