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Bertha Idaho
Bertha Idaho
American classic female blues singer
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Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola
guitarist (1918-2004)
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Lucille Hegamin
Lucille Hegamin
American singer and entertainer
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Joe Davis
Joe Davis
American music publisher
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Victoria Spivey
Victoria Spivey
American blues singer and songwriter
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Katherine Henderson
Katherine Henderson
American classic female blues singer
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Clarence Williams
Clarence Williams
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher
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Charlie Irvis
Charlie Irvis
American musician
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Maggie Jones
Maggie Jones
American blues singer and pianist
9
Helen Gross
Helen Gross
American classic female blues singer
10
Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins
American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
11
Big Miller
Big Miller
American blues singer (1922-1992)
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Clara Smith
Clara Smith
American classic female blues singer
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Buster Bailey
Buster Bailey
American musician
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Kitty Brown
Kitty Brown
American classic female blues singer
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Lavinia Turner
Lavinia Turner
musical artist
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Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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Frank Lowe
Frank Lowe
American jazz saxophonist
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Paul Williams
Paul Williams
US blues and R&B saxophone player and composer
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Alice Leslie Carter
Alice Leslie Carter
United States American classic female blues singer
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Bob Fuller
Bob Fuller
American blues and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and music arranger
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Cootie Williams
Cootie Williams
American trumpeter
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Blind Joe Taggart
Blind Joe Taggart
American blind country blues musician
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Floyd Smith
Floyd Smith
American jazz guitarist
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Howard Biggs
Howard Biggs
American pianist, songwriter and arranger
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Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
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Buddy Christian
Buddy Christian
American musician
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Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
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Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa
American musician
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Texas Johnny Brown
Texas Johnny Brown
American blues guitarist and songwriter
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Kelly Joe Phelps
Kelly Joe Phelps
American blues musician and songwriter
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Bea Booze
Bea Booze
American musician
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Ramblin' Thomas
Ramblin' Thomas
American country blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Jimmy Bond
Jimmy Bond
American jazz bassist
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Doc Pomus
Doc Pomus
American recording artist; blues singer, lyricist, songwriter
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Johnny Sansone
Johnny Sansone
musical artist
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Virginia Liston
Virginia Liston
American classic female blues and jazz singer
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Leon Russell
Leon Russell
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
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Big Joe Turner
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
American jazz singer
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Guitar Slim
Guitar Slim
American blues musician
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Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician
Tom Delaney
African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer

Tom Delaney

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African American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer
Genres
Music

Tom Delaney (September 14, 1889 – December 16, 1963) was an American blues and jazz songwriter, pianist and singer, who wrote a number of popular songs, mainly in the 1920s. His work was recorded by many of the more fashionable singers and musicians of the period and later times, including Lillyn Brown, Lucille Hegamin, ODJB, Ethel Waters, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Bix Beiderbecke, Big Joe Williams, Clara Smith, Alberta Hunter, Clarence Williams, James P. Johnson, Woody Herman, Bukka White, Toots Thielemans, and Dinah Washington.

Delaney was known primarily as a songwriter for other performers, but he also recorded a small number of his own songs.