Alyson Williams (born May 11, 1962 in New York City, NY) is an R&B singer.

The daughter of bandleader / trumpeter Bobby Booker, she began her career by singing background vocals for various artists including, Curtis Hairston, Melba Moore ("Love's Coming At Ya"), B. B. & Q. Band, Cashflow, Unlimited Touch, Bobby Brown and Barbara Mitchell before joining the group High Fashion, which also featured Meli'sa Morgan. After they disbanded, Alyson sang with the group The Affair before moving onto a solo career.

Her first single, "Yes We Can Can", was first released on Profile Records in 1986; a release on the Def Jam label followed in 1987. At the label, she established herself as an in demand vocalist, duetting with many of her label mates including Chuck Stanley ("Make You Mine Tonight") and Oran "Juice" Jones ("How To Love Again").

Her first album release and the first R&B female singer signed to Def Jam, she released the album Raw in 1989. The album produced the singles "My Love is So Raw", featuring female rapper Nikki D,and "Sleep Talk". In addition, the single "Just Call My Name" was a hit on the Billboard R&B charts reaching number #4. The song, picked up by many "Quiet storm" formats, is now considered a cult classic and is still played. The album included a duet with the Blue Magic vocalist Ted Mills on "We're Gonna Make It". Her single "I Need Your Lovin'" was also a #8 success in the UK, as well as another R&B hit for her.

Leonard Charles Green (born January 6, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1957 through 1968 for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–59, 1964), Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins (1959–64), Los Angeles Angels (1964), Boston Red Sox (1965–66) and Detroit Tigers (1967–68). He batted and threw left-handed. He finished his major league career with the Detroit Tigers in 1968, the same year the team won the World Series. Green wasn't around for the postseason or pennant drive as the Tigers unconditionally released him in July of that year.

In a 12-season career, Green was a .267 hitter (788-for-2956) with 47 home runs and 253 RBI in 1136 games, including 138 doubles, 27 triples, 78 stolen bases, and a .351 on-base percentage.

Toshinobu "Toshi" Kubota (久保田 利伸, Kubota Toshinobu^?, born 24 July 1962) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, musician, and music producer. Toshinobu Kubota has produced five platinum albums and thirty-three Top 40 during his career. He is currently part of Sony Music Japan. In addition, Kubota has composed and written songs for many singers including Iwasaki Hiromi, Misia, Toshinori Yonekura, Koizumi Kyoko, and many other recording artists.

Kubota's musical genre has varied throughout his career including R&B, Go go, soul, funk, blues, reggae, old skool, psychedelia, jazz, and pop. His artistic influences include Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, and Sly Stone. Kubota has pioneered in the sound "Japanese hip hop" and "Japanese soul", an amalgam of funk, pop, R&B and go go that has influenced many other musicians.

Kubota has a tenor and falsetto vocal range and is known for his signature songs "Dance If You Want It", "Love Rain (Rain of Love)", "You Were Mine", "Give You My Love", and "La La La Love Song", which was theme song of the television drama Long Vacation. Kubota has a total of sixteen studio albums and seven compilation albums. He has over twelve million records worldwide to date.