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Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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Booker T. Laury
Booker T. Laury
American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Mose Vinson
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Dan Sane
Dan Sane
American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Preston Shannon
Preston Shannon
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Carla Thomas
Carla Thomas
American singer
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Victor Wainwright
Victor Wainwright
American blues pianist, singer and songwriter
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Johnny Lee Schell
Johnny Lee Schell
American musician
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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James Cotton
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Sean Costello
Sean Costello
American blues musician
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Jim Dickinson
Jim Dickinson
American musician
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Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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B. B. King
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
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Michael Lington
Michael Lington
Danish musician
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Luther Tucker
Luther Tucker
American musician
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Grady Champion
Grady Champion
musical artist
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Arthur Migliazza
Arthur Migliazza
American blues and boogie woogie pianist and author born 1980
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
American musician
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Soulmate
Soulmate
Indian blues rock band
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Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
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Little Jimmy King
Little Jimmy King
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Joyce Cobb
Joyce Cobb
American jazz and R&B singer
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Kool & The Gang
Kool & The Gang
Musical Band
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Will Shade
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Samuel David Moore
Samuel David Moore
American musician
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James Harman
James Harman
American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter
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Junior Parker
Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
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Canned Heat
Canned Heat
American rock band
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Tracy Nelson
Tracy Nelson
American singer
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Calvin Leavy
Calvin Leavy
African American soul blues singer and guitarist
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana
Mexican and American rock musician
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Johnny Rawls
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
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Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
American musician
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Robert Belfour
Robert Belfour
American blues musician
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Tommy Brown
Tommy Brown
American musician
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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Jimmie Lunceford
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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King Curtis
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Del Rey
Del Rey
American blues, jazz and ragtime singer, guitarist and ukulele player
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd
American singer
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Dale Hawkins
Dale Hawkins
American musician
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Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart
British musician and tour manager
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Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy
American blues guitarist
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James Govan (September 2, 1949 – July 18, 2014) was an American blues soul singer. His most recent album, I'm in Need, was released in 1996. He had also performed alongside such artists as The Boogie Blues Band and Charlie Wood. Govan had become one of the favorite musicians on Beale Street, known for his cavernous baritone voice. He routinely performed for over two decades at the Rum Boogie Café.