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Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Jazz Gillum
Jazz Gillum
American blues harmonica player
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Jimmie Gordon
Jimmie Gordon
American musician
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Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry
American Piedmont blues musician
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Arbee Stidham
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
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Washboard Sam
Washboard Sam
American blues singer and musician
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes
American blues musician
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter
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J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers
American musician
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Memphis Jug Band
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Barbara Dane
Barbara Dane
American singer
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Armand Jackson
Armand Jackson
American musician
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Speckled Red
Speckled Red
American blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer
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James Bracken
James Bracken
American songwriter
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Magic Slim
Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Doctor Clayton
Doctor Clayton
American blues musician
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Samuel Charters
Samuel Charters
American music historian and musician
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Art Rupe
Art Rupe
American music industry executive
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Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson
American musician
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Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Booker T. & the M.G.'s
American musical group; R& B/funk band
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Jimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
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Sugar Blue
Sugar Blue
American blues musician and harmonica player
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Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Mose Vinson
Mose Vinson
American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
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Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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Albert King
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Lonnie Johnson
Lonnie Johnson
musician from the USA
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and pianist
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Big Walter Horton
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player
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Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Dale Hawkins
Dale Hawkins
American musician
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Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Robert Nighthawk
Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Lee Rocker
Lee Rocker
American musician
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer

Memphis Slim

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American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer

Memphis Slim (born John Len Chatman, September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988) was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. He made over 500 recordings.

He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1989.