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Otis Clay
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
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Blues Boy Willie
Blues Boy Willie
African American electric blues singer and harmonica player
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Oliver Sain
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
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Fontella Bass
Fontella Bass
American singer
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Lynn White
Lynn White
musical artist
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Bobby Bland
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
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Bobby Rush
Bobby Rush
American musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Cash McCall
Cash McCall
American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Freddie King
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
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Otis Rush
Otis Rush
American musician
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Denise LaSalle
Denise LaSalle
American R&B, soul and blues singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Leon Russell
Leon Russell
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
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Barry Goldberg
Barry Goldberg
American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer
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General Crook
General Crook
musician
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Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis
American musician
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Andre Williams
Andre Williams
American R&B and punk blues musician
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Mighty Mo Rodgers
Mighty Mo Rodgers
American blues musician and songwriter
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Earl Gaines
Earl Gaines
American soul blues and electric blues singer
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Little Milton
Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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The Famous Flames
The Famous Flames
American R&B band
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The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers
American musical trio
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Sandra Hall
Sandra Hall
American soul blues singer and songwriter
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The Impressions
The Impressions
American soul vocal group
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The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites
band
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The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
American singing duo
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Lucky Peterson
Lucky Peterson
American musician
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Gene Chandler
Gene Chandler
American musician
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The Soulful Strings
The Soulful Strings
American soul-jazz instrumental group formed in Chicago in 1966
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The Gap Band
The Gap Band
American R&B and funk band
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Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas
American singer (1917-2001)
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Bobby Whitlock
Bobby Whitlock
American musician
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Swamp Dogg
Swamp Dogg
musician
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Kym Mazelle
Kym Mazelle
American singer
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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Bobby Caldwell
Bobby Caldwell
singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Musiq Soulchild
Musiq Soulchild
American singer
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Irma Thomas
Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
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Willie Dixon
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Al Green
Al Green
American singer
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Joanie Sommers
Joanie Sommers
American singer
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Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack
American singer-songwriter and musician
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Z. Z. Hill
Z. Z. Hill
American blues singer
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Ronnie Baker Brooks
Ronnie Baker Brooks
American Chicago blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Cross Canadian Ragweed
Cross Canadian Ragweed
red dirt Country music band
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The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers
American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group
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Wet Willie
Wet Willie
American rock band
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Leela James
Leela James
American musician
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Bobby V
Bobby V
American singer and songwriter from Georgia and Mississippi
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Rosco Gordon
Rosco Gordon
American Blues singer and songwriter
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Rotary Connection
Rotary Connection
American psychedelic soul band
Willie Clayton
American Chicago blues and soul singer and songwriter

Willie Clayton

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American Chicago blues and soul singer and songwriter
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Willie Clayton (born March 29, 1955) is an American Chicago blues and soul-blues singer and songwriter. He has recorded over 25 albums since the 1980s. He has been performing since the late 1960s. His chart successes span the decades from the 1980s onward.

Allmusic noted that Clayton is "one of those vocalists who could sing the phone book and the result would sound perfectly phrased and memorable." Along with Buddy Guy, Koko Taylor, and Little Milton, Clayton was one of the most important figures in Chicago blues in the 1970s and 1980s.