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Lowell Fulson
American musician
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Johnny Heartsman
American electric blues and soul blues musician
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Charles Brown
American recording artist; songwriter, blues singer and pianist
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Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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James Harman
American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter
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Jimmy McCracklin
American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter
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Charles Singleton
American songwriter
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Teenie Hodges
American guitarist, songwriter
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Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
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Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Luther Dixon
American songwriter, record producer, singer, conductor
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Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Preston Shannon
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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The Midnighters
American R&B group
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Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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John Boudreaux Jr.
New Orleans jazz musician
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Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Somethin' for the People
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Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
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Paul Williams
US blues and R&B saxophone player and composer
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Little Willie John
American recording artist; R&B singer
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Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Al Green
American singer
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Travis Leonard Blaylock
blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter
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Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
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Hank Crawford
American saxophonist (1934-2009)
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Roy Hawkins
American musician
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Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
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Earl Gaines
American soul blues and electric blues singer
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Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
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David Porter
American record producer, songwriter and singer
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Rose Marie McCoy
American songwriter
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Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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The Manhattans
American popular R&B vocal group
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Maxwell Davis
American musician
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Bobby King
musical artist
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Drink Small
African American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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The "5" Royales
R&B band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
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Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
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Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
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LeRoy Holmes
American conductor
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Dave Alvin
musician
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Sonny Rhodes
American musician
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James Ingram
American singer–songwriter and record producer
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David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
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Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
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J. J. Jackson
American singer
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Jackie Wilson
American singer
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Bob Gaddy
American East Coast blues and rhythm and blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Al B. Sure!
American musician
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Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Johnny Adams
American blues, jazz and gospel singer
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Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
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Jack Keller
American composer, songwriter and record producer (1936-2005)
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Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
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Lee Allen
American saxophonist
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Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
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Mr. Bo
musical artist
