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Noble Sissle

African-American jazz musician

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Marie Bryant

American singer

2

Duke Ellington

American jazz musician, composer and band leader

3

Cab Calloway

American jazz singer and bandleader (1907-1994)

4

Ted Koehler

American lyricist

5

Eubie Blake

Composer, lyricist, and pianist (1887-1983)

6

Ethel Waters

American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress

7

Juanita Hall

American musical theatre and film actress; singer, recording artist (1901-1968)

8

Lena Horne

American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer (1917-2010)

9

Sonny Greer

American jazz drummer

10

Sid Kuller

American composer, writer and producer

11

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer, and actress (1906-1975)

12

Thelma Carpenter

American actress and musician (1922-1997)

13

Cleo Laine

English jazz singer and actress

14

Spike Hughes

Composer, Author, Music Critic

15

Evelyn Dove

British singer and actress (1902-1987)

16

James P. Johnson

American pianist and composer

17

Fats Waller

American jazz pianist and composer

18

Ivie Anderson

American jazz singer

19

Harold Arlen

American composer of popular music (1905-1986)

20

Jimmie Lunceford

American musician

21

Trixie Smith

African American blues singer, recording artist, vaudeville entertainer, and actress (1895-1943)

22

Maceo Pinkard

American composer, lyricist, and music publisher

23

Lucille Hegamin

American singer and entertainer

24

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

25

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer

26

Louis Armstrong

American jazz trumpeter, composer and singer

27

Mary Lou Williams

American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer

28

Luther Henderson

American composer and pianist

29

Cootie Williams

American trumpeter

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Lea DeLaria

American actress and singer