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