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Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
1
Hersal Thomas
American songwriter
2
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
3
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
4
Joe Venuti
jazz violinist
5
Frank Teschemacher
American musician
6
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
7
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
8
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
9
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
10
Edmond Hall
American jazz clarinetist
11
Miff Mole
American jazz musician
12
Joe Falcon
American accordionist
13
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
14
Red Saunders
American musician
15
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
16
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
17
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
18
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
19
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
20
Sidney Bechet
American jazz musician
21
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
guitarist
22
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
23
Pee Wee Russell
American musician
24
Nathaniel Shilkret
American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director
25
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
26
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
27
Kelly Harrell
American musician
28
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
29
George Lewis
American musician
30
Fess Williams
American musician
31
Buddy Tate
American musician
32
Henry Coker
American musician
33
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
34
Ben Pollack
American musician
35
Ben Bernie
American jazz violinist and radio personality
36
Hociel Thomas
American vaudeville and blues singer
37
Brownie McGhee
American folk-blues singer and guitarist
38
Wild Bill Davis
American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger
39
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
40
Eddie Condon
US musician
41
Butterbeans and Susie
African American comedy duo in the early 20th century
42
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
43
Irene Scruggs
American Piedmont blues and country blues singer
44
Ollie Shepard
American singer
45
Sara Martin
American blues singer
46
Jimmie Noone
American musician
47
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
48
Freddie Spruell
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
49
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
50
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
51
George Barnes
American musician
52
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
53
Jaybird Coleman
American country blues musician
54
Dennis McGee
American musician
55
Golden Gate Quartet
American gospel vocal group
56
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
57
George Melly
English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer
58
Clifford Hayes
American musician and bandleader
59
Memphis Jug Band
band
60
Jimmy Hamilton
American jazz musician
61
Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
62
Daisy Martin
African American actress and blues singer
