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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
1
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
2
Willie Mabon
American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
3
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
4
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
5
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
6
Sonny Thompson
American R&B bandleader and pianist
7
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
8
Billy Stewart
American singer
9
Lloyd Glenn
American musician
10
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
11
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
12
L. G. McKinley
American musician
13
Arthur "Big Boy" Spires
American blues singer and guitarist
14
John Brim
American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
15
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
16
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
17
Griffin Brothers
American R&B band
18
Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
19
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
20
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
21
Tyrone Davis
American musician
22
Johnny Adams
American blues, jazz and gospel singer
23
Eddie Kirkland
American blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
24
Billy Wright
American singer
25
Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
26
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
27
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
28
Shuggie Otis
American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist
29
Joe Morris
American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter and bandleader
30
Gene Chandler
American musician
31
Harry Caesar
African American singer and Actor (1928-1994)
32
Charles Brown
American recording artist; songwriter, blues singer and pianist
33
Boyd Gilmore
musical artist
34
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
35
Edgar Blanchard
New Orleans jazz musician
36
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
37
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
38
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
39
Otis Rush
American musician
40
Jesse Belvin
American singer
41
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
42
Jukka Tolonen
Finnish musician
43
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
44
Tom Archia
American musician
45
Allen Bunn
musical artist
46
Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
47
Lowell Fulson
American musician
48
Calvin Boze
American trumpeter and bandleader
49
Johnny Pate
American record producer
50
Roy Hawkins
American musician
51
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
52
Percy Mayfield
American singer and songwriter
53
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
54
Sonny Rodgers
musical artist
55
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
56
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
57
Bobby Rush
American musician
