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Tommy Brown
Tommy Brown
American musician
1
Margie Day
Margie Day
American musician
2
Frank Culley
Frank Culley
American musician
3
Maxwell Davis
Maxwell Davis
American musician
4
Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
5
Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
6
Joe Morris
Joe Morris
American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter and bandleader
7
Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
8
Rusty Bryant
Rusty Bryant
American musician
9
Wynonie Harris
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
10
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
American wife and husband country music and pop songwriting team
11
Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
12
Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
13
Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson
American musician
14
Illinois Jacquet
Illinois Jacquet
American jazz tenor saxophonist, songwriter
15
Plas Johnson
Plas Johnson
American musician
16
Jimmy Giuffre
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
17
Herbie Lovelle
Herbie Lovelle
American musician and actor (1924-2009)
18
Vann "Piano Man" Walls
Vann "Piano Man" Walls
American musician
19
Al "Cake" Wichard
Al "Cake" Wichard
American musician
20
Esther Phillips
Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
21
Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson
American musician
22
Al Sears
Al Sears
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Buddy Tate
Buddy Tate
American musician
24
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
25
Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
26
Art Taylor
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
27
King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
28
Tom Scott
Tom Scott
American jazz musician
29
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
30
Arthur Prysock
Arthur Prysock
American singer
31
Seldon Powell
Seldon Powell
American musician
32
Paul Williams
Paul Williams
US blues and R&B saxophone player and composer
33
Jimmy Dorsey
Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
34
Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
35
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
American musician
36
David "Fathead" Newman
David "Fathead" Newman
American jazz and rhythm-and-blues saxophonist
37
Chu Berry
Chu Berry
American musician
38
George Freeman
George Freeman
American musician
39
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
American drummer
40
Mabel Scott
Mabel Scott
American singer
41
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
42
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American musician
43
William Stevenson
William Stevenson
American songwriter and record producer for Motown Records
44
Jerome Richardson
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
45
Mouse and the Traps
Mouse and the Traps
US band
46
The Knickerbockers
The Knickerbockers
American rock band, formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey, in 1964
47
Bobby Parker
Bobby Parker
American blues-rock guitarist, singer and songwriter
48
Hal Singer
Hal Singer
American musician
49
Frankie Trumbauer
Frankie Trumbauer
American musician
50
Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
51
Otis Rush
Otis Rush
American musician
Griffin Brothers
American R&B band

Griffin Brothers

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American R&B band
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The Griffin Brothers were an American rhythm and blues band from Norfolk, Virginia, sometimes credited on record as the Griffin Brothers Orchestra. They made successful recordings with singer Margie Day, and had a no.1 hit on the Billboard R&B chart in 1951 with "Weepin' and Cryin'", featuring Tommy Brown.