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Fiddlin' John Carson
Fiddlin' John Carson
American musician
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Henry Whitter
Henry Whitter
American musician
2
Vernon Dalhart
Vernon Dalhart
American country music singer
3
Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
4
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
5
Dick Burnett
Dick Burnett
American musician
6
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
7
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
8
Irene Scruggs
Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
9
Fannie May Goosby
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
10
Carter Family
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
11
Cowan Powers and his Family Band
Cowan Powers and his Family Band
12
Buddy Moss
Buddy Moss
American East Coast blues guitarist
13
Major Lance
Major Lance
singer
14
Larry Williams
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
15
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
16
Milt Gabler
Milt Gabler
record producer from the United States
17
W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
18
Uncle Dave Macon
Uncle Dave Macon
American musician (1870-1952)
19
Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
20
Ralph Peer
Ralph Peer
Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
21
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
22
Skeeter Davis
Skeeter Davis
American singer-songwriter
23
Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
24
Alan Wilson
Alan Wilson
musician
25
Coot Grant
Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
26
Goebel Reeves
Goebel Reeves
American singer (1899-1959)
27
Kelly Harrell
Kelly Harrell
American musician
28
Dewey Segura
Dewey Segura
American musician
29
Alfred Aloysous Bernard
Alfred Aloysous Bernard
American singer
30
The Weavers
The Weavers
American folk music quartet
31
Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
32
Doc Watson
Doc Watson
American guitarist, songwriter and singer
33
Chuck Willis
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
34
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
35
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
36
Frank Hutchison
Frank Hutchison
American early country blues and Piedmont blues musician
37
Judy Collins
Judy Collins
American singer and songwriter
38
Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
39
Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
40
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty
American country music singer
41
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
42
Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
43
Eck Robertson
Eck Robertson
American old-time fiddler player
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The Rev. Andrew W. Jenkins (November 26, 1885 – April 25, 1957) was a leading composer of American country, folk and gospel songs. He is credited with more than 800 compositions, about a third of which were nonsacred. He and his stepchildren performed as the Jenkins Family, a group considered to be the first family act to record country music, while Jenkins himself was among the most important country composers of the 1920s.