Reply #13: forty-something

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dance/house/club -
sylvester, eddy grant, peech boys, colonel abrams, joycelyn brown, first choice, cece peniston, gwen guthrie, sharon brown, sharon redd, loleatta holloway, loose ends, soul II soul, grace jones, ten city, gino soccio, giorgio moroder

female vocals -
anita baker, phyllis hyman, patti austin, patti labelle, rachelle ferrell, chaka khan, phoebe snow, vanessa williams, mary j. blige, india arie, mikki howard

??? -
stevie wonder, michael jackson, quincy jones, sounds of blackness, the mills brothers, ashford & simpson, steel pulse, third world

jazzy -
earl klugh, bob james, wes montgomery, donald byrd, george benson, joe sample, wally badarou, level 42

rap/hiphop -
eric b. & rakim, kool moe dee, lauryn hill