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Mark Hummel
American musician
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Mel Brown
American jazz guitarist
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Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
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Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Marlena Shaw
American singer
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Vance Kelly
American soul blues singer and guitarist
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Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
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Jimmy Norman
American songwriter
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Son Seals
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Lee Jackson
American musician
12
Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
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Tinsley Ellis
American blues and rock musician
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James Harman
American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter
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Doc Pomus
American recording artist; blues singer, lyricist, songwriter
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Johnny B. Moore
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Johnny Sansone
musical artist
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Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Anson Funderburgh
American blues guitarist and bandleader
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Little Johnny Taylor
American blues and soul singer
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James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Bobby Rush
American musician
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Syl Johnson
American blues and soul singer and record producer
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Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Eddie C. Campbell
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
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Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
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Johnny Dyer
American electric blues harmonicist and singer
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Eddie Taylor Jr.
American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Ken Saydak
American Chicago blues pianist and singer-songwriter
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Steven Van Zandt
American musician
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Eric Gales
American musician
33
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Johnnie Johnson
American musician
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Eli "Paperboy" Reed
Soul/Pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
37
Kenny Washington
American musician
38
Samuel David Moore
American musician
39
Latimore
American singer
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The Blues Brothers
American blues and soul band
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Willie James Lyons
American musician
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R. L. Burnside
American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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George Coleman
American musician
45
Matthew Skoller
American musician
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Eddie Taylor
American electric blues guitarist and singer
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Fruteland Jackson
American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Bill Henderson
jazz vocalist and actor (1926-2016)
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Little Anthony and the Imperials
rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group from New York
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Michael Coleman
American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
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Steve Marriner
Canadian musician
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Mighty Joe Young
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Johnny A.
American guitarist and songwriter
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Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
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Mavis Staples
American singer
58
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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Holle Thee Maxwell
American singer
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Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
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Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Jimmy Wakely
American actor, songwriter, country Western music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys (1914-1982)
