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Bobby Womack/The Bar-Kays/Candi Staton
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The Isley Brothers/Luther Ingram
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Gladys Knight & the Pips/The O'Jays/Major Lance
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Eddie Kendricks/The Whispers
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The Jackson 5
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Johnnie Taylor/The Undisputed Truth
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Bill Withers/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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Billy Preston/Laura Lee/Johnny Williams
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Joe Simon/The Sylvers/Billy Paul
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The Friends of Distinction/The Persuaders/Doug Gibbs
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The Temptations/King Floyd
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The Intruders/Betty Wright/True Reflection
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Billy Paul/Barbara Mason/Anacostia
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Tyrone Davis/Lyn Collins
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Curtis Mayfield/The Main Ingredient/Hank Ballard
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Stevie Wonder/The Moments/Fully Guaranteed
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Johnny Nash/Billy Butler & Infinity/Brighter Side of Darkness
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The Dramatics/Syl Johnson/The Smith Connection
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James Brown
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The Four Tops/Otis Clay
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The Spinners/Sisters Love
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Al Green/Mel & Tim
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Friends of Distinction/Timmy Thomas/The Independents
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The Chi-Lites/The Honey Cone/G.C. Cameron
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The Impressions/Tyrone Davis/Billy Preston
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Aretha Franklin
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The O'Jays/David Ruffin/Sylvia Robinson
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The Sylvers/Ronnie Dyson/Archie Bell & the Drells
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The Manhattans/Lyn Collins/Lee Auston
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The Supremes/Lloyd Price
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Bobby Womack/The Whispers/Thelma Houston
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Little Anthony & the Imperials/Edwin Starr/The Valentinos
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Bill Withers
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The Miracles/Chuck Jackson/The Jackson Sisters
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Chairman of the Board/Charles Mann/Sylvia
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Chuck Berry/Maxayan/Willie Hutch
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