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Daisy Martin
African American actress and blues singer
1
Viola McCoy
American blues singer
2
Lottie Kimbrough
American country blues singer
3
Esther Bigeou
American vaudeville and blues singer
4
Katie Crippen
African American entertainer and singer
5
Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
6
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
7
Helen Gross
American classic female blues singer
8
Jaybird Coleman
American country blues musician
9
Vaughn De Leath
American female jazz singer
10
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
11
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
12
Lena Wilson
American blues singer (1898-1939)
13
Hociel Thomas
American vaudeville and blues singer
14
Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse
15
Hazel Meyers
American classic female blues and country blues singer
16
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
17
Edna Hicks
American blues singer and musician.
18
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
19
Mamie Smith
American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)
20
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
21
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
22
Memphis Jug Band
band
23
Tracy Nelson
American singer
24
Lavinia Turner
musical artist
25
The Wolverines
band
26
King Oliver
American jazz cornet player and bandleader
27
Sam Collins
American blues singer and guitarist
28
Wendell Hall
American musician
29
Mattie Hite
African-American blues singer
30
Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
31
Scrapper Blackwell
American blues guitarist and singer
32
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
33
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
34
J. M. Gates
American musician
35
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
36
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
37
Willie Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist singer and songwriter
38
William Harris
American bluesman
39
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
40
Bix Beiderbecke
American jazz musician
41
James "Stump" Johnson
American blues pianist and singer
42
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
43
Sara Martin
American blues singer
44
Lizzie Miles
African American blues singer
45
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
46
Bo Weavil Jackson
American singer-guitarist
47
Kokomo Arnold
American blues musician
48
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981)
49
Lucky Millinder
American rhythm and blues and swing bandleader
50
Blind Blake
American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist
51
Paul Whiteman
American jazz musician and radio personality
52
Hedy West
American folksinger and songwriter
53
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
