| Big Bill Broonzy | Guitar | Pre-War/Postwar Bridge | 61 | 🏆 24 | 1903 | 1958 | Mississippi |
| Howlin' Wolf | Vocals | Postwar Chicago | 53 | 🏆 23 | 1910 | 1976 | Mississippi |
| Muddy Waters | Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 53 | 🏆 26 | 1913 | 1983 | Mississippi |
| Memphis Slim | Piano | Postwar Chicago/Expatriate | 41 | 14 | 1915 | 1988 | Tennessee |
| Bob Dylan | Guitar | Folk Revival/Rock | 40 | 17 | 1941 | | Minnesota |
| Woody Guthrie | Guitar | Dust Bowl/Folk Revival | 39 | 14 | 1912 | 1967 | Oklahoma |
| Sonny Boy Williamson II | Harmonica | Pre-War/Postwar Bridge | 36 | 19 | 1912 | 1965 | Mississippi |
| Leroy Carr | Piano | Pre-War | 35 | 5 | 1905 | 1935 | Tennessee |
| John Lee Hooker | Guitar | Postwar Detroit/Modern | 33 | 19 | 1917 | 2001 | Mississippi |
| Bessie Smith | Vocals | Classic Blues/Vaudeville | 30 | 12 | 1894 | 1937 | Tennessee |
| Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Alto Saxophone | Swing/Jump Blues | 30 | 10 | 1908 | 1975 | Arkansas |
| Blind Willie McTell | Twelve-String Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont | 29 | 14 | 1898 | 1959 | Georgia |
| Tampa Red | Slide Guitar | Pre-War/Postwar Chicago | 25 | 12 | 1903 | 1981 | Georgia |
| Louis Jordan | Alto Saxophone | Swing/Jump Blues | 24 | 4 | 1908 | 1975 | Arkansas |
| Charley Patton | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 23 | 10 | 1891 | 1934 | Mississippi |
| Louis Armstrong | Trumpet | Jazz/Pop | 23 | 11 | 1901 | 1971 | Louisiana |
| Lead Belly | Twelve-String Guitar | Pre-War/Folk Revival | 22 | 13 | 1888 | 1949 | Louisiana |
| Robert Johnson | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 21 | 12 | 1911 | 1938 | Mississippi |
| Chuck Berry | Guitar | Rock and Roll/Chess Era | 20 | 13 | 1926 | 2017 | Missouri |
| Ma Rainey | Vocals | Classic Blues/Vaudeville | 20 | 11 | 1886 | 1939 | Georgia |
| Lightnin' Hopkins | Guitar | Postwar Texas/Folk Revival | 19 | 14 | 1912 | 1982 | Texas |
| Sonny Boy Williamson I | Harmonica | Pre-War/Postwar Chicago | 19 | 9 | 1914 | 1948 | Tennessee |
| Blind Blake | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont/Ragtime | 18 | 10 | 1896 | 1934 | Florida |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson | Guitar | Pre-War Texas | 18 | 13 | 1893 | 1929 | Texas |
| Jimmie Rodgers | Guitar | Pre-War Country/Blues | 18 | 14 | 1897 | 1933 | Mississippi |
| Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | Guitar | Pre-War/Postwar Chicago | 17 | 12 | 1905 | 1974 | Mississippi |
| B.B. King | Electric Guitar | Postwar Memphis/Modern | 17 | 13 | 1925 | 2015 | Mississippi |
| Josh White | Guitar | Pre-War/Folk Revival | 17 | 12 | 1914 | 1969 | South Carolina |
| Roosevelt Sykes | Piano | Pre-War/Postwar Bridge | 17 | 12 | 1906 | 1983 | Arkansas |
| T-Bone Walker | Electric Guitar | Postwar West Coast/Texas | 17 | 12 | 1910 | 1975 | Texas |
| Big Maceo | Piano | Postwar Chicago | 16 | 10 | 1905 | 1953 | Georgia |
| Big Joe Williams | Nine-String Guitar | Pre-War/Postwar Delta | 15 | 10 | 1903 | 1982 | Mississippi |
| Elmore James | Slide Guitar | Postwar Chicago/Electric | 15 | 10 | 1918 | 1963 | Mississippi |
| Hank Williams | Guitar | Country/Honky Tonk | 15 | 6 | 1923 | 1953 | Alabama |
| Son House | Slide Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Folk Revival | 15 | 8 | 1902 | 1988 | Mississippi |
| Buddy Guy | Electric Guitar | Postwar Chicago/Modern | 14 | 10 | 1936 | | Louisiana |
| Cannon's Jug Stompers | | | 14 | 9 | | | |
| Jelly Roll Morton | Piano | Early Jazz/Blues | 14 | 6 | 1890 | 1941 | Louisiana |
| Ray Charles | Piano | R&B/Soul/Country | 14 | 9 | 1930 | 2004 | Georgia |
| Skip James | Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Folk Revival | 14 | 12 | 1902 | 1969 | Mississippi |
| Blind Boy Fuller | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont | 13 | 7 | 1907 | 1941 | North Carolina |
| Etta James | Vocals | R&B/Soul/Blues | 13 | 8 | 1938 | 2012 | California |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Slide Guitar | Hill Country/Folk Revival | 13 | 11 | 1904 | 1972 | Tennessee |
| Mississippi John Hurt | Guitar | Pre-War/Folk Revival | 13 | 11 | 1893 | 1966 | Mississippi |
| Big Mama Thornton | Vocals | R&B/Blues | 12 | 10 | 1926 | 1984 | Alabama |
| Blind Willie Johnson | Slide Guitar | Pre-War Gospel Blues | 12 | 8 | 1897 | 1945 | Texas |
| Ernest Tubb | Guitar | Honky-Tonk / Hillbilly | 12 | 3 | 1914 | 1984 | Texas |
| Jimmy Reed | Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 12 | 7 | 1925 | 1976 | Mississippi |
| Lonnie Johnson | Guitar | Pre-War/Postwar Bridge | 12 | 9 | 1899 | 1970 | Louisiana |
| Memphis Jug Band | | | 12 | 7 | | | |
| Alberta Hunter | Vocals | Classic Blues/Cabaret Revival | 11 | 10 | 1895 | 1984 | Tennessee |
| Big Maybelle | Vocals | R&B/Blues | 11 | 9 | 1924 | 1972 | Tennessee |
| Billie Holiday | Vocals | Jazz/Blues | 11 | 10 | 1915 | 1959 | Pennsylvania |
| Bukka White | Slide Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Folk Revival | 11 | 10 | 1909 | 1977 | Mississippi |
| Mississippi Sheiks | Fiddle | Pre-War String Band | 11 | 9 | 1926 | | Mississippi |
| Tommy Johnson | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 11 | 11 | 1896 | 1956 | Mississippi |
| Barbecue Bob | Twelve-String Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont | 10 | 8 | 1902 | 1931 | Georgia |
| David "Honeyboy" Edwards | Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Modern | 10 | 4 | 1915 | 2011 | Mississippi |
| Elvis Presley | Vocals | Rock and Roll | 10 | 6 | 1935 | 1977 | Mississippi |
| Memphis Minnie | Guitar | Pre-War/Postwar Chicago | 10 | 9 | 1897 | 1973 | Louisiana |
| Rev. Gary Davis | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont/Folk Revival | 10 | 7 | 1896 | 1972 | South Carolina |
| Sleepy John Estes | Guitar | Pre-War/Folk Revival | 10 | 8 | 1899 | 1977 | Tennessee |
| Sunnyland Slim | Piano | Postwar Chicago | 10 | 9 | 1906 | 1995 | Mississippi |
| Bo Diddley | Guitar | Rock and Roll/Chess Era | 9 | 7 | 1928 | 2008 | Mississippi |
| Champion Jack Dupree | Piano | Postwar/Expatriate | 9 | 8 | 1910 | 1992 | Louisiana |
| Kokomo Arnold | Slide Guitar | Pre-War Urban | 9 | 7 | 1901 | 1968 | Georgia |
| R.L. Burnside | Guitar | Hill Country/Modern | 9 | 6 | 1926 | 2005 | Mississippi |
| Scrapper Blackwell | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont/Urban | 9 | 5 | 1903 | 1962 | South Carolina |
| The Carter Family | | | 9 | 7 | | | |
| The Staple Singers | Vocals | Gospel/Soul/Folk Revival | 9 | 5 | 1948 | | Illinois |
| Aretha Franklin | Vocals | Soul/R&B | 8 | 6 | 1942 | 2018 | Tennessee |
| Big Joe Turner | Vocals | Swing/Jump Blues/Rock and Roll | 8 | 7 | 1911 | 1985 | Missouri |
| Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys | Mandolin | Bluegrass | 8 | 2 | 1911 | 1996 | Kentucky |
| Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | Fiddle | Western Swing | 8 | 3 | 1905 | 1975 | Texas |
| Dinah Washington | Vocals | R&B/Jazz/Blues | 8 | 6 | 1924 | 1963 | Alabama |
| Harry McClintock | | | 8 | 6 | | | |
| Jesse Fuller | Guitar | One-Man Band/Folk Revival | 8 | 6 | 1896 | 1976 | Georgia |
| Koko Taylor | Vocals | Postwar Chicago/Modern | 8 | 8 | 1928 | 2009 | Tennessee |
| Little Brother Montgomery | Piano | Pre-War/Postwar Bridge | 8 | 8 | 1906 | 1985 | Louisiana |
| Little Richard | Piano | Rock and Roll/R&B | 8 | 6 | 1932 | 2020 | Georgia |
| Little Walter | Harmonica | Postwar Chicago | 8 | 6 | 1930 | 1968 | Louisiana |
| Otis Rush | Electric Guitar | Postwar Chicago/West Side | 8 | 5 | 1934 | 2018 | Mississippi |
| Otis Spann | Piano | Postwar Chicago | 8 | 7 | 1930 | 1970 | Mississippi (disputed) |
| Robert Lockwood, Jr. | Guitar | Postwar Chicago/Cleveland | 8 | 5 | 1915 | 2006 | Arkansas |
| Victoria Spivey | Vocals | Classic Blues/Folk Revival | 8 | 7 | 1906 | 1976 | Texas |
| Willie Dixon | Upright Bass | Postwar Chicago | 8 | 7 | 1915 | 1992 | Mississippi |
| Big Walter Horton | Harmonica | Postwar Memphis/Chicago | 7 | 6 | 1921 | 1981 | Mississippi |
| Billy Boy Arnold | Harmonica | Postwar Chicago | 7 | 5 | 1935 | | Illinois |
| Fats Waller | Piano | Stride/Jazz/Pop | 7 | 7 | 1904 | 1943 | New York |
| Frank Stokes | Guitar | Pre-War Memphis | 7 | 5 | 1888 | 1955 | Tennessee |
| Freddie King | Electric Guitar | Postwar Texas/Chicago | 7 | 6 | 1934 | 1976 | Texas |
| J.B. Lenoir | Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 7 | 6 | 1929 | 1967 | Mississippi |
| James Brown | Vocals | R&B/Soul/Funk | 7 | 6 | 1933 | 2006 | South Carolina |
| James Cotton | Harmonica | Postwar Chicago/Modern | 7 | 6 | 1935 | 2017 | Mississippi |
| Junior Kimbrough | Guitar | Hill Country/Modern | 7 | 4 | 1930 | 1998 | Mississippi |
| Nina Simone | Piano | Jazz/Soul/Civil Rights | 7 | 6 | 1933 | 2003 | North Carolina |
| Odetta | Vocals | Folk Revival | 7 | 6 | 1930 | 2008 | Alabama |
| Pinetop Perkins | Piano | Postwar Chicago/Modern | 7 | 6 | 1913 | 2011 | Mississippi |
| Slim Harpo | Harmonica | Louisiana Blues/Swamp Blues | 7 | 7 | 1924 | 1970 | Louisiana |
| Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee | | | 7 | 4 | | | |
