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Porter Grainger

American musician

1

Edna Hicks

American blues singer and musician.

2

Viola McCoy

American blues singer

3

Fannie May Goosby

American singer

4

Hazel Meyers

American classic female blues and country blues singer

5

Marcia Ball

American blues singer and pianist

6

Irma Thomas

American soul and rhythm and blues singer

7

Jelly Roll Morton

American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer

8

Lena Wilson

American blues singer (1898-1939)

9

Tommy Ridgley

American R&B singer and bandleader

10

Esther Bigeou

American vaudeville and blues singer

11

Lavinia Turner

musical artist

12

Mary Ford

American musician (1924-1977)

13

Lizzie Miles

African American blues singer

14

Lillian Goodner

African American blues singer

15

Hociel Thomas

American vaudeville and blues singer

16

Monette Moore

American jazz and blues singer (1902-1962)

17

Ellis Marsalis Jr.

American pianist

18

Helen Gross

American classic female blues singer

19

Ethel Waters

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress

20

Ethel Smith

American organist

21

Blue Lu Barker

American jazz and blues singer

22

Virginia Liston

American classic female blues and jazz singer

23

Lovie Austin

American pianist

24

Mamie Smith

American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)

25

Bessie Smith

American blues singer

26

Christian Scott

American jazz composer and trumpeter

27

Jimmie Noone

American musician