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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
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Jim Reeves
American country singer
2
Arthur Roberts
English comedian, music hall entertainer and actor
3
Bill Carlisle
American musician
4
PSY
South Korean singer
5
Ewan MacColl
English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (1915-1989)
6
Adelaide Hall
American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer
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Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
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Jimmie Rodgers
American country singer, songwriter
9
George H. Chirgwin
British music hall star
10
Charles Coborn
music hall singer & comedian
11
John Prine
American country singer/songwriter
12
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
13
Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter and actor
14
David Ruffin
American singer
15
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter, singer, and pianist
16
Tom Lehrer
American singer-songwriter and mathematician
17
Lonnie Donegan
Scottish-born skiffle musician
18
Joe Young
American lyricist
19
The Clancy Brothers
Irish folk band
20
Tom T. Hall
American musician
21
Sam Torr
British music hall comedian
22
Harry Champion
British musician and comedian
23
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
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Cab Calloway
American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)
25
Bill Haley
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925-1981)
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Burl Ives
American actor, writer and folk music singer (1905-1995)
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Bill Withers
American singer-songwriter and musician
28
Antônio Carlos Jobim
Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist
29
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
30
Mabel Mercer
British singer (1900-1984)
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Johnny Mercer
American lyricist, songwriter, singer and music professional
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Cliff Richard
British pop singer, musician, and actor
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The Jackson 5
American pop music family group
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Curtis Mayfield
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
35
Paul Simon
American musician, songwriter and producer
36
Johnny Rivers
American musician
37
Roy Orbison
American singer-songwriter
38
Billy Bennett
British comedian
39
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
40
Original Dixieland Jass Band
American jazz band
41
Lefty Frizzell
Popular country music singer-songwriter, Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee
42
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
43
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
44
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
