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Fannie May Goosby

American singer

1

Kitty Brown

American classic female blues singer

2

Laura Smith

American classic female blues and country blues singer

3

Lillian Glinn

American classic female blues and country blues singer and songwriter

4

Bernice Edwards

American musician and singer

5

Elzadie Robinson

American blues singer

6

Maggie Jones

American blues singer and pianist

7

Mattie Delaney

American delta blues singer and guitarist

8

Rosa Henderson

American vaudeville, jazz and blues singer

9

Sippie Wallace

American blues and jazz singer

10

Edmonia Henderson

African American classic female blues singer

11

Bessie Tucker

American classic female blues singer and songwriter

12

Mary Johnson

American classic female blues singer, accordionist and songwriter

13

Bertha Idaho

American classic female blues singer

14

Katherine Henderson

American classic female blues singer

15

Lottie Kimbrough

American country blues singer

16

Lavinia Turner

musical artist

17

Ma Rainey

African-American blues singer

18

Coot Grant

American classic female blues and vaudeville singer and songwriter

19

Virginia Liston

American classic female blues and jazz singer

20

Shemekia Copeland

American electric blues singer

21

Helen Gross

American classic female blues singer

22

Johnny Copeland

American blues musician

23

Sandra Hall

American soul blues singer and songwriter

24

Lovie Austin

American pianist

25

Ishman Bracey

American singer-guitarist

26

Walter Roland

American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer

27

Ida Cox

African American singer and vaudeville performer

28

Charlie Spand

American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer

29

Porter Grainger

American musician

30

Esther Bigeou

American vaudeville and blues singer

31

Koko Taylor

American Chicago blues musician

32

Mississippi John Hurt

American country blues singer and guitarist

33

Lil Green

American blues singer and songwriter

34

Edna Hicks

American blues singer and musician.

35

E.C. Scott

musical artist

36

Trixie Smith

African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)

37

Ora Alexander

American classic female blues singer

38

Dan Sane

American Memphis and country blues guitarist and songwriter

39

Lucille Bogan

American blues singer

40

Mozelle Alderson

musical artist

41

Sista Monica Parker

musical artist

42

Mamie Smith

American vaudeville singer and actress (1883-1946)

43

Oliver Sain

American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer

44

Merline Johnson

African American blues singer

45

Ralph Willis

American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter

46

Fontella Bass

American singer

47

Smoky Babe

American acoustic blues guitarist and singer

48

Ozie Ware

A singer from the USA

49

Bessie Jones

American folk musician and gospel singer

50

Jazz Gillum

American blues harmonica player

51

Lizzie Miles

African American blues singer

52

Jimmy Yancey

African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer, and lyricist

53

Clara Smith

American classic female blues singer

54

Ramblin' Thomas

American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter

55

Donna Hightower

American soul singer (1926-2013)

56

Annie Laurie

American jump blues and rhythm and blues singer

57

Madlyn Davis

American classic female blues singer

58

Joe Willie Wilkins

American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

59

Lavelle White

American Texas blues and soul blues singer, guitarist and songwriter

60

Carolina Slim

American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer

61

Preston Shannon

American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

62

Henry Townsend

American musician

63

Washboard Sam

American blues singer and musician

64

Jabo Williams

American boogie-woogie style blues pianist

65

Kokomo Arnold

American blues musician

66

Denise LaSalle

American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer

67

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

68

Johnny Heartsman

American electric blues and soul blues musician

69

Roy Gaines

American Texas blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

70

Sidney Maiden

American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter

71

Son Bonds

American country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

72

Faye Adams

American singer

73

J.D. Short

American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist

74

Sugar Pie DeSanto

American singer

75

Little Buddy Doyle

American Memphis blues musician

76

Leon Thomas

American singer

77

Robert Petway

African-American blues singer and guitarist

78

Terry Evans

American blues and soul singer, guitarist and songwriter

79

Wesley Wilson

American blues, jazz, and vaudeville singer and songwriter (1893-1958)

80

Bettye LaVette

American soul singer-songwriter

81

Bessie Smith

American blues singer

82

Jimmy Wilson

American musician (1921-1965)

83

Harrison Kennedy

musical artist

84

Georgia White

African American blues singer

85

Christine Kittrell

Singer-songwriter, musician

86

Irene Scruggs

American Piedmont blues and country blues singer

87

Big Maceo Merriweather

American Chicago blues pianist and singer