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William Harris
William Harris
American bluesman
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Alger "Texas" Alexander
Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
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Sylvester Weaver
Sylvester Weaver
American country blues guitarist
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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William Ezell
William Ezell
United StatesAmerican blues, jazz, ragtime and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Ed Bell
Ed Bell
American musician
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Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Dan Sane
Dan Sane
American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter
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Ishman Bracey
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
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Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
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Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Ralph Peer
Ralph Peer
Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
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Willie Brown
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
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Henry "Son" Sims
Henry "Son" Sims
American Delta blues violinist and songwriter
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Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
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Will Shade
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Gus Kahn
Gus Kahn
German-American lyricist
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Ernie Hawkins
Ernie Hawkins
American musician
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King Solomon Hill
King Solomon Hill
Delta blues guitarist and singer (1897–1949)
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Charlie Spand
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Lew Brown
Lew Brown
Russian-American Tin Pan Alley lyricist, songwriter
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R. L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Lucky Thompson
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
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Buddy Guy
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Billy Murray
Billy Murray
American singer
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Delbert McClinton
Delbert McClinton
American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist
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Osie Johnson
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Willie Baker
Willie Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist singer and songwriter
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Doug Quattlebaum
Doug Quattlebaum
musical artist
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Martha Copeland
Martha Copeland
American classic female blues singer
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Walter Roland
Walter Roland
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
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Joe Davis
Joe Davis
American music publisher
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Arnold Wiley
Arnold Wiley
American pianist (1898-1964)
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Carolina Slim
Carolina Slim
American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer
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Buddy Moss
Buddy Moss
American East Coast blues guitarist
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Blind Blake
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
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Lottie Kimbrough
Lottie Kimbrough
American country blues singer
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Coleman Hawkins
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
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Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins was an American country blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He recorded only 12 songs, between 1927 and 1929, but Paul Oliver opined that "Hawkins was a major figure in black country music". AllMusic noted that he was "one of the most distinctive country-blues performers of the pre-war era, a gifted vocalist whose taste for slow, dirge-like songs was ideally suited to his intricate guitar work."

Details of Hawkins's life outside of his brief recording career are minimal.