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Merline Johnson
Merline Johnson
African American blues singer
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Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell
American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Leonard Feather
Leonard Feather
British musician
4
Homesick James
Homesick James
American blues musician
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Tampa Red
Tampa Red
American Chicago blues musician
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Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Boy Fuller
American blues guitarist and singer
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Speckled Red
Speckled Red
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor
American singer and actress (1895-1977)
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Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
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Eddie Taylor
Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
15
Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Johnny Dunn
Johnny Dunn
American traditional jazz trumpeter and vaudeville performer
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Big Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Walter Davis
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
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Madlyn Davis
Madlyn Davis
American classic female blues singer
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Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Henry Townsend
Henry Townsend
American musician
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
26
Butterbeans and Susie
Butterbeans and Susie
African American comedy duo in the early 20th century
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Mattie Hite
Mattie Hite
African-American blues singer
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Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
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Papa Charlie Jackson
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
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Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Snooky Pryor
Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Magic Sam
Magic Sam
American Chicago blues musician
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Bix Beiderbecke
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
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Bobo Jenkins
Bobo Jenkins
American Detroit blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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Curley Weaver
Curley Weaver
American blues musician
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Bo Carter
Bo Carter
American early blues musician
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J. B. Hutto
J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
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Little Brother Montgomery
Little Brother Montgomery
American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer
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Max Jones
Max Jones
British jazz author, radio host, and journalist
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Rubberlegs Williams
Rubberlegs Williams
American jazz musician
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Jazz Gillum
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Guitar Slim
Guitar Slim
American blues musician
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Mamie Smith
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
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June Clark
June Clark
Jazz trumpeter and cornetist
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Sam Chatmon
Sam Chatmon
American blues musician
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Peg Leg Howell
Peg Leg Howell
African American blues singer and guitarist
James "Stump" Johnson
American blues pianist and singer

James "Stump" Johnson

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American blues pianist and singer
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James "Stump" Johnson (January 17, 1902 – December 5, 1969) was an American blues pianist and singer from St. Louis.