Complex sentence: Particularly noticeable was the proliferation of British female black singers, many, like Americans of the 50s and 60s, coming out of a gospel tradition, including Mica Paris, Caron Wheeler, Gabrielle, Beverley Knight and Heather Small.
Split into simpler sentences: Particularly noticeable was the proliferation of British female black singers, many, like American artists of the 1950s and 1960s, coming out of a gospel tradition. These included Mica Paris, Caron Wheeler, Gabrielle, Beverley Knight and Heather Small.