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Willie Brown
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
1
Tommy McClennan
Tommy McClennan
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
2
Blind John Davis
Blind John Davis
American musician
3
Doctor Ross
Doctor Ross
American blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player and drummer
4
Johnny "Man" Young
Johnny "Man" Young
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist
5
Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
6
Robert Nighthawk
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
7
Mississippi Joe Callicott
Mississippi Joe Callicott
United States Delta blues singer and guitarist
8
Lil Green
Lil Green
American blues singer and songwriter
9
Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
10
Willie Love
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
11
Walter Roland
Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
12
Jazz Gillum
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
13
Alger "Texas" Alexander
Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
14
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
15
Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
16
Kansas Joe McCoy
Kansas Joe McCoy
American Delta blues musician and songwriter
17
Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
18
Bob Margolin
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
19
Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
20
Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
21
Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
22
Kid Bailey
Kid Bailey
American Delta blues musician
23
Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
24
Amos Milburn
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
25
Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
26
Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver
American country blues guitarist
27
Merline Johnson
Merline Johnson
African American blues singer
28
Mattie Delaney
Mattie Delaney
American delta blues singer and guitarist
29
Dave Kelly
Dave Kelly
British musician
30
Ada Brown
Ada Brown
American blues singer
31
Hound Dog Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
32
Little Buddy Doyle
Little Buddy Doyle
American Memphis blues musician
33
Sammy Price
Sammy Price
American pianist
34
Buster Benton
Buster Benton
American blues guitarist and singer
35
Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
36
Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
37
Zora Young
Zora Young
American blues singer
38
Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
39
Ralph Willis
Ralph Willis
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
40
Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
41
Johnny Temple
Johnny Temple
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
42
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
43
Fred Below
Fred Below
American musician
44
Walter Davis
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
45
Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
46
Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
47
Sugar Ray Norcia
Sugar Ray Norcia
American electric and soul blues singer and harmonica player
48
Barkin' Bill Smith
Barkin' Bill Smith
Chicago blues and electric blues singer and songwriter
49
Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
50
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
American blues musician
51
Rosetta Howard
Rosetta Howard
American blues singer
52
Willie Mabon
Willie Mabon
American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
53
Gabriel Brown
Gabriel Brown
American Piedmont blues singer and guitarist
54
Walter Vinson
Walter Vinson
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
55
Blind Blake
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
56
Fenton Robinson
Fenton Robinson
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
57
Magic Sam
Magic Sam
American Chicago blues musician
58
Melvin Taylor
Melvin Taylor
American electric blues guitarist]
59
Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
60
Lonnie Pitchford
Lonnie Pitchford
American musician
61
Smokey Wilson
Smokey Wilson
American West Coast blues guitarist
62
Luther Johnson
Luther Johnson
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
63
Papa Charlie McCoy
Papa Charlie McCoy
American delta blues musician and songwriter
64
Louise Johnson
Louise Johnson
Blues singer and pianist
65
Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
66
Irene Scruggs
Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
67
Bonnie Lee
Bonnie Lee
American Chicago blues singer
68
Larry Garner
Larry Garner
American Louisiana blues musician
69
Henry Townsend
Henry Townsend
American musician
70
Rory Block
Rory Block
American blues guitarist and singer
71
Lil Johnson
Lil Johnson
African American blues singer
72
Georgia White
Georgia White
African American blues singer
73
Larry McCray
Larry McCray
American blues guitarist and singer
74
Joe Pullum
Joe Pullum
American Texas blues singer and songwriter
75
Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
76
Junior Kimbrough
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
77
The Legendary Blues Band
The Legendary Blues Band
band that plays Chicago blues
78
Corey Harris
Corey Harris
American musician
79
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
80
Ransom Knowling
Ransom Knowling
American musician
81
George "Mojo" Buford
George "Mojo" Buford
American blues harmonica player
82
Meade Lux Lewis
Meade Lux Lewis
American pianist and composer
Bertha Lee Pate
American classic female blues singer

Bertha Lee Pate

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American classic female blues singer
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Bertha Lee Pate, known more commonly as Bertha Lee (June 17, 1902 – May 10, 1975) was an American classic female blues singer, active in the 1920s and 1930s. She recorded with, and was the common-law wife of, Charley Patton.