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Fats Domino
American R&B musician
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Smiley Lewis
American musician
2
Shirley & Lee
3
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
4
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
5
Chris Kenner
American musician
6
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
7
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
8
Allen Toussaint
American musician
9
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
10
Earl Palmer
American drummer
11
Al Downing
American musician
12
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
13
Lee Dorsey
American pop/R&B singer
14
Shirley Goodman
American singer
15
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
16
Cosimo Matassa
American recording engineer and studio owner
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Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
18
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
19
Frank Fields
American musician
20
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
21
Andre Williams
American R&B and punk blues musician
22
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
23
Leon Haywood
American singer and songwriter
24
Art Rupe
American music industry executive
25
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
26
The Midnighters
American R&B group
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Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
28
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
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Cecil Gant
American musician
30
Percy Mayfield
American singer and songwriter
31
Edwin Starr
American singer
32
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
33
George Jackson
American Rhythm & Blues and soul singer and songwriter
34
Lowell Fulson
American musician
35
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
36
Bobby Freeman
American singer
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Nappy Brown
American R&B singer