| Sugar Pie DeSanto | Vocals | R&B/Soul Blues | 7 | 7 | 1935 | | New York |
| Taj Mahal | Guitar | Blues Revival/World Music | 7 | 6 | 1942 | | New York |
| The Rolling Stones | Guitar | British Blues/Rock | 7 | 5 | 1962 | | |
| Albert King | Guitar | Modern Blues / Memphis Soul-Blues | 6 | 5 | 1923 | 1992 | Mississippi |
| Elizabeth Cotten | Guitar | Piedmont/Folk Revival | 6 | 6 | 1893 | 1987 | North Carolina |
| Furry Lewis | Guitar | Pre-War Memphis/Folk Revival | 6 | 5 | 1893 | 1981 | Mississippi |
| Ida Cox | Vocals | Classic Blues/Vaudeville | 6 | 3 | 1896 | 1967 | Georgia |
| Johnny Shines | Slide Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Postwar Chicago | 6 | 6 | 1915 | 1992 | Tennessee |
| LaVern Baker | Vocals | R&B/Rock and Roll | 6 | 6 | 1929 | 1997 | Illinois |
| Little Milton | Guitar | Soul Blues | 6 | 5 | 1934 | 2005 | Mississippi |
| Merle Travis | Guitar | Country/Folk | 6 | 5 | 1917 | 1983 | Kentucky |
| Percy Mayfield | Vocals | West Coast Blues/R&B | 6 | 5 | 1920 | 1984 | Louisiana |
| Robert Pete Williams | Guitar | Louisiana Blues/Folk Revival | 6 | 4 | 1914 | 1980 | Louisiana |
| Snooks Eaglin | Guitar | New Orleans Blues/R&B | 6 | 5 | 1936 | 2009 | Louisiana |
| Sonny Terry | Harmonica | Piedmont/Folk Revival | 6 | 5 | 1911 | 1986 | Georgia |
| The Doors | | | 6 | 4 | | | |
| Amos Milburn | Piano | Postwar R&B/Jump Blues | 5 | 4 | 1927 | 1980 | Texas |
| Buddy Moss | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont | 5 | 4 | 1914 | 1984 | Georgia |
| Carl Perkins | Guitar | Rockabilly/Rock and Roll | 5 | 3 | 1932 | 1998 | Tennessee |
| Charles Brown | Piano | West Coast Blues | 5 | 4 | 1922 | 1999 | Texas |
| Doctor Ross | Harmonica | Postwar Memphis/One-Man Band | 5 | 4 | 1925 | 1993 | Mississippi |
| Ike Turner | Piano | R&B/Rock and Roll/Soul | 5 | 4 | 1931 | 2007 | Mississippi |
| Jim Jackson | | | 5 | 3 | | | |
| Jimi Hendrix | Electric Guitar | Psychedelic Blues-Rock | 5 | 4 | 1942 | 1970 | Washington |
| Johnny Cash | Vocals | Rockabilly / Country | 5 | 5 | 1932 | 2003 | Arkansas |
| Lucille Hegamin | Vocals | Classic Blues/Vaudeville | 5 | 4 | 1894 | 1970 | Georgia |
| Luther Allison | Electric Guitar | Postwar Chicago/Expatriate | 5 | 4 | 1939 | 1997 | Arkansas |
| Magic Sam | Electric Guitar | Postwar Chicago/West Side | 5 | 5 | 1937 | 1969 | Mississippi |
| Otis Redding | Vocals | Soul | 5 | 5 | 1941 | 1967 | Georgia |
| Pink Anderson | Guitar | Piedmont/Medicine Show | 5 | 5 | 1900 | 1974 | South Carolina |
| Robert Wilkins | | | 5 | 5 | | | |
| Roy Brown | | | 5 | 4 | | | |
| Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Electric Guitar | Gospel/Rock and Roll Pioneer | 5 | 4 | 1915 | 1973 | Arkansas |
| Smokey Hogg | Guitar | Postwar Texas | 5 | 2 | 1914 | 1960 | Texas |
| T-Model Ford | Guitar | Hill Country/Modern | 5 | 2 | 1921 | 2013 | Mississippi |
| Tommy McClennan | Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Chicago | 5 | 5 | 1908 | 1962 | Mississippi |
| Washboard Sam | Washboard | Pre-War/Postwar Chicago | 5 | 5 | 1910 | 1966 | Arkansas |
| Willie Nelson | Guitar | Country/Outlaw Country | 5 | 4 | 1933 | | Texas |
| Wilson Pickett | Vocals | Soul/R&B | 5 | 4 | 1941 | 2006 | Alabama |
| Bo Carter | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Bobby "Blue" Bland | Vocals | Soul Blues/Memphis | 4 | 2 | 1930 | 2013 | Tennessee |
| Casey Bill Weldon | Steel Guitar | Pre-War Urban/Hawaiian Steel | 4 | 4 | 1909 | 1972 | Arkansas |
| Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Cream | Guitar | British Blues-Rock | 4 | 1 | 1966 | | |
| Curley Weaver | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont/Atlanta | 4 | 4 | 1906 | 1962 | Georgia |
| Dock Boggs | Banjo | Appalachian Folk / Old-Time | 4 | 3 | 1898 | 1971 | Virginia |
| Dr. John | Piano | New Orleans R&B/Psychedelic/Blues | 4 | 3 | 1941 | 2019 | Louisiana |
| Earl Hooker | Slide Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 4 | 4 | 1929 | 1970 | Mississippi |
| Eddie Boyd | Piano | Postwar Chicago/Expatriate | 4 | 4 | 1914 | 1994 | Mississippi |
| Ella Fitzgerald | Vocals | Jazz/Pop | 4 | 3 | 1917 | 1996 | Virginia |
| Fats Domino | Piano | R&B/Rock and Roll | 4 | 4 | 1928 | 2017 | Louisiana |
| Floyd Dixon | Piano | West Coast Blues/R&B | 4 | 4 | 1929 | 2006 | Texas |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Jimmy Rogers | Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 4 | 4 | 1924 | 1997 | Mississippi |
| Kid Ory | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Leon Redbone | Guitar | Retro/Novelty/Blues Revival | 4 | 3 | 1949 | 2019 | |
| Lightnin' Slim | Guitar | Louisiana Swamp Blues | 4 | 3 | 1913 | 1974 | Missouri |
| Lucille Bogan | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Mance Lipscomb | Guitar | Texas/Folk Revival | 4 | 4 | 1895 | 1976 | Texas |
| Mike Bloomfield | Guitar | Blues-Rock / Chicago Blues | 4 | 3 | 1943 | 1981 | Illinois |
| Papa Charlie Jackson | Banjo | Pre-War Vaudeville/Blues | 4 | 4 | 1887 | 1938 | Louisiana |
| Peetie Wheatstraw | Piano | Pre-War Urban | 4 | 3 | 1902 | 1941 | Tennessee |
| Piano Red | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Rev. Johnny L. 'Hurricane' Jones | | | 4 | 3 | | | |
| Ruth Brown | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| Sam Cooke | Vocals | Gospel/Soul/Pop | 4 | 3 | 1931 | 1964 | Mississippi |
| Slim Gaillard | Guitar | Jazz/Novelty/Vout | 4 | 3 | 1916 | 1991 | Michigan |
| Solomon Burke | Vocals | Soul/R&B | 4 | 4 | 1940 | 2010 | Pennsylvania |
| Sweet Emma Barrett | | | 4 | 4 | | | |
| The Almanac Singers | | | 4 | 2 | | | |
| The Chambers Brothers | | | 4 | 3 | | | |
| Albert Collins | Electric Guitar | Texas Blues/Modern | 3 | 3 | 1932 | 1993 | Texas |
| Alberta Adams | Vocals | Postwar Detroit/Jump Blues | 3 | 3 | 1917 | 2014 | Indiana |
| Allen Toussaint | Piano | New Orleans R&B / Soul | 3 | 3 | 1938 | 2015 | Louisiana |
| Arlo Guthrie | Guitar | 1960s Folk Revival | 3 | 2 | 1947 | | New York |
| Barry Goldberg | Keyboards | Blues-Rock / Chicago Blues | 3 | 2 | 1942 | | Illinois |
| Big Jay McNeely | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Bill Haley & His Comets | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Blind Teddy Darby | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Brownie McGhee | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Canned Heat | Guitar | Blues Revival/Psychedelic Rock | 3 | 2 | 1965 | | California |
| Charlie Poole | Banjo | Old-Time / Piedmont String Band | 3 | 3 | 1892 | 1931 | North Carolina |
| Charlie Rich | Piano | Rockabilly/Country/Soul | 3 | 2 | 1932 | 1995 | Arkansas |
| Cisco Houston | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Clarence Carter | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Conway Twitty | Vocals | Rockabilly / Country | 3 | 2 | 1933 | 1993 | Mississippi |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Doc Watson | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Esther Phillips | Vocals | R&B/Soul/Jazz Blues | 3 | 2 | 1935 | 1984 | Texas |
| Gene Autry | Guitar | Singing Cowboy / Hillbilly Blues | 3 | 3 | 1907 | 1998 | Texas |
| Hambone Willie Newbern | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 3 | 3 | 1901 | 1965 | Tennessee |
| Homesick James | Slide Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 3 | 3 | 1910 | 2006 | Tennessee |
| Hound Dog Taylor | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Ike & Tina Turner | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Irma Thomas | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| J. B. Hutto | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| James Booker | Piano | New Orleans R&B / Soul | 3 | 3 | 1939 | 1983 | Louisiana |
| Jazz Gillum | Harmonica | Pre-War / Early Chicago Blues | 3 | 3 | 1904 | 1966 | Mississippi |
| Jimmy Dawkins | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Joe Hill Louis | Guitar | Postwar Memphis/One-Man Band | 3 | 2 | 1921 | 1957 | Tennessee |
| John Dee Holeman | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| John Hammond | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Johnnie Taylor | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Johnny Dodds | Clarinet | Early Jazz / New Orleans | 3 | 2 | 1892 | 1940 | Mississippi |
| Johnny Winter | Guitar | Texas Blues / Blues-Rock | 3 | 3 | 1944 | 2014 | Texas |
| Junior Wells | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| King Curtis | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| King Oliver | Cornet | Early Jazz | 3 | 3 | 1881 | 1938 | Louisiana |
| King Solomon Hill | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 3 | 3 | 1897 | 1949 | Mississippi |
| Lionel Hampton | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Lonesome Sundown | Guitar | Swamp Blues/Postwar Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 1928 | 1995 | Louisiana |
| Loretta Lynn | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Lowell Fulson | Guitar | West Coast Blues/R&B | 3 | 3 | 1921 | 1999 | Oklahoma |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Marty Robbins | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Mighty Joe Young | Electric Guitar | Postwar Chicago/West Side | 3 | 3 | 1927 | 1999 | Louisiana |
