Singer Otis Redding performing at the Monterey Pop Festival at the Monterey Country Fairgrounds on June 17, 1967 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Elaine Mayes/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – CIRCA 1964: R&B singer Marvin Gaye poses for a portrait in circa 1964 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES – 1955: R&B singer Etta James poses for a Modern Records portrait in 1955 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Portrait of American R&B and Soul musician Billy Paul (born Paul Williams, 1934 – 2016), dressed in a hat, sunglasses, and a scarf with his shirt unbuttoned, as he poses against a white background, New York, New York, mid 1970s. (Photo by Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)