8 Icons Who Shaped the Sound

8 cons Who Shaped the Sound

Elvis Presley

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Mariah Carey

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Janis Joplin

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Celine Dion

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Aretha Franklin

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Whitney Houston

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Johnny Cash

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James Brown

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