Irene Scruggs (born Irene Smith, December 7, 1901 – July 20, 1981) was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, who was also billed as Chocolate Brown and Dixie Nolan. She recorded songs such as "My Back to the Wall" and "Good Grindin'" and worked with Clarence Williams, Joe "King" Oliver, Lonnie Johnson, Little Brother Montgomery, Albert Nicholas, and Kid Ory. Scruggs achieved some success but today is largely forgotten.
0
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
1
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
2
Martha Copeland
American classic female blues singer
3
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
4
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
5
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
6
Mary Johnson
American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter
7
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
8
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
9
Sara Martin
American blues singer
10
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
11
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
12
Alger "Texas" Alexander
American blues singer
13
Lucille Bogan
American blues singer
14
Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
15
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
16
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
17
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
18
Golden Gate Quartet
American gospel vocal group
19
Charlie Spand
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
20
Mississippi Sheiks
band
21
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
22
Blind Lemon Jefferson
American blues singer and guitarist
23
Laura Smith
American classic female blues and country blues singer
24
J. C. Johnson
American musician
25
Hociel Thomas
American vaudeville and blues singer
26
Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
27
Katherine Henderson
American classic female blues singer
28
Lavinia Turner
musical artist
29
Cleo Gibson
American blues singer
30
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
31
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
32
Alfred Aloysous Bernard
American singer
33
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
34
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
35
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
36
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
37
Lil Hardin Armstrong
American jazz musician
38
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
39
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
40
Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
41
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
42
James "Stump" Johnson
American blues pianist and singer
43
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
44
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
45
Coot Grant
American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter
46
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
47
Big Maybelle
American R&B singer and pianist
48
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
49
Buster Bailey
American musician
50
Clarence Garlow
American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter
51
Jett Williams
American singer
52
Edith North Johnson
American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
53
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
54
Merline Johnson
African American blues singer
55
Richard M. Jones
American musician