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Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
band
1
Sam Cooke
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and entrepreneur
2
The Dixie Hummingbirds
band
3
Jerry Butler
American soul singer and songwriter
4
Golden Gate Quartet
American gospel vocal group
5
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
6
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
7
The Blackwood Brothers
American southern gospel quartet
8
Jake Hess
American singer
9
The Blind Boys of Alabama
gospel group from Alabama, United States
10
Art Rupe
American music industry executive
11
The Oak Ridge Boys
American band that plays country music
12
Clara Ward
American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter
13
Guy Penrod
American singer
14
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
15
Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
16
The Valentinos
American musical group; family R&B group from Cleveland, Ohio
17
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
18
Bill Monroe
American bluegrass musician, songwriter
19
Charlie Louvin
American country music singer and songwriter
20
Theola Kilgore
American musician
21
Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
22
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
23
Billy Ward and His Dominoes
African American R&B group
24
Brother Joe May
singer
25
Dorothy Love Coates
American musician
26
The Imperials
American christian music group
27
The Orioles
American R&B group
28
Cathedral Quartet
Former Southern Gospel Quartet
29
George Adams
musician
30
Greater Vision
Southern Gospel Trio
31
The Fairfield Four
American gospel vocal group
32
The "5" Royales
R&B band from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
33
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
34
Jackie Wilson
American singer
35
James Cleveland
American musician
36
The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
37
Jimmy Hughes
American former rhythm and blues singer
38
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
39
Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
40
Lee Roy Abernathy
American gospel musician
41
Porter Wagoner
American recording artist; country singer, songwriter (1927-2007)
42
Lou Rawls
American record producer
43
Little Richard
American pianist, singer and songwriter
