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Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
1
Allen Toussaint
American musician
2
C. J. Chenier
American musician
3
Bobby Charles
American singer-songwriter
4
Tracy Nelson
American singer
5
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
6
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
7
Reneé Austin
American rhythm and blues and soul blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
8
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
American blues musician
9
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
10
BeauSoleil
American Cajun band
11
Angela Strehli
American electric blues singer and songwriter
12
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
13
Diunna Greenleaf
American soul blues singer and songwriter
14
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
15
Kenny Neal
American blues guitarist and singer
16
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
17
Rod Bernard
American singer
18
James Booker
American musician
19
Shemekia Copeland
American electric blues singer
20
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
21
Lou Ann Barton
American blues singer
22
Albert Collins
American blues musician, recording artist, songwriter
23
Cyril Neville
American musician
24
Susan Tedeschi
American blues and soul musician
25
Lonnie Brooks
American blues singer and guitarist
26
Beau Jocque
American musician
27
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
28
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
29
Buckwheat Zydeco
American accordionist
30
Lonesome Sundown
American blues musician
31
C. C. Adcock
American electric blues and zydeco musician
32
Carol Fran
African American soul blues singer, pianist and songwriter
33
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
34
Delbert McClinton
American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist
35
Freddy Fender
American musician
36
Lucky Peterson
American musician
37
Larry Hamilton
American New Orleans blues and soul blues singer
38
Smiley Lewis
American musician
39
Nanci Griffith
American singer-songwriter
40
Scooter Lee
American singer
41
Ellis Marsalis Jr.
American pianist
42
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
43
Bnois King
U.S. Blues and Jazz musician
44
Trombone Shorty
American trombone player
45
Joe Louis Walker
Blues musician
46
Clarence Garlow
American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter
47
Rockin' Sidney
musician
48
Eddie Bo
New Orleans jazz musician
49
Annie Laurie
American jump blues and rhythm and blues singer
50
Irma Pany
Cameroonian singer-songwriter
51
Charlie Musselwhite
American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader
52
Lazy Lester
American blues harmonica player
53
Anders Osborne
American singer-songwriter
54
Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
