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Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Mike Seeger
American singer
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Pete Seeger
American folk singer
3
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
4
Almanac Singers
band
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Bess Lomax Hawes
American folk musician and folklorist
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Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
7
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
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Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
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Hobart Smith
American musician
10
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
11
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
12
Vera Hall
American folk singer
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Irwin Silber
American journalist
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Hally Wood
American singer
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Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
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Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
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Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Burl Ives
American actor, writer and folk music singer (1905-1995)
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Phil Tanner
British singer
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Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
