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Willie Mae Ford Smith

American singer

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Mahalia Jackson

American gospel singer

2

Roberta Martin

American musician

3

Brother Joe May

singer

4

James Cleveland

American musician

5

The Roberta Martin Singers

6

J. Mayo Williams

American football player and coach, music producer (1894-1980)

7

Bessie Griffin

American singer (1922–1989)

8

Albertina Walker

American singer (1929-2010)

9

Eugene Smith

American gospel singer and composer

10

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

American gospel musician

11

The Barrett Sisters

12

Elder Charles D. Beck

13

Ma Rainey

African-American blues singer

14

J. M. Gates

American musician

15

Lucille Hegamin

American singer and entertainer

16

Tampa Red

American Chicago blues musician

17

The Soul Stirrers

band

18

Dinah Washington

American singer, songwriter, pianist

19

Arnold Moore

American singer

20

Blind Willie Johnson

American blues and gospel singer and guitarist

21

Bessie Smith

American blues singer

22

Doris Akers

Music composer, arranger and singer

23

Ida Cox

African American singer and vaudeville performer

24

Clara Ward

American gospel artist; singer, music arranger, songwriter

25

Cleophus Robinson

American gospel singer and preacher

26

Blind Willie McTell

Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist

27

Toshi Reagon

American singer

28

Lil Green

American blues singer and songwriter

29

Stefanie Minatee

American singer/songwriter, recording artist and minister

30

Madlyn Davis

American classic female blues singer

31

King Solomon Hill

Delta blues guitarist and singer (1897–1949)

32

The Blind Boys of Alabama

gospel group from Alabama, United States

33

Ira D. Sankey

American gospel singer and composer

34

Ramblin' Thomas

American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter

35

Little Richard

American pianist, singer and songwriter