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Vann "Piano Man" Walls
American musician
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Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
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Paul Williams
US blues and R&B saxophone player and composer
3
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
4
Cecil Gant
American musician
5
Dennis Coffey
American guitarist
6
Roy Milton
American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
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Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
9
The Fabulous Wailers
band from Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
10
Ahmet Ertegün
Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive
11
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
12
Bill Haley & His Comets
American rock and roll band
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Edgar Blanchard
New Orleans jazz musician
14
Ernie Freeman
American musician
15
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
16
Camille Howard
American musician
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Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
18
The Atlantics
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Tommy Brown
American musician
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Eddie Chamblee
American saxophonist
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Wilson Pickett
American singer and songwriter
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Wild Bill Moore
American musician
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Goree Carter
singer
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Chic
American rhythm and blues band
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Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
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Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
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Hal Singer
American musician
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Henry Stone
American record company executive, producer
31
Bill Haley
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925-1981)
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Lee Dorsey
American pop/R&B singer
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Freddy Cannon
American rock and roll singer
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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René Hall
American musician, performer, and music arranger
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Don Covay
American musician
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Al Hibbler
American baritone vocalist
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Don Robey
American record producer and songwriter
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King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Edwin Starr
American singer
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Bobby Byrd
American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician
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Danny & the Juniors
band
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
44
The Mothers of Invention
American rock band from California
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Joe Hill Louis
American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band
46
The Isley Brothers
American musical group
47
Bill Medley
American singer and songwriter, record producer
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Laura Lee
American singer
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Johnny Otis
American singer, musician, composer, and record producer
50
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
51
Leon Haywood
American singer and songwriter
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Kid Rock
American singer-songwriter and rapper
53
The Famous Flames
American R&B band
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Allen Bunn
musical artist