| Mose Allison | Piano | Jazz / Blues | 3 | 3 | 1927 | 2016 | Mississippi |
| Nat King Cole | Piano | Jazz/Pop | 3 | 1 | 1919 | 1965 | Alabama |
| O.V. Wright | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Paul Robeson | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Pee Wee Crayton | Electric Guitar | West Coast Blues | 3 | 2 | 1914 | 1985 | Texas |
| Peg Leg Howell | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Rising Sons | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Rufus Thomas | Vocals | Memphis R&B/Soul/Funk | 3 | 2 | 1917 | 2001 | Mississippi |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | Vocals | R&B / Shock Rock | 3 | 3 | 1929 | 2000 | Ohio |
| Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Sippie Wallace | Vocals | Classic Blues/Revival | 3 | 3 | 1898 | 1986 | Texas |
| Speckled Red | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| St. Louis Jimmy Oden | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Stokes And Sane | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| The Animals | Vocals | British Blues/Invasion | 3 | 2 | 1962 | | |
| The Blind Boys Of Alabama | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Vernon Dalhart | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Whispering Smith | Harmonica | Swamp Blues/Postwar Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 1932 | 1984 | Mississippi |
| Willie Brown | | | 3 | 2 | | | |
| Willie Nix | | | 3 | 3 | | | |
| Al Dexter | Vocals | Honky-Tonk / Country Boogie | 2 | 2 | 1905 | 1984 | Texas |
| Andre Williams | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Art Tatum | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Arthur Alexander | Vocals | Country Soul / Muscle Shoals | 2 | 1 | 1940 | 1993 | Alabama |
| B.F. Shelton | Banjo | Old-Time | 2 | 2 | 1902 | 1963 | Kentucky |
| Baby Boy Warren | Guitar | Postwar Detroit | 2 | 1 | 1919 | 1977 | Louisiana |
| Baby Tate | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Bill Gillum | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Billy "The Kid" Emerson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Blind Roosevelt Graves | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler) | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Bobby Womack | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Bonnie Lee | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Buck Owens | Guitar | Bakersfield Sound | 2 | 2 | 1929 | 2006 | Texas |
| Buddy Holly | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Buddy Johnson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Bumble Bee Slim | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Bunk Johnson | Trumpet | Early Jazz / Traditional Revival | 2 | 2 | 1879 | 1949 | Louisiana |
| Burl Ives | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Burnett & Rutherford | Fiddle / Banjo | Old-Time String Band | 2 | 2 | 1883 | 1977 | Kentucky |
| Buster Benton | Guitar | Modern Chicago Blues | 2 | 2 | 1932 | 1996 | Arkansas |
| Buster Brown | Harmonica | Postwar R&B/Blues | 2 | 2 | 1911 | 1976 | Georgia |
| Cab Calloway | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Calvin Frazer | Guitar | Pre-War Delta/Postwar Detroit | 2 | 1 | 1915 | 1972 | Arkansas |
| Carey Bell | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Carl Smith | Guitar | Honky-Tonk | 2 | 2 | 1927 | 2010 | Tennessee |
| Cedell Davis | Guitar | Delta Blues/Fat Possum | 2 | 1 | 1926 | 2017 | Arkansas |
| Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Charles Sheffield | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Charlie Feathers | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Charlie Musselwhite | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Clarence Ashley | Banjo | Old-Time / Folk Revival | 2 | 2 | 1895 | 1967 | Tennessee |
| Cliff Carlisle | Steel Guitar | Hillbilly Blues | 2 | 2 | 1903 | 1983 | Kentucky |
| Clifford Gibson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Count Basie | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Country Joe & The Fish | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Country Joe McDonald | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| David Bromberg | Guitar | Folk Revival / Blues-Rock | 2 | 1 | 1945 | | Pennsylvania |
| Detroit Count | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Dick Curless | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Dinah Shore | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Dixieland Jug Blowers | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Duane Eddy | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Duke Ellington | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Eartha Kitt | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Ed Bell | Guitar | Pre-War Country Blues | 2 | 2 | 1905 | 1960 | Alabama |
| Eddie Burns | Guitar | Postwar Detroit | 2 | 1 | 1928 | 2012 | Mississippi |
| Eddie Taylor | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Ethel Waters | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Fenton Robinson | Guitar | Postwar Chicago/Modern | 2 | 2 | 1935 | 1997 | Mississippi |
| Fleetwood Mac | Guitar | British Blues Boom | 2 | 1 | 1967 | | |
| Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra | Piano | Swing Era / Jazz | 2 | 2 | 1897 | 1952 | Georgia |
| Floyd Jones | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Foghat | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Frank Hutchison | Guitar | Old-Time / Hillbilly Blues | 2 | 2 | 1897 | 1945 | West Virginia |
| Geeshie Wiley | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 2 | 2 | 1906 | 1950 | Mississippi |
| George Jackson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| George Jones | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| George Thorogood & The Destroyers | Guitar | Blues-Rock | 2 | 2 | 1950 | | Delaware |
| Gerry & The Pacemakers | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Good Rockin' Charles | Harmonica | Postwar Chicago | 2 | 2 | 1933 | 1989 | Alabama |
| Grateful Dead | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Gus Cannon | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Hank Thompson | Guitar | Honky-Tonk / Western Swing | 2 | 2 | 1925 | 2007 | Texas |
| Harmonica Shah | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Hop Wilson | Steel Guitar | Postwar Texas | 2 | 2 | 1921 | 1975 | Texas |
| Howard Armstrong | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Howard Tate | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Isaac Hayes | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Ishman Bracey | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Ivory Joe Hunter | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Jack McVea | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| James "Son" Thomas | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| James P. Johnson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Jed Davenport | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers | Piano | Early Jazz / New Orleans | 2 | 1 | 1890 | 1941 | Louisiana |
| Jimmie Davis | Vocals | Hillbilly Blues / Country | 2 | 2 | 1899 | 2000 | Louisiana |
| Jimmy Buffett | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Jimmy Liggins | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Jimmy Wilson | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Joan Baez | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| John Brim | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| John Coltrane | Tenor / Soprano Saxophone | Hard Bop / Free Jazz | 2 | 2 | 1926 | 1967 | North Carolina |
| Johnnie Temple | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Johnny "Guitar" Watson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Johnny Copeland | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Moore's Three Blazers | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| K.C. Douglas | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Kid Bailey | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 2 | 2 | | | Mississippi |
| King David's Jug Band | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Larry Williams | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Laura Nyro | Piano | 1960s/70s Singer-Songwriter | 2 | 1 | 1947 | 1997 | New York |
| Lazy Lester | Harmonica | Swamp Blues/Postwar Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 1933 | 2018 | Louisiana |
| Lee Jackson | Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 2 | 1 | 1921 | 1979 | Unknown |
| Lefty Dizz | Guitar | Modern Chicago Blues | 2 | 2 | 1937 | 1993 | Arkansas |
| Lefty Frizzell | Vocals | Honky-Tonk | 2 | 2 | 1928 | 1975 | Texas |
| Leon Russell | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Little Jimmy Dickens | Guitar | Traditional Country / Honky-Tonk | 2 | 2 | 1920 | 2015 | West Virginia |
| Little Junior Parker | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Little Sonny | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Lonnie Brooks | Guitar | Swamp Pop / Modern Chicago Blues | 2 | 2 | 1933 | 2017 | Louisiana |
| Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Luke Jordan | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont | 2 | 2 | 1892 | 1952 | West Virginia |
| Luther Johnson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Ma Rainey with The Tub Jug Washboard Band | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Mahalia Jackson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Manfred Mann | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Marion Williams | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Mavis Staples | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Mercy Dee Walton | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Mimi and Richard Fariña | Dulcimer / Guitar | 1960s Folk Revival | 2 | 2 | 1937 | 1966 | CA / NY |
| Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Moon Mullican | Piano | Western Swing / Country Boogie | 2 | 2 | 1909 | 1967 | Texas |
| Papa Celestin | Cornet / Trumpet | New Orleans Brass Band / Jazz | 2 | 1 | 1884 | 1954 | Louisiana |
| Papa Charlie's Boys | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Paul Simon | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Peppermint Harris | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Pete Seeger | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Phil Ochs | Guitar | 1960s Folk Revival / Protest | 2 | 2 | 1940 | 1976 | Texas |
| Professor Longhair | Piano | New Orleans R&B | 2 | 2 | 1918 | 1980 | Louisiana |
| Rabbit Muse | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Ray Price | Vocals | Honky-Tonk / Countrypolitan | 2 | 2 | 1926 | 2013 | Texas |
| Robert Nighthawk | Guitar | Delta Blues / Postwar Chicago | 2 | 2 | 1909 | 1967 | Arkansas |
| Robert Petway | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Roberta Flack | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Rosco Gordon | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Roscoe Holcomb | Banjo | Appalachian Folk / Old-Time | 2 | 1 | 1912 | 1981 | Kentucky |
| Roy Acuff | Fiddle | Traditional Country | 2 | 2 | 1903 | 1992 | Tennessee |
| Roy Milton | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Roy Orbison | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Sam Myers | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Shel Silverstein | Vocals | 1960s Folk / Singer-Songwriter | 2 | 1 | 1930 | 1999 | Illinois |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Guitar / Vocals | 1960s Folk-Rock | 2 | 1 | 1941 | | New York |
| Smiley Lewis | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Snooky Pryor | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Sonny Rhodes | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Steve Goodman | Guitar | 1970s Singer-Songwriter / Folk | 2 | 1 | 1948 | 1984 | Illinois |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | Guitar | Modern Texas Blues / Blues-Rock Revival | 2 | 2 | 1954 | 1990 | Texas |
| Stevie Wonder | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Tail Dragger | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Ted Hawkins | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| The Band | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Blue Sky Boys | Mandolin | Close Harmony / Old-Time | 2 | 1 | 1917 | 2008 | North Carolina |
| The Blues Project | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Clovers | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Delmore Brothers | Guitar | Country / Boogie Woogie | 2 | 2 | 1908 | 1964 | Alabama |
| The Hall Brothers | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Hokum Boys | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Maddox Brothers & Rose | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| The Mills Brothers | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| The Monroe Brothers | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Prisonaires | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Sonics | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Trashmen | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| The Who | Guitar / Rhythm Section | Mod R&B / British Invasion | 2 | 1 | 1964 | | |
| The Yardbirds | Guitar | British R&B / Blues-Rock | 2 | 2 | 1963 | | |
| The Zombies | Keyboards / Vocals | British Invasion | 2 | 1 | 1961 | | |
| Tommy Tucker | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Trixie Smith | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Uncle Dave Macon | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| W.C. Handy | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Walter Davis | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Walter Roland | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Washboard Willie | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Waylon Jennings | Guitar | Outlaw Country | 2 | 2 | 1937 | 2002 | Texas |
| Whistler's Jug Band | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Willie Walker | | | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Wynn Stewart | Guitar | Bakersfield Sound | 2 | 2 | 1934 | 1985 | Missouri |
| Wynonie Harris | Vocals | Jump Blues / Early R&B | 2 | 2 | 1915 | 1969 | Nebraska |
| ZZ Top | | | 2 | 2 | | | |
| ? & The Mysterians | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Al Green | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Al Jarreau | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Al Kooper | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Alabama Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Alan Lomax | Field Recorder | Folklorist/Collector | 1 | 1 | 1915 | 2002 | Texas |
| Albert Luandrew | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Albert Washington | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Alberta Adams and The Rhythm Rockers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Alfred Blind" Reed" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Alice Cooper | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Allen Shaw | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Allman Brothers Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Alvin 'Red' Tyler & The Gyros | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Amanda Randolph and Her Orchestra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Andre' Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Andy Mosely And Hogman" Maxey" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Andy Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Arbee Stidham | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Archie Campbell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Arthur Gunter | Guitar | Postwar Nashville Blues | 1 | 1 | 1926 | 1976 | Tennessee |
| Arthur Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Aunt Molly Jackson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| AWALK | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Baby Face Leroy Foster | Drums | Postwar Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1923 | 1958 | Mississippi |
| Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Barbara Lynn | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bayless Rose | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Beale Street Rounders | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bennie Moten | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bernard Allison | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bernard Slim" Smith" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bertha "Chippie" Hill | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Betty Everett | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Betty James | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bettye LaVette | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Big Bill Morganfield | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Big Daddy Wilson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Big Leon Brooks | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Big Time Sarah | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Clifton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Flagg | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Gaither | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Jazz" Gillum" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Nettles | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bill Withers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Billy Joe Shaver | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Billy Joel | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Billy Preston | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Billy Stewart | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Billy Taylor | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Billy Ward & The Dominoes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Birmingham Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bix Beiderbecke | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Black Ace | Guitar (National steel) | Pre-War Texas | 1 | 1 | 1905 | 1972 | Texas |
