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Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
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Joe Davis
Joe Davis
American music publisher
2
Helen Gross
Helen Gross
American classic female blues singer
3
Clara Smith
Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer
4
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
5
Madlyn Davis
Madlyn Davis
American classic female blues singer
6
Fannie May Goosby
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
7
Mattie Delaney
Mattie Delaney
American delta blues singer and guitarist
8
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
9
William Moore
William Moore
blues singer and guitarist from the United States
10
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
11
Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
12
Delaney & Bonnie
Delaney & Bonnie
American husband and wife music duo
13
Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
14
Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
15
Laura Smith
Laura Smith
American classic female blues and country blues singer
16
Marcella Detroit
Marcella Detroit
American soprano vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter
17
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
18
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
19
Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
20
Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
21
Rory Block
Rory Block
American blues guitarist and singer
22
Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
23
John Fahey
John Fahey
1939–2001; American fingerstyle guitarist
24
Peeping Tom
Peeping Tom
band
25
Koko Taylor
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
26
Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
27
Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
28
Alice Leslie Carter
Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
29
Kitty Brown
Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
30
Mable John
Mable John
American blues vocalist
31
Z. Z. Hill
Z. Z. Hill
American blues singer
32
The Davis Sisters
The Davis Sisters
American country music duo, founded in 1947
33
Arthur Alexander
Arthur Alexander
American country songwriter and soul singer
34
M. Ward
M. Ward
singer-songwriter and guitarist
35
Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine
American musician
36
Bertha Lee Pate
Bertha Lee Pate
American classic female blues singer
37
Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
38
Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
39
Bessie Tucker
Bessie Tucker
American classic female blues singer and songwriter
40
LaVern Baker
LaVern Baker
American rhythm and blues singer (1929-1997)
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Etta Baker
Etta Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
42
Edmonia Henderson
Edmonia Henderson
African American classic female blues singer
43
Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
44
Shoshana Bean
Shoshana Bean
American theater actress and singer
45
Eydie Gormé
Eydie Gormé
American pop singer, chanteuse, comic actress
46
Mozelle Alderson
Mozelle Alderson
musical artist
47
Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
48
Jo Ann Kelly
Jo Ann Kelly
English blues singer and guitarist
49
Wynonie Harris
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
50
Bobby Whitlock
Bobby Whitlock
American musician
51
Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
52
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
53
Terry Robb
Terry Robb
Canadian guitarist
54
Lynn White
Lynn White
musical artist
55
Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
56
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
Bertha Idaho
American classic female blues singer

Bertha Idaho

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Bertha Idaho (born c. 1895; date of death unknown) was an American classic female blues singer. She recorded four songs in 1928 and 1929. Little is known of her life outside music.

Idaho's work might have remained obscure but for two factors: she was mentioned by John Fahey in the liner notes for his influential debut album, Blind Joe Death, and her recordings were reissued by Rosetta Reitz.