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Charles Stepney
American record producer
1
Morris Jennings
American musician
2
Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
3
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
4
Pete Cosey
American guitarist
5
Phil Upchurch
American jazz and R&B guitarist and bassist
6
Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
7
Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
8
Minnie Riperton
American singer-songwriter
9
Leonard Chess
Polish-American record company executive
10
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
11
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
12
The Soulful Strings
American soul-jazz instrumental group formed in Chicago in 1966
13
Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
14
Pat Hare
American Memphis blues guitarist and singer
15
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
16
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
17
Paul Butterfield
American blues singer and harmonica player
18
Sunnyland Slim
American blues pianist
19
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
20
Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
21
Nick Gravenites
American musician
22
Fred Below
American musician
23
Bob Margolin
American electric blues guitarist
24
Eddie Shaw
African American, Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
25
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
26
Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
27
Richard Rudolph
Composer, guitarist, musician, songwriter, producer
28
John Littlejohn
American electric blues slide guitarist
29
Reese Wynans
American musician
30
Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
31
Floyd Jones
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
32
Willie Johnson
American musician
33
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
34
Luther Tucker
American musician
35
Hubert Sumlin
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
36
Peter Wolf
American rock singer
37
Mike Bloomfield
American guitarist and composer
38
J. T. Brown
American Chicago blues tenor saxophonist
39
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
American musician
40
Barry Goldberg
American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
41
Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
42
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
