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Charles Ives
American composer
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Ernest Hastings
English singer
2
Jack Pleasants
English entertainer
3
James Taylor
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
4
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
5
Graham Gouldman
English Singer/ songwriter; member of 10CC
6
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
7
Ray Charles
American recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter
8
Stanley Holloway
British actor
9
Bradford Cox
American musician
10
Peter Allen
Australian songwriter
11
Will Fyffe
Scottish music hall artist
12
Harry Champion
British musician and comedian
13
Irving Berlin
Russian-born American songwriter
14
Jule Styne
British-born American songwriter
15
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
16
Cowboy Junkies
Canadian music band
17
Walt Solek
American lyrcist
18
Bing Crosby
American singer and actor (1903-1977)
19
Andy Gibb
British–Australian singer
20
Randy Travis
American country music and gospel music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
21
Dennis Wilson
American musician (1944-1983)
22
Eric Dolphy
American jazz musician
23
Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
24
Syd Barrett
English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (1946-2006)
25
Arlo Guthrie
American folk singer
26
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
27
Merle Haggard
American country singer, songwriter, and guitarist
28
Benjamin Orr
American musician
29
Billy Merson
British songwriter
30
John Mellencamp
American rock singer-songwriter, musician and painter
31
Frederick Septimus Kelly
Australian and British musician and composer and rower
32
Little Richard
American pianist, singer and songwriter
33
Chuck Berry
American singer, songwriter and guitarist
34
Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
35
Bernie Taupin
British songwriter
36
Randy Newman
American singer-songwriter, arranger and composer
37
Uncle Dave Macon
American musician (1870-1952)
38
Jack Lawrence
American songwriter
39
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
40
Eric Stewart
British musician
41
Steve Earle
singer-songwriter, recording artist and producer
42
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
43
Alan Freed
American disc jockey, songwriter
44
Daryl Hall
American musician and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates
45
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
46
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
47
Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
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John Prine
American country singer/songwriter
49
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
50
Darlene Love
American musician
51
Richard Rodgers
American composer of songs and Broadway musicals
52
Kurt Vile
American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer
