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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
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Johnny "Man" Young
American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
3
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
4
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
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Little Johnny Jones
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Bob Bushnell
musician
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James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Eddie Boyd
American blues pianist
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Johnny Shines
American blues singer and guitarist
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Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon
musical artist
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Willie Cobbs
American blues singer and harmonica player
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Fred Below
American musician
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Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
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Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
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Abu Talib
musician
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Steve Miller Band
American rock band
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Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
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Billy "The Kid" Emerson
American musician
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John Jackson
American blues musician, born 1924
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Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
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Carey Bell
American blues musician
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Lee Jackson
American musician
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Johnny Temple
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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John Brim
American Chicago blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Gary Wiggins
American jazz saxophonist
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Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
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Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
American electric blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Howard Johnson
American musician
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Andrew Odom
American blues singer (1936–1991)
46
Lafayette Leake
American musician
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Eddie C. Campbell
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
49
Mike Vernon
English music executive studio owner and record producer
50
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Leroy Foster
American blues singer, drummer and guitarist
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Chris Farlowe
English singer
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Johnny Pate
American record producer
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Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
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Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
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Jody Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Aron Burton
American electric Chicago blues bass guitarist and singer
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Big Jack Johnson
American electric blues musician
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Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
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George "Mojo" Buford
American blues harmonica player
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Ralph Bass
R&B record producer
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Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
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Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
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Christian Dozzler
Austrian singer
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R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Big Maceo Merriweather
American Chicago blues pianist and singer
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Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