| Blind Arvella Gray | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Blind Blake & Leola B. Wilson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Blind Joe Reynolds | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Blind John Davis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bo Weavil Jackson | Guitar | Pre-War Country Blues | 1 | 1 | | | Alabama or Mississippi |
| Bob Call with James Boodle-It" Wiggins" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bob Coleman & Cincinnati Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bob Gaddy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bob Miller | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bob Seger | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobbie Gentry | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Darin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Hackett | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Hebb | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Jay | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Rydell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Vee | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bobby Vinton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bonnie Raitt | Guitar | Blues-Rock / Singer-Songwriter | 1 | 1 | 1949 | | California |
| Booker T. & the M.G.'s | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Boz Scaggs | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Brook Benton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Brother James Anderson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bruce Hornsby | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bruce Springsteen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Buddy Miles | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Buddy Woods | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Buell Kazee | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bull | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Bull City Red | Washboard | Pre-War Piedmont | 1 | 1 | 1917 | 1958 | North Carolina |
| Bunny Berigan | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Calvin Frazier | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Candi Staton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Carla Thomas | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Caro Emerald | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Carol Fran | Vocals | Swamp Pop/Louisiana R&B | 1 | 1 | 1933 | 2021 | Louisiana |
| Carolina Peanut Boys | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Carter Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Charles Mingus | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Charley Jordan | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Charlie Campbell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Charlie Christian | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Charlie McCoy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Charlie Walker | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Cher | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chet Atkins | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chick Webb | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chick Willis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chris Bouchillon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Christine Kittrell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chubby Checker | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chuck Suchy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Chuck Willis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clara Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clarence "Frogman" Henry | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clarence "Pinetop" Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clarence Green | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clarence White | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clarence Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clarence Williams & His Orchestra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clifford Brown | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Clifton Chenier | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Coleman Hawkins | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Coleman Hawkins Quintet | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Count Five | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Country Jim Bledsoe | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Cow Cow Davenport with Dora Carr | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Cripple Clarence Lofton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Daddy Hotcakes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dan Pickett | Guitar | East Coast/Piedmont | 1 | 1 | 1907 | 1973 | Alabama |
| Dave Bartholomew | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dave Berry | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dave Van Ronk | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dead & Company | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dean Martin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Deford Bailey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Delbert McClinton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Detroit Junior | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Diana Ross & The Supremes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dick Dale & His Del-Tones | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dick Justice | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dickey Betts and Great Southern | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dion | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dire Straits | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dizzy Gillespie | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Doc & Merle Watson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Doc Pomus | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Doctor Clayton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Dolly Parton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Don Covay | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Don Gibson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Don McLean | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Don Redman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Donna Hightower | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Donovan | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Doug Quattlebaum | Guitar | Postwar Piedmont/Folk Revival | 1 | 1 | 1929 | 1996 | South Carolina |
| Doug Sahm | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Drink Small | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Duke Robillard | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Earl Johnson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Earl King | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eddie Boyd And His Blues Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eddie Cochran | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eddie Snow | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eddy Arnold | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eddy Clearwater | Guitar | Modern Chicago / West Side Blues | 1 | 1 | 1935 | 2018 | Mississippi |
| Edith Wilson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Edmond Hall | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Edmonia Henderson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Edna Hicks | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Effie Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Emmett Murray | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Emry Arthur | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ervin Rucker | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Erwin Helfer | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eubie Blake | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Eurreal Montgomery | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Faron Young | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ferlin Husky | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Fiddlin John Carson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Flatt & Scruggs | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Fletcher Henderson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Floyd Red Crow Westerman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Floyd Tillman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Fontella Bass | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Four Harmony Kings | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Four Tops | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Frank Sinatra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Frank Zappa | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Frankie Avalon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Frankie Lee Sims | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Fred McMullen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Freddie Green | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Freddie Hall | Piano | Postwar Chicago | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Freddie Keppard | Cornet | Early Jazz | 1 | 1 | 1890 | 1933 | Louisiana |
