| Martin Denny | Quiet Village | Liberty |
| Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears | Master Sold My Baby | Lost Highway |
| Reverend Gary Davis | Glad I’m In That Number | Prestige Bluesville |
| Clifton Chenier | Zydeco Cha-Cha | Bayou |
| Slim Harpo | Mailbox Blues | Excello |
| Nina Simone | I Wish I Knew How It Feels to Be Free | RCA Victor |
| The Floyd Morris Trio | Organ Blues | Apex |
| The Voices of East Harlem | Right On Be Free | Elektra |
| Lloyd Price | Bad Conditions | Turn Table |
| The Afro-Blues Quintet Plus One | Liberation | Mira |
| Hugh Masekela | Mace and Grenades | Uni |
| Roberta Flack | Compared to What | Atlantic |
| Groove Holmes | Groove’s Groove | Prestige |
| Eddie Kendricks | My People Hold On | Tamla |
| Stevie Wonder | You Haven’t Done Nothin’ | Tamla |
| Ohio Players | Food Stamps Y’all | Westbound |
| Chocolate Milk | People | RCA Victor |
| Mandrill | Ape is High | Polydor |
| Yusef Lateef | Nubian Lady | Atlantic |
| Roberta Flack | Go Up Moses | Atlantic |
