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Ben Harney
Ben Harney
American musician
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Charley Straight
Charley Straight
American musician
2
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
3
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
4
Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas
American singer
5
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
6
Scott Joplin
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
7
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
8
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
11
Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter
American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist
12
Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
13
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
14
L. Wolfe Gilbert
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Composer, lyricist, author, publisher
15
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
16
W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Elder Charles D. Beck
Elder Charles D. Beck
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Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Albert King
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Merle Travis
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
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Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Otis Redding
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Hank Williams
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer
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Percy Wenrich
Percy Wenrich
American composer
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
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Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
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Fannie May Goosby
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
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Lead Belly
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
34
Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson
American musician
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Artie Matthews
Artie Matthews
American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Cow Cow Davenport
Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
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Blanche Calloway
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Jimmy Yancey
Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
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James Reese Europe
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
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Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
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Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Gene Greene
American musician

Gene Greene

Intro
American musician
Genres
Music

Eugene Delbert Greene (June 9, 1877 – April 5, 1930) was an American vaudeville and ragtime singer. He was one of the first to use scat singing techniques.