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Alan Lomax
Alan Lomax
American music historian, field collector, producer and filmmaker
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Lead Belly
Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
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Hobart Smith
Hobart Smith
American musician
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Big Mama Thornton
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie
American folk singer
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Texas Gladden
Texas Gladden
American musician
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Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
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Bukka White
Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Bessie Jones
Bessie Jones
American folk musician and gospel singer
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Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith
American blues singer
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Shirley Collins
Shirley Collins
British folk singer
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Son House
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
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Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
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W. C. Handy
W. C. Handy
American blues composer and musician
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Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American folk singer
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Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
African-American blues singer
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Robert Johnson
Robert Johnson
American blues singer and musician
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Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Bess Lomax Hawes
Bess Lomax Hawes
American folk musician and folklorist
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Thomas A. Dorsey
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Hank Williams
Hank Williams
American recording artist; songwriter, country music singer
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Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer
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Rosa Lee Hill
Rosa Lee Hill
American delta blues musician
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Elizabeth Cotten
Elizabeth Cotten
American blues and folk musician, singer and songwriter
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Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette
American soul singer-songwriter
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Carter Family
Carter Family
traditional American folk music group
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Etta James
Etta James
American recording artist; singer
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist (1919-1965)
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Almanac Singers
Almanac Singers
band
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Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse
American popular music singer (1924-1999)
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Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
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Sam Phillips
Sam Phillips
American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ
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Kitty Wells
Kitty Wells
American country music singer
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Sue Raney
Sue Raney
American singer
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Bertha "Chippie" Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill
American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer
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American folk singer
Awards Received
Alabama Women's Hall of Fame

Adell Hall Ward, better known as Vera Hall (April 6, 1902 – January 29, 1964) was an American folk singer, born in Livingston, Alabama. Best known for her 1937 song "Trouble So Hard", she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 2005.