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Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle.
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Sandy Denny
Sandy Denny
English singer and songwriter
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Beverley Martyn
Beverley Martyn
English singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3
band
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Allman Brothers Band
Allman Brothers Band
American rock/blues band
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The Smiths
The Smiths
English rock band
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Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly
American singer-songwriter
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Anne Briggs
Anne Briggs
British singer
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Davey Graham
Davey Graham
British guitarist
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Wanda Jackson
Wanda Jackson
American singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist
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The Pentangle
The Pentangle
British folk rock band
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Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
English recording artist; rock and blues singer (1944-2014)
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Billy Eckstine
Billy Eckstine
American musician
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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The Cure
The Cure
English rock band
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Tim Hardin
Tim Hardin
American recording artist; folk musician and composer
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Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
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Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
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Anthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips
British musician
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Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Mountain
Mountain
American rock band
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band
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John Renbourn
John Renbourn
English guitarist and songwriter
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Paul Butterfield
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Mike Pinder
Mike Pinder
British musician
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Team Sleep
Team Sleep
band
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Captain Beefheart
Captain Beefheart
American musician and painter (1941-2010)
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Iain Matthews
Iain Matthews
English musician and songwriter
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Wizz Jones
Wizz Jones
British musician
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Don Randi
Don Randi
American pianist
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Ervin Drake
Ervin Drake
American songwriter (1919-2015)
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Adolescents
Adolescents
American band
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Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Jamaican recording artist; singer, actress and model
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The Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band
British psychedelic folk band
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The Prodigy
The Prodigy
English electronic dance music group
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The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues
English band
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The Band
The Band
rock band from Toronto
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Bull Moose Jackson
Bull Moose Jackson
American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist
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Travis Tritt
Travis Tritt
American singer
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J.J. Cale
J.J. Cale
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Drake
Drake
Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor
Jackson C. Frank
American musician

Jackson C. Frank

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Jackson Carey Frank (March 2, 1943 – March 3, 1999) was an American folk musician. He released his first and only album in 1965, produced by Paul Simon. After the release of the record, Frank was plagued by a series of personal issues, and was diagnosed with schizophrenia and protracted depression that prevented him from maintaining his career.

Frank spent his later life homeless and destitute, and died in 1999 of pneumonia. Though he only released one record, he has been cited as an influence by many singer-songwriters, including Paul Simon, Sandy Denny, Bert Jansch and Nick Drake. Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke called Frank "one of the best forgotten songwriters of the 1960s."