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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Leonard Chess
Polish-American record company executive
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Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers
African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer
4
Bo Diddley
American R&B musician
5
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Otis Spann
American Chicago blues pianist
7
Lafayette Leake
American musician
8
Fred Below
American musician
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Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Sam Lay
American drummer and vocalist
11
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
12
Jody Williams
American blues guitarist and singer
13
Geoff Bradford
English guitarist
14
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
15
Buddy Guy
American blues guitarist and singer
16
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Bobby Rush
American musician
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Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Leonard Caston
American blues pianist and guitarist
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John Primer
American Chicago blues singer and guitarist
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
American blues bassist and singer
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Robert Nighthawk
American blues musician
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Otis Rush
American musician
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Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
