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Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
1
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
2
Viola McCoy
American blues singer
3
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
4
Buddy Moss
American East Coast blues guitarist
5
Katherine Henderson
American classic female blues singer
6
William Harris
American bluesman
7
Fannie May Goosby
American singer
8
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
9
Gid Tanner
American musician
10
Ed Bell
American musician
11
Jaybird Coleman
American country blues musician
12
Porter Grainger
American musician
13
Allen Lowe
American jazz musician
14
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
15
Frank Stokes
American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel
16
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
17
Henry Thomas
American recording artist; country blues singer, songster and musician.
18
Lil Johnson
African American blues singer
19
Jimmie Lunceford
American musician
20
Willie Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist singer and songwriter
21
Trixie Smith
African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)
22
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
23
Dick Burnett
American musician
24
Papa Charlie Jackson
American bluesman and songster
25
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
26
Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
27
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
28
Jim Jackson
African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist
29
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
30
Lil Jon
American rapper
31
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
32
J. Mayo Williams
American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)
33
Ida Cox
African American singer and vaudeville performer
34
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
35
Don Redman
American musician
36
Ralph Peer
Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
37
Sandra Hall
American soul blues singer and songwriter
38
Peg Leg Howell
African American blues singer and guitarist
39
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
40
Marty Stuart
American musician
41
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
42
Rob Cooper
musical artist
43
Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
44
Julius Hemphill
American saxophonist
45
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
46
Fletcher Henderson
American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer
47
Harry McClintock
American musician
48
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
