Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

Stevie Wonder originally wrote this No. 1 hit for a rock 'n' roll legend, but Wonder released his version before the guitarist.

The 1976 one-hit wonder "Afternoon Delight" helped inform an equally kitschy vocal pop group in the following decade.

Funkadelic's ‘Chocolate City,’ ‘Let's Take It to the Stage,’ and ‘Mothership Connection’ — a trio of albums that transformed ...