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Diunna Greenleaf
American soul blues singer and songwriter
1
Alexis P. Suter
musical artist
2
Annika Chambers
American blues singer and songwriter
3
Ruthie Foster
American singer
4
Koko Taylor
American Chicago blues musician
5
Barbara Lynn
American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer
6
Lavelle White
American Texas blues and soul blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
7
Teeny Tucker
American singer-songwriter
8
Maria Muldaur
American folk-blues singer
9
Shemekia Copeland
American electric blues singer
10
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
11
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
12
Janiva Magness
American blues singer
13
Texas Johnny Brown
American blues guitarist and songwriter
14
Vanessa Collier
American musician
15
Frankie Lee
American soul blues and electric blues singer and songwriter
16
Shaun Murphy
American R&B singer songwriter
17
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
18
Sista Monica Parker
musical artist
19
Sugaray Rayford
musical artist
20
Nora Jean Bruso
musical artist
21
Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
22
Vasti Jackson
American singer-songwriter and record producer
23
Erykah Badu
American neo-soul singer
24
E.G. Kight
American Chicago blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
25
Precious Bryant
American musician
26
Carol Fran
African American soul blues singer, pianist and songwriter
27
Matthew Skoller
American musician
28
Ellis Hooks
American blues singer
29
Whitney Shay
musical artist
30
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
31
Doris Troy
American actress and singer (1937-2004)
32
Carl Weathersby
American electric blues musician
33
Trudy Pitts
African-American jazz musician
34
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
35
E.C. Scott
musical artist
36
Bernice Edwards
American musician and singer
37
Jolie Holland
American singer
38
John Németh
American blues and soul harmonicist, singer, and songwriter
39
Carl Carlton
Popular American Singer-Songwriter
40
Reneé Austin
American rhythm and blues and soul blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
41
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
42
Dorothy Moore
American singer
43
Johnny Rawls
American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer
44
Ana Popović
Serbian blues guitarist and singer
45
Bob Kirkpatrick
American Texas blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
46
Buster Pickens
American blues pianist
47
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
48
Carolyn Wonderland
American musician
49
Johnny Copeland
American blues musician
50
Anson Funderburgh
American blues guitarist and bandleader
51
Meshell Ndegeocello
American recording artist; musician
52
Rory Block
American blues guitarist and singer
53
Kacey Musgraves
American country music singer-songwriter
54
Zora Young
American blues singer
55
Tracy Nelson
American singer
56
Shirley Brown
American musician
57
Candye Kane
American pornographic film actress and singer (1961-2016)
58
Sue Foley
Canadian blues singer, guitarist
59
Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
60
Holle Thee Maxwell
American singer
61
Cedric Burnside
American electric blues drummer, singer and songwriter
62
Ken Saydak
American Chicago blues pianist and singer-songwriter
63
Laura Chavez
American blues, soul, and rhythm and blues guitarist, songwriter and record producer
64
Blues Boy Willie
African American electric blues singer and harmonica player
65
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
66
Grady Champion
musical artist
67
Yolanda Adams
American gospel singer and actress
68
Loretta Lynn
American singer-songwriter
69
Thornetta Davis
American Detroit blues singer
70
Eden Brent
American musician
71
Kelly Price
American songwriter, singer
72
Valerie June
American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee, United States
73
Lynn White
musical artist
74
Sean Chambers
American musician
75
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
76
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
77
Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones
Guitarist and singer
78
Suzanna Choffel
Song Writer
79
Marcia Ball
American blues singer and pianist
80
Willie Clayton
American Chicago blues and soul singer and songwriter
81
Lurrie Bell
American blues guitarist and singer
