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Ry Cooder
American guitarist, singer and composer
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Golden Gate Quartet
American gospel vocal group
2
Blind Willie McTell
Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist
3
Terry Evans
American blues and soul singer, guitarist and songwriter
4
Taj Mahal
American Blues musician famous for incorporating elements of world music
5
Memphis Jug Band
band
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Billy "The Kid" Emerson
American musician
7
Blind Willie Johnson
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
8
Mavis Staples
American singer
9
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
10
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
American country blues band
11
Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
12
Mahalia Jackson
American gospel singer
13
Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
14
James Cleveland
American musician
15
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music
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Jerry Lee Lewis
American recording artist; singer-songwriter and pianist
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Dinah Washington
American singer, songwriter, pianist
18
Andraé Crouch
American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor (1942-2015)
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Willie Mae Ford Smith
American singer
20
J. M. Gates
American musician
21
Little Richard
American pianist, singer and songwriter
22
Carl Perkins
American recording artist; rockabilly musician, songwriter
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Reverend Gary Davis
American blues and gospel singer and guitarist
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Lead Belly
American folk and blues musician
25
Sleepy John Estes
American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer
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Brother Joe May
singer
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The Davis Sisters
American gospel group, founded in 1945
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Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and Zydeco musician
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J. B. Hutto
American blues musician
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Pops Staples
American musician
31
Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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Solomon Burke
American singer
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Jeffrey Foucault
American musician
34
Calvin Johnson
American musician
35
Al Green
American singer
36
Jevetta Steele
American singer
37
Grover Washington, Jr.
American recording artist, jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist (1943-1999)
38
New Lost City Ramblers
musical group
39
Josh White
American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor, and civil rights activist (1914-1969)
40
Bobby Bland
American soul & blues musician
41
Captain Beefheart
American musician and painter (1941-2010)
42
Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
43
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
44
The Jordanaires
American vocal group; back-up singers for Elvis Presley
45
Joe Henry
American musician
46
Fontella Bass
American singer
47
Aretha Franklin
American singer, songwriter, and pianist
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Otis Redding
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Phil Driscoll
American musician
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Arthur Alexander
American country songwriter and soul singer
