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Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist
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Mike Vernon
English music executive studio owner and record producer
2
James Thomas
American Delta blues musician
3
Little Smokey Smothers
American musician
4
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
5
Bobby Rush
American musician
6
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
7
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
8
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
9
Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
10
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
11
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
12
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
13
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
14
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
15
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
16
Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
17
Arthur Crudup
American recording artist; Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
18
L. G. McKinley
American musician
19
Tom Malone
American musician
20
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
21
Albert Collins
American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter
22
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
23
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
24
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
25
Robert Palmer
American writer, musician and blues producer
26
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
27
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
28
Sam Chatmon
American blues musician
29
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
30
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
31
Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
32
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
33
James Blood Ulmer
American jazz and blues guitarist and singer
34
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
35
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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George "Mojo" Buford
American blues harmonica player
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James Crutchfield
American barrelhouse blues singer, pianist, and songwriter
38
Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
39
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
40
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
41
Colin Linden
Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer
42
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
43
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
44
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
45
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
46
Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
47
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
48
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
49
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
50
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
51
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
52
The Lovin' Spoonful
American band
53
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
54
Eric Clapton
English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
55
Freddy Cole
American jazz singer and pianist
56
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
57
Steve Azar
American singer-songwriter
58
Jack Owens
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
59
Tommy Johnson
American musician
60
Carey Bell
American blues musician
61
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
62
Chris Thomas King
American blues musician and actor
63
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
64
Preston Shannon
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
65
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
66
Robert Curtis Smith
American Piedmont blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
67
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
68
The 5th Dimension
American popular music vocal group
69
Stevie Ray Vaughan
American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist
70
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
71
Lonnie Pitchford
American musician