| Freddy Fender | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Genevieve Davis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Genoa Keawe | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| George Bullet" Williams" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| George Hamilton IV | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| George Harrison | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| George Lewis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| George Wild Child" Butler" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Georgia Tom Dorsey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Gitfiddle Jim | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Glenn Miller | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Golden Big" Wheeler" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Goree Carter | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Gram Parsons | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Guitar Gable | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Guitar Slim | Guitar | New Orleans R&B | 1 | 1 | 1926 | 1959 | Mississippi |
| Guitar Welch | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hammie Nixon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hank Snow | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Harry Belafonte | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hasil Adkins | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hattie Hart | Vocals | Pre-War Memphis/Jug Band | 1 | 1 | 1900 | | Tennessee |
| Hawkshaw Hawkins | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Henry "Red" Allen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Henry Gray | Piano | Postwar Chicago/Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 1925 | 2020 | Louisiana |
| Henry Thomas | Guitar | Songster/Pre-War Folk | 1 | 1 | 1874 | 1930 | Texas |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hosea Woods | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hot Shot Love | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hot Tuna | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hour Glass | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hoyt Axton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Hubert Sumlin | Guitar | Postwar Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1931 | 2011 | Mississippi |
| Ida Goodson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Indigenous | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ira Louvin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Isaac Scott | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Isham Jones | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ishmon Bracey | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 1 | 1 | 1901 | 1970 | Mississippi |
| J.B. Hutto and His Hawks | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| J.E. Mainer & His Mountaineers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jackie Wilson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jackson Blue Boys | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| James Crutchfield | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| James D. Cornett | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| James Lowry | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| James Son" Thomas" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| James Taylor | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jan & Dean | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jay McShann | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jaybird Coleman | Harmonica | Pre-War Country Blues | 1 | 1 | 1896 | 1950 | Alabama |
| Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jeff Beck | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jelly Roll Morton's Hot Seven | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jesse "Babyface" Thomas | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jessie Mae Hemphill | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jim Croce | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jim Kweskin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jim Reeves | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmie Vaughan | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy Blythe | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy Johnson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy McCracklin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy Nelson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy Rushing | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy Witherspoon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimmy Yancey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Jimpson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joe Carter | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joe Glazer | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joe Guitar" Hughes" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joe Pullum | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joe Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Delafose | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Denver | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Fahey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Handcox | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Jackson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Jacob Niles | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Legend | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Littlejohn | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Lomax, Jr. | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Mellencamp | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Prine | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Sebastian | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| John Tinsley | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnnie Bassett | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnnie Johnson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnnie Ray | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Adams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny B. Moore | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Jones | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Mathis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Otis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Paycheck | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Tyler | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Yard Dog" Jones" | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Johnny Young | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Josh White & His Carolinians | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Joséphine Baker | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Judy Lynn | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Juke Boy Bonner | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Julius Daniels | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Junior Brown | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kaiser Clifton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kalama's Quartet | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Katharine Handy Lewis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kenny 'blues Boss' Wayne | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kenny Dale | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kid Prince Moore | Guitar | Pre-War Piedmont | 1 | 1 | | | Unknown |
| King Biscuit Boy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kitty Wells | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Kris Kristofferson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| L. V. Banks | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| L.C. Good Rockin' Robinson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| L.C. Green | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lafayette Leake | Piano | Postwar Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1919 | 1990 | Mississippi |
| Lane Hardin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Langston Hughes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Larry McCray | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lattie Moore | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lawrence Welk | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lee Dorsey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lemon Nash | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lena Horne | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lena Wilson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lenny Breau | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Leonard Cohen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lesley Riddle | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lester Davenport | Harmonica | Postwar Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1932 | 2009 | Mississippi |
