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Howard Armstrong
Howard Armstrong
African American string band and country blues musician
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Ted Bogan
Ted Bogan
American country-blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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Yank Rachell
Yank Rachell
American country blues musician
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Alex Hill
Alex Hill
American musician
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Jabbo Smith
Jabbo Smith
American musician
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Trixie Smith
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman
American musician
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
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Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Wingy Manone
Wingy Manone
American musician
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Zutty Singleton
Zutty Singleton
American jazz drummer
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Original Dixieland Jass Band
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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William Manuel Johnson
William Manuel Johnson
American double bassist
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Terry Kath
Terry Kath
American musician, former member of the rock band Chicago
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Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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The Washboard Rhythm Kings
The Washboard Rhythm Kings
band
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Ralph Peer
Ralph Peer
Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
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Jimmy Blythe
Jimmy Blythe
American jazz and boogie-woogie pianist
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J. Mayo Williams
J. Mayo Williams
American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)
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Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson I
American blues musician
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Alfred Aloysous Bernard
Alfred Aloysous Bernard
American singer
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Red Allen
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Arbee Stidham
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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King Oliver
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
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Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
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Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Mezz Mezzrow
Mezz Mezzrow
American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
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Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine
American drummer
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Kid Thomas Valentine
Kid Thomas Valentine
American jazz musician
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Freddie Keppard
Freddie Keppard
American jazz musician
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Lucky Millinder
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
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Charlie Shavers
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
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Lee Collins
Lee Collins
American musician
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Spencer Williams
Spencer Williams
American jazz and popular music composer, pianist, and singer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
Ikey Robinson
American musician

Ikey Robinson

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American musician
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Music

Isaac L. "Banjo Ikey" Robinson (July 28, 1904 – October 25, 1990) was an American banjoist and vocalist.

Born in Dublin, Virginia, United States, Robinson moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1926, playing and recording with Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, and Jabbo Smith during 1928 and 1929. In 1929, Robinson recorded in Chicago with Georgia Tom, billed as The Hokum Boys. Their track, written by Dorsey, "I Had to Give Up Gym" was an early dirty blues song, sometimes described as hokum.

His groups included Ikey Robinson and his Band (w/ Jabbo Smith), The Hokum Trio, The Pods of Pepper, Windy City Five, and Sloke & Ike.

His jazz style influenced many subsequent players, and his 1929 recording "Rock Me Mama" is often cited as an early use of the term "rock" as it evolved from black gospel into rock and roll.

Robinson reunited in the 1970s with Smith for a global tour.

Robinson appeared in the 1985 film Louie Bluie, directed by Terry Zwigoff, a documentary about fellow musician Howard Armstrong. As recounted by Zwigoff, Robinson had not known Armstrong previously and was initially hesitant to meet him because of their differing musical styles. However, the two got on well and perform together in the documentary.