本·E·金
Ben E. King
饰：自己
彼得·古拉尔尼克
Peter Guralnick
饰：自己
Candi Staton
饰：自己
所罗门·伯克
Solomon Burke
饰：自己
Earl Palmer
饰：自己
鲍比·沃马克
Bobby Womack
饰：自己
Mavis Staples
饰：自己
洛乌·阿德勒
Lou Adler
饰：自己
Luigi Creatore
饰：自己
科林·萨蒙
Colin Salmon
饰：Narrator,6 episodes, 2005,
埃塔·詹姆丝
Etta James
饰：Self,2 episodes, 2005, / ...
杰瑞·维克斯勒
Jerry Wexler
饰：Self - Billboard Magazine 1947-1951,2 episodes, 2005, / ...
玛丽·布莱姬
Mary J. Blige
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
雷·查尔斯
Ray Charles
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Hype Williams
Hype Williams
饰：Self - Video Director,1 episode, 2005,
韦克莱夫·让
Wyclef Jean
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
史蒂夫·克罗帕
Steve Cropper
饰：Self - Booker T. & the M.G.'s,1 episode, 2005,
玛丽·威尔逊
Mary Wilson
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Bootsy Collins
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Gene Barge
Gene Barge
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
萨姆·穆尔
Sam Moore
饰：Self - Sam & Dave,1 episode, 2005,
Barry Michael Cooper
Barry Michael Cooper
饰：Self - Music Writer,1 episode, 2005,
尼尔森·乔治
Nelson George
饰：Self - Music Writer,1 episode, 2005,
Percy Sledge
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Ahmet Ertegun
饰：Self - Atlantic Records,1 episode, 2005,
特里·刘易斯
Terry Lewis
饰：Self - Record Producer,1 episode, 2005,
Uriel Jones
饰：Self - Drummer, The Funk Brothers,1 episode, 2005,
Barrett Strong
饰：Self - Songwriter,1 episode, 2005,
拉蒙特·多泽
Lamont Dozier
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Andre Harrell
饰：Self - CEO, Uptown Records 1986-96,1 episode, 2005,
Fontella Bass
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Greg Errico
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Renaldo Benson
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
斯坦利·克劳奇
Stanley Crouch
饰：Self - Music Critic,1 episode, 2005,
Dan Penn
饰：Self - Songwriter,1 episode, 2005,
Pee Wee Ellis
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Jerry Martini
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Robert Hamlett
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Wayne Jackson
Wayne Jackson
饰：Self - The Memphis Horns,1 episode, 2005,
Mark Anthony Neal
饰：Self - Professor, Duke University,1 episode, 2005,
Erica Kennedy
饰：Self - Journalist and Novelist,1 episode, 2005,
Fred Wesley
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Portia Maultsby
饰：Self - Professor, Indiana University,1 episode, 2005,
Deanie Parker
饰：Self - Marketing Manager, Stax,1 episode, 2005,
艾瑞莎·弗兰克林
Aretha Franklin
饰：Self,2 episodes, 2005, (archive footage)
迪克·克拉克
Dick Clark
饰：Self,unknown episodes, (archive footage)
Otis Redding
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)
Johnnie Taylor
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)
The Dixie Hummingbirds
饰：Themselves,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)
詹姆斯·布朗
James Brown
饰：Self,2 episodes, 2005,
Jerry Butler
饰：Self,2 episodes, 2005, / ...
Gerald Early
Gerald Early
饰：Self,2 episodes, 2005,
Beyonce
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
克兰德利亚·凯莉·罗兰
Kelendria Kelly Rowland
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
乔治·克林顿
George Clinton
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
克莱夫·戴维斯
Clive Davis
饰：Self - President, Arista Records 1974-99,1 episode, 2005,
布兰福德·马尔萨利斯
Branford Marsalis
饰：Self - Saxophonist,1 episode, 2005,
Ruth Brown
饰：Self - Singer,1 episode, 2005,
吉米·詹姆
Jimmy Jam
饰：Self - Record Producer,1 episode, 2005,
Wilson Pickett
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Otis Williams
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Martha Reeves
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Allen Toussaint
饰：Self - Pianist,1 episode, 2005,
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Mable John
饰：Self - Singer,1 episode, 2005,
Brian Holland
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
马修·诺尔斯
Mathew Knowles
饰：Self - Manager, Destiny's Child,1 episode, 2005,
Marshall Chess
Marshall Chess
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Eddie Holland
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
David Porter
饰：Self - Songwriter,1 episode, 2005,
Cosimo Matassa
Cosimo Matassa
饰：Self - Record Producer,1 episode, 2005,
Daniel Wolff
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Spooner Oldham
饰：Self - Songwriter,1 episode, 2005,
Cynthia Robinson
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Wilson Waters Jr.
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
David 'Fathead' Newman Jr.
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Al Bell
Al Bell
饰：Self - Vice President, Stax,1 episode, 2005,
Robert Margouleff
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005,
Dean Salvara
饰：Young Ray Charles,1 episode, 2005,
黛安娜·罗斯
Diana Ross
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)
穆罕默德·阿里
Muhammad Ali
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)
Sonny Liston
饰：Self,unknown episodes, (archive footage)
R.H. Harris
饰：Self,1 episode, 2005, (archive footage)