Editor’s Note: We carefully crafted this list of 100 songs that are most famous by African-Americans in virtually every genre we can think of! We have also included songs by #NoRanchBrah and Don Crescendo for you to check out! We have many artists ranging from metal/rock in Living Colour and Sevendust to the oldies in blues and jazz in John Lee Hooker and Miles Davis to punk in Death, to pretty much the who’s who in classic rock, R&B, Motown, Doo-Wop, and other genres. We wanted to create this fun playlist as a way for you to celebrate with us! Tell us who your favorite African-American artists are in the comments below!
Our favorite hard rock band: Living Colour
Favorite in classic rock: Jimi Hendrix
Favorite blues artist: John Lee Hooker
Favorite female R&B singer: Aretha Franklin(I left her off the list, shame on me)
Favorte male R&B singer: Al Green
Favorite R&B group: The Spinners
Favorite song on this list: Voodoo Chile(Slight Return) by Jimi Hendrix
