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Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Preston Shannon
Preston Shannon
American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Jim Dickinson
Jim Dickinson
American musician
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Charlie Burse
Charlie Burse
American musician
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Carl Perkins
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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James Govan
James Govan
American musician
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey
Canadian musician
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Mose Vinson
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
10
Gus Cannon
Gus Cannon
American blues musician
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Willie Nix
Willie Nix
American Chicago blues singer and drummer
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Little Jimmy King
Little Jimmy King
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Booker T. Laury
Booker T. Laury
American boogie-woogie, blues, gospel and jazz pianist and singer
14
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
Gene "Bowlegs" Miller
American musician
15
Arnold Moore
Arnold Moore
American singer
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Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
17
Marshall Grant
Marshall Grant
American musician
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Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper
American guitarist, songwriter and record producer
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B. B. King
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
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Johnny Ace
Johnny Ace
American singer
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Jack Clement
Jack Clement
American musician
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Furry Lewis
Furry Lewis
blues guitarist and songwriter
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Bill Black
Bill Black
American bassist
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Paul Burlison
Paul Burlison
American rockabilly guitarist
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Joyce Cobb
Joyce Cobb
American jazz and R&B singer
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John Hiatt
John Hiatt
American rock guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter; born 1952
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Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon
American Blues singer and songwriter
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Will Shade
Will Shade
African American Memphis blues musician
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Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Keith Sykes
Keith Sykes
American musician
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Dan Sane
Dan Sane
American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter
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Richard Johnston
Richard Johnston
American musician
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Red Saunders
Red Saunders
American musician
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Johnny Lee Schell
Johnny Lee Schell
American musician
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Sean Chambers
Sean Chambers
American musician
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The Breakers
The Breakers
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Doyle Bramhall II
Doyle Bramhall II
American rock guitarist, songwriter and producer
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Earl Hooker
Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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W. S. Holland
W. S. Holland
American drummer
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Teenie Hodges
Teenie Hodges
American guitarist, songwriter
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Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
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Johnny Holiday (born 1971 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States), billed professionally as Kid Memphis is an American blues musician and actor who began his career at the age of 15. He played Carl Perkins in the Johnny Cash bio movie Walk the Line.