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Esther Phillips
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Y'akoto
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Denitia
24,956 listeners
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Ruth Brown
206,937 listeners
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King Curtis
180,825 listeners
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Etta James
1,750,530 listeners
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Shirley Bassey
588,205 listeners
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Irma Thomas
410,390 listeners
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