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Willie Brown
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
1
Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
2
Charley Patton
Charley Patton
American Delta blues musician
3
Willie Love
Willie Love
American Delta blues pianist
4
Bertha Lee Pate
Bertha Lee Pate
American classic female blues singer
5
Ishman Bracey
Ishman Bracey
American singer-guitarist
6
Mose Vinson
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
7
Willie Lofton
Willie Lofton
blues musician
8
Charley Booker
Charley Booker
American musician
9
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
American blues musician
10
Robert Nighthawk
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
11
Mississippi Sheiks
Mississippi Sheiks
band
12
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
13
Mississippi Matilda
Mississippi Matilda
musical artist
14
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
Richard "Hacksaw" Harney
American musician
15
Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
16
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
17
Edith North Johnson
Edith North Johnson
American classic female blues singer, pianist and songwriter
18
Henry "Son" Sims
Henry "Son" Sims
American Delta blues violinist and songwriter
19
Elmore James
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
20
Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
21
Willie Baker
Willie Baker
American Piedmont blues guitarist singer and songwriter
22
Skip James
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
23
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
24
Joshua Altheimer
Joshua Altheimer
pianist
25
Tommy Johnson
Tommy Johnson
American musician
26
Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
27
Lonnie Pitchford
Lonnie Pitchford
American musician
28
Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
29
John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker
American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
30
Tommy McClennan
Tommy McClennan
American Delta blues singer and guitarist
31
Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
32
Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
33
Peetie Wheatstraw
Peetie Wheatstraw
American country blues musician
34
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Jessie Mae Hemphill
American country blues guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist
35
Freddie Spruell
Freddie Spruell
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
36
Kid Bailey
Kid Bailey
American Delta blues musician
37
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
38
Barbecue Bob
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician
39
Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
40
Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
41
Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
42
David Edwards
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
43
Junior Kimbrough
Junior Kimbrough
american musician
44
Walter Davis
Walter Davis
African American blues singer and pianist
45
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
46
Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
47
Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
48
Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
Louise Johnson
Blues singer and pianist

Louise Johnson

Intro
Blues singer and pianist
Music

Louise Johnson was an American Delta blues singer and pianist, who was active in the 1920s and 1930s. From her brief recording career, Johnson completed four songs during a famed recording session in 1930 which included Charley Patton, Son House, and Willie Brown. Little else is known about her, although Johnson's self-accompaniment during the session is stylistically unique among female musicians of the era.