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John McCormack

Irish tenor

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Morton Feldman

American avant-garde composer

2

Nathaniel Shilkret

American composer, conductor, clarinetist, pianist, business executive, and music director

3

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and radio personality

4

Skeeter Davis

American singer-songwriter

5

Lefty Frizzell

Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee

6

John Mellencamp

American rock singer-songwriter, musician and painter

7

Jim Lauderdale

American musician

8

Richard Palmer-James

British musician and lyricist

9

Bobby Bare

American singer-songwriter

10

Alan Menken

American composer

11

Paul Anka

Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actor

12

Black Francis

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

13

Lead Belly

American folk and blues musician

14

Tom Kelly

American musician, songwriter

15

Ferde Grofé

American composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist

16

Lionel Richie

American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actor

17

The Strangeloves

US band pretending to be Australian

18

Woody Guthrie

American singer-songwriter and folk musician

19

Will Jennings

American songwriter

20

John Prine

American country singer/songwriter

21

Jack Lawrence

American songwriter

22

Jimmy Kennedy

Northern Irish songwriter, lyricist

23

Tony Hatch

English composer for musical theatre and television; noted songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer

24

Keith Urban

New Zealand-born Australian country music singer

25

Ralph Vaughan Williams

English composer

26

Wang Chung

British band

27

John Abercrombie

American jazz guitarist

28

Johnny Mercer

American lyricist, songwriter, singer and music professional