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Ben Harney
American musician
1
Charley Straight
American musician
2
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
3
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
4
Leon Thomas
American singer
5
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
6
Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
7
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
8
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
9
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
10
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
11
Ivory Joe Hunter
American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist
12
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
13
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
14
L. Wolfe Gilbert
Composer, lyricist, author, publisher
15
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
16
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
17
Elder Charles D. Beck
18
Leroy Carr
American blues singer, songwriter and pianist
19
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
20
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
21
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
22
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
23
Merle Travis
American country/Western singer-songwriter and musician
24
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
25
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
26
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
27
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer
28
Percy Wenrich
American composer
29
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
30
Ella Fitzgerald
American jazz singer
31
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
32
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
33
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
34
Harry Gibson
American musician
35
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
36
Artie Matthews
American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer
37
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
38
Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
39
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
40
Blanche Calloway
American singer, bandleader and composer
41
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
42
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
43
Jimmy Yancey
African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist
44
James Reese Europe
American jazz musician and United States Army officer
45
Jon Hendricks
American jazz singer, lyricist, jazz critic and historian
46
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
47
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
48
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
