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Ultramagnetic MCs
band that plays hip hop
1
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
band
2
Teddy Pendergrass
American singer, songwriter, composer
3
Billy Eckstine
American musician
4
Abu Talib
musician
5
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
6
Gene Chandler
American musician
7
Mississippi John Hurt
American country blues singer and guitarist
8
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
9
P.M. Dawn
hip-hop act
10
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
11
Townes Van Zandt
singer-songwriter
12
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
13
Nina Simone
American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist
14
Dave Van Ronk
American musician
15
Robert Coppola Schwartzman
musician and actor from the United States
16
The Delfonics
American R&B/soul vocal group
17
Mavis Staples
American singer
18
Lightnin' Hopkins
American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
19
Melissa McClelland
Canadian singer-songwriter
20
Lula Reed
American singer (1926-2008)
21
Kim Wilson
American blues singer and harmonica player
22
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Jamaican reggae band
23
Kurt Cobain
American singer, musician, and songwriter
24
Leonard Cohen
Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
25
Joe Sample
American pianist
26
John Martyn
British singer-songwriter and guitarist
27
Walter Norris
American pianist
28
Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
29
Freddy Cole
American jazz singer and pianist
30
Ali Farka Touré
Malian musician
31
Foghat
British band
32
David A. Stewart
English musician, songwriter and record producer
33
Melvin Van Peebles
American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer
34
Sixto Rodriguez
American folk musician
35
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
36
Bill Withers
American singer-songwriter and musician
37
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
38
Arnold Moore
American singer
39
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
40
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
41
Hal Singer
American musician
42
Sam Taylor
American jump blues musician and songwriter
43
Lil' Son Jackson
American blues guitarist
44
Dave Lee
British DJ and house music producer
45
Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
46
Fran Healy
British singer and songwriter
47
B. B. King
American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1925-2015)
48
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
49
Noddy Holder
English musician and actor, songwriter
50
Long John Baldry
English-Canadian singer and voice actor (1941-2005)
51
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
52
Judith Hill
American singer
53
Simon Neil
Scottish singer, guitarist and songwriter
