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Fats Domino
American R&B musician
1
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
2
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
3
Allen Toussaint
American musician
4
Paul Gayten
American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive
5
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
6
Frank Fields
American musician
7
Ben Pollack
American musician
8
Art Rupe
American music industry executive
9
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
10
Jimmie Noone
American musician
11
Johnny Vincent
American record producer
12
Ivan Neville
musician
13
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
14
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
15
Bud Scott
American jazz guitarist, banjoist and singer
16
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
17
Jimmy Thomas
American soul singer-songwriter
18
Kid Ory
American jazz trombonist
19
Chris Kenner
American musician
20
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
21
Alvin Tyler
American R&B and neo-bop jazz saxophonist and arranger
22
Rockin' Sidney
musician
23
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
24
Christine Kittrell
Singer-songwriter, musician
25
Smiley Lewis
American musician
26
Andre Williams
American R&B and punk blues musician
27
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
28
Carey Bell
American blues musician
29
Roy Montrell
American musician
30
Ernie Freeman
American musician
31
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
32
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
33
Arthur Adams
American blues musician
34
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
35
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
36
Armand Jackson
American musician
37
Leon Haywood
American singer and songwriter
38
Ray Campi
American musician
39
Jimmy Smith
American jazz musician
40
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
41
L. C. Ulmer
American blues musician
42
John Mooney
American blues guitarist and singer
43
Galactic
band
44
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
45
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
46
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
47
Abram Wilson
American trumpeter (1973-2012)
48
Crown Prince Waterford
American jazz musician
49
Little Sammy Davis
American blues musician
50
Humphrey Lyttelton
English jazz trumpeter
51
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
American singer and guitarist
52
Theophilus Beckford
Jamaican pianist
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Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
54
Rockin' Dopsie
American musician
55
Billy Hancock
American musician
56
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
57
Red Allen
American jazz musician, band leader
58
Modern Jazz Quartet
American jazz ensemble
59
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
60
Earl King
American songwriter and guitarist
61
James Booker
American musician
62
Earl Palmer
American drummer
63
Rod Bernard
American singer
64
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordionist
65
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