| Lester McFarland | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lester Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Liberace | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lil Green | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lil Hardin Armstrong | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lil' Buck Sinegal | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lillian Glinn | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lillian Offitt | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Link Wray & The Wraymen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Little Sonny Jones | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Little Willie Foster | Harmonica | Postwar Chicago | 1 | 1 | 1922 | 1987 | Mississippi |
| Little Willie John | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lloyd Price | Vocals | New Orleans R&B / Early Rock & Roll | 1 | 1 | 1933 | 2021 | Louisiana |
| Long John Hunter | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lottie Beaman-Kimbrough | Vocals | Classic Female Blues | 1 | 1 | 1900 | | Missouri |
| Lou Rawls | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Louisiana Red | Guitar | Postwar Blues/Folk Revival | 1 | 1 | 1932 | 2012 | Alabama |
| Lovey Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lucky Millinder | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lucky Peterson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lurrie Bell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lynn Anderson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Magic Slim & The Teardrops | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mamie Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mary Osborne | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Maurice John Vaughn | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Meade "Lux" Lewis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Melanie | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Melvin Jack" Jackson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon with Pete Seeger | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Memphis Willie B. | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Merl Lindsay | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Michael Cooney | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Miles Davis Quintet | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Milton Brown & His Brownies | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Minnie Wallace | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mississipi Jook Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mississippi Matilda | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Montana Taylor | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mose Vinson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Mud Morganfield | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Nancy Sinatra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Nat King Cole Trio | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Nathan Abshire | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Neil Diamond | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| New Orleans Rhythm Kings | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Nick Lucas | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Nirvana | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Noah Lewis' Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Norman Blake | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Old Crow Medicine Show | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ollie Shepard | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| One String Sam | Diddley Bow | Postwar Detroit | 1 | 1 | 1922 | 1973 | Unknown |
| Orville Johnson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Otis Blackwell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Palmer McAbee | Harmonica | Pre-War Old-Time/Blues | 1 | 1 | 1893 | 1969 | South Carolina |
| Papa John Creach | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Papa Lightfoot | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Papa Too Sweet | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Pat Hare | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Patsy Cline | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Patti LaBelle | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Patti Page | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Paul Butterfield's Better Days | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Paul Kelly | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Peanut The Kidnapper | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Pearl Bailey | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Pearl Jam | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Peg Leg Sam | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Peggy Lee | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Percy Sledge | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Pete Seeger with Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Peter And Gordon | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Peter Yarrow | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Phil Guy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Phil Harris | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Phil Keaggy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Picaninny Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Pickett-Parham Apollo Syncopators | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Pops Staples | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Porter Grainger with Dolly Ross | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Porter Wagoner | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Preacher Jack | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Prince | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Raful Neal | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ralph Willis | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ramblin' Thomas | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Randy Newman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ranie Burnette | Guitar | Hill Country Blues | 1 | 1 | 1913 | 2000 | Mississippi |
| Raphael Saadiq | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ray Campi | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Raymond Hill | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Red Sovine | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Red Steagall | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Rene Marie | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Reverend Pearly Brown | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Reverend Robert Wilkins | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Richard "Rabbit" Brown | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Richard Williams | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Richie Havens | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Rick Franklin & Tom Mindte | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ricky Skaggs | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Riley Puckett | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Rob Cooper | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Cage | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Cray | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Finley | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Garrett | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Lee McCoy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Lee Westmoreland | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Robert Lockwood | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roger Miller | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ronnie Hawkins | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roosevelt Sykes & Clifford Gibson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Rosetta Howard | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Buchanan | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Clark | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Drusky | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Gaines | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Head | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Head And The Traits | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Montrell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Rogers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Roy Shaffer | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Rube Lacey | Guitar | Pre-War Delta | 1 | 1 | 1901 | 1969 | Mississippi |
| Rudy Green | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Rusty Bryant | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ruth Etting | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ry Cooder | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sam McGee | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sammy Price | Piano | Jazz / Boogie Woogie / R&B | 1 | 1 | 1908 | 1992 | Texas |
| Sampson Pittman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Santana | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sara Carter | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Savoy Brown Blues Band | Guitar | British Blues Boom / Boogie Rock | 1 | 1 | 1965 | | |
