Soul / Blues / R & B Georgia Music Artists P - T

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The Pips was a soul R & B group from Atlanta, GA formed in 1952 with members Gladys Knight, Merald "Bubba" Knight, Brenda Knight, Eleanor Guest and William Guest. The group was signed to Brunswick Records in 1957. Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest left the group and Edward Patten and Langston George replaced them in 1959. In 1961 the group scored their first hit, "Every Beat of My Heart". After their hit, they changed their name to Gladys Knight and the Pips. Langston left in 1961 and Gladys left to start a family and returned in 1964 until the group broke up in 1989. In 1966 they signed with Motown Records where multiple hits would follow.

Dave Prater (Ocilla, GA) was the other half of Sam & Dave (Sam Moore) and was a soul music singer, songwriter and musician.  He is a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (1992), the Grammy Hall of Fame (1999, for the song "Soul Man"), the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (1997), and he was a Grammy Award–winning (1967) and multiple Gold Record award-winning recording artist 

Otis Redding, a soul singer songwriter, was born in Dawson, GA. When he was three his family moved to Macon, GA where he would later begin his career in music as a vocalist for The Pinetoppers, the Upsetters & other groups. In 1965 he would score a charted hit with "I've Been Loving You To Long" & in 1967 Aretha Franklin recorded a song he penned the song, "Respect", which would top the Billboard charts selling millions. Redding was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall Of Fame in 1981. He was managed by Alan Walden / Capricorn Records Macon, GA

Clarence Reid was a soul R & B singer, songwriter and producer grew up in Cochran, GA. His first song "Nobody But You" peaked at #7 on the Billboard R & B chart August 1969. "Funky Party" peaked at #17 August 1974 and "Good Ole Days" peaked at #38 February 1972. Reid co-wrote and produced Betty Wright's smash hit "Clean Up Woman" which peaked at #2 on the Billboard R & B chart in 1972 selling over 2 million copies. He also wrote songs for Gwen McRae, Sam & Dave and Wilson Picket and helped shape the sound for KC and the Sunshine Band.

Kelly Rowland is a soul R & B singer songwriter from Atlanta and was a member of the popular girl group Destiny's Child (Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams). Rowland released her solo album in 2002 selling over 3.5 million copies and the #1 album on the UK Albums chart, including her #1 single "Dilemma". Throughout her career she has over 40 million in sales of her recordings as a solo artist.

The S. O. S. Band, based out of Atlanta, GA, was a funk R & B music group. 

Marv Tarplin from Atlanta, Ga was a soul music guitarist and songwriter who wrote several songs for The Miracles from the 1950's - 1970's, including the million selling hit "The Tracks of My Tears". He was also a winner of the BMI Songwriter's Award, and the ASCAP Award Of Merit, and was a 2012 posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Miracles. Tarplin co-wrote several hits by Marvin Gaye - "Ain't That Peculiar" and "I'll Be Doggone", selling over 10 million records.

Fred Thomas from Washington, GA is a soul R & B singer, songwriter and bassist for more than 30 years with James Brown. He performed bass and recorded with Brown on numerous #1 hits. Thomas had a group named J. B.'s who James Brown hired.

Formed in Atlanta, GA, the soul music group TLC gained popularity in the 1990's. They recorded four multi-platinum albums. TLC sold over 85 million records becoming the biggest selling "girl band" groups.