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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)