| Scatman Crothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Shakey Jake | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Shemekia Copeland | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Shy Guy Douglas | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sidney Bechet | Soprano Saxophone | Early Jazz / Traditional Revival | 1 | 1 | 1897 | 1959 | Louisiana |
| Silas Hogan | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Simon Estes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Skeets Tolbert | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sleepy LaBeef | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Slim & Slam | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Slim and the Supreme Angel Singers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sly & The Family Stone | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Small Faces | Guitar / Keyboards | Mod R&B / Psychedelia | 1 | 1 | 1965 | | |
| Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Smoky Babe | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sol Ho'opi'i | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Son Seals | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sonny Boy Nelson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sonny Burgess | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sonny Scott | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sonny Stitt Quartet | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sonny Treadway | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sons of the Pioneers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Springback James | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| St. Louis Jimmy | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Stephen Stills | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Steppenwolf | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sterling A. Brown | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Steve Miller Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Stick McGhee | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sugar Blue | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sugar Boy Crawford | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sugarloaf | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sunnyland Slim And Bonnie Lee | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sylvester Cotton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Sylvester Weaver | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tabby Thomas | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tennessee Mess Arounders | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Teresa Brewer | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tex Ritter | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Allen Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Andrews Sisters | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Beach Boys | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Beale Street Sheiks | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Beatles | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Big Bopper | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Cash Box Kings | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Cats & The Fiddle | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Cleaners From Venus | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Dave Clark Five | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Dirty Dozen Brass Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Dirty Mac | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Dixie Hummingbirds | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Dixon Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Drifters | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Electric Flag | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Even Dozen Jug Band | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Everly Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Five Breezes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Five Keys | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Four Seasons | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Frontiersmen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Golden Gate Quartet | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Hollies | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Hoodoo Kings | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Impressions | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Jackson 5 | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Johnny Watson Trio | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Kingsmen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Kinks | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Maddox Brothers and Sister Rose | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Monkees | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The New Lost City Ramblers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Osborne Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Osmonds | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Pretty Things | Guitar | British R&B | 1 | 1 | 1963 | | |
| The Ray Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Searchers | Guitar | Merseybeat / British Invasion | 1 | 1 | 1959 | | |
| The Shadows Of Knight | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Spencer Davis Group | Keyboards / Guitar | British R&B | 1 | 1 | 1963 | | |
| The Stanley Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Statler Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Stooges | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Swan Silvertones | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Temptations | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Troggs | Guitar | British Invasion / Garage Rock | 1 | 1 | 1964 | | |
| The Velvet Underground | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Ventures | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Weavers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The White Stripes | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The York Brothers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| The Youngbloods | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tom Rush | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tom T. Hall | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tony Joe White | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Townes Van Zandt | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tracy Chapman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Trixie Butler | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Turner Foddrell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Tuts Washington | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| U.P. Wilson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Uncle Jessie White | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Unknown Artist | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Van Halen | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Various Artists | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Vera Hall | Vocals | Folk/Spirituals | 1 | 1 | 1902 | 1964 | Alabama |
| Vernon Dilworth | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Volcanos | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wade Walton | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Walter Coleman | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Walter Davis with Booker T. Washington | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Walter Page's Blue Devils | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Walter Wolfman Washington | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wanda Jackson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Warren Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Washington White | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wayne Hancock | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wayne Henderson | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Webb Pierce | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wes Montgomery | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wesley Wallace with Bessie Mae Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wesley Wallace with Robert Peeples | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Wilbert Harrison | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Will Batts | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Will Shade | Harmonica | Memphis Jug Band | 1 | 1 | 1898 | 1966 | Tennessee |
| William (Bill) Moore | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| William Clarke | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Willie The Lion" Smith | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Woody Herman & His Orchestra | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Yank Rachell | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Zephyr | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Ziggy Marley | | | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Zuzu Bollin | | | 1 | 1 | | | |