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Paul Clayton
Paul Clayton
American musician
1
Bob Gibson
Bob Gibson
American musician
2
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
American singer and guitarist
3
Lead Belly
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
4
Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
5
Josh White
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
6
Cisco Houston
Cisco Houston
American musician (1918-1961)
7
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
8
Hannes Wader
Hannes Wader
German singer-songwriter
9
The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers
Irish folk band
10
Cynthia Gooding
Cynthia Gooding
American singer
11
Guy Carawan
Guy Carawan
American musician and musicologist
12
Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger
American singer
13
Lightnin' Hopkins
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
14
Brownie McGhee
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
15
John Jacob Niles
John Jacob Niles
American musician
16
Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
17
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
18
Alan Mills
Alan Mills
Canadian musician
19
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
American musician
20
Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
21
Frank Hamilton
Frank Hamilton
American musician
22
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
23
Joe Glazer
Joe Glazer
Folk musician (1918-2006)
24
Mark Spoelstra
Mark Spoelstra
American singer-songwriter
25
Lonnie Donegan
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
26
Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer
27
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian singer-songwriter
28
The Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band
British psychedelic folk band
29
New Lost City Ramblers
New Lost City Ramblers
musical group
30
Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand
Canadian-born American folk singer-songwriter and author
31
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
32
Peter La Farge
Peter La Farge
American singer-songwriter
33
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter and folk musician
34
Richard Dyer-Bennet
Richard Dyer-Bennet
American musician
35
Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane
American singer
36
Glenn Yarbrough
Glenn Yarbrough
American folk singer
37
Almanac Singers
Almanac Singers
band
38
Guy Davis
Guy Davis
American blues guitarist and banjo player, actor, and musician
39
Odetta
Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
40
Wade Hemsworth
Wade Hemsworth
Canadian singer
41
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger
American folk singer
42
Liam Clancy
Liam Clancy
Irish musician
43
Frankie Laine
Frankie Laine
American popular singer (1913-2007)
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Edward Potts McCurdy (January 11, 1919 – March 23, 2000) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and television actor. His most well-known song was the anti-war "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream", written in 1950.