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Ralph Peer
Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Luther Magby
American singer
3
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
4
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
5
Porter Grainger
American musician
6
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Jake Hess
American singer
8
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
10
María Grever
Mexican-American musician, songwriter, conductor
11
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
12
Robert Wilkins
American country blues guitarist and singer
13
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
14
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
15
Ford Dabney
American conductor and songwriter
16
The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
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Luther Ingram
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter
18
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Marc Cohn
American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician
20
Jimmy Swaggart
American TV evangelist
21
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
22
Ernest Stoneman
American singer-songwriter
23
Al Green
American singer
24
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
25
Rabbit Brown
American blues guitarist and composer
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Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
27
Doris Akers
Music composer, arranger and singer
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David Phelps
American musician
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Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
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Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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The Blackwood Brothers
American southern gospel quartet