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Champion Jack Dupree
American blues pianist
1
Fats Domino
American R&B musician
2
Dave Bartholomew
American musician, bandleader, composer, arranger, and record producer
3
Guitar Slim
American blues musician
4
Chris Kenner
American musician
5
Lee Dorsey
American pop/R&B singer
6
Huey "Piano" Smith
American musician
7
Lee Allen
American saxophonist
8
Dr. John
American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
9
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
10
Little Sonny Jones
American New Orleans blues singer and songwriter
11
Earl Palmer
American drummer
12
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934-1971)
13
Lloyd Price
American singer, songwriter
14
Professor Longhair
African-American blues musician
15
Little Richard
American pianist, singer and songwriter
16
Shirley & Lee
17
Allen Toussaint
American musician
18
Johnny Vincent
American record producer
19
Big Joe Turner
American blues shouter
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Art Rupe
American music industry executive
21
Rod Bernard
American singer
22
Doug Sahm
American country music and blues rock musician
23
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)
24
Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
25
Cosimo Matassa
American recording engineer and studio owner
26
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist
27
Boogie Bill Webb
American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter
28
Jelly Roll Morton
American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer
29
Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
30
Frank Fields
American musician
31
Elmore James
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader
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Polka Dot Slim
American musician
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Irma Thomas
American soul and rhythm and blues singer
34
Derek and the Dominos
band
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Bukka White
American Delta blues guitarist and singer
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Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist
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Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer
38
Larry Williams
American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, songwriter, producer, and pianist
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Don Robey
American record producer and songwriter
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The Folk Implosion
American band
