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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
