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Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Etta James
American recording artist; singer
2
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
3
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
4
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
5
Linda Hopkins
African American actress and blues and gospel singer
6
Danny Barker
American jazz musician
7
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
8
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
9
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
10
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
11
Allen Toussaint
American musician
12
The Boswell Sisters
Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age
13
Ana Popović
Serbian blues guitarist and singer
14
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
15
Smiley Lewis
American musician
16
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
17
Cousin Joe
American blues and jazz singer
18
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
19
Diana Ross
American vocalist, music artist and actress
20
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
21
Billie Pierce
American jazz pianist and singer
22
Johnny Adams
American blues, jazz and gospel singer
23
Ledisi
American R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress.
24
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
25
Merry Clayton
American musician
26
Connee Boswell
American musician (1907-1976)
27
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
28
James Booker
American musician
29
Eva Cassidy
American singer (1963-1996)
30
Rosa Henderson
American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer
31
Sarah Vaughan
American jazz singer
32
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
33
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
34
Kay Starr
American singer
35
Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
36
Mildred Bailey
American jazz singer
37
Peggy Lee
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, composer and actress (1920-2002)
38
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
39
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
40
Luther Kent
American musician
41
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
42
Morcheeba
band
43
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
44
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
45
Lady Tambourine
American gospel musician from Louisiana
46
Ernie K-Doe
African-American rhythm-and-blues singer
47
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
48
Ella Mae Morse
American popular music singer (1924-1999)
49
Cassandra Wilson
American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi
50
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
51
Catherine Russell
singer
52
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
53
Anders Osborne
American singer-songwriter
54
Harry Connick Jr.
American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer
55
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
56
Hociel Thomas
American vaudeville and blues singer
57
Snooks Eaglin
American musician
58
Ann Savoy
American musician, author, and record producer
59
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
60
Linda Ronstadt
American singer
61
Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
62
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
63
Kate Ceberano
Australian singer
64
Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter
65
Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
66
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
67
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
68
Cyril Neville
American musician
