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Kansas Joe McCoy

American Delta blues musician and songwriter

1

Robert Nighthawk

American blues musician

2

Ishman Bracey

American singer-guitarist

3

Memphis Minnie

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter

4

Willie Lofton

blues musician

5

Mississippi Sheiks

band

6

Kokomo Arnold

American blues musician

7

Johnny Temple

American Chicago blues guitarist and singer

8

Tommy Johnson

American musician

9

Son House

American blues singer and guitarist

10

John Lee Hooker

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

11

Otis Spann

American Chicago blues pianist

12

Richard "Hacksaw" Harney

American musician

13

Jim Jackson

African American blues and hokum singer, songster and guitarist

14

Howlin' Wolf

American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player

15

David Edwards

American blues guitarist and singer

16

Pinetop Perkins

American blues pianist

17

Freddie Spruell

American Delta blues guitarist and singer

18

Muddy Waters

American blues singer and guitarist

19

Walter Vinson

American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

20

William Harris

American bluesman

21

Gus Cannon

American blues musician

22

Big Bill Broonzy

American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist

23

Houston Stackhouse

American Delta blues guitarist and singer

24

Texas Johnny Brown

American blues guitarist and songwriter

25

Jimmie Gordon

American musician

26

Papa Charlie Jackson

American bluesman and songster

27

Joe Hill Louis

American singer, guitarist, harmonica player and one-man band

28

Geeshie Wiley

African-American woman musician

29

Charley Patton

American Delta blues musician

30

Charlie Musselwhite

American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader

31

Frank Stokes

American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel

32

Skip James

American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter

33

Big Joe Williams

American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter

34

Tampa Red

American Chicago blues musician

35

Elmore James

American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader

36

Junior Kimbrough

american musician

37

Johnny Shines

American blues singer and guitarist

38

Big Walter Horton

American blues harmonica player

39

R. L. Burnside

American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist

40

Willie Brown

guitar player and vocalist

41

Charley Booker

American musician

42

Pops Staples

American musician

43

Robert Johnson

American blues singer and musician

44

Johnny Dodds

American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist

45

George Freeman

American musician

46

Joe Willie Wilkins

American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter

47

Barbecue Bob

American blues musician

48

King Solomon Hill

Delta blues guitarist and singer (1897–1949)

49

Roosevelt Sykes

American blues musician

50

Robert Lockwood Jr.

American Delta blues guitarist

51

Boogie Bill Webb

American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter

52

Delta Blind Billy

53

Bukka White

American Delta blues guitarist and singer

54

Blind Roosevelt Graves

American blues musician

55

Otis "Big Smokey" Smothers

African American Chicago blues guitarist and singer

56

Little Walter

American blues harmonica player

57

J.D. Short

American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist

58

Peetie Wheatstraw

American country blues musician

59

Johnny Winter

American blues guitarist and singer