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Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
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Richard Bell
Canadian musician
3
Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
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Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
5
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Dana Fuchs
singer
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Jerry Ragovoy
American songwriter and record producer
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Jim Morrison
American singer (1943-1971)
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Rosie Flores
American rockabilly and country music artist
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Cass Elliot
American recording artist; singer, record producer (1941-1974)
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Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
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The Manhattan Transfer
American vocal music group
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Janis Ian
American singer-songwriter and writer
14
Kathi McDonald
American singer
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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Stevie Nicks
American singer and songwriter, member of Fleetwood Mac
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Kris Kristofferson
American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
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Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
American musician
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Powell St. John
American singer-songwriter
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Courtney Love
American singer, songwriter and actress
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Scott Joplin
American composer, musician, and pianist
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Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
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Sass Jordan
Rock singer/songwriter
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Melissa Etheridge
American singer-songwriter
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Paul A. Rothchild
American music producer
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Stone the Crows
band
