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Willie Dixon
American blues musician, songwriter
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Muddy Waters
American blues singer and guitarist
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Sonny Boy Williamson II
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Little Milton
American singer and guitarist
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Johnny "Big Moose" Walker
American blues pianist, organist, bassist and singer
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Billy "The Kid" Emerson
American musician
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Willie Clayton
American Chicago blues and soul singer and songwriter
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Earl Hooker
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Syl Johnson
American blues and soul singer and record producer
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Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter
10
Willie Mitchell
American record producer and arranger
11
Bobby Rush
American musician
12
Otis Clay
American R&B and soul singer
13
Arbee Stidham
American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist
14
J. B. Lenoir
African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
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Arthur Adams
American blues musician
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Howlin' Wolf
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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Freddie King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Hip Linkchain
American blues guitarist and singer
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Bobo Jenkins
American Detroit blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
21
Little Mack Simmons
African American, Chicago blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Junior Parker
American Memphis blues singer and musician
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Johnnie Taylor
American soul-blues and pop singer
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Otis Rush
American musician
25
David Edwards
American blues guitarist and singer
26
Little Joe Blue
American musician
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Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Henry Gray
African-American blues piano player and singer
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Pee Wee Crayton
American R&B and blues guitarist and singer
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Al Green
American singer
31
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Tyrone Davis
American musician
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The Dixie Nightingales
African-American male vocal group
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Henry Glover
American songwriter, arranger, record producer and trumpet player
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Sam & Dave
American soul and R&B duo
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Sammy Lawhorn
American Chicago blues guitarist
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Charley Booker
American musician
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Little Willie John
American recording artist; R&B singer
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Mavis Staples
American singer
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Son House
American blues singer and guitarist
41
Junior Wells
American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
42
Skip James
American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter
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Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer
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Nathaniel Mayer
American musician
45
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
46
Swamp Dogg
musician
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Jimmy Rogers
Chicago blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player
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John Littlejohn
American electric blues slide guitarist
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William Bell
American soul singer and songwriter
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Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Evie Sands
American singer, songwriter and musician
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Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
55
Esther Phillips
American R&B singer
56
James Cotton
American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Snooky Pryor
Chicago blues harmonica player
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James Carr
American musician
59
Z. Z. Hill
American blues singer
60
Willie Brown
guitar player and vocalist
61
Gerald Wilson
American trumpetist (1918-2014)
62
Gene Chandler
American musician
63
Magic Slim
American blues musician
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Johnny Winter
American blues guitarist and singer
65
Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
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Lucinda Williams
American rock, folk, blues, and country music singer, songwriter and musician
