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Victoria Spivey

American blues singer and songwriter

1

Paul Clayton

American musician

2

Dock Boggs

American musician

3

Bebe Buell

American model and singer

4

Tom Paxton

American folk singer and singer-songwriter

5

Cisco Houston

American musician (1918-1961)

6

Clarence Ashley

American musician

7

Bill Monroe

American bluegrass musician, songwriter

8

Muddy Waters

American blues singer and guitarist

9

Judy Collins

American singer and songwriter

10

Bob Gibson

American musician

11

Merle Travis

American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician

12

Rockin' Dopsie

American musician

13

David Peel

American musician and songwriter

14

Tim Hardin

American recording artist; folk musician and composer

15

David Grisman

Mandolinist, composer, and record label owner

16

Johnny Windhurst

American jazz trumpet player

17

Lazy Lester

American blues harmonica player

18

Jesse Colin Young

American musician

19

Dolores Keane

Irish singer

20

Buddy Moss

American East Coast blues guitarist

21

Shirley Collins

British folk singer

22

Pete Seeger

American folk singer

23

Bob Wilber

jazz clarinetist, composer and saxophonist from United States

24

Lou Busch

American record producer, musician and songwriter (1910-1979)

25

John Hartford

American singer-songwriter and musician

26

Mike Seeger

American singer

27

Peter Case

American musician

28

Dave Van Ronk

American musician

29

John Sebastian

American musician

30

Loudon Wainwright III

American singer-songwriter, humorist, and actor

31

Glenn Yarbrough

American folk singer

32

John Gorka

born 1958; American folk musician

33

Terry Callier

American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter

34

Robbie Fulks

American singer-songwriter based in Chicago

35

Cecil Taylor

American jazz pianist and poet

36

Big Bill Broonzy

American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist

37

Van McCoy

American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor

38

Paul Brady

Irish singer

39

Lonnie Donegan

Scottish-born skiffle musician

40

Florence Ballard

American recording artist and vocalist

41

Brian Hyland

American pop singer

42

Roger McGuinn

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

43

America

Americo-British folk rock band

44

Thelonious Monk

American jazz pianist and composer

45

Roy Clark

American multi-instrumentalist musician

46

Elvis Costello

English singer-songwriter

47

Tim Rose

American musician

48

Paul Butterfield

American blues singer and harmonica player

49

Paul Simon

American musician, songwriter and producer

50

David "Stringbean" Akeman

Banjo player

51

Bill Haley & His Comets

American rock and roll band

52

Red Foley

American musician

53

Lead Belly

American folk and blues musician

54

Jeremy Fisher

Canadian singer

55

John Renbourn

English guitarist and songwriter

56

Oscar Brand

Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and author

57

Roscoe Holcomb

American musician

58

Gordon Lightfoot

Canadian singer-songwriter

59

John Jacob Niles

American musician

60

Lonzo and Oscar

61

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

American singer and guitarist

62

John Moreland

American musician

63

The Band

rock band from Toronto

64

Bruce Langhorne

American musician

65

Kevin Ayers

English singer-songwriter, record producer

66

Leo Kottke

American guitarist and singer

67

Joan Baez

American singer, songwriter, musician and activist

68

Roosevelt Sykes

American blues musician

69

Isaac Hayes

American singer-songwriter, arranger, record producer, and actor (1942-2008)