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Wes Montgomery

American jazz musician

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Nat King Cole

American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)

2

David Allan Coe

American country music singer

3

Slide Hampton

American trombonist

4

J. J. Johnson

American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger (1924-2001)

5

Lee Gillette

American A&R director, record producer and musician

6

Jimmy Somerville

Scottish pop singer and songwriter

7

Wynton Kelly

American jazz pianist

8

Cole Porter

American composer and songwriter

9

Confederate Railroad

American country rock band

10

Claude Hopkins

American pianist

11

Paul Weeden

American musician

12

Son Seals

American electric blues guitarist and singer

13

Jimmy Cliff

Jamaican musician, singer and actor

14

Ray Brown

American jazz double bassist and cellist

15

Johnny Neel

American vocalist, songwriter, and musician

16

Phil Seamen

English jazz drummer

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Hoagy Carmichael

American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)

18

Gordon Jenkins

American arranger, composer, and pianist who was influential in popular music in the 1940s and 1950s

19

Jesse Stone

American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter

20

Natalie Cole

American singer and songwriter

21

Jimmy Cobb

American jazz drummer

22

Chris Botti

American trumpeter and composer

23

Jimmy Driftwood

singer

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Maynard Ferguson

Canadian jazz musician and bandleader

25

Elvin Jones

American jazz drummer

26

Jimmy McCracklin

American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter

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Jimmy Page

Guitarist for Led Zeppelin

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Jimmy Dorsey

American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey

29

B. J. Cole

British musician

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Oliver Nelson

American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader (1932-1975)

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Jimmy Webb

American songwriter, composer, and singer

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Jimmy Durante

American jazz singer, pianist, comedian and actor

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Freddie Hubbard

American musician

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The Romantics

American New Wave band

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Money Johnson

American musician

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Jimmy Buffett

American singer–songwriter and businessman

37

J Cole

American Song Writer, Rapper and former Pro Basketball Player, From Fayetteville, North Carolina

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The Grascals

American bluegrass music group

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Jimmy Smith

American jazz musician

40

Raphael Saadiq

American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer

41

Willie James Lyons

American musician

42

Jim & Jesse

American bluegrass duo

43

Blink-182

American pop punk band

44

Montgomery Gentry

American band

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Lester Young

American jazz tenor saxophonist and sometimes clarinetist

46

Lionel Hampton

American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908-2002)

47

Bob Flanigan

American jazz vocalist and musician

48

Arnett Cobb

American jazz tenor saxophonist

49

Bob Hammer

American pianist

50

Monk Montgomery

American jazz bassist

51

Questlove

American rapper, multi-instrumentalist and journalist from Pennsylvania

52

Jimmy Barnes

Scottish-Australian songwriter, rock singer

53

Martha Carson

American musician

54

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

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Tommy Dorsey

American big band leader and musician

56

Count Basie

American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)

57

Billy Porter

American actor and singer

58

Molly Hatchet

American southern rock/hard rock band

59

Jimmy Dean

American singer (1928-2010)

60

Alexander O'Neal

American musical artist

61

Cab Calloway

American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)

62

Nazareth

Scottish hard rock band

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Monty Alexander

Jamaican pianist

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Colin Bailey

British musician

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Mel Tormé

American recording artist, singer, songwriter, actor, writer, music arranger (1925-1999)

66

Ralph Carmichael

jazz composer

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Jimmy C. Newman

American singer

68

Haste the Day

American Christian metalcore band

69

George Shearing

British-American jazz pianist