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Shemekia Copeland

American electric blues singer

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Albert Collins

American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter

2

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

American blues musician

3

James Cotton

American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter

4

T-Bone Walker

American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

5

Little Brother Montgomery

American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer

6

Hop Wilson

American Texas blues steel guitar player (1927-1975)

7

Robert Cray

American blues guitarist and singer

8

Johnnie Johnson

American musician

9

Big Maceo Merriweather

American Chicago blues pianist and singer

10

Double Trouble

American blues rock band from Austin, Texas

11

John Lee Hooker

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

12

Lightnin' Hopkins

American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist

13

Big Maybelle

American R&B singer and pianist

14

Elmore James

American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader

15

Billy Eckstine

American musician

16

Jimmie Vaughan

American blues rock guitarist and singer

17

Stevie Ray Vaughan

American guitarist, songwriter and recording artist

18

Memphis Slim

American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer

19

Charles Brown

American recording artist; songwriter, blues singer and pianist

20

Lowell Fulson

American musician

21

Johnny Shines

American blues singer and guitarist

22

Lucky Peterson

American musician

23

Bobby Bland

American soul & blues musician

24

Jimmy Reed

American blues musician and songwriter

25

Doyle Bramhall

American singer-songwriter and drummer

26

Magic Slim

American blues musician

27

Fred McDowell

American Hill country blues singer and guitar player.

28

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

29

Joe "Guitar" Hughes

American blues musician

30

Big Joe Turner

American blues shouter

31

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

32

Guy Forsyth

American Texas blues and blues rock singer, harmonicist, guitarist and songwriter

33

Sleepy LaBeef

American musician

34

Etta James

American recording artist; singer

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Joe Williams

American jazz singer

36

Magic Sam

American Chicago blues musician

37

Roy Milton

American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader

38

Byard Lancaster

American saxophonist

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Big Mama Thornton

American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter

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Johnny Hodges

American alto saxophonist

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Albert King

American blues guitarist and singer

42

Eli Cook

American singer, songwriter

43

Amos Milburn

American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist

44

Sippie Wallace

American blues and jazz singer

45

Lazy Lester

American blues harmonica player

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Lonnie Brooks

American blues singer and guitarist

47

Tommy Shannon

American bass guitarist

48

Billy Branch

American Grammy nominated Chicago Blues harmonica player, singer, primary Blues in Schools originator

49

Professor Longhair

African-American blues musician

50

Woody Guthrie

American singer-songwriter and folk musician

51

Sarah Vaughan

American jazz singer

52

Doyle Bramhall II

American rock guitarist, songwriter and producer

53

Lonesome Sundown

American blues musician

54

Blind Lemon Jefferson

American blues singer and guitarist

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Pinetop Perkins

American blues pianist

56

Big Walter Horton

American blues harmonica player

57

Plas Johnson

American musician

58

L. C. Robinson

American musician

59

Bobby Byrd

American R&B/soul singer, songwriter, bandleader, talent scout, record producer, and musician

60

Otis Spann

American Chicago blues pianist

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Clyde McPhatter

American singer

62

Marcia Ball

American blues singer and pianist

63

Jim Jackson

African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist

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Andy Summers

British guitarist

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Pee Wee Crayton

American R&B and blues guitarist and singer

66

Jimmie Rodgers

American country singer, songwriter

67

The Chessmen

American musical group

68

Mance Lipscomb

American blues singer, guitarist and songster

69

Lonnie Johnson

musician from the USA

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Kim Wilson

American blues singer and harmonica player

71

Washboard Sam

American blues singer and musician

72

Roy Hargrove

American jazz trumpeter

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Roy Brown

American R&B singer, songwriter and musician

74

Johnny Otis

American singer, musician, composer, and record producer

75

Harry Edison

American trumpeter

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Little Walter

American blues harmonica player

77

U.P. Wilson

African American electric blues guitarist and singer (1934-2004)

78

Kansas Joe McCoy

American Delta blues musician and songwriter