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Snooks Eaglin
American musician
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Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
2
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
3
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
4
Smiley Lewis
American musician
5
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
6
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
7
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
8
Smoky Babe
American acoustic blues guitarist and singer
9
John Littlejohn
American electric blues slide guitarist
10
Little Freddie King
American Delta blues guitarist
11
Rod Bernard
American singer
12
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
13
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
14
Bunk Johnson
American musician
15
Senator Jones
American musician
16
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
17
Guitar Slim
American blues musician
18
Bobby Charles
American singer-songwriter
19
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
20
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
21
Johnny Vincent
American record producer
22
Chris Kenner
American musician
23
George Lewis
American musician
24
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
25
Tommy Johnson
American musician
26
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
27
Polka Dot Slim
American musician
28
Frank Fields
American musician
29
George Smith
American electric blues harmonica player
30
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
31
Tuts Washington
American Louisiana blues pianist
32
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
33
Frankie Lee Sims
American singer-songwriter and electric blues guitarist
34
John Mooney
American blues guitarist and singer
35
Earl Palmer
American drummer
36
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
37
Robert Elem
American musician
38
Mitch Woods
American boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz musician
39
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
40
Moses "Whispering" Smith
American blues harmonicist and singer
41
Jimmie Noone
American musician
42
Cosimo Matassa
American recording engineer and studio owner
43
Allen Toussaint
American musician
44
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
45
Armand Jackson
American musician
46
Tony Jackson
American musician
47
Frankie Ford
American musician
48
Calvin Jackson
American musician (1961-2015)
49
Cousin Joe
American blues and jazz singer
50
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
51
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
52
Bobby Rush
American musician
53
James Booker
American musician
54
Wardell Quezergue
American music producer
55
Meade Lux Lewis
American pianist and composer
56
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
57
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
58
Warren Storm
American musician
59
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
60
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
61
Magic Slim
American blues musician
62
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
American band
63
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
64
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
65
Vasti Jackson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
66
Papa Mali
American guitarist
67
Warne Marsh
American tenor saxophonist
