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J. M. Gates
American musician
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Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Elder Charles D. Beck
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Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
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Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
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Arnold Moore
American singer
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Josie Miles
American singer
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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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C. L. Franklin
American activist
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Pearly Brown
American musician
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Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Cleophus Robinson
American gospel singer and preacher
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Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
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Brother Will Hairston
American singer
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Jaybird Coleman
American country blues musician
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Mitty Collier
American musician
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Dennis Edwards
American singer
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Golden Gate Quartet
American gospel vocal group
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George Beverly Shea
American gospel singer and hymn composer born in Canada
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The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
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Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
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Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Gertrude Morgan
African American musician, artist and preacher
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Solomon Burke
American singer
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Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
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James Cleveland
American musician
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Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
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Oris Mays
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Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
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Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Paul S. Morton
American bishop
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Charles Davis Tillman
American singer
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Dorothy Love Coates
American musician
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Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
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Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
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Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Kim Burrell
American musician
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Shirley Caesar
American gospel singer, evangelist
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Ira D. Sankey
American gospel singer and composer
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Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
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Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Pops Staples
American musician
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J.D. Short
American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist
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Elder Roma Wilson
gospel harmonica player and singer (1910-2018)
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Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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The Dixie Hummingbirds
band
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Little Richard
American pianist, singer and songwriter
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Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Soul/Pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Henry Thomas
American recording artist; country blues singer, songster and musician.
