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Bobo Jenkins
American Detroit blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Calvin Frazier
American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
2
J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
3
Memphis Willie B.
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
4
Mr. Bo
musical artist
5
Luke "Long Gone" Miles
American Texas blues singer and songwriter
6
The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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The Chambers Brothers
American soul music band
8
Wesley Prince
American Jazz and R&B musician, double bassist
9
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
10
Luther Magby
American singer
11
Eddie King
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
12
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
13
Willie D. Warren
American electric blues guitarist, bass player and singer
14
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
15
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
16
Lee Jackson
American musician
17
Brother Joe May
singer
18
The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
19
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
20
Bull City Red
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
21
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
22
Baby Boy Warren
American blues singer and guitarist
23
Washington Phillips
American musician
24
The Word
musical artist
25
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
26
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
27
D.C. Rice
28
Thomas Whitfield
American gospel singer
29
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
30
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
31
The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
32
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
33
Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
34
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
35
Martha Reeves
American singer and politician
36
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
37
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
38
Ralph Willis
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
39
A. C. and Mamie Forehand
American gospel musicians
40
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
41
Piano Red
American blues musician
42
Little Willie John
American recording artist; R&B singer
43
James "Stump" Johnson
American blues pianist and singer
44
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
45
Dorothy Love Coates
American musician
46
Memphis Jug Band
band
