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Sonny Parker
Sonny Parker
American blues and jazz singer, dancer, and drummer
1
Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
2
Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
3
Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
4
Wesley Wilson
Wesley Wilson
American blues, jazz, and vaudeville singer and songwriter (1893-1958)
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Coot Grant
Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
6
Esther Bigeou
Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
7
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
8
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
9
W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
10
Titus Turner
Titus Turner
Rhythm and blues singer
11
Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Oscar Brashear
Oscar Brashear
American trumpeter
13
Chuck Willis
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
14
Charles McCarron
Charles McCarron
American composer
15
Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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David "Stringbean" Akeman
David "Stringbean" Akeman
Banjo player
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Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz
American musician
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Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
American recording artist; musician, singer, actor and voice actor (1895-1971)
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Eddie Harris
Eddie Harris
American jazz musician, saxophonist
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Kitty Brown
Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
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Ollie Shepard
Ollie Shepard
American singer
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Ted Taylor
Ted Taylor
American soul musician
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Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
28
Billy Wright
Billy Wright
American singer
29
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)
30
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Martha Copeland
Martha Copeland
American classic female blues singer
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Irene Scruggs
Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
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Major Lance
Major Lance
singer
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Floyd Council
Floyd Council
American blues guitarist and singer
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Hociel Thomas
Hociel Thomas
American vaudeville and blues singer
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Robert Petway
Robert Petway
African-American blues singer and guitarist
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Billy Stewart
Billy Stewart
American singer
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George Washington Thomas, Jr.
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Lucille Bogan
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
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Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Sonny Thompson
Sonny Thompson
American R&B bandleader and pianist
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Sara Martin
Sara Martin
American blues singer
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
American actor, singer, dancer and comedian
45
John T. Smith
John T. Smith
American guitarist (1890-1940)
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Lizzie Miles
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
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Fats Waller
Fats Waller
American jazz pianist and composer
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
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Kelly Harrell
Kelly Harrell
American musician
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Henry Glover
Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
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Dan Leno
Dan Leno
English music hall singer; comedian
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Rosa Henderson
Rosa Henderson
American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer
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Maceo Pinkard
Maceo Pinkard
American composer, lyricist, and music publisher
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Boozoo Chavis
Boozoo Chavis
American musician
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
Butterbeans and Susie
African American comedy duo in the early 20th century

Butterbeans and Susie

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African American comedy duo in the early 20th century
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Butterbeans and Susie

Butterbeans and Susie were an American comedy duo comprising Jodie Edwards (July 19, 1893 – October 28, 1967) and Susie Edwards (née Hawthorne; December 1894 – December 5, 1963). They married in 1917, and performed together until the early 1960s. Their act, a combination of marital quarrels, comic dances, and racy singing, proved popular on the Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA) tour. They later moved to vaudeville and appeared for a time with the blackface minstrel troupe the Rabbit's Foot Company.