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Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
1
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
